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Enter to win a FREE golf umbrella, luggage tag, camo hat or flash drive!

You can enter to win one of several great prizes! You could win either a large  golf umbrella OR a genuine leather luggage tag from Sun Hydraulics. In addition, one lucky winner will also receive our very popular Price Engineering camo hat AND flash drive!

How do you enter? Simply take 1-2 minute survey and you’ll be entered to win!

CLICK HERE TO ENTER>>

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Survey closes at 4:00PM EST on Friday, June 1st. Drawing will be held on the morning of Monday, June 4th – Winners will be contacted via email.

 

Price On-Site speeds onto Beaver Dam Raceway

Price On-Site has added one more car to their fleet of vehicles – a 350 HP, 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442. It made its track debut in April 2012 and can be seen at the Beaver Dam Raceway through the summer of this year as a part of their street stock racing division.

Pat Kinjerski and son David are a part of DK Motorsports, the team that owns and races the Price On-Site sponsored car. No stranger to the track, 15-year-old David races the vehicle and was named ‘Rookie of the Year’ in Steven’s Point last year at age 14.

Join us for “A Day at the Races” on Saturday, June 9th!

The DK Motorsports car will be racing on the following dates:

May 26th – National Qualifier

June 2nd

June 9th

June 16th

June 23rd

June 30th

July 14th

July 21st

July 28th

August 11th

August 18th

August 25th

September 1st

September 8th

September 15th

 To view a PDF of the full racing schedule, CLICK HERE>>

 

Now Available: FT Series Proportional Directional Valves from Sun Hydraulics

 

Sun Hydraulic’s FC Series FTDC-XYN 4-way, 3-position, directional-control valve is a great way to gain the accuracy needed in a hydraulic system.

Technical Features

• -Nominal operating pressures for port 1 and port 6 should not exceed 500 psi (35 bar).
  -Pressure at ports 1 and 6 directly oppose each other.
  -These valves may be pressure compensated by an external, modulating, logic element. Use LR_C-XHN for a bypass circuit or LP_CXHN for a restrictive circuit. Incorporates the Sun floating style construction to minimize the possibility of internal parts binding due to excessive installation torque and/or cavity/cartridge machining variations.
  -The valve provides a degree of self-compensation and may be used as a flow control. To increase the accuracy of flow control, an external, modulating, logic element can be used to maintain a constant flow over a wider range of flows and pressures.

  Contact us today for more information.

  (262) 369-3700 OR ‘sales@priceeng.com’

EDITOR’S NOTE: The product is in the FT series, NOT FC series. 

Human Centered Design creates innovation at Price.

Innovation isn’t easy, which is why many great products never make it past the prototype phase. $14 billion of consumer products are returned to stores each year. 95% of those items are not returned due to defects, but poor design of the product itself.*

 

Price Engineering has employed Human Centered Design (HCD) principles since 2009 in order to enhance efficiency and increase the intuitive nature of oftentimes complex applications and machines developed through the company. Terry Glidden, Vice President of Price’s Mobile Division, perceives one the benefits of HCD to be that it “…enables the design team to zero in on what is truly important to the [customer].”

Tom Price, President of Price Engineering and Paul Decker formed a partnership to launch the Maverick Innovation Lab - a local company utilizing HCD principles in order to create growth and innovation in companies around the Greater Milwaukee area. Maverick hosted a seminar for Price employees, as well as a customer open house in February 2012. Attendees participated in several HCD exercises, in addition to a short lecture on the principles and benefits of HCD.

“My exposure to these HCD tools has changed my perspective on the methodology being used to design these systems [...] because of HCD, I now believe that the most successful designs will be approached from the top-down, instead of using the traditional bottom-up approach.” – Jason Biwer, Business Development Engineer.

View an excerpt below of a mock “Think-Aloud Testing” exercise. This exercise is frequently used within Price Engineering for modifying and improving complex system interfaces.

 

For more information on Human Centered Design and Maverick Innovation Lab, visit their website at www.maverick-lab.com OR contact via email at info@maverick-lab.com.

