Turn page for booking details ➤ PL ASTIC PIPES IN INFR ASTR UCTURE 2017
Tuesday 25th April 2017 08.30
Registration and welcome coffee
09.30 Opening announcements SESSION 1 - FOCUS ON MARKETS AND APPLICATIONS
09.40 Plastic pipes in the UK water sector, current challenges and future opportunities for innovation Mr. Steve Kaye, Head of Innovation, ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES Ltd., United Kingdom
10.10 Developing a holistic supply chain support process to meet the challenges in laying the largest UK polyethylene gas main in the UK Mr. Dominic O’Sullivan, Head of Product Marketing, GPS PE PIPE SYSTEMS, United Kingdom
10.40 Case study: assessing the long-term behaviour of 1.8m diameter plastic pipes in a demanding structural application in Argentina Mr. Pablo Guevara, Chief Technical Officer, PLASTIFERRO TUBOS SA, Argentina
11.10-11.50 Morning coffee sponsored by:
SESSION 2 - ADVANCES IN POLYOLEFIN PIPE TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
11.50 Polyolefin pipes with improved resistance to chlorinated disinfectants Mr. Álvaro Pérez, Technical Assistance Engineer for PE/PP Pipes, REPSOL QUÍMICA, Spain
12.20
The applications of PE pipe in trenchless pipe installation & rehabilitation Mr. Tom Sangster, Managing Director, DOWNLEY CONSULTANTS Ltd. & UKSTT, United Kingdom
12.20
12.50 Quality control for PE pipe installations: a comparison of QC methods and an exploration of the challenges and advantages of developing new QC approaches Mr. Michail Kalloudis, Head of Polymer Science, IMPACT SOLUTIONS, United Kingdom
13.20-14.50 Lunch SESSION 3 - STRETCHING THE POSSIBILITIES FOR PVC PIPES 14.50
Wednesday 26th April 2017 08.30
Registration and welcome coffee
09.00 Opening announcements SESSION 5 - EXPLORING HIGH-PERFORMANCE MATERIALS
09.10 Advances in pipeline rehabilitation techniques using polymer composites Ms. Parastou Kharazmi, Researcher/PhD Student, KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Sweden
09.40
The evolution of elastomeric joints in plastic pipeline systems Mr. Julian West, Product Manager, TRELLEBORG PIPE SEALS, Netherlands
SESSION 6 - PUTTING PLASTIC PIPES TO THE TEST
10.10 Accelerated testing and lifetime assessment of PE-HD pipe materials for oil/gas infrastructure applications o. Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing.
Dr.mont. (PhD) Reinhold W. Lang, Head of Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing, JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ, Austria
10.40-11.20 Morning coffee 11.20
Spherulitic deformation at necking during tensile and creep tests on thermoplastic polymers: Influence on the durability prediction of plastic pipes Dr. Lucien Laiarinandrasana, Senior Researcher, MINES PARISTECH, France
11.50
Safety factors for plastic pipes – how to establish partial factors for effects of actions and material resistance for plastic pipes Mr. Högni Jónsson, Manager for Product Development and Support, FLOWTITE TECHNOLOGY AS, Norway
Innovative millimetre wave technology for the measurement of diameter, ovality, wall thickness and sagging of large plastic pipes Mr. Holger Lieder, Sales Director, SIKORA AG, Germany
12.50-14.20 Lunch
SESSION 7 - IMPROVING INSTALLATION EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY CONTROL
Bi-oriented PVC extrusion: stretching pipe performance Mr. André Nijland, Area Sales Manager Technology Licensing North America – Far East, WAVIN OVERSEAS B.V., Netherlands
15.20 What’s new in PVC-O? Mr. Jose Angel Galera Linares, Area Manager, MOLECOR TECNOLOGIA SL, Spain
15.50
The residual quality of old uPVC pipes Mr. Albo van Hateren, Account Manager, KIWA TECHNOLOGY, Netherlands
16.20-17.00 Afternoon tea SESSION 4 - OPTIMISING PRODUCTION AND DESIGN
17.00 Minimize waste, scrap and overweight in plastic pipe production Mr. Helmuth Rijnhart, Technical Manager, ROLLEPAAL B.V., Netherlands
17.30
Steel-reinforced twin-wall corrugated pipes: the next evolution in sewer efficiency Mr. Christian Apel, Manager International Projects, POLYPLASTIC GROUP, Russia
18.00
Troubleshooting in pipe production and pipe installation Dr. Gregor Hiesgen, Managing Director, SHS Plus GmbH, Germany
18.30-20.00 Networking Cocktail Reception
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14.20
Innovative technologies to facilitate job site installations of plastic piping systems Mr. Riccardo Barbone, Lead Services Development Manager, GEORG FISCHER PIPING SYSTEMS, Switzerland
14.50 Close-fit pipe lining without the machines Mr. Derek Muckle, Director Innovation & Technology, RADIUS SYSTEMS Ltd., United Kingdom
15.20
On-site phased array ultrasonic inspection of welded joints in polyethylene pipes Dr. Mike Troughton, Technology Manager - Plastics, TWI Ltd., United Kingdom
15.50 Afternoon tea and conference ends
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