Technical Meeting Monday, September 12, 2016 5:30 p.m.
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Technical Meeting Monday, September 12, 2016 5:30 p.m. The Technology House (TTH) 10036 Aurora-Hudson Road Streetsboro, Ohio 44241
Costs, Schedules, Reservations Member and/or guest Retired Student New Member - first meeting Sign In, Socializing Presentation Tour Dinner and Q&A
$20 $15 $5 Free
5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Reservations must be in by noon on Friday, Sept. 9 and can be made to Dan Crist at [email protected] or 440-227-5424. Please be sure to include the company affiliation of each attendee including dietary restrictions. The Technology House reserves the right to refuse admission to competitors and their employees.
Carbon CLIP Process Demo and Tour By Mark Horner, VP Product Development How CLIP Works CLIP, which stands for Continuous Liquid Interface Production, is a photochemical process using both light and oxygen to build parts. It works by projecting UV images, generated by a digital light projector, through an oxygen-permeable window into a reservoir of UV curable resin. The UV images when projected are solidified as the build platform rises. See page 3 for presentation abstract
Sept 20-22 - TOPCON 2016 Oct. 10 - Vadxx
Sep. 2016, Page 1
The Board of Directors of the Akron Section and I welcome you to our 2016-2017 professional activities. First, let me thank Keith Pelfrey for the excellent job he did last year in putting together a super program. If you haven’t been to a section meeting lately, you are missing a lot. Attendance is up and the programs have been very interesting. With the support of Rik Keeley and Jon Sovis from the Cleveland chapter, we have another interesting and educational program of technical and social meetings for you to enjoy this year. All meetings will be held jointly with the Cleveland Section except for our separate Award Nights in May. You will find program details in the newsletter, web site, Facebook home page or pocket calendar sent under separate cover. Note that meetings will be held in the Akron Fairlawn Hilton on West Market Street on the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. We start the year on September 12 with a tour of The Technology House in Streetsboro. They will show us the latest in CLIP, Continuous Liquid Interface Production. CLIP is a photochemical process using both light and oxygen to build parts. This is truly cutting edge technology and well worth the visit. The Technology House will also have dinner for us at their facility. The Akron Section will again host the TPE Division TopCon entitled “Stretching Performance with TPEs” on September 21 and 22. This year they will also present a separate primer targeted toward newcomers to the field. This will be given the afternoon before the TopCon, on September 20. More information is available from our website or Facebook page. If you would like to participate in the leadership and decision making, please join us at the board meetings. This year, board meetings are generally scheduled the first Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. in the conference room of the UA Polymer Engineering Academic Center. Please contact me for details. I’m looking forward to meeting you at an upcoming Akron SPE event.
Robert Weiler, President 2016-2017 Akron Section of SPE 330-283-9024 [email protected]
Incoming President 2016/2017 Year, Robert Weiler Page 2
Carbon CLIP In October, The Technology House (TTH) was selected as a Beta-site for the new Carbon M1 printer. Currently, TTH is one of only a handful of service bureaus in the world with the ability to 3D print prototype and production parts from the Carbon M1 3D Printer. As of July 2016, TTH has three (3) Carbon M1 machines up and running. Here is a list of Carbon’s advantages over other 3D printing technologies are:
CLIP Advantages Wide Array of Engineering Grade Polyurethane Materials. Faster Build Speeds Production Quality Surface Finishes Consistent Mechanical Properties Connected to Learn, Update and Improve Builds and Processes
The Carbon M1 CLIP Machine Build platform size: 144mm x 81mm x 330mm
CLIP Engineering Grade Materials The materials available for additive manufacturing on the CLIP machine were designed to rival current thermoplastic materials. Parts will be tough, resilient, isotropic and machinable. Each material was engineered to provide similar properties to production injection molding materials like ABS, Glass Filled Nylon, Polypropylene and Soft Durometer Santoprene. CLIP materials have consistent mechanical properties because the parts are isotropic. The resulting part will have characteristics similar to an injection molded thermoplastic. TTH currently builds in the following materials: • • • • •
PR Prototyping RPU Rigid Polyurethane FPU Flexible Polyurethane EPU Elastomeric Polyurethane CE Cyanate Ester for high heat applications
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Technical Assistance For technical polymer questions please use the SPE International forum “The Chain”
For local questions please contact the officers at [email protected]
Advertiser Index David Industrial Sales
2
Dover Chemical Corp.
5
Harwick Standard
9
Kuraray – TopCon Gold Sponsor
5
Polysort
5
Struktol – TopCon Premier Sponsor
5
Picture your ad here ….. And also on www.akronspe.org
I-480 exit 41 towards Streetsboro. Right on Aurora-Hudson Rd. Building on the left.
