Events
April 2015
PDM’s 10th Anniversary
Brings Plastics Industry up to Date The Plastics Design and Moulding Exhibition and Conference (PDM15) returns to the Telford International Centre on 16 and 17 June, where the event will celebrate its 10th anniversary as the UK’s premier annual event for the plastics industry. The two-day PDM Conference focuses on a range of the industry’s most topical issues including skills shortages, EU membership, sustainable design, automotive lightweighting and 3D printing. Highlights include: An overview of the UK Auto industry by Luke Hampton, supply chain director at the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Plastics, lightweighting saviour; welding of automotive plastics components. Best practice and assessment of joint integrity by Farshad SalamatZadeh, Chartered Polymer and Adhesive Engineer and Senior Project Leader at TWI Failure in Polymer Products - it doesn’t just happen! by Justin Taylor, Principal Consultant, ipolytech, Telford Material innovations in injection moulding by Dr Mark Barnett, Head of Warwick There will also be a number engineers, providing practical expertise in areas such as moulding techniques and machine care. A popular feature of previous shows that returns for 2015 is the Plastics Consultancy Network’s Plastics Surgery. Visitors are invited to bring along questions they may have relating to plastics design and moulding and PCN’s consultants will be on hand to
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Major names from every part of the UK their presence at PDM15 including Distrupol, Plastribution, Negri Bossi, Premier Moulding Machinery, Billion UK, BMB Plastics Machinery, Kuka Robotics, Luxus, Mouldshop, Rutland Plastics and Chess Plastics. Companies exhibiting at PDM for UK, Cad2parts, South West Polymer Supplies, Hotset UK and Kongskilde UK. Other exhibitors include product design companies, rotational and blow moulding machinery suppliers, toolmakers, rapid prototyping specialists, moulders and mouldmakers, masterbatch specialists, software suppliers and materials testing specialists. Organisers have also reported a new level of interest from overseas businesses keen to showcase their capabilities to the UK market, now regarded as the growth area in Europe. Such exhibitors include Italian-based M.P Srl, Austrian-based Meusburger Georg GmbH & Co Kg, Swiss company U-NICA Gruppe, 3D Design Technologies Ltd (Cad2parts Ltd) from Turkey and Luxembourg-based CODPRO.
The Sumitomo (SHI) Demag team will provide practical advice on how to make the switch to all-electric injection moulding, focusing on how to able to preview the newest Series 5 IntElect ‘Smart’ machine, which further enhances and advances precision, part can also discover how the new ejector technology has solved the issue of components cascading out of an eIMM mould and ricocheting into opposite cavities. time its new modular Metro G range of hopper loaders. It will also demonstrate its new disc dosing unit with an updated touch screen control for ease of use and the advanced Luxor - a adaption to material throughput, moisture content and other conditions. Vero Software will be showcasing the latest release of VISI 21 includes more than 340 product enhancements and a continued emphasis on intelligent solutions for mould making and stamping die industries.
Industry support for the PDM event continues to grow with the Society of Plastics Engineers UK & Ireland (SPE) and Rubber & Plastics Research Association (RAPRA) now joining existing partners British Plastics who want to create structurally robust Federation (BPF), the Gauge & prototypes or small batch components Toolmakers Association (GTMA), for tests in real-world applications or IOM3, Polymer Training and Innovation solutions. Suitable for use with any Centre and the Polymer Machinery 3D printer that has a heated nozzle, Manufacturers and Distributors Association (PMMDA), Polymer material is up to 50 times more resistant Society and WRAP. to wear and abrasion than products To register to attend PDM15 visit: made from conventional 3D printer www.pdmevent.com materials, such as ABS and PLA.
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