International Silicone Molding Conference

May 25-26, 2004

Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio

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2004 Papers (Click on name to get bio; click on title to get abstract)

Tuesday, May 25th 2004

Keynote - 1:20 PM to 2:00 PM
AN AMERICAN JOBS AGENDA: CONGRESS' EFFORTS TO RESTORE MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES
Bradley Knox
US House Committee On Small Business

Paper 1 - 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
CROSSLINKING AND AGING STUDIES ON SILICONE RUBBERS BY MAGNETIC RESONANCE CROSSLINK DENSITY SPECTROSCOPY (MR-CDS)
Winfried Kuhn, Ph.D.
IIC Innovative Imaging Corp. KG

Paper 2 - 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
SELECTIVE SELF ADHESIVE LIMS MATERIAL
Susumu Sekiguchi
Shincor Silicones Inc.

Paper 3 - 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM
HEAT CURED ONE PART™ LIQUID SILICONE RUBBER
Paul Kehl
Laur Silicone Inc.

Paper 4 - 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
SILICONE MOLDING EQUIPMENT GETS CLEVER
Manfred Arning
LWB Steinl GmbH & Co. KG

Paper 5 - 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM
LIQUID SILICONE RUBBER: NEW MATERIALS FOR TODAY'S MARKET NEEDS
Clemens Trumm
Momentive Performance Materials

Wednesday, May 26th 2004

Paper 6 - 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
LSR TOPCOAT: REDUCING FRICTION AND OPENING DOORS FOR LIQUID INJECTION MOLDED SILICONE ELASTOMERS
Frank Burkus
GE Silicones

Paper 7 - 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
SILICONE RUBBERS AND GELS FOR ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
Susan J. Cassar
Wacker Chemical Corporation

Paper 8 - 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
INTRODUCING DEVELOPMENTS IN LSR TOOLING TECHNOLOGIES
Kurt Manigatter
Elmet Elastomere Produktions

Paper 9 - 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
EASYWORK BAKING AND FREEZING MOLDS: WHEN LSR MEETS THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Piero Venturoli
SILIKONEUROPE SRL

Paper 10 - 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM
SILICONE EXTRUSION BASICS
Daniel A. Szewc
Davis-Standard Corporation

Paper 11 - 1:30 PM to 2:15 PM
LEAN MANUFACTURING - THE TOOLKIT FOR COMPETITIVE, RESPONSIVE AND CUSTOMER FOCUSED COMPANIES
Robert Mele
GE Silicones

Paper 12 - 2:15 PM to 2:45 PM
FILLER TREATMENT COMPARISONS IN SILICONE RUBBER COMPOUNDING
Uwe Schachtely
Degussa

Paper 13 - 2:45 PM to 3:15 PM
METER-MIX EQUIPMENT FOR LIQUID SILICONE AND ELECTRONIC POTTING SILICONE
Lance Daby
Fluid Automation