Education

Stiles Education

Customized Training

To learn more about our training and services please contact Judy Cisler at 616.698.7500 or via e-mail at jcisler@stilesmachinery.com.

Stiles Education welcomes the opportunity to provide you and your workforce customized training at your facility or ours. Whether you wish to schedule an existing (standard) SE course or customize an existing course for a specific need, we will create an on-site training program geared towards your personnel, equipment and company's needs.

Benefits of Customized Training

  • Specialized training for your specific machines
  • Dedicated instructor providing targeted instruction
  • Troubleshooting your production practices and maintenance techniques
  • Face-to-face communication with a Stiles Education professional

The following courses are available through on-site training only. Click on each course number to view a full course description.

Homag Edgebander Courses

  • EB150 Profile Trim Station Operation & Adjustment for the FF-12
  • EB176 Operation & Set-up for the FK-11 Profiling Trimming Station
  • EB700 Homatic NC-21 Programming for Operators
  • EB800 Homatic NC-21 Diagnostics for Maintenance Personnel
  • TD350 Advanced Electrical Troubleshooting for Edgebanders with NC-21 Controllers

Machine models requiring customized and on-site training are:

Weeke CNC Machining Center Courses

  • Weeke models: BEK 100, BST 100, BST 300, BST 500, all BHT models and WoodWOP 2.5 models

Consulting Services

Stiles Education also offers consulting services specific to CNC machining centers to augment our formal training. On-site services include how to use:

  • Advanced WoodWOP macros, variables and parametrics
  • WoodWOP with other CAD packages and best applications for WoodWOP
  • Best practices to extend the life of your tooling
  • Maximum capabilities of your CNC machining center and aggregates
  • Fixtures for small or unusual parts
  • Nesting features and conversion to nested-based components

WoodWOP programming services are also available. Let us help you program your components utilizing the powerful tools of WoodWOP.

Here's what some of our students have to say . . .

"I appreciated this class and the instructor because it helped me understand the equipment, its operation and maintenance."

Mizael Alvarado, California Closet Co.
CU0220 (Brandt), August 2008

"The course was very helpful. The instructor helped us solve problems that we were having and showed us things that we could do to prevent downtime. He gave us great information and the hands-on training was super."

Chris Radford, Masterbrand Cabinets
CU0227 (Homag), October 2008