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2004 Papers
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Papers Schedule

Tuesday, April 27, 2004
1:20 PM to 5:15 PM - Paper Presentations

Wednesday, April 28, 2004
8:30 AM to 12:15 PM - Morning Paper Presentations
1:30 PM to 3:10 PM - Afternoon Paper Presentations
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Tuesday, April 27th 2004

Paper 1 - 1:20 PM to 1:45 PM
CO2 PARTICLE BLAST CLEANING FOR THE MOLDED RUBBER PRODUCTS INDUSTRY
Fred Young
Cold Jet LLC

Paper 2 - 1:45 PM to 2:30 PM
AUTOMATING RUBBER MOLDING PROCESSES
Robert Matola
Klockner Desma

Paper 3 - 2:30 PM to 2:55 PM
USE OF MODIFIED ACRYLIC COAGENTS IN PEROXIDE-CURED MOLDED GOODS
Clay McElwee
Sartomer Company

Paper 4 - 3:25 PM to 4:40 PM
VALUE STREAM MAPPING
Author: Gene Burk, Duggan & Associates, Inc.
Co-author:    Kevin Duggan, Duggan & Associates, Inc.

Paper 5 - 4:40 PM to 5:15 PM
PROBLEM SOLVING IN THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF INJECTION MOLDS FOR RUBBER
Jim Pendleton
Pendleton Tool Co., Inc.


Wednesday, April 28th 2004

Paper 6 - 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM
ISO/TS 16949 OVERVIEW: PRESENTING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT
Debra Detwiler
Smithers Management Consulting Group

Paper 7 - 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
MOLD RELEASE ADDITIVE EFFECTS ON CHLORINE AND FLUORINE RUBBER COMPOUND
Author: Kwang-Jea Kim, Ph.D., Struktol Company of America
Co-authors:    M Hensel, Struktol Company of America
J Wasko, Struktol Company of America

Paper 8 - 10:00 AM to 10:40 AM
TWO-COMPONENT TRANSFER MOLDING OF RUBBER COMPOUNDS
Avraan Isayev, Ph.D.
Institute of Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron

Paper 9 - 11:10 AM to 11:35 AM
MOLD TEMPERATURE VARIATION REDUCTION
Author: David Barth, Freudenberg-NOK
Co-author:    Joseph Walker, Freudenberg-NOK G.P.

Paper 10 - 11:35 AM to 12:10 PM
THE USE OF FINISHING, TRIMMING AND AIR BENCH MACHINERY FOR REDUCED LABOR COSTS
Paul C. Altman
Altman Manufacturing Company

Paper 11 - 1:30 PM to 1:55 PM
MICRO VENTING TO ELIMINATE GASSING
Author: Terry Chapin, Delphi/Packard Electric
Co-author:    Van Walworth, Ph.D., Research & Design Specialties, Inc.

Paper 12 - 1:55 PM to 2:20 PM
VALVE GATE TECHNOLOGY - FROM SILICONE TO FKM
John Timmerman
Starlim

Paper 13 - 2:20 PM to 3:10 PM
5 STEPS: REDUCE LEAD TIMES THROUGH A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH OF IDENTIFYING, QUANTIFYING, AND SOLVING THE SOURCES OF MOLD FILLING IMBALANCES IN THERMOSETTING MOLDS
Author: David Rose, Beaumont Technologies, Inc.
Co-author:    John Beaumont, Beaumont RunnerTech

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