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The 9th Annual SPE Thermoforming
Conference A large turnout is expected for the 9th Annual Thermoforming Conference, scheduled to take place Sept. 25-30 at the Rosemont Convention Center near Chicago The show is sponsored by the Thermoforming Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers.
"This conference was started nine years ago with tabletop exhibits and seminars in Portage, WI; we had 150 people," says Roger Fox, 1999 conference show chairman. "We are now looking at over 120 booths. Not only are the exhibitors going deliver a lot of new products to our attendees, they will be introducing new technology as well, so it very exciting." " Fox says he anticipates upwards of 1,500 to 2,000 attendees. "This will be our first year in Chicago and with the conference located only a few minutes from Chicago's O'Hare Airport, we are expecting a good showing in the plastic hub of the Midwest. Our attendees will also include people from Asia, Europe, South America, Australia and South Africa." Events will begin Saturday night, Sept. 25, with a ribbon cutting and welcome reception. Seminars begin on Saturday with a special joint program with the Decorating and Assembly Division, and continue through Monday. (For a listing of seminar programs, see story beginning on page 30.) In addition to the seminar program, Bill McConnell and Art Buckel, "two of the most knowledgeable people in thermoforming world," Fox says, will present a thermoforming workshop.
Former New England Patriots NFL All-Pro, Brian Holloway will be the keynote speaker. His speech, "Winning by Design," will focus on ways to improve bottom line profits and productivity in companies. Also on the agenda are several plant tours, including: resin manufacturer BASF; Clear Pack, a thermoformer and extruder; Profile Plastics, a cut sheet thermoformer; and MAAC Machinery, a maker of thermoforming machines. Other featured events include the Thermoformer of the Year and Sponsor Appreciation dinners, Parts Competition and Showcase and Awards luncheon, and a "Next Millennium Reception" to toast the industry into the next century. For more information on the conference and online registration, log onto the SPE Website at www.4spe.org or call Deb Cawley or Jeff Tremonte at SPE, (203) 775-0471.
Schedule of Events Thursday, September 23, 1999 Time Event Location 8:00am-5:00pm Executive Committee Meeting Hyatt-Consular Room-Atrium Level 2:00pm-5:00pm Conference Committee Hyatt & RCC- TBA
8:00am-12:00pm Committee Meetings Hyatt -American\Braniff Rooms-Lobby Level 12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch Hyatt - Hyatt-American\Braniff Rooms-Lobby Level 1:00pm-4:00pm Board Meeting Hyatt -Hyatt-American\Braniff Rooms-Lobby Level 6:00pm-10:00pm Board Dinner TBA
8:00am-6:00pm Registration Convention Center-Hall F 6:00am-5:00pm Exhibitor Set Up Convention Center-Hall F 9:00am-3:00pm Spouse Program Woodfield 1:00pm-4:15pm Decorating & Assembly Seminar Hyatt-Swissair Room 6:15pm-6:30pm Ribbon Cutting Convention Center-Hall F 6:30pm-9:30pm Welcome Reception Exhibit Floor "Sports Theme & Taste of Chicago" Convention Center-Hall F 7:00am-5:00pm Registration Convention Center-Hall F 7:30am-8:30am Breakfast Convention Center - Stephens Ballroom 8:30am-9:00am Welcome & Introduction Convention Center-Stephens Ballroom 9:00am-10:15am Kick off -Keynote Speaker Convention Center-Stephens Ballroom 10:15am-10:30am Break Convention Center-Stephens Reception Area 10:30am-12:00pm Management Session Convention Center-Stephens Ballroom 10:30am-5:00pm Exhibits Open Convention Center-Hall F 10:30am-4:00pm Spouse Tour Long Grove 12:00pm-1:30pm Business Meeting & Scholarship LunchConvention Center-Stephens Ballroom 1:30pm-5:00pm Technical Breakout Sessions Convention Center-Stephens Ballroom 3:00pm-3:15pm Break Convention Center-Stephens Reception Area 5:00pm-6:00pm Cocktails Hyatt - Grand Ballroom - Reception Area 6:00pm-8:30pm "Thermoformer of the Year" & "Sponsor Appreciation" Dinner Hyatt - Grand Ballroom 8:30pm After Dinner Independent Exhibitor Venues?
