POLYMER FOAM USA | EVENT PREVIEW
From left: Speakers at Polymer Foam USA include Laval University’s Dr Denis Rodrigue, Dr Nikhil Gupta from New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Dr Antti Tynys from Borealis Polyolefine, Brett Robb from Total Cray Valley, Peter Schroeck from Reedy Chemical Foam, Dr Marcus Fernando Dal Pizzol from Innova, and Materia’s Joshua Dulaney
Kimberly McLoughlin, Product Technology Engineer at Braskem America in the US, will speak about performance of foams produced from bio-based PE. And Dr Yonghoon Yoon, Project Leader at LG Hausys in the Republic of Korea, will speak about heat expandable biopolymers for one-step production of foam core sandwich composites. The final session of the first day of Polymer Foam will be opened by Holli Woodard, Market Develop- ment Manager at BASF in the US, who will explain how open-cell melamine foam can deliver improved insulation, sound absorption and other benefits in a range of applications. Dr Nikhil Gupta, Associate Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering atNew York University Tandon School of Engineer- ing in the US, will look at characterisation of materi- als across time, temperature and strain rates. And the first day of the conference will be brought to a close by Prof Chul Park, Professor at the University of Toronto in Canada, who will discuss modelling of thermal insulation properties of nanocellular foams.
Foam innovations The second day of the Polymer Foam conference will be opened by Dr Antti Tynys, Application Development Engineer at Borealis Polyolefine in Austria, who will deliver a presentation on high melt strength PP in low density foam. Brett Robb, Applications Chemist at Total Cray Valley in the US, will detail how the melt strength of PP can be enhanced using ionic additives to improve foam- ing. And Dr Vassilios Galiatsatos, who works in Applications Development – Catalloy at Lyondell- Basell in the US, will explain the company’s work on developing innovative reactor thermoplastic polyolefin foam formulations for lightweight parts. Chemical foaming agents for producing light- weight PE automotive parts will be covered by Peter Schroeck, President at Reedy Chemical Foam in the US. Then Craig Hoppe, CEO and President of US Operations at Schmitz Foam Products, will explore some opportunities for recycling XLPE foam.
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Optimised production The final session of the conference focuses on production technologies. Dr Marcus Fernando Dal Pizzol, Technology and Development Manager at Innova in Brazil, will open with a look at some innovative properties seen in melt impregnated E-HIPS. Otto Plettner, Chemical Engineer and independent consultant in the US, will explore emission control of VOC blowing agents in EPS foam manufacturing facilities. Sabine Schönfeld, Sales Manager Engineering Plastics at Coperion in Germany, will detail recent advances in production of expandable materials using twin screw extrud- ers. Then the conference will be brought to a close by Joshua Dulaney, Applications Engineer at Materia in the US, who will examine large castings containing hollow glass microsphere syntactic (HGMS) foam and thermoset norbornene resins.
About Polymer Foam USA
AMI’s Polymer Foam USA 2018 conference takes place on 18-20 June 2018 at the Pittsburgh Marriot City Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The two-day event – which is spon- sored by Braskem, Borealis, Borouge, NFM and Reedy Chemical Foam – brings together international expert speakers to discuss the latest market, material and processing trends impacting in this fast developing market sector. Aside from its technical content, Polymer Foam 2018 also
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Exploring advances in polymer foam materials, processes and applications
June 19 – 20, 2018 Pittsburgh Marriot City Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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presents an unrivalled networking opportunity. Delegates can extend their contact network during the informal break-out sessions and at the two relaxed cocktail receptions: the first on the eve of the conference hosted by Braskem at a nearby facility; the second at the end of the first day in the conference exhibition area (note that access to the exhibition area is restricted to conference attendees only). To find out more about attending, sponsor-
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