Joining Plastics Conference in London

Rapra Technology Limited announce the Second International Conference on Joining Plastics, to be held at the National Physical Laboratory in London from 25-26 April 2006.

Manufacturing with plastics often involves a bonding step from packaging, electronic and medical devices to large scale automotive, aerospace and construction projects.

Rapra Technology Limited is pleased to announce the Second International Conference on Joining Plastics, to be held at the National Physical Laboratory in London, UK, from 25-26 April 2006.

The National Physical Laboratory, TWI Limited and Faraday Plastics are sponsors of this conference.

This is a continually developing field and the experts at the Conference on Joining Plastics will be debating the best methods and options for different applications.

Speakers include top adhesives researchers from TWI, Ashland, Dow Corning, Loughborough University and the National Physical Laboratory.

Polyolefins are useful because they are relatively inert, but this also makes them difficult to bond: surface chemistry specialists will be discussing pre-treatment options.

There are international experts talking about the many different welding methods available for plastics.

Infrared welding will be covered by the University of Electro-Communications; high-speed hotplate welding by the University of Paderborn; resistance welding by the Canadian Institute for Aerospace Research; ultrasonic and vibration welding by Branson Ultrasonics and FFR Ultrasonics; and heated tool welding by the Aachen University of Technology.

Laser welding is a high growth field.

There are papers on applications (Prolas Produktionslaser, TWI, Tyco Electronics), process monitoring (TWI) and transparent weldings (Gentex).

DSM has carried out research on engineering plastics for laser welding, and Treffert and BASF will be discussing the selection of additives and colorants.

There is a session on composite joints, which will be of special interest to automotive, construction and aerospace manufacturers.

Lancaster University have tested bolted joints to failure and aerospace experts from Toulouse have been looking at the effect of bolt-hole defects.

TWI has been developing energy-absorbing joints for FRP-metal.

This is an excellent opportunity for plastics manufacturers, design engineers and product developers to talk to experts in the field and discuss the latest developments in Joining Plastics.

Register before 25th February 2006 and save 200 Euros.

To register please contact: Sharon Garrington, Conference Organiser, Rapra Technology , Shawbury, Shropshire, SY4 4NR, UK.

Tel: +44(0)1939-250383 Fax: +44(0)1939-251118 Email: sgarrington@rapra.net.

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