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Compuplast Seminar
Polymer Extrusion: Analysis, Design & Troubleshooting
(with "Hands
On" simulation training)
Date: Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2012
Location:
KPL Prime Office Inc.
6205 Airport Road, Building A, Suite 300
Mississauga ON L4V 1E1 Canada
For Inquiries Call: 905 814 8923 x 701
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Overview
Who Should Attend
What You Will Learn
Cost
Hotel Location
Registration
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Overview
This popular, international short course has been developed to help train extrusion process personnel and equipment designers on the intricacies of polymer flow within extrusion equipment. The emphasis is on understanding polymer flow behaviour (rheology)
and how it relates to the extrusion process. The concepts are presented in
a very practical manner and re-enforced through many “case study” style
examples. The short course also some "hands on" simulation training which
help demonstrate many of the concepts presented. Upon completing this seminar, the attendees will have a good understanding of practical polymer rheology and how to apply CAE methods towards the analysis, design or troubleshooting of any extrusion process.
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Who Should
Attend
This course is intended for anyone who is currently (or training to become) responsible for the design or performance of an extrusion process. Extrusion process engineers, technical service personnel, screw and die designers, research and development personnel and particularly, those responsible for troubleshooting extrusion processes will obtain the most benefit from the information presented.
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What You Will Learn
This seminar will show attendees how to properly evaluate
and analyze extrusion equipment using sound engineering principles.
Process Engineers will learn how to properly analyze and troubleshoot
their equipment in order to optimize performance. Designers will learn
about the most important design criteria that should be used for extrusion
equipment. Attendees will also get a good appreciation about the types of CAE tools available for
extrusion.
The seminar will introduce practical rheology (polymer
flow behaviour) in a clear and straightforward manner as it applies to the
process operations that will be presented. The focus is on the rheological
characteristics of the polymers that are most important to the
understanding of the extrusion process and to the design of the equipment.
After this seminar, the attendees will be better qualified to select
materials and to differentiate between equipment design, which can be a
big benefit during future product development or equipment specification
and selection.
Some Comments from past short course participants:
 | "This course was so useful for my job. These are the types of courses
we need more of. This was money well spent." |
| "I believe this was the most interesting, well organized, and valuable
internal course I've had the pleasure of attending. Thanks" |
| "Excellent instructor. Well-organized course." |
| "Very well organized, very practical. Better than the previous Rheology
course I took!" |
| "One of the best courses I have attended in years. Application of Rheology
was very practical in this course." |
| "I really enjoyed this course. It was very relevant and provided a lot
of useful information and insight. The speakers were excellent!" |
| "Very good! I learned a lot about "real world" applications of rheology
for PE." |
| "Found course very useful, liked that it was very application
related (I.e. extruder, dies, screw) and that there were many real
world (practical) examples given. Presentation slides were excellent.
Windowed extruder slides very useful." |
| "Very informative course, probably the most in depth course directly
related to the extrusion process and the tooling related to that
process. I would highly recommend this course to any technical staff
working in the extrusion field, and am recommending this to our
colleagues from other facilities."
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| "This was a great course. I learned a lot that I can directly use for
my job." |
| "Outstanding presentation gentlemen. I am completely satisfied." |
| "I was truly amazed with the way the instructors led the course from
the start of the process through to the material coming out of the die
and how well they tied all of the elements together to allow the
students to fully grasp all of the conditions that affect the outcome
of a process. This approach removed a lot of the mystery surrounding
the extrusion process and allowed me to focus more on the contributing
factors at play. The element of die design was very thorough, and I
will now use the term "Die Design" with the respect it deserves.
Excellent course." |
| "Fantastic presentation gentlemen, I've been in the industry (in
Research & Development) for 25 years, and I took your course 20 years
ago. The material is up to date, practical, and in many instances
immediately useful to addressing production issues; whether material
or equipment based." |
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"I thought the theoretical introduction was very good
at setting everything up to understand the simulations." |
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Course Outline
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Day 0: Monday
Feb 27, 2012
Hotel check In
6 - 8 pm reception
Join us for an informal "meet and greet" at the hotel.
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Day 1: Tuesday Feb 28,
2012
Day 1 Morning: Polymer
Rheology
The attendees will learn about the most important rheological measurements (such as shear viscosity), what they mean, how they
are obtained and, most importantly, how they affect the extrusion process.
Attendees will be shown how to use the Compuplast®
Materials module to fit viscosity data to models and then use the
data for calculations. The attendees will also be shown how to use the
Compuplast® ExtrusionCalculator™
to perform many useful calculations and analyze and troubleshoot a wide
variety of extrusion equipment.
Bonus Trial Software License:
Each participant will receive a free, 6-month trial
license of the Compuplast®
Virtual Extrusion Laboratory™
Material Module which includes the Extrusion Calculator. |
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Day 1
Afternoon:
Extruder Performance
This part of the seminar will describe the functions and
the requirements of a single screw extruder using both a combination of
theory and videos of experiments performed on glass window extruders.
