Parts Cleaning Conference
The Parts Cleaning Conference (PCx) at PMTS was a great success with nearly 100 conference participants. We will be collecting abstracts for speaker participation in PCx 2015 in the spring of 2014, so please check back for continual updates. If you have additional questions, please contact Tori Schneller, PCx Conference Coordinator at toris@gardnerweb.com.
Here is the PCx 2013 schedule at a glance:
| Tuesday, April 16, 2013 | |
| 10:00am | Coffee |
| 10:30am-5:00pm | PMTS and PCx show floor open |
| 10:30am-11:00am | Solvent Effectiveness Test, Christina Pina Arpin, NASA (via Webcast) |
| 11:00am-11:30am | Benefits of Modern Vapor Degreasing, Tom Tattersall, MicroCare |
| 11:30am-12:00pm | Green Degreasing, Tom Blissick, DURR Ecoclean, Inc. |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm | LUNCH on own - walk the Show Floor |
| 1:00pm-1:30pm | Parts Cleaning Fundamentals, Suresh Patel, Chemetall |
| 1:30pm-2:00pm | Aspects of Aqueous Ultra Sonic And Spray Cleaning of Metal Parts, Henry Percy Ederle, Borer Chemie |
| 2:00pm-2:30pm | Solvent Blending to Satisfy Environmental Concerns, Darren Williams, Sam Houston State University |
| 2:30pm-2:45pm | BREAK |
| 2:45pm-3:15pm | Aqueous Cleaning before PVD/CVD Coatings for the Cutting Tool Industry, François BENIS – Area Sales Manager, NGL CLEANING TECHNOLOGY SA |
| 3:15pm-4:00pm | Panel Discussion - Solvent vs. Alternative Methods Todd Luciano, Moderator, Products Finishing Magazine Tom Forsythe, Kyzen Tom Tattersall, MicroCare Wayze Ziegler, Army Research Laboratory (via Webcast) Jim Timler, PW Stoelting, LLC Joe McChesney, CSD Technical Sales Manager |
| 4:00pm-5:00pm | Happy Hour in the PMTS Technology Theater |
| Wednesday, April 17, 2013 | |
| 8:00am | Breakfast Opens |
| 9:30am-5:00pm | PMTS and PCx show floor open |
| 8:30am-9:00am | Update from EPA's SNAP program - Margaret Sheppard, EPA |
| 9:00am-9:30am | Green Cleaning in DoD and NASA Industrial Operations, Wayne Ziegler and Tom Torres, Army Research Laboratory (via Webcast) |
| 9:30am-10:00am | Development and Selection of Solvents, Mark Robin, DuPont |
| 10:00am-10:30 | BREAK |
| 10:30am-11:00am | Precision Cleaning in a Cellular Lean Environment, Ed Tulinski, Jenfab |
| 11:00am-11:30am | Conquering Corrosion, Scott Fouts, Kyzen |
| 11:30am-12:00pm | The TURI Lab Process and how it Accomplishes Toxic Use Reduction, Heidi Wilcox, UMass Lowell |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm | LUNCH on own - walk the Show Floor |
| 1:00pm-2:00pm | Kanegsberg Workshop: Productive Manufacturing through Strategic Cleaning - Barbara and Ed Kanegsberg |
| 2:00pm-2:30pm | BREAK |
| 2:30pm-3:30pm | John Durkee Workshop: How to Buy and What to Expect from the Purchase of a Cleaning Machine (via Webcast) |
| 3:30pm-5:00pm | Walk the Show Floor |
| 4:00pm-5:00pm | Happy Hour in the PMTS Technology Theater |
