Any converting professional who coats, slits, winds or is involved with web handling won’t want to miss this ICE USA Educational Conference,” says Craig Shepard, AIMCAL’s executive director. “What makes this experience so valuable is that they can learn about innovative technologies and techniques in the seminars and then see them in action from more than 300 of the leading suppliers on the show floor.”

 

Designed to provide converting professionals with knowledge they can use to enhance their companies’ performance, the sessions provide valuable insights into a variety of coating, web handling, surface treatment and winding and slitting topics. The technical conference is divided into three parallel session tracks of 30 minutes each so attendees may mix and match sessions during all three days of the conference.

 

Each day will begin with a thought-provoking keynote presentation, which is free to all registered attendees, and will be followed by 12 technical sessions – four in each of the three tracks. The sessions are scheduled from 10 am to Noon to allow attendees ample time to visit the Show floor and see converting technology in action.

 

Fees are $79 for a conference admission and $149 for a three-day conference admission. All conference admissions include a three-day pass to the show floor. Registration is available on the ICE USA website. 

 

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Coating Quality 

10:00 - 10:30am How Automatic Metrology Systems Help to Increase Product Quality While Saving Production Costs and Time

                        Jochen Koenig, Schenk Vision 

10:30 - 11:00am Solutions for all Coating Industries: Advanced Optical Coating Inspection for Maximum Quality

                         Dr. Rudolf Krampe, ISRA Vision

11:00 - 11:30am On-line Coating Weight Measurement

                         Ted Schnackertz, NDC Infrared Engineering 

11:30 - 12:00pm High Speed, High Resolution Coating Inspection

                         Tim Potts, Darkfield Technologies

 

Web Handling

10:00 - 10:30am Drive System Engineering for Web Fed Machinery

                        William Gilbert, Siemens Industry, Inc. 

10:30 - 11:00am Improving Efficiency and Product Quality with Precision Alignment of Equipment

                        Roger Cross, OASIS Alignment Services, Inc.

11:00 - 11:30am FE 52 Color Line Sensor for Web Guiding

                        Bill Scala, Erhardt + Leimer Inc. 

11:30 - 12:00pm Static Control Best Practices for Converting and Printing

                         Kelly Robinson, Electrostatic Answers 

 

Extrusion Coating

10:00 - 10:30am Advances in Extrusion Coating

                        Andy Christie, SAM-NA 

10:30 - 11:00am Specialty Polymers used for Packaging Applications

                         Jim Cooper, Dow Chemical Co.

11:00 - 11:30am Adhesion Parameters in Extrusion Coating

                        Bruce Foster, PolyKnows 

11:30 - 12:00pm "Charr Proof" Hot Melt Systems

                         Michael Budai, ITW Dynatec 

 

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Coating Productivity

10:00 - 10:30am Improving Productivity with OEE

                        Adrian Pask, Vorne Industries

10:30 - 11:00am The Answer to Cost Savings, Safety and Environmental Compliance

                         David Roey, Progressive Recovery

11:00 - 11:30am Laser-Based Process Optimization

                        Felix Rominski, Polytec, Inc. 

11:30 - 12:00pm A Cost Effective Method for Increasing Converting Machine Productivity

                        Joe Martin, Qualitek Solutions, Inc. 

 

Winding

10:00 - 10:30am Selecting an Unwinds and Unwind Splicers System

                         Bob Pasquale, New Era Converting Machinery 

10:30 - 11:00am Diagnosing Wound Roll Telescoping

                         David Roisum, Finishing Technologies

11:00 - 11:30am Developing Roll Hardness on Center and Center-Surface Winders

                        Duane Smith, Davis Standard 

11:30 - 12:00pm The Benefits of Automatic Control of the Un-Wind Process in Converting Plants

                        Timothy Rye, RYECO, Inc.

 

Web Slitting

10:00 - 10:30am Razor Slitting - Benefits and Limitations

                        David Rumson, DR Consulting 

10:30 - 11:00am Crush Cutting Force Analysis and Trouble Shooting

                        George Benson, Dienes

11:00 - 11:30am Managing Overspeed in Tangent Slitting Applications to Reduce Edge Defects

                        Sean Craig, Maxcess - Tidland

11:30 - 12:00pm Slitting and Static Electricity

                        Matt Fyfe, Meech Int. 

 

Thursday, February 12, 2015 

Surface Treatment

10:00 - 10:30am Efficient Solution of Web Finishing

                        Alexander Rau, Ahlbrandt System GmbH

10:30 - 11:00am Polyolefin Film Surface Preparation Leveraging Atmospheric Plasma

                        Rory Wolf, Pillar Technologies

11:00 - 11:30am Why All Films Do Not Treat the Same- The Signature relationship Between Your Film and Corona Treaters

                         Tom Gilbertson, Enercon Industries

11:30 - 12:00pm The Effect of Diamond Like Carbon Nanoparticles on Mechanical, thermal, and Morphological Properties of Epoxy/Polyamide Coating

                         Rawaiz Khan, King Saud University Saudi Arabia

 

Coating Process

10:00 - 10:30am Fundamental Causes of Coating Defects

                        Edward D Cohen, Edward D Cohen Consulting, Inc.

10:30 - 11:00am Pull Rollers: Plain, Vacuum and Unported

                         Kevin Cole, Optimation Technology

11:00 - 11:30am Electron Beam Curing for Printing, Packaging, and Converting Applications

                        Stephen C. Lapin, PCT Engineered Systems

11:30 - 12:00pm In-Line Cleaning, Drying, and Coating Process Using Aerostatic Porous Media Bearing Technology

                        Drew Devitt, New Way Air Bearings 

 

Web Slitting

10:00 - 10:30am Slitting Process Do's and Don'ts

                         David Rumson, DR Consulting 

10:30 - 11:00am Efficiency Comparison of Manual vs. Automatic Positioning System

                         Bill Cowan, Atlas Converting Equipment

11:00 - 11:30am Introducing Ultrasonic Welding Technology into Continuous Web Lamination and Slitting Applications

                        Guy Gill, Chase Machine

11:30 - 12:00pm New Combined rotary Die Cutting and Laser Cutting Machine to Help You Increase Your Profits

                        Jean Louis Dorey, DCS France

 

 

 

CEMA Pre-Show Educational Sessions

 

Prior to the opening of the 2015 ICE USA, the Converting Equipment Manufacturers Association will present two concurrent sessions on Feb. 9  - the Coating & Laminating Technical Seminar and the Slitting & Rewinding Seminar.

 

Both the CEMA Coating & Laminating Technical Seminar and Slitting & Rewinding Seminar are special condensed versions of the popular CEMA two-day seminars and were created exclusively for ICE USA. Attendees will learn the web coating and slitting and rewinding operations from unwind to rewind and everything in between. Instructors will provide real world tips for improving productivity, reducing downtime and waste and increasing yield and throughput.

 

Each seminar costs $295 and registration is available online.

 

Bob Chiricosta, ICE USA show director, says that in addition to the robust educational conference, a vast array of new equipment and technologies will be displayed on the show floor.

 

“There will be a variety of new equipment and technologies displayed for the very first time at ICE USA, which means the converting professionals that attend will gain a huge competitive advantage,” he says.

 

 

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