Plastics Business

RJG Academy Master Molder® I
2023-04-24 - 2023-05-05, 2023-04-17 - 2023-04-28, 2023-03-20 - 2023-03-31, 2023-03-06 - 2023-03-17, 2023-02-20 - 2023-03-03
This is the industry’s premier standard demand for training! The Master Molder® I qualification is designed for the Process Technician, Engineer, or Manager who needs to understand and demonstrate injection molding skills at the machine. Participants will be able to establish the development of a DECOUPLED MOLDING® II process. Anyone who is responsible for implementing a processing strategy in their plant, or who is held accountable for quality issues, are prime candidates for this training.
There is a reason that companies in the injection molding industry actively seek out Master Molder qualified molders to join their team. Participants learn to apply methods, strategies, and techniques of injection molding from the plastic’s point of view, all taught in a real-world production floor environment. This hands-on, in-depth training enables participants to leave with solid skills that can be applied immediately in their facility.

iD Additives Open House Lunch 'n Learn
2023-04-19 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | iD Additives Warehouse, 1500 Dearborn Road, Building #14, Aurora, IL, 60505
iD Additives invites you to its second Open House! Technical Manager Bryan Whitaker for the Preventative Maintenance Cleaning System will do a LIVE flushing demo. Technical Managers for Purging Compound and Chemical Foaming Agents also will be available to answer questions. And of course, lunch will be provided!
If you plan to attend the Open House event, please RSVP by clicking the link.
If you can’t attend, there will be a LIVE stream for the flushing demo at 11 a.m. CST. RSVP by clicking the link, a Zoom link will be sent 24 hours before the event.

RJG Academy Fundamentals of Systematic Injection Molding
2023-04-18 - 2023-04-21, 2023-02-07 - 2023-02-10
This four-day course is for technical and non-technical personnel who are associated with production of thermoplastic injection molded components. This course provides hands-on, practical applications that introduce the principles of both injection molding and DECOUPLED MOLDING® processes. Areas covered include molding machine construction, process parameter selection (setting of the molding process), the effect of mold temperature control, material handling, and the use of additives with reference to component quality and consistency.

Paulson Training Programs, Inc. ProEx Extrusion
2023-03-20 00:00 - 2023-03-24 00:00
Process parts like a Pro with science-based skills. Gain the critical plastics processing skills you need with Paulson’s instructor-led Certification seminars. Our upcoming Paulson Plastics Academy classes provide intensive technical content to help you and your entire team operate on the same page, create consistency, reduce costs and foster more efficient operations. Training is the smart path to profitability.
This isn’t a passive experience. Whether you or your team already know how to mold or process plastic, or are new to the industry, you’ll learn new strategies and tactics from our top-tier instructors.
What to Expect
Paulson Plastics Academy seminars are robust, content-packed, in-person and virtual classes designed just for you – the plastic processor. You’ll learn how to:

gain science based plastic processing knowledge
solve processing problems faster
effectively optimize machine settings
reduce material waste – saving big time
minimize cycle times and increase efficiency
how the four plastic variables affect machine controls, and a whole lot more

And each class, if you pass with flying colors, earns you a Paulson ProMolder Certification.

RJG Academy Train the Trainer Qualification
2023-03-20 - 2023-03-31
RJG’s Train the Trainer program is designed for those who fully intend to instruct others in their organization on the methodologies and techniques learned in their Master Molder training. Those who successfully pass the Train the Trainer program will have the title of Qualified Trainer and are then eligible to teach Injection Molding Essentials, Fundamentals of Systematic Injection Molding, DECOUPLED MOLDING® Workshop, Successful Strategies for Tool Launch, Mold Design, and Part Design within their organization. To be successful as trainers, candidates must have a strong DECOUPLED MOLDING® background and enough experience to be comfortable in front of a classroom.
The true value of this program is that Train the Trainer graduates gain the skills, tools, and confidence needed to successfully pass this knowledge on to others in their company. This is a great advantage for anyone directly responsible for implementing a training program. The strategies, DECOUPLED MOLDING® techniques, and implementation processes taught in RJG’s Master Molder® Series are emphasized in this course. Trainers will be coached in presenting a participant-centered approach that focuses on the needs of learners and incorporates creative training techniques.
This intensive, two-week training requires a huge commitment from every participant. They are required to teach others in the group daily in order to refine their training techniques. Each participant is evaluated daily by the instructor and entire class on their teaching skills, use of visual aids, and interaction with the class. They are also required to develop training materials to support their learning objectives, including minimal purchases to aid in getting their content across to the students. Each participant may conduct a hands-on lab session that encourages student participation and reinforces safety standards.
Prerequisites are in place to ensure only the top of the class graduates of the Master Molder® Series move into this phase of the program. The Train the Trainer endorsement is meant to allow the “best of the best” from the Master Molder® program to train others within their own company.

