Blowing Agents and Foaming Processes 2007
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
22-23 May 2007 – Frankfurt, Germany
Technical Programme
Tuesday 22nd May 2007
08.30
REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE
09.25
Opening Remarks
Session 1: Blowing Agents & Blowing Gases
09.30
10.00
10.30
Properties and applications of chemical blowing agents
Dr Lars Wahlen, Lehmann & Voss & Co. KG, Germany
Pentane - environmental and regulatory considerations
K Kannah, NOVA Innovene, UK
Optimisation of pentane blown PU systems with Solkane 365mfc
Michael Marhold, Solvay Fluor GmbH, Germany
11.00
COFFEE
11.30
Blowing agents for polyurethane
Jim Bowman, Honeywell, USA
Session 2: Polyurethane and Crosslinked Foams
12.00
12.30
Properties of polyurethane foams modified with natural oil-based polyols
Dr. Eng. Aleksander Prociak, Cracow Universitzy of Technology, Poland
Fluoro-olefine additives to reduce thermal conductivity of rigid foams
Rudi Van San, 3M Europe, Belgium
13.00
LUNCH
14.30
Novel low density foam developments from the nitrogen autoclave process
Dr. Paul Jacobs, Jennifer Petit & Dr. Neil Witten, Zotefoams plc, UK
Session 3: Biodegradable Foams
15.00
15.30
Development and characterisation of porous PLGA 85/15 scaffold for tissue engineering
applications
J.K. Perron, H.E. Naguib, J. Daka & A. Chawla, University of Toronto, Canada
Engineering of foamed structures for biomedical application
Ernesto Di Maio, Salvatore Iannace, Paolo Netti & Aurelio Salerno, University of Naples, Italy
16.00
COFFEE
16.30
Ultrasonic characterisation and sensors: PLA crystallisation
J.Tatibouët, J.Reignier & R.Gendron, National Research Centre, Canada
Session 4: Injection Moulding/ Structural Foam Technology – 1
17.00
17.30
New trends in structural foam technology - chemical and physical foaming
Helmut Eckardt, Battenfeld GmbH, Germany
The effect of mould temperature on morphology of injection moulded HDPE structural foams
Prof Denis Rodrigue, Simon Leduc & Carlos Tovar-Cisneros, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada & Rubén
González-Núñez, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
18.00
END OF DAY ONE
EVENING SOCIAL EVENT – To be advised
Blowing Agents and Foaming Processes 2007
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
22-23 May 2007 – Frankfurt, Germany
Technical Programme
Wednesday 23rd May 2007
08.30
COFFEE
Session 4: Injection Moulding/ Structural Foam Technology – 2
09.00
09.30
Achievement of good surface and high void fraction in advanced structural foam moulding
Prof Chul Park, University of Toronto, Canada
Analysis and optimization of part properties in foam injection moulding
Dipl.-Ing. Axel Cramer, IKV, Institute for Plastics Processing, Germany
Session 5: Injection Moulding/ Microcellular Technology
10.00
10.30
A novel moulding process to produce microcellular foams
M.A.B. del Carpio, J.F.López, M.A. Rodríguez-Perez & J.A. de Saja, University of Valladolid, Spain
Innovative foam solutions for polymer materials
Dr Sasan Habibi-Naini & C. Schlummer, Sulzer, Switzerland
11.00
COFFEE
11.30
Vibration and ultrasonic welding conditions and performance for glass fibre filled PA 6 and PA
6.6 injection moulded using the MuCell® microcellular foaming process
Uwe Kolshorn, Petr Janik & Levi Kishbaugh, Trexel GmbH, Germany
The challenge of foam injection moulding – possibilities to improve surface appearance, foam
morphology and mechanical properties
Andreas. N.J. Spoerrer & Volker Altstaedt, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Analysis of mechanical response of rigid thermoplastic foams
MSc. ME. Laura Florez, IKV, Institute for Plastics Processing, Germany
12.00
12.30
Session 6: Extrusion Technology
13.00
New foams for current market trends
Timothy Francis, Jan Sandler & Erik Wassner, BASF AG, Germany
13.30
LUNCH
14.30
Effect of processing temperature on the polymeric foaming processes of PS/CO2
and PC/CO2 systems
Wong Anson S. T.; Leung, Siu Ning & Li, Gary Y.G., University of Toronto, Canada
Further developments in extrusion technologies for foamed PVC products
Josef Dobrowsky, CET (Cincinnati), Austria
15.00
Session 7: New Studies on Resins and Foaming Processes
15.30
16.00
16.30
The polycarbonate microfoams produced by gas counter pressure and precision
mould opening
Dipl.-Ing. Hendrik Kirschling & A. K. Bledzki Institut für Werkstofftechnik, University of Kassel, Germany
& W. Pitscheneder & P. Egger, ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH, Austria
Foaming of polymer blends – chance and challenge
Holger Ruckdäschel, Volker Altstädt & Axel H.E. Müller, University of Bayreuth, Germany
END OF CONFERENCE
Please note: the conference organisers reserve the right to modify or change the above programme