8:00am-3:00pm Registration Convention Center-Hall F 7:00am-8:00am Breakfast Convention Center-Stephens Ballroom 8:00am-12:00pm Technical Breakout Sessions Convention Center-Stephens Ballroom 10:00am-10:15am Break Convention Center-Stephens Reception Area 9:00am-5:00pm Exhibits Open Convention Center-Hall F 8:00am-4:00pm Spouse Program Downtown Chicago 12:00pm-1:30pm Lunch-"Parts Competition Awards" Convention Center-Stephens Ballroom 1:30pm-5:00pm Technical Breakout Sessions Convention Center-Stephens Ballroom 3:00pm-3:15pm Break Convention Center-Stephens Ballroom - Reception Area 6:00pm-9:00pm Dinner Reception - "THE NEXT MILLENNIUM" Hyatt-Rosemont Ballroom
8:00am-12:00pm Registration Convention Center-Hall F 7:30am-8:30am Breakfast Convention Center-Stephens Ballroom 7:00am-5:00pm Exhibit Breakdown Convention Center-Hall F 9:00am-3:00pm Plant Tours BASF, Clearpack, Profile, Maac 9:00am-4:00pm McConnell Workshop Convention Center-Stephens Ballroom TBA Breaks & Lunch TBA
* Saturday, September 25 Special Program * Sunday, September 26 Opening Program * Sunday, September 26 Roll Fed Program * Sunday, September 26 Heavy Gauge Program * Monday, September 27 Roll Fed Program * Monday, September 27 Heavy Gauge Program * Plant Tours * Workshop
Special Program Joint Program with the Decorating and Assembly Division Moderator: John B. Phillips, VP Sales & Marketing, Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. This special program is being offered for the first time in conjunction with the Decorating and Assembly Division of SPE. Our moderator, John Phillips, has 21 years of experience in the field of decorating plastics. There will be room for only the first 100 attendees. We are very optimistic about its reception. If you have an interest in this program get there early, seating will go fast.
1:00 - 1:30 pm Basic Techniques and Fundamentals of Vacuum Metallizing; Jeff Mateer, Sales Manager, Stokes Vacuum, Inc. 1:30 - 2:30 pm Comparison of the Four Processes for Decorating: Pad Printing, Screen Printing, Hot Transfers, and Hot Stampling; Keith Hillestad, National Sales Manager of Equipment, United Silicone Inc., An ITW Company 2:30 - 2:45 pm Break 2:45 - 3:15 pm Decorative Laminates for Thermoforming; Dennis Northrop, Customer Technical Support, Avery Dennison 3:15 - 3:45 pm Painting for Thermoforming Applications; Ralph Starkey, Southwest Regional Sales Manager, Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. 3:45 - 4:15 pm Different Ways to Decorate Plastics; Robert Janco, Director of Technical Services, Meyercord
Opening Program 8:30 - 8:45 Welcome & Opening Remarks Roger Fox, '99 Conference Chairman 8:45 - 9:00 Remarks Randy Blin, Division Chairman 9:00 - 10:30 Keynote Speaker - Brian Holloway, Former NFL Pro Winning by Design A five-time NFL All-Pro, team captain, and at age 23, the youngest Vice President of the NFL Player Association. He understands how to gain leverage and power to make the impossible happen. The Stanford All American spent nine years in the NFL and captained the New England Patriots Super Bowl XX team. But it has been his activities and accomplishments since leaving the playing field - increasing the bottom line profits and productivity of Fortune 500 companies - that led President Clinton to recognize him as one of America's top young leaders in 1995. Holloway has made appearances on Good Morning America, Today, ESPN, and NBC Sports, and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe and the Washington Post.
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Management and Leadership Forum 12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch
Roll Red Program The Influence of Extrusion and Conversion Parameters on Thermoforming of Parts Moderator: James Throne, Sherwood Technologies Many job shop formers don't have the time to visit their material suppliers. This session will bring the conversion process to the former. There are so many aspects of raw material conversion that are vital to the thermoforming and trimming of good parts. What are these key issues and how are they important to our world? These issues as well as a good overall understanding of how the roll stock is made can only improve on the ability of the thermoformers and their operation to perform on a more consistent basis.
