18 November 2006

SPE Sets EuroMold Conference:
‘Modern Toolmaking in Practice’

	Peter Hofmann of Protoform will be one of the conference speakers, addressing the topic of “Solving the Puzzle of Product Development.”

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Special Interest Group (SIG) for Rapid Design, Engineering, and Mould Making is offering a one-day conference in connection with the international trade fair EuroMold 2006 on November 30 in the Exhibition Centre in Frankfurt, Germany. Held in the room Symmetrie 2 in Hall 8.1 of the centre between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., the three-part conference is entitled Modern Toolmaking in Practice.

SPE’s rapid mould making SIG focuses on high-potential technologies that can turn high-added-value tools into a mainstream commodity by simplifying the mould making process. The techniques can have an impact across the entire process spectrum: design, manufacturing, testing, and preparation for production. Through this conference on the second day of the EuroMold show, the SIG presents results from its exploration of these new techniques and reports factual evidence of their advantages in ordinary applications. The aim is to encourage mould making companies to consider giving up established practices for innovative methods that can improve productivity, not to mention attract young engineers who will embrace cutting-edge technologies more easily and expand the companies’ mould making know-how.

The conference builds on the success of previous events held during EuroMold in 2003, 2004, and 2005. It features a total of nine presentations articulated along three central themes.

From 10 a.m. to 12 noon, the session entitled “Intelligent Mould Making” offers presentations on “Future Aluminium Material for Moulds and Opportunities to Improve the Hardness (Dipl. Ing. Klaus Mechsner, Corus Aluminium Walzprodukte), “New Steel Developments for Localized Cooling of Mould Inserts” (Ray Pawlowski, ExOne Co., ProMetal Div.), and “Trimming of Multicavity Tools (Role of the Hot Runner System)” (Jean-Michel Cunche, Husky Injection Molding Systems).

The early afternoon session “Virtual Mould Simulation Aspects,” which runs from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., examines three questions: “Why Things Go Wrong: 10 Examples of Potential Failures in Mould Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing” (Alain Dirven, Syntens), “What the Tool Maker Has to Know When Building Moulds for Gas-Assist Injection Moulding Systems” (Paolo Canovi, PNC), and “Can We Influence the Time of Moulding with Optimal Choice of Cavity Materials?” (Prof. Dr. Igor Catic, University of Zagreb).

Between 3:15 and 5 p.m., conference participants can attend the session “Customer Perspective on Mould Maker Service” to hear presentations on “Accuracy of the Mould-Flow Injection Moulding Simulation and Its Influencing Factors” (Andreas Schmedding, Moldflow Vertriebs), “Solving the Puzzle of Product Development” (Peter Hofmann, Protoform), and “Optimized Tool Design by Using Full 3D Injection Moulding Simulation” (Christoph Hinse, SimpaTec Simulation & Technology Consulting).

The conference language will be English.

Supporting partners in the Modern Toolmaking in Practice Conference are EuroMold, European Tool & Mould Making magazine, and the ProMetal Div. of Ex One Co.

For further information:

Modern Toolmaking in Practice Conference
SPE Special Interest Group for Rapid Design, Engineering, and Mould Making
Antwerp, Belgium
www.speeurope.org
Tel. +32 3 5417755
Fax +32 3 5418425

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