RJG Academy Master Molder® II
2023-03-20 - 2023-03-31
The Master Molder® II qualification is designed for process personnel who need to understand and demonstrate processing using cavity pressure. Participants will learn to apply cavity pressure control strategies to accomplish DECOUPLED MOLDING® III Process techniques using instrumentation and data acquisition, and gain a deeper understanding of the improvements Decoupled III provides for process repeatability and robustness. This course also covers the proper use of instrumentation and how to achieve process control solutions utilizing Decoupled III processing techniques. You will learn how monitoring techniques are used to detect and contain suspect parts and how to perform accurate machine and mold qualifications.
Participants will get extensive hands-on training on the RJG eDART® or CoPilot® System.

AMUG 2023 Conference - Registration Open
2023-03-19 - 2023-03-23
Photo caption: Hundreds of first-time attendees gathered for the 2022 welcoming session to kick-start the networking aspect of the AMUG Conference.

The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, announced that online registration is open for its 2023 AMUG Conference, which will be held in Chicago, Illinois, March 19-23, 2023. The AMUG Conference is a users’ event open to owners and operators of industrial additive manufacturing technologies used for professional purposes.
Mark Abshire, AMUG president said, “The AMUG conference is all about the users of additive manufacturing equipment. What makes it unique is the users plan, organize and manage all aspects of the conference, making it truly ‘For Users, By Users’.”
Additive manufacturing users share expertise, best practices, real-world results, challenges and application developments through dialogue from the stage and conversations during breaks, meals and networking activities. With a program that encourages participation from early in the morning to late at night, attendees can interact with their peers for more than 50 hours over the five-day event.
The AMUG Conference will include keynotes, panel discussions, technical sessions and hands-on workshops designed to help users get more from, and do more with, their additive manufacturing solutions. The conference agenda is expected to offer nearly 150 presentations and workshops.
One highlight of the conference program will be the 8th annual Innovators Showcase. The showcase is an on-stage interview with the feel of a fireside chat where attendees get to know an innovator in the industry and discover insights from that individual’s experiences. The conference program also includes the AMUGexpo, with over 140 participating companies, on Sunday, March 19 and Monday, March 20.
Through AMUG’s Innovators Award, Technical Competition and DINO Awards, excellence in applying additive manufacturing and contributions to the industry will be recognized. The five-day event also includes an off-site dinner gathering, networking receptions and catered meals.
The advanced, all-inclusive conference registration fee is $1,295.00 when signing up through January 6, 2023. For details and registration access, visit www.amug.com.
Companies interested in participating as exhibitors or sponsors may also use online registration. Representatives of the financial community and media should contact AMUG directly at www.amug.com/contact/.

Paulson Training Programs, Inc. ProMolder 1
2023-03-13 00:00 - 2023-03-16 00:00

Paulson Training Programs, Inc. ProEx Blow Molding
2023-03-07 00:00 - 2023-03-09 00:00

RJG Academy eDART Training
2023-03-07 - 2023-03-09
eDART® training (v9 or v10) is intended for anyone who needs know how to effectively run an eDART® System process controller or needs to know how to use the eDART® System to identify molding problems, such as short shots or other process inconsistencies.
Attendees will increase their DECOUPLED MOLDING® processing skills by learning about cavity pressure sensors, including how to connect and verify that they are properly installed, start and stop jobs, verify alarms and templates, set-up the eDART® to do abnormal part containment, and properly set up alarms to catch and contain all suspect parts. The course will include an introduction to Decoupled III Machine Control, but it does not cover building a process.