1:30 - 1:45 pm Forward Comments James Throne 1:45 - 2:15 pm Styrene, Single Layer, Multi-layer, Side by Side Scott Van Winter, Business Manager Sheet Products, Kama Corporation 2:15 - 2:30 pm Flocking Options Today Brian Abramek, Flock Tex, Inc. 2:30 - 2:50 pm R-PET & PET Don Hacker, Accounts Manager, Kama Corporation 2:50 - 3:15 pm RPETG & PETG Jim Wrycha, Technical Director, Pacur 3:15 - 3:45 pm Break 3:45 - 4:15 pm Olefin Materials, PE & PP D.J. Yoder, Spartech Plastics 4:15 - 5:00 pm Extruded PVC Josh Gray, GOEX 5:00 - 5:30 pm Calendered PVC Thomas J. Goeke, Klockner Pentaplast
Heavy Gauge Program New Material Options for Heavy Gauge Sheet; Moderator: Dave Meinzinger, Spartech Plastics 1:30 - 1:50 pm Advances in Decorative Surfaces for High Gloss Exterior Applications; Dr. Richard Castonguay, Dorrie International 1:50 - 2:10 pm Do You Know Where Your Color Is?; Chuck Campbell, Alltrista Industrial Plastics 2:10 - 2:30 pm UV Effects on Different Thermoplastics; Dr. Jay Ghosh, Ciba Specialty Chemical Corporation 2:30 - 3:00 pm Break
New Products in Heavy Gauge Sheet 3:00 - 3:15 pm Thermoplastics for the New Millennium; Brad Sharp, VP Sales & Marketing, Allen Extruders 3:15 - 3:30 pm Advancement in Decorative Styrenic Sheet; Michael Desmarais, VP Operations, New Hampshire Plastics 3:30 - 3:45 pm Altair Plus and Quarite Plus: Composite Acrylic Sheet; Martin Stephenson, Research Project Engineer, Aristech Chemical Corporation 3:45 - 4:00 pm The New Polymer Century Alloy Plastics; Greg Nagel, National Accounts Sales Manager, Spartech Plastics 4:00 - 4:15 pm New Flame Retardant Sheet Products; Eric Lattanner, Director of Sales, Royalite Plastics 4:15 - 4:30 pm Cast Acrylic Laminated to ABS; Bob Brown, Corporate Director of Marketing, Primex Plastics 4:30 - 4:45 pm Valtra vs ABS; Carl Fiessinger, VP & General Manager, Witt Plastics 4:45 - 5:00 pm Questions and Answers
Roll Fed Program Today's Dream Machine for a Particular Material; Moderator: Stephen Hasselbach, CMI Plastics One of the first issues discussed when engineering a thermoformed part is what material is to be considered. This session should address key areas of today's equipment as well as tooling relative to the four material categories selected.
8:00 - 8:45 am PP, PE, PET, PETG; Gary Sowden, Sr., Lyle Industries 8:45 - 9:30 am PVC, Styrene; Mark Strachan, Sencorp
Tooling Up for a Specific Material 9:30 - 10:15 Molds for PET-PETG HIPS; Edward Segen, Jr., Edward D. Segen & Company 10:15 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 11:30 Molds for Olefin - PVC; Mike Otto, Future Mold Corporation 11:30 - noon Today's Cutting Options Forged Machined-Punch; Don Willis, Freeman Company 12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch
Afternoon Session: Roll Fed; Moderator: Wayne DeCamp, Mt. Vernon Plastics We are all dependent on the criteria by which our performance and products are judged. In order to succeed or be accepted in the industry, we much have a set of accepted universal standards and technologies we can live with and relate to. This session will offer direction in three key areas.
