Windrock’s 15th Annual Users’ Group

Come join us in Sunny Fort Lauderdale June 19 – 21, 2012
at the Embassy Suites Deerfield Beach, Resort & Spa!

image of the Embassy Suites Florida

This year’s event will include educational classes designed to provide useful Windrock-specific information to enable you to be more effective and productive in your job. Our goal is to help our Users' increase knowledge from technical presentations, case studies and others experiences while networking with industry peers. Our program is designed to appeal to every user - from people just getting started in their company’s analysis program to seasoned veterans who might need to learn the latest tips and tricks.

Monday Evening, June 18th
Conferences kick off reception and dinner Embassy Suites

Tuesday and Wednesday, June 19th – 20th (all day)
General Session comprised of technical presentations, case studies, activities, and round tables focusing on all of our portable and online products and software as well as industry educational topics

Wednesday Dinner
Family-friendly evening at the Ft Lauderdale Antique Car Museum. The museum is a reproduction of a Packard showroom from the 1920’s and houses 22 Packard Motor Cars from the 1900’s – 1940”s, along with a huge collection of memorabilia, tools, signage, vintage electronics and more. www.antiquecarmuseum.org

Thursday, June 21st
Continuation of General Session concluding at noon

Hotel Information:
Rooms are limited so register early!
You can make your room reservations online using our special link: Embassy Suites Deerfield Beach - Resort & Spa
The Embassy Suites is offering our guests special room rates of $129 or $149 for an ocean view. Please book by May 19 to reserve these special room rates!

Embassy Suites Deerfield Beach - Resort & Spa Address:
950 South Ocean Drive, Deerfield Beach, Florida, 33441
Phone Number: 954-312-2017

Register now for the opportunity to learn and network with your peers! Sign up for the 2012 Users' Group by May 1, 2012 to save $100 off your registration fee!

We look forward to seeing everyone in June!

What is Windrock Users' Group?

The Windrock Users' Group is an annual summer conference that focuses on training the users of Windrock's portable and online equipment. Once a year, we invite all of the Windrock users and their families from around the world to come join us. Our meeting location changes every year!

The three-day educational conference is a forum for Windrock product users to learn from each other in a group environment. The conference includes presentations from Windrock's Technical Services group, presentations from
featured guest speakers, group discussions where we encourage users to share their field experience/methods, and case studies presented by users which demonstrate problem solving at its best. We also discuss new technology as well as new features and functions that have been added to our products during the past year.

We also find time to squeeze in a bit of family fun as we host a "Welcome Dinner" on the eve of Users' Group, allowing everyone a chance to get to know each other. Another evening, we host an event at an area attraction that usually includes dinner and entertainment. We encourage all of our users to join in this annual event and experience some Southern hospitality.

For more information, please contact:
Phone: 865-330-1100

Windrock's 2011 Users' Group Meeting Overview

Asheville, North Carolina

Group photo 2011

DOWNLOAD 2011 Agenda

This year's event was our best yet! 75 of our Users and Guests from 16 U.S. states, the United Kingdom, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Trinidad, Canada and Mexico met for our 14th Annual Windrock Users Group Meeting at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Asheville, North Carolina from June 20 – 23, 2011.

Our annual Users' Group event is our way to help our Users' increase knowledge from technical presentations, case studies and others experiences while networking with industry peers. This year's meeting was a historic opportunity for the combined RECIP-TRAP and Windrock portable and online product users to share the meeting for the first time. Windrock revealed plans for future product development and addressed areas of concern for our newly acquired customers. We also rolled out plans to continue development of an Analyst Support Program.

Windrock staff of Tech Services experts covered a variety of topics:

the importance of an engine room walk-about for complete analysis
the proper way to locate TDC and how to select proper test points on high speed units
OEM rod load methods and the forces on reversal
New vibration standards

Guest presenters shared their areas of expertise:

Dwayne Hickman from ACI Services, Inc. discussed tuning compressors from analyzer data and devices for managing load and flow
Aleksey Dubrovensky from Cook Compression talked about new technologies to reduce compressor emissions
Tom Stephens from Ariel Corporation covered a variety of high speed compressor analysis techniques.

Asheville is located in western North Carolina and is renowned for local arts and crafts. Our hotel was located within walking distance of downtown which has art galleries, unique restaurants, and beautiful public spaces that invite outdoor activities.

Windrock hosted a kick-off dinner at the hotel on the first night to give families a chance to get to know one another as we started our conference. On Wednesday, we played host to a visit to Biltmore Winery, a private tour of the historic Biltmore Estate (billed as Americas only castle”) and then an elegant dinner on the grounds of the estate at the Deerpark Inn.

Plans have already begun for next years 15th Annual Windrock Users Group Meeting event!

View 2011 Conference Photos

View 2011 Biltmore Event Photos

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