RJG Academy Online Fundamentals of Systematic Injection Molding
2023-02-27 - 2023-03-03
This is an online, interactive course led by a live instructor with a self-guided lab, or an online lab for those who do not have access to a machine. Participants will spend half a day, Monday through Friday, covering course content led by a live RJG instructor. Participants will then be given detailed instructions for self-guided lab activities. For those individuals without machine access, the lab exercises will be performed online by the instructor. If you have questions during the self-guided lab you may contact your assigned coach for assistance. Areas covered include injection molding machine construction, process parameter selection (setting the molding process), the effect of mold temperature control, material handling, and the use of additives with reference to component quality and consistency.

Paulson Training Programs, Inc. Profitable Molding for Managers
2023-02-21 00:00 - 2023-02-23 00:00

RJG Academy Graph Interpretation for Injection Molding
2023-02-21 - 2023-02-23
This three-day course is for technical and non-technical personnel who are associated with production of thermoplastic injection molded components. This course provides both classroom style and hands-on, practical applications that introduce the principles of DECOUPLED MOLDING® and the curves associated with such processes. Areas covered include the DECOUPLED MOLDING cycle, how graphs work, graph scaling, overlays and templates, cycle graphs, summary graph data, bar graphs, alarms or limits for abnormal cycle detection, and identifying mold, machine, and process issues using curves.

Paulson Training Programs, Inc. ProMolder 2
2023-02-13 00:00 - 2023-02-17 00:00

Conair and Partners to Extrude Polycarbonate Pipettes at MD&M 2023
2023-01-24 08:00 - 17:00
At MD&M West/Plastec West 2023, Conair Group, together with technology partners Davis-Standard and Zumbach Electronics, is demonstrating the extrusion of medical-grade, ¼-inch polycarbonate tube, cleanly and continuously cut into 5-inch pipettes that need no secondary cleaning or finishing operations. Four new Conair products will make their operational debut on the extrusion line, which is operating in Booth 3911 of the MD&M West tradeshow being held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA, Feb. 7-9, 2023.
Conair, Davis-Standard, and Zumbach Team Up to Extrude Polycarbonate Medical Pipettes at MD&M West 2023

Sepro to Show Off Simple Automation Packages on Four Molding Machines at Plastec West 2023
2023-01-16 08:00 - 17:00
At Plastec West 2023, Sepro America will demonstrate that automation systems do not have to be complex to deliver significant gains in efficiency and productivity in plastic injection molding operations. Four Sepro robots — along with custom end-of-arm tooling (EOAT), conveyors and protective guarding — will be operating in three different booths at the show, which is scheduled for Feb. 7 – 9 at the Convention Center in Anaheim, CA.
“Increasingly, some kind of automation will be necessary if injection molders want to overcome the challenges presented by the current labor shortage and a highly competitive marketplace,” predicts Jim Healy, VP Sales & Marketing at Sepro America. “Automated molding cells minimize labor requirements, while user-friendly controls simplify training and address problems related to the high turnover of operators.”
In its own booth (#4111), Sepro will be collaborating with Milacron to automate a 110-ton Roboshot injection-molding machine (IMM). A Sepro 5X-15 five-axis Cartesian robot, featuring a Visual 3 control system, will use customized EOAT to remove a medical part from the mold and place it on a conveyer, which it transports out of the cell through protective guarding.
Maruka USA, booth #4024, will be operating two injection-molding machines and Sepro will automate both. An FCS FA 160 machine will be served by an S5-15 MED robot with Visual 2 controls. The MED series of robots are specifically designed for the medical and pharmaceutical markets and have features that ensure clean operation as well as high precision and continuous productivity. The second IMM will be a TOYO Si 110 machine equipped with a three-axis-servo Success 5, which also has Visual 2 controls. Both robots have their own Sepro EOAT, separate part-handling conveyors, and integrated protective guarding.
Finally, in booth #3877, Shibaura Machine Co. will operate an 85-ton molding machine equipped with a Sepro S5 servo picker with Touch controls. Sepro end-of-arm tooling extracts parts from a 4-cavity cable-tie mold and removes the runner before placing parts on a conveyor for transport out of the guarded molding area.
“While Sepro has designed and installed many highly complex turnkey molding systems for customers that need them,” Healy concludes, “we firmly believe that relatively simple automation solutions like these will be increasingly important to all molders in the next few years and beyond.”

