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Tuesday 12th April 2016 18.00-19.30 Registration and Welcome Cocktail Reception There are no conference sessions on this day Wednesday 13th April 2016 08.00
09.00 Opening announcements SESSION 1 - RAISING THE BAR FOR POLYMER TESTING
Registration and welcome coffee
09.15 Materials testing guidance for end product developers Dr. Thomas Fabian, Research Manager, UL LLC, United States
09.45 SMART & non destructive testing of polymers Mr. Steven Burns, Development Manager, IMPACT SOLUTIONS, United Kingdom
10.15-10.55 Morning coffee SESSION 2 - ANALYSING AND IMPROVING QUALITY LEVELS
10.55 Going beyond colour - how to properly measure total appearance on polymer based surfaces Mr. Felix Schmollgruber, Application Engineering Manager EMEA, X-RITE EUROPE GmbH, Switzerland
11.25 Automated quality control of thermoplastic compounds using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) Dr. Tobias Pflock, Business Segment Manager Polymer, NETZSCH-GERÄTEBAU GmbH, Germany
11.55
Online quality control of polymers based on the “closed loop”- concept Mr. Frank Fuchs, Sales Manager, OPTICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS GmbH, Germany
12.25-13.55 Lunch SESSION 3 - PREDICTING PERFORMANCE IN THE FIELD
13.55 Development of the fundamental understanding of leading edge erosion Dr. Kirsten Dyer, Senior Materials Research Engineer, OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY CATAPULT, United Kingdom
14.25
Testing of polymers for use in corrosive environments Dr. Karin Jacobson, Research Leader SWEREA KIMAB AB, Sweden
14.55 How can we measure the flame retardancy of polymer compounds and cables? Dr. Günter Beyer, Lab-Manager, KABELWERK EUPEN AG, Belgium
15.25-16.05 Afternoon tea SESSION 4 - ASSESSING THE PROCESSABILITY OF PLASTICS
16.05 A novel approach to quantitative analysis of the generation and subsequent distribution of thermal energy in polymer objects through exposure to radiated I.R. energy Mr. Phil Brannon, Lead Research and Development Engineer, COLORMATRIX GROUP, United Kingdom
16.35
17.15 20.00
High pressure capillary rheometer, a simple way to measure viscosity? Mr. Timo Gebauer, Executive Manager, SIGMA ENGINEERING GmbH, Germany
End of Wednesday’s conference sessions Conference Dinner
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Thursday 14th April 2016 08.30
09.00 Opening announcements Registration and welcome coffee
SESSION 5 - MEASURING KEY PROPERTIES FOR DEMANDING APPLICATIONS
09.15 Measurement and evaluation of the specimen surface temperature in artificial weathering Dr. Florian Feil, Senior Consultant Global Manager Client Education, ATLAS MATERIALS TESTING TECHNOLOGY, Germany
09.45 A comprehensive system for evaluating the heat stability of PVC and other polymers Ms. Cassandre Stapfer, Owner President, METRASTAT S.A., Switzerland
10.15 Novel cost efficient oxygen permeability measurements – state of the art and new results Mr. Sven Sängerlaub, Scientist / Business Field Manager, FRAUNHOFER IVV, Germany
10.45-11.25 Morning coffee SESSION 6 - IMPROVING POLYMER ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES 11.25
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Selected analytical methods for proving of recycled polymer in plastic samples Ing. Ph.D Ji í Samsonek, Director of Testing Division, INSTITUT PRO TESTOVÁNÍ A CERTIFIKACI, A.S., Czech Republic
11.55 Analysis of additives in polymers: from simple to complex chemistries Mr. Vincent Jeanguyot, Manager Analytical Laboratories, INTERTEK (SCHWEIZ) AG, Switzerland
12.25 Pyrolysis-GCMS – Examining a powerful technology and latest polymer analysis applications Dr. Ute Potyka, Product Specialist GCMS / LCMS, SHIMADZU EUROPA GmbH, Germany
12.55-14.25 Lunch
SESSION 7 - UNDERSTANDING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND WHY PLASTICS FAIL
14.25 Novel analytical techniques for polymer and product analysis Dr. Carole Raymond, Research Fellow, MATERIALS DEPARTMENT, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom Co Authors: Mr. Barry Haworth and Mr. Scott Doak
14.55
Spherulitic deformation at necking during tensile tests on thermoplastic polymers Dr. Lucien Laiarinandrasana, Senior Researcher, MINES PARISTECH, France
15.25 Hysteresis-measurements to monitor the non-linear mechanical deformation behaviour of polymers during fatigue loading Prof. Dr.-Ing., Volker Altstädt, Head of the Department of Polymer Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH, Germany
15.55 Afternoon tea and conference ends
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