The History of ETI
Effective Training, Inc.
(ETI) is an internationally recognized leader in the field of geometric
dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T). Company founder Alex Krulikowski
is a noted GD&T expert, educator and author of more than 20
books and articles on the subject. Alex gained more than 30 years of
industrial experience as design supervisor with one of the world's
largest manufacturing corporations. He also has a degree in industrial
vocational education from Eastern Michigan University.
The
companys formation and growth
In 1985, Alex decided
to utilize his GD&T knowledge and to fulfill his desire to teach
by founding ETI. Since its inception, ETI has provided expert GD&T
training for students, educational institutions and corporations.
The company has become world-renowned for its fine products and
knowledgeable trainers. ETI currently employs a staff of professionals
who aid in the development and marketing of GD&T training products
and teach workshops throughout the world.
Our
expanding product line
Alex is a member of several
standards committees, so all ETI products are up to date with the current
standards. He also has extensive experience in industry, so our teaching materials
are geared to a practical approach that enables the knowledge to be transferred
to the workplace. Over the years, our product line has expanded from textbooks,
workbooks, and charts to videos and software. Instructor kits are available
with full-color slides packages or on a CD-ROM with digital transparencies
and printable teaching materials. Materials have also been translated into
Spanish.
The etinews.com
website
The company continues
to evolve. With the formation of its website (etinews.com) in 1997,
ETI has become an unsurpassed GD&T resource. The site includes
a discussion board that has become a popular, interactive forum
for GD&T questions and standards issues. The board also contains
an employment section where job seekers and employers in the field
can connect. There is a complete product catalog and online ordering
system that includes information on all our products and a section
that highlights the many services and workshops ETI can provide
for your company.
The
ETImail online newsletter
In 2002, ETI began producing
ETImail: an online GD&T newsletter. With ETImail, the company reaches out to
thousands of GD&T customers around the world with the latest industry
news. Each issue includes full-length articles by Alex, information on
the ASME standards, a mailbag with answers to your GD&T questions,
and links to current GD&T and standards-related articles found throughout
the Internet. The newsletter archives are always available on the website.
More GD&T resources and cutting-edge training options
In 2005, the
GD&T Cost-Saving Calculator was added to the site. The calculator
is a free tool that helps companies understand the amount of unnecessary
expenditures each year due to employees not knowing how to correctly
apply and interpret GD&T. That same year, ETI added two free skills surveys. Visitors can access these short surveys anytime to see how well they know GD&T fundamentals, or to test their skills at tolerance stacks. In 2008, ETI began offering live web training, a format that allows them to provide instructor-led, live training simultaneously to various corporate locations at the same time around the globe. They also started a blog that provides GD&T insights, answers to technical questions, and information about new products and services.
ASME Y14.5-2009 and ISO Geometrical Tolerancing
The release of the new ASME Y14.5 standard in 2009 fostered a host of new workshops and products, beginning with comparison charts, an updated pocket guide, onsite and public courses. In addition to the 2009 standard products, ETI branched out with their first ISO geometrical tolerancing resource. Alex Krulikowski's ISO Geometrical Tolerancing Guide
clarifies interpreting standard-compliant technical drawings that use ISO 1101:2004 and its companion published standards. It guides the user as to which ISO standards should be referenced on a drawing and what the standards cover.
Future products and services
ETI will continue to add products, training, and resources, including new courses, software, textbooks, and workbooks based on ASME Y14.5-2009 and ISO standards. They are also planning to release their textbooks in ebook format. ETI will continue to implement new technology as it becomes available, taking full advantage of any and all improvements that can be utilized in their products and training.
Timeline of ETI products, services, and resources:
1985 Company founded
by Alex Krulikowski
1985 – Fundamentals of
GD&T Course (’82 Standard)
1986 Fundamentals of
GD&T Self-Study Workbook (82 Standard)
1987 – Tolerance Stacks Course
1995 – New
Features Course highlighting differences in the ’82
– ’94 standards
1995 New
Features 2-tape video
1995 – Fundamentals of
GD&T Course (’94 Standard)*
1996 Self-Study
Workbook, 1994
1997 Fundamentals
Video Training, 10-tape, 94, GD&T fundamentals
1997 Website: etinews.com
created
1997 GD&T
Ultimate Pocket Guide ('94 Standard)
1998 Online
purchasing available - www.gdtsource.com
1999 GD&T
Trainer software (Fundamentals '94)
2004 – Advanced
Concepts of GD&T Course ('94 Standard)
2000 Digital
Instructors Kit: Fundamentals of GD&T
2001 ETI Discussion
Board
2002 ETImail Online
Newsletter
2002 Digital
Tolerancing Forum
2003 ETI Learning
Center - web-based GD&T training [first offer: GM Addendum]
2004 GD&T Trainer Professional
Edition
2004 Digital Instructor's Kit: Advanced
Concepts of GD&T
2004 Digital
Instructor's Kit: Tolerance Stacks
2004
Public Workshop Series
2005
Ultimate
Pocket Guide '94 - Spanish-Language
Version
2005 GD&T Potential Savings Calculator - free resource
2005 GD&T Free
Skills Survey - free resource to test GD&T knowledge
2005 ETI Learning
Center - web-based training [new course: GD&T Fundamentals]
2005 GD&T Free Tolerance Stacks Skills Survey - test tolerance stacks knowledge
2006 Digital Design Dictionary - defines over 200 technical terms used on drawings
2006 – Industrial Blueprint Reading - four-hour workshop
2006 – Executive Overview of GD&T - four-hour overview
2006 – GD&T Trainer Personal Version - computer-based course personal users
2006 – Fundamentals of GD&T Video Training DVD Series
2007 – Engineering Drawing Requirements Course - 8-hour workshop
2007 – System Approach to Component Tolerancing Course - 3-day workshop
2007 – GD&T Trainer Professional Edition, Version 3.5 - new features
2008 – Live Web GD&T training option added for onsite and public workshops
2008 – The ETI Blog
2008 – GD&T Workbook With Engineering Drawings - a 204-page practice workbook
2009 – A Quick Look at the ASME Y14.5-2009 Standard
2009 – ISO Geometrical Tolerancing Course - 3-day workshop
2009 – ASME Y14.5M-1994 to ASME Y14.5-2009 New Features Comparison Chart Set
2009 – ASME Y14.5-2009 Ultimate GD&T Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition
2009 – ASME Y14.5M-1994-2009 Update Course
2010 – Applications of GD&T Course (ASME Y14.5M-1994)
2009 – Alex Krulikowski's ISO Geometrical Tolerancing Reference Guide
2010 – Fundamentals of GD&T for Inspectors Course (ASME Y14.5M-1994)
2010 – ASME Y14.5 Standard Comparison: 1994 to 2009 Web-Based Training
2010– ETI's 25th anniversary
2009 – Alex Krulikowski's ISO Geometrical Tolerancing Reference Guide in ebook
2010 – ETI starts Dimensional Engineering discussion group on LinkedIn
2012 – Fundamentals of GD&T Using Critical Thinking Skills (ASME Y14.5-2009) textbook
2010 – Fundamentals of GD&T (ASME Y14.5-2009) Digital Instructor's Kit
2010 – ETI office moved to Livonia, Michigan
As ETI continues to grow,
we will also continue to provide innovative answers to your training needs.
If you or your company need GD&T training, products, or services,
contact ETI.
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