*Maverick Innovation Lab, Press Release.

“Manufacturing Marvels” features Price Engineering and TNT Rescue.

Fox Business cable channel show “Manufacturing Marvels” who has been highlighting the manufacturing industry in Wisconsin and throughout the midwest, turned its attention to work of Price Engineering. Price Engineering customer TNT Rescue Systems were featured on the shoot, highlighting their revolutionary hydraulic rescue tool which has been in the works for the past several years.

The tool eliminates the need for a second person at the pump, reducing extraction time to a fraction what is the current operating standard. For more information on the ECHO Systems, contact sales@priceeng.com.

The video aired on Friday, April 20th on Fox Business Channel between 8:30 – 8:40PM CST.

View the official FOX “Manufacturing Marvels” video below. Make sure to check out our other videos on the Price Engineering YouTube Channel.

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BONUS VIDEO: Here’s some behind the scenes footage that was filmed during the making of our “Manufacturing Marvels” shoot. Watch as we completely remove a car door, switching between 3 different tools in under 3 minutes.

FIRST Robotics gives high schoolers early lessons in engineering.

On March 23^rd and 24^th, 2012, nearly 50 teams from around the Midwest came together in Milwaukee’s U.S. Cellular Arena to compete in the FIRST Robotics Regional Competition. Its mission is “to transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders,” says founder Dean Kamen.

Registered teams around the country sign up to build their robot according to specific technical guidelines that have been predetermined by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). Once the robot is complete, teams turn them over to FIRST officials and are scheduled for a variety of local and regional competitions, which all lead up to the National Competition. Throughout all levels of competition, participants have the opportunity to win nearly $14.8 million in college scholarships.

 

Price sponsored the LakeView Legends, otherwise known as the “Robot Mafia” (#1652) for the 2012 competition. Their hard work and knowledge were certainly apparent as they progressed throughout the regional competition.

Price employees also acted as mentors for the Arrowhead Robotics team the “Cyberhawks” (#706) and for the Wave Robotics team (#2826). Both teams won awards and will now advance on to the National Competition in April of this year

Profile Magazine also feature Tom Price Jr. and Price Engineering’s involvment with FIRST in a January/February 2011 edition (pages 80-81). Click HERE to read about the featured article>>

All FIRST events and competitions are free and open to the public. The 2012 Championship will be held in St. Louis, Missouri from April 25^th to 28^th.

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VIDEO: Watch as the LakeView Legends go head-to-head in Match #63 in the Regional Championships>>

High standards in hose assembly.

Lean is a waste of time.

 

This is one of many misconceptions surrounding the principle of Lean Manufacturing. Lean was developed to reduce or eliminate waste. There are many ways in which you can implement Lean into your daily work life and realize its benefits.

Price Framework is a natural fit for any Lean Initiative – large or small. The Framework Division works with 80/20 Inc. to provide guarding and extruded aluminum framing for a variety of industries. Our CAN BAN carts and Lean workstations are great ways to organize and create better workflow within any operation.

Contact us for a catalog OR an on-site Demo of the 80/20 Inc. product line. Email us at sales@priceeng.com.

For photos and information, visit www.priceframework.com.

 

Now Hiring: Field Techs needed at Price On-Site

Our service division Price On-Site is now hiring qualified hydraulic repair and service technicians. Price On-Site serves Mobile and Industrial hydraulic maintenance, 24/7 field service, repairs and installation. A fast-growing division of Price Engineering, Price On-Site is always looking for new employees to join their ever expanding fleet of technicians and service professionals.

Please see the below links for job positions available. Email rdurante@priceeng.com to submit your resume and cover letter.

Hydraulic Technician for Component Repairs PDF 

Hydraulic Technician for Service Truck PDF

New Oak Creek location uses reclaimed materials from historic Milwaukee landmarks

Oak Creek will be the home of a new retail and service location in 2012. With the opening tentatively listed for early 2012, it aims to serve the hydraulic, pneumatic and fluid power needs of the greater Milwaukee area. Its use of reclaimed materials, namely Cream City Brick, has already gained