FIA Plant Engineering Committee

Current and Future Projects
The FIA Plant Engineering Committee is committed to the continued improvement of the forging process. The committee has adopted a pro-active approach to the challenges facing the forging industry. To this end the committee is actively addressing the following issues:

• Equipment Uptime, Maintenance and Setup Benchmarking
• Large Hammer Best Practices Benchmarking
• Quality Control
• Waste Disposal and OSHA
• EPA
• Ergonomics
• Auto Die Polishing
• Die Wear
• Water Based EDM
• CNC
• Compressor Controls
• Equipment Monitoring and Instrumentation
• Networking
• PLC. s
• System Integration
• Preventative Maintenance
• Failure Analysis
• Alternative Forging 
• Business Philosophy
• Utilities
• Trim Tools and Die Design
• Foundation Design
• Machine Noise Abatement
• Plant Engineering Promotion at Forge Fair 2000