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COMPOSITESWORLD Expo Conference Agenda

The following sessions are planned:

 

Please click on title for more information on each session.

    Introductory Track   Advanced Track
7:00-8:00 AM   Continental Breakfast   Continental Breakfast
8:00-10:00 AM  

INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Dr. Carl Zweben, Life Fellow ASME, Fellow SAMPE & ASM

INTRODUCTION TO RESINS, MARKETS, AND PROCESSES FOR COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS

Dwight Rust, The National Composite Center

 

 

OVERVIEW OF FEA DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING SOFTWARE WITH CASE STUDIES

Rani Richardson, Sr. Application Engineer CATIA Brand Sales North America, Dassault Systemes

Steve Dostert, Boeing

WEIGHT EFFICIENT COMPOSITE STRUCTURES USING OPTIMIZATION TECHNOLOGY

Dr. Robert N. Yancey, Managing Director - Western US, Altair Engineering

10:00-10:30 AM   Refreshment Break   Refreshment Break
10:30 AM - Noon  

OPTIMIZING THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITES WITH PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT (PLM) SOLUTIONS

Rani Richardson, Sr. Application Engineer CATIA Brand Sales North America, Dassault Systemes

 

 

 

MODERN MACHINING AND INSPECTION SOFTWARE FOR MORE PROFITABLE COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING

Peter Dickin, Delcam

 

ROBOTIC TRIMMING AND TECHNOLOGY TO HELP COMPOSITES MANUFACTURERS IMPROVE QUALITY AND SAVE TIME AND MONEY

Paul Schuch, Routing Systems Sales Manager, KMT Robotic Solutions, Inc.

 

AUTOMATED, RAPID MANUFACTURING OF LARGE MASTER MODELS AND HIGH TEMPERATURE RESISTANT TOOLS

William Miller, Huntsman Advanced Materials

 

Noon-1:00 PM   Networking Luncheon   Networking Luncheon
1:00-2:30 PM  

ADVANCED LAYUP AND NESTING SYSTEMS SOFTWARE (title to be confirmed)

Olivier Guillermin, VISTAGY

 

Speaker and topic to be confirmed

2:30-3:00 PM   Refreshment Break   Refreshment Break
3:00-4:30 PM  

SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATING COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES WITH DESIGN

Andrew Bellamy, Composites Processing Manager (Americas), Gurit Canada

 

 

ULTRASONIC INSPECTION OF COMPOSITES USING ACOUSTOGRAPHY

Jaswinder S. Sandhu, W. Popek, Santec Systems, Inc. and Charles Pergantis, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

 

HIGH RESOLUTION, LOW COST ULTRASOUND CAMERA FOR IN-SERVICE COMPOSITE DEFECT INSPECTION

Robert Lasser, Marvin Lasser, Ron Westernik, John Kula, David Rich, Imperium, Inc.

and Gary Georgeson and Blake Bertrand, Boeing

 

 

Please click on title for more information on each session.

    Introductory Track   Advanced Track
7:30-8:30 AM   Continental Breakfast   Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00 AM  

INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITE FABRICATION TECHNIQUES

Terry Price, Director, Composites Training Center, Cerritos College

 

COMPRESSION MOLDING OVERVIEW - LESSONS LEARNED FROM SELECT AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS

Drago Santrach, Drago Santrach Consulting LLC

 

INTEGRATING PROCESS CONTROLS SUCH AS ADVANCED PLYBOOKS INTO QC AND QA SYSTEMS (title to be confirmed)

Olivier Guillermin, VISTAGY

 

10:00-10:30 AM   Refreshment Break   Refreshment Break
10:30 AM - Noon  

CURING THERMOSET RESIN PREPREG COMPOSITES

Jeremy Hierholzer, Assistant Professor, Department of Aviation Technology, Purdue University

Ronald Sterkenburg, Associate Professor, Department of Aviation Technology, Purdue University

 

THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES, MATERIALS AND PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES

Michael Buck, Ten Cate Advanced Composites USA Inc. Phoenixx TPC Inc.

 

TECHNIQUES FOR MAXIMIZING RAW MATERIAL UTILIZATION IN THE PLY NESTING AND CUTTING PROCESS

David Lichtenwalner, CEO and President, NestONE Solutions, LLC

Phil Bagshaw, BRM Information Technologies, Bombardier Aerospace

 

AN OVERVIEW OF AUTOMATED FIBER PLACEMENT (AFP) AND AUTOMATED TAPE LAYER (ATL) “TECHNOLOGY”

Carroll Grant, Aerospace Composites Consulting

 

FIBER PLACEMENT TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS

Manu Motilva, MTorres

Noon-1:00 PM   Networking Luncheon   Networking Luncheon
1:00-2:30 PM  

INTRODUCTION TO VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING (VARTM)

Andre Cocquyt, President, GRP Guru.com

 

ATL ADVANCEMENTS

Ronald C. Hennies, Director, Composites Product Development, MAG Cincinnati, Cincinnati Machine, LLC

 

AFFORDABLE AUTOMATED FIBER PLACEMENT SYSTEMS

James A. Mondo, Automated Dynamics

James Martin, Automated Dynamics

2:30-3:00 PM   Refreshment Break   Refreshment Break
3:00-4:30 PM  

STATE OF THE ART TOTAL CONTROL OF CLOSED-MOLD COMPOSITE INJECTION MOLDING

Alan Harper, Machine Design and Closed Mold Specialist, Magnum Venus Plastech, Ltd.

 

 

BEST PRACTICES FOR RAPID YIELD IMPROVEMENT AND LEANER OPERATIONS:

HOW MANUFACTURERS CAN GET PREPARED FOR INCREASED DEMAND AND LOWER PRICES

Romain Lavault, Vice President Sales and Business Development, INTERCIM

(with one aerospace industry player)

6:00-8:00 PM   COMPOSITESWORLD Expo VIP Party   COMPOSITESWORLD Expo VIP Party

JUST ADDED!

Thursday, September 4, 2008 / 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

CORVETTE ZR1: COMPOSITES, PERFORMANCE AND AUTOMOTIVE PASSION

 

JUST ADDED!

Thursday, September 4, 2008 / 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM

OUTLOOK FOR COMPOSITE WIND TURBINE BLADE MANUFACTURING

 

 

Questions?

Please contact:

Scott Stephenson / Conference Director

207-221-6602 / scott@compositesworld.com

OR

Ralph Jessie / Conference Manager

207-221-6603 / jessie@compositesworld.com



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