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Sunday, May 7
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12:00pm-
6:30pm |
Conference Registration |
6:30pm-
8:00pm |
Welcome Reception- Sponsored by Maxcess International
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Monday, May 8
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| 7:00am |
Conference Registration Opens |
| 7:00-8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00-8:10 |
Conference Welcome
Dave Rumson, Dienes Corporation |
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Session 1: Rollers and Nips
Chairs: Tim Walker & Steve Huff
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| 8:10 |
Roll Design and Their relationship to Production cost
Bill Field
American Roller
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| 8:40 |
What is the Best Roller Size for My Machine?
David R. Roisum
Finishing Technologies
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| 9:20 |
Alignment Methods and Best Practices for Cost Effective Alignment of Production Equipment
Fritz Williams
Oasis Alignment Services
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| 10:00 |
Break
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| 10:15 |
Inertial roll alignment for diagnosing and preventing web handling problems
Arun Sasikumar, Pruftechnik Service, Inc.
Henning Plehn, Fischer + Krecke
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| 10:50 |
Measuring Pressure Variations in Rubber-Steel Nips
Steve Huff, ABBA Rubber
Vince Carrara, Tekscan
Tim Walker, TJWalker+Associates
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| 11:25 |
Embedded Pressure Sensors for Rubber Nip Rollers
David Bryant
Stowe-Woodward
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| 12:00 |
Lunch
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Session 2: Tension and Drives
Chairs: Bill Gilbert & Ken Guhse
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| 1:00 |
Motor & Drive Sizing for Converting Center Winders & Unwinders
Pete Werner
Rockwell Automation
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| 1:40 |
Methods of Diameter Calculation, Advantages and Disadvantages
William Gilbert
Siemens
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| 2:20 |
What is the Best Tension for My Product?
David R. Roisum, Ph.D.
Finishing Technologies
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| 3:00 |
Break
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| 3:15 |
Unraveling the Mystery Surrounding Dancer Applications
Scott Haney
MAGPOWR
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| 3:55 |
Equipment and Performance Evaluation - A Real Life Case Study of the Benefits and Savings
Ed Colletti
Circonix
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| 4:35 |
Modular slitting machine technologies
Dr. Lee Fenney, Sigmala Ltd
Dr. David Brown, Portsmouth University
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| 5:15pm - 7:30pm |
Table Top Exhibition & Reception - Sponsored by CPP EXPO
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Tuesday May 9
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| 7:00-8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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Session 3: Winding and Unwinding
Chairs: Chris Maxam & Ed Cohen
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| 8:00 |
Web and Roll Performance Characterization at PAPRICAN
Jean Hamel
PAPRICAN
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| 8:40 |
CORE Competency - The Foundation of a Web
Paul W. Roth
Appleton Mfg
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| 9:20 |
Challenges of Winding Flexible Packaging Film
Duane Smith
Black Clawson
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| 10:00 |
Break
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| 10:15 |
Unwinding & Winding Control Methods for Center Driven Converting
Pete Werner
Rockwell Automation
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| 10:55 |
The Challenges of High Speed Splicing
Donald L. Teich
Black Clawson
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| 11:35 |
Differential winding tools and best practices
Sean Craig
Tidland
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| 12:15 |
Lunch
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Session 4: Slitting
Chairs: David Rumson & Richard Wimberger
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| 1:15 |
Effects of Slitting Dynamics on Edge Cut Quality
Reinhold Schable
Tidland
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| 2:05 |
Controlling Shear Knife Contact Forces
Dave Rumson
Dienes
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| 2:45 |
Break
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| 3:00 |
An Example of Process Optimization ? Shear Slitting Polyester Films
David Wager
DuPont Teijin Films (UK) Ltd
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| 3:40 |
Increasing Multi-layered Shear Slitting at Xerox Quality Standards
Heinz Herkenrath
Dienes
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| 4:20 |
Meeting the customers requirements through millwide slitter revisions
Dominique Gallou
Mario Cotta America
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Wednesday, May 10
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| 7:00-8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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Session 5: Web Mechanics, Measurements, and Models
Chairs: Ron Schmidt and Dilwyn Jones
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| 8:00 |
Predicting Web Spreading During High Speed Slitting
Glenn T. Gentile P.E.
HP
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| 8:40 |
New Wide Band Sensor Technologies
Robby Ross
Fife Corp.
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| 9:20 |
Web Handling Experts Go On-Line
Dilwyn Jones
Emral Ltd, UK
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| 10:00 |
Break
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| 10:15 |
Seeing The Invisible: The deformations and stresses that move webs.
Jerry Brown
Essex Systems
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| 10:50 |
MEASUREMENT OF WEB CURL
Ronald P. Swanson
3M Company
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| 11:20 |
The Four Mechanisms of Web Wrinkles
Tim Walker
TJWalker+Associates
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| 1:00pm - 5:00pm |
Wednesday Short Course:
A Practical Approach to Eliminate Web Wrinkling
(Requires Seperate Registration Fee)
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| 1:00pm |
CEMA Annual Meeting
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