1:30 - 2:15 pm What Quality Lvel Can We Expect from our Material Supplier and How Do We Inspect for It? Gary M. Sowden, Jr. Plastofilm Industries 2:15 - 3:00 pm How to Create Real Specification for Formed and Trimmed Part for Each Material Category and What Are Today's Logical Inspection Methods?; Stephen D. Hasselbach, CMI Plastics 3:00 - 3:30 pm Break 3:30 - 4:15 pm Good Manufacturing Practices in a Thermoforming Job Shop. What are They and Why We Need Them; Walt Walker, Prent Corporation 4:15 pm Questions and Answers
Heavy Gauge Program Heavy Gauge in Today's World of Thermoforming; Moderator: Roger Kipp, McClarin Plastics 8:00 - 8:30 Are Drawings Really Necessary for Tooling Development - A Direct Machining Perspective; Jim Caliguri, Design & Software International 8:30 - 9:00 Twin Sheet Forming - Double-Your-Trouble or Double-Your-Fun; Robert Browning, McConnell Company 9:00 - 9:30 Picture Perfect Electronic Spec Sheets; John Claney, Industrial Images 9:30 - 10:00 Break 10:00 - 11:00 Process Monitoring: Controlling Our Process in the 21st Century; Gary Bendix, Syscon International; IR Sheet Scanning; William "Bud" Foran, Raytek Corporation 11:00 - 11:45 Meeting Design Challenges with Pressure Forming; Pat Fox, Portage Casting & Mold 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
Afternoon Session: Heavy Gauge Moderator: Hal Gilham, Productive Plastics 1:30 - 2:00 pm Vacuum Systems: Diagnosis & Design, How to Optimize Your Vacuum System; Bill McConnell, McConnell Company 2:00 - 3:00 pm CNC Panel: Quick Change as Seen From a Heavy Gauge Thermoformer Programmer and Machine Manufacturer; Lyle Shut, Formed Solutions 3:00 - 3:30 pm Break 3:30 - 4:00 pm Assembly Techniques: What's New With Ultrasound Bonding & Structural Adhesives; Mike McCourt, Ellsworth Adhesives 4:00 - 4:30 pm Inspection Equipment: Comparison of Various Types of Inspection Equipment; Craig Dechtenberg, Faro Technology 4:30 - 5:00 pm Plant Management Equipment: Real Time Monitoring - Can It Work For You? Gary Bendix, Syscon-Plantstar Tuesday, September 28, 1999 The tours will leave from Rosemont Convention Center at 9:00 am and return at 3:00 pm. Tour #1 BASF - Resin Producer Conference attendees who visit the BASF plant in Channahon, Illinois will see "Big Johnny," said to be the largest polystyrene reactor in the world, as well as a new color line and pellet blending unit. The plant produces several grades of polystyrene including general purpose (GPPS), high impact (HIPS) and flame retardant (FR). BASF Corporation bought the facility from Mobil Corporation in 1992. Its current capacity is 750M lbs. Last year the HIPS3 plant was expanded. The plant, which employs 150 people, is located on 105 acres along the Des Plaines River. The site has good transportation using primarily rail cars and some river barges. Clear Pack - Inline Thermoformer & Extruder Tour #2 Profile Plastics - Cut Sheet Thermoformer Profile Plastics specializes in highly cosmetic, close tolerance plastic parts for applications such as medical and health care equipment, computer and electronic housings, and machine covers & enclosures. Profile maintains state of the art high-pressure thermoforming machines to accommodate this broad range of requirements. From computer controlled infrared quartz heating stations to multiple banks of cost effective gas-fired heaters, their forming and trimming machines are microprocessor controlled for fully automated sequencing. Proile has the capacity to manufacture parts up to 5' (W) x 10' (L) x 3' (D) from thermoplastic sheet up to 0.5" thick and at pressures from vacuum (14.7 psi) to 450 tons of clamping pressure over an entire 5' x 10' platen.
MAAC Machinery - Cut-Sheet Machine Builder MAAC Manufactures a complete line of cut-sheet thermoforming machines from single stations to three- and four-station rotaries, specializing in double-oven twin-sheet pressure formers. On the production-manufacturing floor numerous models and sizes of machinery will be shown in various stages of completion. A full function machine utilizing the exclusive MAAC 9000 graphic user interface will be in operation producing thermoformed parts during the tour. In addition, a short demonstration of MAAC Clamp Frame and Quick Mold Change Over techniques will be presented.
McConnell-Buckel Thermoforming Workshop Tuesday, September 28, 1999 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Rosemont Convention Center, Stephens Ballroom Bill McConnell & Art Buckel are two of the most knowledgeable people in thermoforming. Together they provide a unique blend of theory with a heavy dose of practical information. The workshop outline follows:
1. Introduction to Thermoforming A. History B. Future C. Advantages D. Disadvantages 2. Ten Basic Thermoforming Fundamentals A. Design Requirements B. Involving the Appropriate Team C. Determining Resin Requirements D. Sheet/Film/Purchasing Specs E. Thermoforming Environment F. Heating G. Molds H. Vacuum/Compressed Air Systems I. Thermoforming Methods J. Trimming
3. Basic Thermoforming Methods A. Vacuum Forming 1.Free Forming 2.Drape Forming
B. Pressure (Compressed Air) Forming 1.Free Forming 2. Pressure Box or Plate Forming C. Mechanical Forming 1. Stretch Forming 2. Ridge Forming 3. Matched Mold Forming 4. Modification of Basic Forming
D.Material Distribution - Prestretching 1. Snap Back Forming 2. Billow Forming 3. Plug Assist Forming 4. Twin Sheet Forming
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