Monday- July 31st, 2017: Tutorial Session | |
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | A First Look at the Rheology of Injection Molding John Beaumont, President, Beaumont Technologies |
Tuesday-August 1st, 2017 | ||
8:00 am - 8:30 am | Day 1 Opening Remarks Peter Grelle David Okonski, GM | |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Keynote Speaker: PLASTICS Bill Carteaux, President and CEO, PLASTICS | |
Injection Molding Part Design & Simulation - Moderators: Eric Foltz & Pete Grelle | Innovations in Process Technologies - Moderators: Tom Turng & Adam Kramschuster | |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Warpage Prediction, Optimization, and Compensation for Injection Molding Ethan Chiu, Core Tech Systems Ltd., Inc. | Industry 4.0 — Competitive Advantages Through Networked Production Trevor Pruden, Engineering Manager, Arburg, Inc. |
9:30 am - 10:00 am | Addressing Stresses and Their Effects on Molded Part Durability Mark Yaeger, Covestro | Plastics 4.0- How to Turn Injection Molding Machine Data into Profit Stefan Kruppa, Engineer, KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | The Role of Material Data in the Simulation of Injection Molded Parts Doug McMullen, Datapoint Labs | TZERO®: Innovations in Decoupled Molding Doug Espinosa, TZERO® Manager, RJG, Inc. |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Let's Talk About Right-Weighting, Not Light-Weighting Erik Foltz, Senior Managing Engineer , The Madison Group | Automatically Adaptable Hot Runner System Marcel Fenner, President, Priamus North America |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Breaking the Rules with Plastic Injection Molding Roy Spatz, Bemis | Pushing The Boundaries of Machine Intelligence Joachim Kragl, Director of Advanced Molding Systems and Processing, Engel |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Advances in Weldline Strength Prediction and As-Manufactured Structural Simulation in Plastics Matt Jaworski, Technical Specialist , Autodesk | Inmolt: Integrated Primering William Asmann, Nolax, Inc. |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Lunch Break | |
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Exhibit Hall Open | |
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Plant Tours | |
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm | Networking Reception |
Wednesday-August 2nd, 2017 | ||
8:00 am - 8:30 am | Day 2 Opening Remarks Peter Grelle David Okonski, GM | |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Keynote Speaker: The Need for Higher Level Education & Training in Injection Molding John Beaumont, President, Beaumont Technologies | |
Innovations in Tool Design - Moderators: Brad Johnson & Susan Mongtomery | Material Additives at the Press - Moderators: Jeremy Dworshak & Chad Ulven | |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Product Design for Silicone Molding Rick Finnie, Owner, M.R. Mold & Engineering Corp. | Using Titanate & Zirconate Additives at the Press Salvatore Monte, President and Co-Owner , Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc. |
9:30 am - 10:00 am | Conformal Cooling on the Advance Reiner Westhoff, Shareholder and President , Contura MTC GmbH | Not Your Father's Additives Wylie Royce, Officer and Director, Royce Colors |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | TruCool 3D Conformal Cooling David Baucus, Senior Product Manager, DME Corp. | Enhancing Polyolefin Performance: A Cycle Time Reduction Nate Renwald, Managing Partner and Co-Owner, Brandt Technologies |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | EDGELINE: Molds & Valve Gate Systems for Side Injection Donald Hickel, Manager of Injection Mold Sales, Manner America | Information Needed for Accurate Color Blake Johnson, VP of Technical Services, Lanier Color Company |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Utilizing Gating & Runner Design Strategies to Reduce Warp Problems Kevin Rottinghaus, Regional Account Manager, Beaumont Technologies | Materials For Use in Injection Molding to Reduce Cycle Time and Improve Thermal Management Phil Brunner, Senior Materials Scientist/Business Development, Interfacial Consultants |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Multi-Material Molding with E-Multi (Auxiliary Injection Unit with Standalone Controller) Rafael Izaguirre, Business Development Manager, Moldmasters/Milacron | Performance Enhancement of Injection Molded Components Using Additive Masterbatch Joe Raborn, Business Development Manager, Clariant |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Lunch Break | |
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Exhibit Hall Open | |
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Plant Tours | |
Injection Molding Special Session | ||
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Using Simulation Results for Plastic Injection Molded Part Design Steve Faes, Senior Product Development Engineer , Currier Plastics | |
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Expected Benefits of Tungsten Carbide Core Pins Jim Barrett, Vice President Business Development, Cavaform International Gabriel Geyene, Application Engineer , Sigmasoft Frank Rymas, Technical Consultant, Crafts Technology | |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Standardized Processing Jon Ratzlaff, Global Technical Service Manager , Chevron Phillips Chemical Company | |
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Precision Injection Molding of Thermopastic Repeating Frames for Battery Applications David Okonski, GM | |
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Part Design & Material Selection – Critical Factors in Making Well Designed High Quality Medical Device Components & Parts Len Czuba, President, Czuba Enterprises | |
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm | Networking Reception |