You may zoom in
Page 4
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Technical Meeting Monday, September 12, 2016 5:30 p.m. The Technology House (TTH) 10036 Aurora-Hudson Road Streetsboro, Ohio 44241
Costs, Schedules, Reservations Member and/or guest Retired Student New Member - first meeting Sign In, Socializing Presentation Tour Dinner and Q&A
$20 $15 $5 Free
5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Reservations must be in by noon on Friday, Sept. 9 and can be made to Dan Crist at [email protected] or 440-227-5424. Please be sure to include the company affiliation of each attendee including dietary restrictions. The Technology House reserves the right to refuse admission to competitors and their employees.
Carbon CLIP Process Demo and Tour By Mark Horner, VP Product Development How CLIP Works CLIP, which stands for Continuous Liquid Interface Production, is a photochemical process using both light and oxygen to build parts. It works by projecting UV images, generated by a digital light projector, through an oxygen-permeable window into a reservoir of UV curable resin. The UV images when projected are solidified as the build platform rises. See page 3 for presentation abstract
Sept 20-22 - TOPCON 2016 Oct. 10 - Vadxx
Sep. 2016, Page 1
The Board of Directors of the Akron Section and I welcome you to our 2016-2017 professional activities. First, let me thank Keith Pelfrey for the excellent job he did last year in putting together a super program. If you haven’t been to a section meeting lately, you are missing a lot. Attendance is up and the programs have been very interesting. With the support of Rik Keeley and Jon Sovis from the Cleveland chapter, we have another interesting and educational program of technical and social meetings for you to enjoy this year. All meetings will be held jointly with the Cleveland Section except for our separate Award Nights in May. You will find program details in the newsletter, web site, Facebook home page or pocket calendar sent under separate cover. Note that meetings will be held in the Akron Fairlawn Hilton on West Market Street on the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. We start the year on September 12 with a tour of The Technology House in Streetsboro. They will show us the latest in CLIP, Continuous Liquid Interface Production. CLIP is a photochemical process using both light and oxygen to build parts. This is truly cutting edge technology and well worth the visit. The Technology House will also have dinner for us at their facility. The Akron Section will again host the TPE Division TopCon entitled “Stretching Performance with TPEs” on September 21 and 22. This year they will also present a separate primer targeted toward newcomers to the field. This will be given the afternoon before the TopCon, on September 20. More information is available from our website or Facebook page. If you would like to participate in the leadership and decision making, please join us at the board meetings. This year, board meetings are generally scheduled the first Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. in the conference room of the UA Polymer Engineering Academic Center. Please contact me for details. I’m looking forward to meeting you at an upcoming Akron SPE event.
Robert Weiler, President 2016-2017 Akron Section of SPE 330-283-9024 [email protected]
Incoming President 2016/2017 Year, Robert Weiler Page 2
Carbon CLIP In October, The Technology House (TTH) was selected as a Beta-site for the new Carbon M1 printer. Currently, TTH is one of only a handful of service bureaus in the world with the ability to 3D print prototype and production parts from the Carbon M1 3D Printer. As of July 2016, TTH has three (3) Carbon M1 machines up and running. Here is a list of Carbon’s advantages over other 3D printing technologies are:
CLIP Advantages Wide Array of Engineering Grade Polyurethane Materials. Faster Build Speeds Production Quality Surface Finishes Consistent Mechanical Properties Connected to Learn, Update and Improve Builds and Processes
The Carbon M1 CLIP Machine Build platform size: 144mm x 81mm x 330mm
CLIP Engineering Grade Materials The materials available for additive manufacturing on the CLIP machine were designed to rival current thermoplastic materials. Parts will be tough, resilient, isotropic and machinable. Each material was engineered to provide similar properties to production injection molding materials like ABS, Glass Filled Nylon, Polypropylene and Soft Durometer Santoprene. CLIP materials have consistent mechanical properties because the parts are isotropic. The resulting part will have characteristics similar to an injection molded thermoplastic. TTH currently builds in the following materials: • • • • •
PR Prototyping RPU Rigid Polyurethane FPU Flexible Polyurethane EPU Elastomeric Polyurethane CE Cyanate Ester for high heat applications
Page 3
Technical Assistance For technical polymer questions please use the SPE International forum “The Chain”
For local questions please contact the officers at [email protected]
Advertiser Index David Industrial Sales
2
Dover Chemical Corp.
5
Harwick Standard
9
Kuraray – TopCon Gold Sponsor
5
Polysort
5
Struktol – TopCon Premier Sponsor
5
Picture your ad here ….. And also on www.akronspe.org
I-480 exit 41 towards Streetsboro. Right on Aurora-Hudson Rd. Building on the left.
You may zoom in
Page 4
