CONFERENCE PREVIEW | POLYMER TESTING & ANALYSIS
AMI’s third European Polymer Testing & Analysis conference takes place in Berlin in Germany in September. We take a look at the programme and speaker line-up
Putting polymers to the test
Main image: Testing is an essential element in plastics
development and process- ing. AMI’s Polymer Testing & Analysis conference in Berlin later this year highlights the latest
developments
Polymer testing and analysis underpins all stages of successful plastics processing. As the market demands new plastics products that are smaller, smarter, stronger and safer, so the challenges for materials suppliers, designers and specifiers increase. Now in its third annual edition, AMI’s Polymer Testing & Analysis conference has estab- lished itself as one of the international meeting places for scientists, laboratory staff, researchers and R&D professionals involved in development, testing and analysis of new polymer materials, formulations and products. The 2018 European edition of the Polymer
Testing & Analysis conference provides an opportu- nity to discover and discuss the latest innovations in characterisation and analysis techniques specifically for plastics materials and products. This year’s event moves to the German capital Berlin and takes place on 11-12 September 2018. It will bring together an international line-up of expert speakers to cover the very latest testing and analysis techniques for assessment of polymer stability, mechanical properties, flow characteristics, emissions, surface
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quality, and colour control. Other topics on the agenda include quality control methods, non-de- structive testing technologies, and failure analysis. This article looks at what is in store for attendees. This year’s conference will be opened by Dr
Andreas Balster, Head of Proficiency Testing at Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid in Germany. He will detail five reasons why you should participate in a laboratory benchmarking programme. Next up is Holger Lieder, Sales Director at Sikora in Germany, who will detail a novel optical inspection and analysis system that combines the advantages of a light table with automatic material control. The third paper in the session will focus on extending the limits for elemental analysis of polymers and plastics using XRF and will be presented by Dirk Wissmann, Senior Product Manager at Spectro Analytical Instruments in Germany.
Evaluating emissions The second session explores polymer emissions and will be opened by Dr Nuria García Batista, a Researcher at the AIMPLAS plastic technology
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