Sessions highlight functional fillers. (Meetings).Intertech announced that its annual international business development conference, Functional Fillers for Plastics 2002, will be held September 18-20 at the Wyndham Bristol Place Airport Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Conference co-chairs will be Chris DeArmitt, Electrolux Core Technology & Innovations, and Roy Goodman, Imerys Minerals. Rengarajan Ramesh, vice president of technology for A. Schulman, and Donald Vesey, supervisor of plastics composites and textiles for DaimlerChrysler, will give keynote presentations at the conference. This year's international conference, the tenth in the series, will bring together both users and producers of reinforcing fillers for thermoplastics, as well as thermosets thermosets, materials that can not be softened on heating. In thermosetting polymers, the polymer chains are joined (or cross-linked) by intermolecular bonding. Thermosets are usually supplied as partially polymerized or as monomer-polymer mixtures. , to focus on the new opportunities emerging for increased use of functional fillers in polymer systems. Calcium carbonate calcium carbonate, CaCO3, white chemical compound that is the most common nonsiliceous mineral. It occurs in two crystal forms: calcite, which is hexagonal, and aragonite, which is rhombohedral. , silica, kaolin kaolin (kā`əlĭn): see china clay. , talc, ATH, wollastonite wol·las·ton·ite n. A white to gray mineral, essentially CaSiO3, found in metamorphic rocks and used in ceramics, paints, plastics, and cements. [After William Hyde Wollaston. , nanocomposites, natural fibers and other materials will be discussed. Users will learn about new fillers and new filler grades, and also new techniques for maximizing benefits from each material. Producers will hear about new market opportunities, as well as learn new ways to modify, classify, micronize micronize an industrial process of heating grain or pharmaceuticals with microwaves from infrared burners and then rolling to achieve a standard size. The purpose is to produce a dry, free-flowing product. and add value to their products. Other sessions will address surface treatments, compounding and blending. Participants will obtain a complete picture of the functional filler market, and have the opportunity to discuss key issues with speakers and fellow attendees from around the world. Tabletop exhibits will also be included in this conference. In addition, two optional pro-conference workshops are planned lot September 18. Roger Rothon of Rothon Consultants will lead a seminar on "Hot topics in filler technology," and Christopher Liauw of Manchester Metropolitan University History During the last third of the 20th century MMU grew through the combination of several colleges, some of which were founded in the 19th century. The mergers began on 1st January 1970, when Manchester Polytechnic was formed from Manchester College of Art and Design, the will instruct an intensive session on the "Filler-matrix interphase--the hidden resource." Technical presentations on Thursday, September 19, will include the following: "Polymers and fillers: A value creating partnership," Howard Blum, Kline & Co.; "Advances in the prediction of polymer composite mechanical properties," Kevin Breese, Electrolux Home Products Operations; "Fillers modified with oligomeric silanes: A class of their own," Helmut Mack, Degussa-Huls AG: "Development of new types of filler surface treatments," Roger N. Rothon, Rothon Consultants; "New coupling coating materials-polymeric solutions," speaker from Coating Technologies Ltd.; "A new grade wollastonite with very fine diameter and high aspect ratio for thermoplastic compounding," Sara M. Robinson, R.T. Vanderbilt; "The performance of calcium carbonates in thermoplastic compounding," Roy Goodman, Imerys Minerals; "New acicular acicular /acic·u·lar/ (ah-sik´u-ler) needle-shaped. acicular needle-shaped. aragonitic PCC PCC prothrombin complex concentrate. as a potential reinforcement filler in polyolefin compounding," Isaac Yaniv, 3PTechnologies Ltd.; "Magnesium hydroxide magnesium hydroxide: see milk of magnesia. filled resins: Property improvement through a novel coating technology," James D. Innes, Flame Retardant Associates; "Conductive plastics: Electrical and thermal management," Jay Amarasekera, GE Plastics; "Metallic pigments: Beyond color --the functional attributes of metallic pigments," Peter Stone, Silberline; and "Jetmills--a good alternative for ultrafine products with property enhancement features," Jurgen Roth, PMT See photomultiplier tube. Jetmill GmbH. Technical presentations on Friday, September 20, will include the following: "Is there a nano in your future?" Karl Kamena, Omni Tech International; "Nanoparticles as fire retardant fire retardant Public health A chemical used to resist combustion, which may contain polybrominated biphenyls and antimony oxide additives for polymeric materials," Joseph H. Koo, Texas A&M University; "Effective compounding of nanocomposites in twin-screw extruders," Paul Andersen, Coperion Compounding Systems; "Nano fillers versus traditional fillers--a comparison of performance and cost/performance," Chris DeArmitt, Electrolux Core Technology & Innovation; "Coupling agents: Performance additives for natural fiber-polyolefin composites," William Sigworth, Crompton; "Feeding equipment for fillers and natural fibers in composites," Terry Fahlenbock, Brabender Technologies; and "Technical and market benefits of wood plastic composites based on polypropylene," Philip Jacoby, Jacoby Polymer Consulting. Registration for each pre-conference seminar costs $395. Registration fees for the Functional Fillers for Plastics 2002 conference range from $1,295 to $1,395. Further information on this event is available from Scott Stephenson (207) 781-9800. |
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