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Oklahoma Chapter 63
Invites You to Tour
“Whirlpool”
Tuesday April 22, 2003
5:45 – 6:45 PM Dinner / Social Time
Golden Corral Family
Steak House
7703 N Owasso Expy, Owasso, OK 74055
7:00 – 8:30 PMTour / Officers Election
Whirlpool Corp,
7301 Whirlpool Dr, Tulsa, OK 74117
(See attached maps)
Please, RSVP by Monday April 14th. Call Jim Blaylock at (918) 663-3663 or email to jlblaylock@ahcinc.cc
We must advise the attending group that they must wear full-length pants
and fully enclosed shoes. Shoes with open toes, open heels, or a heel
height of more than one and one-half inches are not acceptable. Safety
glasses will be provided at the beginning of the tour.
Also, Whirlpool does not allow photography or video inside the facility. (Cell
phones must also be turned off.)
- NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT –
Jim Blaylock, President
FLUID POWER SOCIETY, OKLAHOMA CHAPTER - 63
How do we have time to learn more about fluid power?
If you are in the fluid power profession or if you are a casual user of fluid power components you have more than likely had to deal with fluid power component or system failures. Consider this: Suppose you had information that you could have used to prevent those failures. Would it have cost you less time if you had implemented the preventative measures before the problem became serious?
Wouldn’t it be neat to have someone around to talk to about problems that are outside your expertise? Several years ago, I worked with a large organization that had specialists in all areas of fluid power; pumps and motors, valves, cylinders, contamination control and systems design. With a team like that, there were few questions that did not get an answer. In a matter of minutes, over a cup of coffee, we could pull together over 25 years of experience. It was great experience and many problems were solved quickly by those impromptu committees.
The luxury of a team of specialists has gone away with the reductions of force by most companies and the shift of fluid power design activities to other areas. Now there are few companies that have the ability to call upon a specialist for all the various fluid power products produced today.
However, there is one place you can go and join other professionals in the fluid power business. That would be your local Fluid Power Society. Join other professionals at a local chapter meeting and take advantage of the cumulative knowledge that exists in those circles.
Our mission is to promote the profession and increase the knowledge base of our members in Oklahoma. We would like to know what your interests are so that we can plan future meetings and technical meetings. A survey will be included in this months meeting announcement to gather that information. Please respond and let us know what you would like to see on the agenda.
See you at the next meeting.
Jim Blaylock
March 26, 2003
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Please, fill in the survey and bring with you to the meeting.
April 22, 2003 Meeting Map (A)
Golden Corral Family Steak House, (918) 272-1753
7703 N Owasso Expy
Owasso, OK 74055
April, 2003 Meeting Map (B)
Whirlpool Corp, (918) 274-6000
7301 Whirlpool Dr
Tulsa, OK 74117
CHAPTER OFFICERS
PRESIDENT: Jim Blaylock (918) 663-3661
Air & Hydraulic Components
VICE PRESIDENT: Abdul Karim Maoued (405) 624-0400 ext. 343
Fluid Technologies, Inc.
SECRETARY: Dennis Morton (918) 622-3781
Berendsen Fluid Power
TREASURY: Lonney Brown (918)-250-2450
DP Winch
FLUID POWER SOCIETY
MISSION STATEMENT
To further the technology pertaining to fluid power and motion control, and to advance the professionalism of those working in the fluid power and motion control field.
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