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These seminars have been developed specifically for plastics industry professionals (managers, designers, engineers) to gain a clear understanding of the current state of the art in simulation for plastics processing and what it can do to improve your company's efficiency. Compuplast has been providing practical seminars and simulation software to the plastics industry since 1990. The company philosophy results in a seminar that provides the required balance of theory and practical information for the attendees to gain a truly useful understanding of CAE/CFD and simulation analysis as related to plastics processing. These seminars will be presented by John Perdikoulias, vice president of Compuplast International responsible for North America.
Compuplast Extrusion Seminar for Technical Managers
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Wednesday Oct. 19
Cost: $149
This seminar will give an in depth description of the behavior of polymer in the extruder and die. Computer simulation will be used to help quantify problems and demonstrate how to solve or avoid them. Attendees will gain new insight and understanding into the behavior of polymer melt within the extrusion equipment. With the aid of unique visualization experiments on special extruders and dies and advanced CAE simulation software (FLOW 2000), the attendees will gain a proper understanding of the extrusion process and learn what are the important factors that need to be considered for optimization. Practical case studies will be used to demonstrate the application of improved process understanding towards equipment design and troubleshooting. The relationship between material characteristics and process limitations is also a major theme.
Who Should Attend: This course is intended for process engineers, plant managers, screw and die designers and anyone else interested in learning how to optimize the extrusion process and gain a better understand of the process.
The topics presented include....
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How the extruder feeds, melts and pumps. |
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Direction visualization of extrusion process with special glass window extruder. |
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How to characterize materials properly and why Melt Index is not sufficient. |
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The difference between smooth bore and grooved feed extruders. |
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The difference between conventional and barrier screws. |
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How to select which type of extruder/screw combination is best for your process and material. |
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How to estimate extruder efficiency. |
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How to get the "true" melt temperature. |
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The most common problems associated with breaker plates and screen changers. |
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How to size an extruder adaptor properly. |
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The principles behind extrusion die design. |
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Flow visualization in spiral dies. |
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The most important die design criteria. |
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Some coextrusion problems and their solution with CAE analysis. |
Instructor: John Perdikoulias is Vice President of Compuplast International in charge of the Canadian Office servicing our North American accounts. John is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario and has a B.Eng. (1985) and a M.Eng. (1988) from McMaster University and a Ph.D. (1997) from the University of Waterloo. From 1985 to 1997, John was employed by Brampton Engineering where he was responsible for the rheological design of the screws and dies. During his 12 years at BE he designed over 200 dies with over 80 of them for coextrusion applications including the first commercially available 8 and 9 layer dies in the world.
Compuplast Efficient Profile Die Design Seminar
1 p.m. - 4 p.m., Wednesday Oct. 19
Cost: $149
This seminar will explain the behavior of polymeric materials in profile dies and demonstrate a systematic approach for their design using computer simulation. Attendees will be provided with the basic knowledge required to understand how computer aided engineering (CAE) analysis can be used for Profile Die design. Several practical examples will be used to show how CAE analysis is performed and what are the current benefits and limitations. Attendees will also be introduced to the new FLOW 2000, Profile Die simulation software from Compuplast and shown how it can significantly reduce the time and cost for developing a complex profile die.
Who Should Attend: This course is intended for plant managers, engineers, designers or anyone involved with profile extrusion or responsible for profile die design and reduced development costs.
The topics will include.
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Material characterization and shear viscosity |
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Why traditional flow balancing techniques are inefficient |
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The Cross Flow Minimization Method ™ of die design |
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Determining the maxim extrusion rate and process limitations |
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Cooling analysis for Calibrator Design |
Instructor: John Perdikoulias
Compuplast Thermoforming and Blow Molding Seminar for Technical Managers
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Thursday Oct. 20
Cost: $149
This seminar will give an overview of the thermoforming and blow molding processes and how computer simulation can be applied towards solving or avoiding problems. Attendees will be provided with the basic knowledge required to understand how computer aided engineering (CAE) analysis can be used to help reduce development costs in blow molding or thermoforming. Several practical examples will be used to show how CAE analysis is performed and what benefits it can provide towards cost reduction during product and mold development. Attendees will also be introduced to the new B-SIM, blow molding simulation software and T-SIM thermoforming simulation software from Accuform.
Who Should Attend: This course is intended for plant managers, engineers, designers or anyone responsible for the design or the production of blow molded or thermoformed parts and molds.
The topics will include.
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Extrusion (Parison) and Stretch (Preform) Blow molding |
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Thermoforming |
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Material characterization |
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Process definition |
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Thickness variation analysis |
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Parison/Preform Thickness optimization |
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Thickness variation analysis |
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Effect of process conditions |
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Plug assist design analysis |
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Process troubleshooting using simulation |
Instructor: John Perdikoulias
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| Overview of Cavity Pressure and Temperature Sensing Technologies by Paulson Training
1 p.m. - 4 p.m., Wednesday Oct. 19
Cost: $149
In today's market, injection molding is increasingly technical. The need to compete with offshore manufacturing forces U.S. processors to be at the top of their game.
An emerging technology towards improving quality and efficiency is to measure plastic properties in the cavity. This allows the molder to repeat the plastic properties in the mold each cycle, producing identical, or nearly identical parts.
This seminar will provide a high level overview of the cavity sensing technologies that exist today. Various vendors offer both temperature and pressure sensing solutions. Each approach has its advantages and disadvantages. This seminar covers them all in a clear, non-biased approach that examines the state-of-art technology so you can make decisions based on facts."
Paulson Training has always been your trusted source for vendor-neutral consultative and engineering services that track all the emerging technologies in plastics processing.
Instructor: Scott Paulson is President of Paulson Training Programs Inc. Founded by Donald Paulson in 1976, Paulson Training Programs has a 29-year history as the leading provider of the highest quality training services to the plastics manufacturing industry. Scott joined the firm in 1988 with a BS in Business Administration and Marketing from Central Connecticut State University. His responsibilities have included Product Development Manager, responsible for the writing and production of Paulson's line of highly regarded training products. Scott has published and presented ANTEC papers on the use and effectiveness of CD and simulation based training programs on manufacturing efficiency and employee improvement. Paulson Training continues to be at the forefront of disseminating the technological advances in the plastics processing industry and advises on them in a vendor-neutral manner.
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| SPE Decorating & Assembly Division Minitec |
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Decorating & Assembly Minitec
9 a.m. - 12 noon, Wednesday Oct. 19
Cost: $75
Learn about the latest innovations and techniques for the decorating and assembly of molded plastics, covering subjects that include pad printing, in-mold decorating, hot stamping, painting, and welding.
Minitec schedule:
| 9 - 9:35 a.m. |
Pad Printing Efficiency and Profitability, by Steve Smith, National Sales Manager, Diversified Printing Techniques |
| 9:40 - 10:15 a.m. |
The World of Plastic Decoration/In-Mold Decorating Technology, by Doug Weishaar, Market Development Manager, Kurz Transfer Products |
| 10:20 - 10:55 a.m. |
Design Potentials with Hot Stamping Foils and Heat Transfers, by Diane Brasil, International Sales Director and Corporate Marketing, CPS Resources Inc. |
| 11 - 11:35 a.m. |
Choosing the Right Plastics Assembly Process, by Bob Mellin, Sales Associate, Branson Applied Technologies/RM Equipment Sales Co. |
| 11:40 - 12:15 p.m. |
An Introduction into Using Lasers for the Assembly of Plastics, by Scott Hartley, Research & Product Development Manager, Gentex Corp. |
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