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Day
One |
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Wednesday, July
18 - Morning Session - 9:00 - 12:30
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| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Glenn Starkey, Progressive Components |
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About ToolingDocs
Overview of the ToolingDocs Forum and website resource tools. |
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| 9:30 - 10:30 |
Tim Lankisch, CAE Services |
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Optimizing Flow Analysis,
Cooling Methods and Venting Solutions
Upfront considerations within the product design process to assist
in optimizing production mold performance.
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| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Morning Break |
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| 10:45 - 11:30 |
Pete Richards, Custom Mold |
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You Want Water Where?
Case studies describing creative mold cooling techniques with before
and after cycle reduction data. |
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Scott Monteith, Brush Wellman |
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Performance Advantage of New Mold Alloys
Material, data and case studies utilizing recently developed mold
alloys will be discussed. |
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| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch (Provided) |
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Wednesday,
July 18 - Afternoon Session - 1:30 - 5:00 |
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| 1:30 - 5:00 |
Arnie Oas, CFI - Special Guest Speaker |
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Preventative Maintenance Workshop
This workshop will describe actions to initiate a mold review
process and a plant-wide tooling maintenance program, to include
cost, dividends and cast studies. Specific steps, actions and forms
will be presented and distributed. |
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Network
Reception - 5:00 - 6:00 |
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Day
Two |
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Thursday,
July 19 - Morning Session - 9:00 - 12:30 |
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| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Glenn Starkey, Progressive Components |
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Morning Greeting
Introduction of Speakers |
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| 9:15 - 10:00 |
Bob Duffy, Polymer Cleaning Technology |
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Rod McClellan, Progressive Components |
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Care, Feeding and Disaster Recovery of Hot Runner
Systems
Insights and recommended practices to avoid common sources of hot
runner system downtime, and proper techniques for preparation of
safe and effective hot runner cleaning. |
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| 10:00 - 10:45 |
Russ Bowen, International Mold Steels |
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Use of Porous Mold Steel for Venting
Difficult to vent applications benefited through the use of porous
mold steels will be discussed, while describing maintenance and
cleaning of these new materials. |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Morning Break |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Paul Williams,
Mold-Tech/Rawal Engravers |
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Texture Maintenance and
Repair
Introduce different properties and conditions that can effect
textures in injection molding applications, as well as conditions
that present a need for maintenance schedules. |
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Steven Bales, Bales Mold Service |
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Harry
Raimondi, Bales Mold Service |
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Mold Rehab: Treatments and Techniques
Utilizing advanced treatments for reduced mold wear, salvage
techniques and examples of periodic maintenance practices to
refurbish molds in demanding applications. |
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| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch (Provided) |
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Thursday,
July 19 - Afternoon Session - 1:30 - 4:00 |
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| 1:30 - 4:00 |
Plant Tour |
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Optimization In Action
Attendees will tour a local injection molding plant to see
first-hand and discuss steps for optimizing tool performance. |
