This year’s PDM Event (14th to 15th June, Telford International Centre) will feature a free-to-attend conference covering injection moulding, rotational moulding, energy efficient equipment and 3D mould tool design, while around the exhibition new machinery will be unveiled. The results of two new industry surveys – Best Places to Work in UK Plastics and Most Influential People in the UK Plastics – will also be announced.
Free PDM Conference
Injection moulding will be covered in depth on Day One by speakers and panellists from British Plastics Federation (BPF), Engel, Helix Polymer Technology Ltd, Stratasys, Arburg and Amtek Plastics. Delegates will also be given advice on patenting strategies. Rotomoulding will then become the focus, with a session on alternative materials presented by Matrix Polymers, and advice on preventing “creep” – a cause of plastic product failure – presented by Dr Nick Henwood, Rotational Moulding Expert, Rotomotive.
Other key sessions on Day One include a session on Industry 4.0 (an industrial revolution in automation, data exchange and market trends), and an overview of energy efficient equipment, which promises to show delegates the real savings that can be achieved by updating or replacing existing machinery.
Day Two opens with a number of new perspectives on design including a presentation showing what can be achieved when design is used as a tool for integrating different processes, led by Les Stokes, Director, LA Design.
Technological developments covered in the conference include 3D CAD software for the automation of routine operations and PREVIEW – a predictive system to recommend injection mould set up with process optimisation in wireless sensor networks.
Exhibition Highlights
Renmar will show one of its range of 17 Marse hopper loaders for the first time, while
the new Golden Electric 100 tonne machine will make its UK debut on the Arburg stand. Negri Bossi will be exhibiting an EOS E70-185 ST machine featuring the latest user friendly Tactus B&R based ‘single touch’ interface and Bosch Rexroth GH4 pumps.
Other leading industry names who have booked stands include Meusburger, Branson Ultrasonics, Zimmer Group, Piovan, Plastribution, Hasco Internorm, Plastech Solutions, Telesonics, Ewikon and Thermoplay.
New exhibitors include Connect 2 Cleanrooms (offering mouldshop solutions to prevent contamination), Staubli Connectors (hydraulic and electrical connectors), CRC Industries (global supplier of chemical products including purge agents and mould lubricants), Plunkett Associates (low volume prototyping), BOC (industrial gases and cleaning solutions) and Petlon Polymers Ltd (polymer compounding and recovery).
Register now for free entry on www.pdmevent.com
