CONFERENCE PAPERS PRESENTED APRIL 17-18, 2007
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Papers Schedule

Tuesday, April 17, 2007
1:00 PM to 4:15 PM - Tuesday Afternoon Paper Presentations
4:15 PM to 4:45 PM - Keynote Address

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Wednesday Morning Paper Presentations
1:15 PM to 3:45 PM - Wednesday Afternoon Paper Presentations
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Tuesday, April 17th 2007

1:00 PM to 1:30 PM
COLDCURING™ - GOOD NEWS TO SILICONE RUBBER
Thomas Christensen
Nanon A/S

1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE OF SILICONE RUBBER FOR ELECTRICAL INSULATION
Author: Lars E. Schmidt, Ph.D., ABB Switzerland Ltd.
Co-authors:    Henrik Hillborg, ABB Switzerland Ltd.
Xavier Kornmann, ABB Switzerland Ltd.
Andrej Krivda, ABB Switzerland Ltd.

2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
ANALYTICAL METHOD AND REDUCTION OF VOLATILE LOW MOLECULAR-WEIGHT CYCLIC SILOXANES GENERATED DURING THE SILICONE MOLDING PROCESS
Author: Eric Bishop, Shin-Etsu Silicones of America, Inc.
Co-author:    Noriyuki Meguriya, Shin-Etsu Silicones

2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
EFFECTS OF E-BEAM ON CROSSLINK DENSITY OF SILICONE RUBBER
Joseph Walker
Freudenberg-NOK G.P.

3:45 PM to 4:15 PM
GM PERSPECTIVE ON ETHANOL
C. Coleman Jones
GM Powertrain

4:15 PM to 4:45 PM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS - APRIL 17, 2007
Kevin E. Gray
Lauren International Inc.


Wednesday, April 18th 2007

8:30 AM to 9:00 AM
NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR LSR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINES
Jeff Hazen
ENGEL Canada Inc.

9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
MICROMOLDING SILICONES AND OTHER ELASTOMERS
Lynn E. Momrow
Extreme Molding, LLC

9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
HIGH PRECISION LSR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE MODEL "SIL-PRO"
Len Hampton
Sodick Plustech

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION OF HVI CABLE ACCESSORIES WITH LIQUID SILICONE RUBBER
Clemens Trumm
Momentive Performance Materials

11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
SILICONE EXPANSION: TREND INDICATORS FOR GROWTH IN THE SILICONE ELASTOMER MARKET
Jun Shi
Dow Corning Engineered Elastomers

This paper will be presented in the Rubber Molding paper presentations room. - 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
THE STUDY OF INJECTION MOLDING PARAMETERS ON THE NEW SILASTIC® LC-2004 PRODUCT LINE
Author: Craig Gross, Dow Corning Corporation
Co-author:    Gale Pretzer, Dow Corning Engineered Elastomers

1:15 PM to 1:45 PM
ABOUT HIGH-QUALITY LSR MOLDING
Daniel Schölmberger
Elmet Elastomere Produktions GmbH

1:45 PM to 2:15 PM
AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS FOR RUBBER/SILICONE PARTS PRODUCTION, PRACTICAL SAMPLES
Jim Chiofolo
Rutil / R.M.T. Inc.

2:15 PM to 2:45 PM
OVERVIEW OF FLUOROSILICONE
Greg Dull
Wacker Silicones

2:45 PM to 3:15 PM
ACCURATE DISPENSING OF SEALANT MATERIALS WITH GEAR METERING TECHNOLOGY
Dan Thompson
Nordson Corporation


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