The main principles of operation are reviewed and design parameters and
variations are explained, from a CAE point of view. The extruder
simulation software will be used to re-enforce the theory presented and to
demonstrate the effect of screw design, operating conditions and material
changes on melt quality. |
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Day 2: Wednesday Feb 29, 2012
Day 2 Morning: Extrusion Dies
This part of the seminar will describe the functions and the requirements of
various types of annular and flat type of extrusion dies. The main
principles of operation are reviewed and design parameters and variations
are explained, from a CAE point of view. The die simulation software will be
used to re-enforce the theory presented and to demonstrate the effect of
channel designs, operating conditions and material changes on melt quality. |
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2 Afternoon:
Extrusion Dies Continued:
The afternoon session will continue with Profile Die
design by introducing the Compuplast®
Cross Flow Minimization Method™.
The topic of Coextrusion will also be
discussed along with some
design strategies for avoiding problems such as
interfacial instabilities.
Day 3: Thursday March 1, 2012 (Optional)
Day 3: Hands On Simulation Software Training and Bonus Trial License.
For those participants interested in applying the knowledge gained in the
seminar in there own workplace, we will offer a 1 day training session on one of
these Compuplast Virtual Extrusion Laboratory Design Modules:
1. Extruder Module
2. Profile Die Module
3. Flat Die Module
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Spiral Die Module
Participants can select one of the above modules for the 1 day training plus
a 3 month, trial license.
Class Options and Cost
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Day 1 and 2: Extrusion Seminar/Workshop
Cost: US$850.00
Each
participant will also receive a six (6) month license of the VEL™
Material module with the extrusion calculator.
Optional
Software Training Day 3:
Cost: US$650
We
will also offer participants an optional 1 day training class, on either
the Profile Die or the Extruder module, which will include a 6 month
trial license of that module.
Option
1: VEL Extruder Module Training
Each
Participant will receive a 6 month license of the VEL™ Extruder Module
and Material Module (including the Extrusion Calculator).
Option 2: VEL Profile Design Module Training
Each
participant will receive a 6 month license of VEL™
Profile die module and
Material Module, including the Extrusion Calculator.
Option
3: VEL Flat Die Module Training
Each
Participant will receive a 6 month license of the VEL™ Flat Die Module
and Material Module (including the Extrusion Calculator).
Option
4: VEL Spiral Die Module Training
Each
Participant will receive a 6 month license of the VEL™ Spiral Die Module
and Material Module (including the Extrusion Calculator).
REGISTER NOW as space is
limited.
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| Short Course Cost
Per Option Summary:
The price for the Short Course is US$850 per person for
days 1 and 2 (and VEL Material module trial license) or $1,500 for all
3 days (plus the VEL Design Module trial license). You may bring your own
suitable notebook PC or there is an additional $150 fee if you wish to
rent a computer for the training portion of the seminar.
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Location
and Hotel Information
The recommended hotel for this event is the Four Points
by Sheraton Toronto Airport. (across the street)
Hotel: (Please make reservations directly)
Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Airport
6257 Airport Road, Mississauga,
ON L4V 1E4, Canada
+1 905-678-1400 •
starwoodhotels.com |
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Registration:
To ensure maximum benefit, registration will be limited so book early.
Registration and payment must be received by
February 21, 2012. After this date there is no refund but substitutions are accepted.
IMake payment by check or money order to: COMPUPLAST
and send to:
Compuplast Canada Inc.
5333 Forest Hill Dr.,
Mississauga, ON L5M 5B7, Canada
Tel: 905 814 8923 or 416 399 3773
Fax: 905 814 8924
e-mail:
seminar@compupuplast.ca
To make payment by credit card, simply select option and click on the "Pay now" button
below to be sent to secure payment site.
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INSTRUCTORS:
Dr. Jiri (George) Vlcek has over 25 years of experience in the plastics and rubber industry. Early in his career he worked at the Plastics and Rubber Institute in the Czech Republic, where he was responsible for the design of extrusion screws and dies for a variety of extrusion processes. He was also responsible for studying the rheological behavior of many different polymers and applying this to the design of the equipment. In 1990 he co-founded Compuplast International Inc. and began supplying the industry with 'state-of-the-art' extrusion simulation software for CAE.
Dr. John Perdikoulias is a Professional Engineer with over 20 years of “hands on” experience in the extrusion industry. Before joining Compuplast International Inc., John was responsible for research and development with respect to screw and die design for
a major OEM. He has designed numerous screws and over 200 dies for the tubular (blown) film process including the first commercially available 8 and 9 layer dies in the world. John has also designed numerous dies for pipe, tubing, blow molding, coating and profile applications.
Mr. Vijay Kudchadkar MS (Eng) , has received MS Plastics
Engineering from UMass Lowell. He has over 6 of years experience in
applying polymer processing simulation to optimize parts, tools, and
troubleshoot polymer processing problems. He is proficient with VEL,
T-SIM, B-SIM, Moldex3D, Visi Flow, 3D Sigma, and Autodesk Mold flow. Vijay
has numerous publications and four (4) patents in plastics processing.
Prior to joining Compuplast, Vijay worked for Mold-Masters in their R&D
department, developing new hot-runner technology, improving existing
products, and using simulation to troubleshoot problems. He has also
worked as an application engineer for Vero Software.
Over 90% of past attendees have reported that they would recommend
Compuplast seminars to their associates. |
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