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PPE '03 - Tuesday 1 - Wednesday 2 July 2003 University of Bradford

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Tuesday 1

8.45
Registration & Coffee, D4 Foyer
9.10
Welcome
  SESSION 1: Injection Process Developments
9.15
Micromoulding: Interrogating the Process
B Whiteside, M T Martyn, P D Coates, Bradford University / P Allan, G Greenway, P Hornsby, Brunel University
9.45

Micromoulding industrial developments
P Manser Battenfeld / G Mills Ultratools / A Rankin Sovrin

10.10

Micromoulding - alternative technology developments
B Murray, S Histead, Rondol

   
10.35
Coffee - exhibition area
   
11.05
Novel processes for injection moulding
P Allan, M J Bevis, Brunel University / K Yasuda, Asahi Chemical Co.
11.30
Evaluation of Pulsed Cooling in Injection Mould Tools
B A McCalla, P S Allan, P R Hornsby, A G Smith, L Wrobel, Brunel University / A L Kelly Bradford University
12.00
Fluid-Assisted Injection Processing
G Smith, R Magalhaes R Hansell, Warwick University / P D Coates, A J Dawson, L Mulvaney-Johnson, M Woodhead, Bradford University
12.25
Fibre Orientation - Design-Performance Interactions in Short Fibre Reinforced Composites
R A Duckett, P Hine Leeds University / P Caton Rose Bradford University/ P Jittham, G Smith, Warwick University
   
12.45
Lunch & Exhibition
   
SESSION 2: Extrusion & other process developments
13.45

Keynote: Process monitoring along the extruder
J.A.Covas, O.S. Carneiro, P. Costa, A.V. Machado, J.M. Maia University of Minho.

14.25
Using Camera Vision Web Inspection as a QC tool
S Dominey, Davis Standard Killion Inc
14.50
Supercritical Fluid Assisted Processing of Polymers
P R Hornsby, S Matthews Brunel University / N Brooks, R Simpson Rapra Ltd
   
15.15
Break
   
15.30
High throughput bicomponent microfibre production
R Zhoa, E Eckhard, A Schwarz, Biax FibreFilm Inc
15.55
Roller die extrusion
H Benkreira, J Paragreen, M Cox, R Patel, M Gale, Bradford University
16.20
Blown film – processing stability for metallocenes
P Lafuente-Canas, B del Amo Fernandez.. Repsol s.a / G D Smith, R Spares, M T Martyn, Bradford University
16.45

Laboratory demonstrations

   
19.30
Reception & Conference Dinner

Wednesday 2
8.45
Registration & Coffee, D4 Foyer
   
  SESSION 3: Sensors and Modelling & Control
9.20
Keynote:In-Line Monitoring of Dielectric and Fluorescence Spectroscopy During Polymer/Filler Compounding
A J Bur, S C Roth, Y-H M Lee, N Noda, NIST, Washington / M McBrearty, Chemical ElectroPhysics
10.00
Melt temperature fields measurements: instabilities and effects of screw geometry on temperature fields
E C Brown, A L Kelly, Bradford University
10.25
Energy measurements for non-invasive process monitoring
A J Dawson, H Rajamani, P D Coates, Bradford University
   
10.50
Coffee - exhibition area
   
11.20
Investigation of Wave Interfacial Instabilities in Flat Coextrusion Dies: Simulation and Experimental Research
M Zatloukal, University of Zlin / M T Martyn, R Spares, P D Coates, Bradford University
11.50
Biaxial testing of plastics at high strain rates and temperatures
E Harkin Jones, A Tshai, P Martin, Belfast University
12.15
Gas Assisted Injection Moulding: Process Setup and Optimisation Using a Rule Based Expert System
R G Speight, P Brincat, A Bakharev, Moldflow pty/ L Mulvaney Johnson, Bradford University
12.45
Real-Time Monitoring of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Extrusion using Process Spectroscopy
S Barnes, H Edwards, I Scowen, M Sibley, P D Coates, Bradford University/ W Baker, AT Plastics
   
13.15
Lunch + Opening of Polymer CIC
   
14.15
Modelling and Control of Reactive Rotational Moulding
B Crawford, N Corrigan, J Watterson, S. Raghunathan, R J Crawford, E Harkin-Jones, Belfast University, E C Brown, Bradford University
SESSION 4: Business and Environmental
14.45
Faraday Plastics: Roadmapping for the Plastics Industry
N Brookes, N Tucker, R Simpson, Faraday Plastics
15.15
Materials and Products from UK-Sourced PVC-Rich Waste for New and Existing Markets
R M Rose, A L Kelly, Bradford University / S Weston, WRAP
15.40
Industrial Support: Materials information service
J Czerski, IoM3 Materials Information Service
15.45
Industry Support: The Regional Development Agency and its Role in Fostering Links Between Higher Education and Business
C Williams, Yorkshire Forward
   
16.00
Tea & End of meeting
Laboratory demonstrations