COMPOSITESWORLD Expo Conference Agenda
The following sessions are planned:
Tuesday, September 2 Please click on title for more information on each session. |
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| 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
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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 |
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| 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
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MODERN MACHINING AND INSPECTION SOFTWARE FOR MORE PROFITABLE COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING Peter Dickin, Delcam
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
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| 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 |
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| 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
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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
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Wednesday, September 3 Please click on title for more information on each session. |
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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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) |
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| 6:00-8:00 PM | COMPOSITESWORLD Expo VIP Party | COMPOSITESWORLD Expo VIP Party | ||
JUST ADDED!
Keynote address by Tadge J. Juechter, Corvette and Cadillac XLR Chief Engineer, General Motors
Thursday, September 4, 2008 / 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
CORVETTE ZR1: COMPOSITES, PERFORMANCE AND AUTOMOTIVE PASSION
JUST ADDED!
Lunchtime Lesson by Chris Red, Editor & VP of Market Research, Composite Market Reports (CMR)
Thursday, September 4, 2008 / 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM
OUTLOOK FOR COMPOSITE WIND TURBINE BLADE MANUFACTURING
Check back often - MORE DETAILS COMING SOON!
Questions?
Please contact:
Scott Stephenson / Conference Director
207-221-6602 / scott@compositesworld.com
OR
Ralph Jessie / Conference Manager
207-221-6603 / jessie@compositesworld.com
COMPOSITESWORLDExpo: September 3-5, 2008 Schaumburg, IL
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