AMI Plastics World Expos
2022-11-09 - 2022-11-10
AMI’s Plastics World Expos are the leading co-located exhibitions for plastics compounding, recycling, extrusion and polymer testing in North America.
Returning Cleveland for the third edition, this free-to-attend trade show brings together key decision makers from across the supply chain. The show is made up of four co-located exhibitions: Compounding World Expo, Plastics Extrusion World Expo, Plastics Recycling World Expo, and Polymer Testing World Expo.
Running alongside the exhibitions will be five conference theaters, focused on answering the big industry questions and discussing technology and material developments that you need to know about. The 2021 show attracted over 3,000 attendees and hosted over 220 exhibitors.

Worldwide Plastics Industry Focuses on K 2022
2022-10-19 - 2022-10-26
K, the world’s No. 1 trade fair for Plastics, will take place October 19-26, 2022, presenting new products and innovations from all sectors of the industry including, but not limited to production and processing to mechanical engineering. K’s special show, “Plastics shape the future” is presented by Plastics Europe Deutschland (PED) and Messe Düsseldorf, will focus on three key topics – climate protection, circular economy and digitalization.

Amco Polymers Electrical & Electronics Summit
2022-10-12 - 2022-10-13 | Lowes Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando, 6300 Hollywood Way, Orlando, FL, 32819, United States

MAPP 2022 Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference
2022-10-05 - 2022-10-07 | Indianapolis Downtown Marriott, Indianapolis, IN
The goal of the Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference is to help plastics companies improve their operations and tactics in order to impact bottom-line profits. This year’s Benchmarking and Best Practices conference will address leadership, operational best practices, the latest financial benchmarks, sales and marketing, and the impact of employees on the bottom-line and much more.
The Conference staff has created a schedule packed with best practices, leading-edge benchmarks, expert presentations and the best networking opportunities in the industry.

Cleaning & Benchmarking Your Mold Cooling Lines for an Effective PM with Bryan Whitaker
2022-08-24 13:00 - 14:00
Bryan Whitaker, our Eco-Pro technical support specialist, can answer any questions about rust maintenance. Whitaker is MoldTrax trained and experienced with flushing out tools, cooling passages, heat exchangers and more. He can show you how to use the iD Eco-Pro 360 solution and Cart on your products, as well as help prepare a detailed preventative maintenance program for your facility.
You should attend if:

You have Conformal Cooling Passages in your tools
You battle rust, scaling, corrosion and/or have foul water
You want to reduce cooling time and improve flow
You have no idea what a Reynolds number is
You are looking to start or improve your Preventative Maintenance Program with a safe and effective alternative that reduces your labor time
You have questions about PM ideas in your shop

Click the link – www.surveymonkey.com/r/SKMRYL8 – to register for the iD Zoom Chat. A Zoom link will be sent 24 hours before the event. Hope to “see” you there!

BinCloud 1.5 Webinar
2022-07-14 10:00 - 10:30 | Microsoft Teams meeting
Join us for a special webinar to learn about the newest version of BinMaster’s state-of-the-art application, BinCloud®. Whether you’re a current BinCloud user or considering an upgrade, you will see all the ways this IoT tool can boost accuracy, communication, ordering and profit. BinCloud takes inventory in bins, tanks, or silos and organizes it in one simple software. It does away with climbing vessels, manual measurements and spreadsheets. Instead, get one login to view current levels, place orders and generate reports.
Speakers, Nolan Fast, BinCloud UX Manager and Jacob Harder, BinCloud Customer Service will be going through the new features of BinCloud 1.5, including updates to mobile app and web app. Should last between 15-20 minutes.
If you can’t join the webinar a recording of the presentation will be made available.

BinCloud 1.5 Release Webinar
2022-07-12 10:00 - 10:30 | Virtual
Join BinMaster’s special webinar to learn about the newest version of its application BinCloud. Attendees will learn all the ways this IoT tool can boost accuracy, communication, ordering and profit.

Injection Molding and Design Expo
2022-05-25 - 2022-05-26

Paulson Training Programs, Inc. ProMolder 1 class
2022-05-23 - 2022-05-26 | MGS Technical Facility, Germantown, WI, United States
