BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SPE Medical Plastics Division - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:SPE Medical Plastics Division X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mpd.4spe.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for SPE Medical Plastics Division REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220202T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220202T190000 DTSTAMP:20260613T155202 CREATED:20220106T195826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220106T195917Z UID:1218-1643824800-1643828400@mpd.4spe.org SUMMARY:Medical Plastic Division – Virtual Technical Forum & Networking Event - FEBRUARY 2022 DESCRIPTION:Title: Manufacturing of Micro Medical Parts without Cold Runners \nAbstract: \nMicro medical parts are often molded out of expensive resins such as PEEK or PLGA. Conventional technology requires molders to use cold runners to mold micro parts. The weight of the cold runner volume can be 2X to 50X the weight of the part. The cold runner also significantly increases the cycle time and secondary molding operations. The combination of increased material usage and length cycle times results in higher part costs\, increased waste\, and higher energy consumption. \nIn this presentation\, Westfall will present how a proprietary molding machine and process was used to eliminate cold runners from micro molding of medical parts. Case studies showing micro molding of bioabsorbable resins and PEEK bone screws will be presented – which resulted in a significant reduction in part costs\, material usage\, and energy consumption. \nSpeaker: \nBio: \n\n\n\n\nVijay Kudchadkar is the Director of Advanced Engineering for Westfall Technik. Vijay is a Plastics Engineer with 16 years of experience in injection molding\, specializing in material properties\, hot runners\, screw design\, micro molding\, and flow simulation. Vijay also has 8 years of experience in extrusion\, thermoforming\, and blow molding\, and has numerous publications and 9 patents in the field of polymer processing. Vijay is an active member of the Society of Plastics Engineers and is currently the Councillor of SPE Ontario and Newsletter editor for the SPE Medical Plastics Division. \n \n\n\n\nVijay Kudchadkar BEng (Polymer); MS (Plastics) \nDirector of Advanced Engineering \nWestfall Technik\, Inc. \n  \nThis is a free event open to anyone interested in informally meeting and networking with the Medical Plastics Division.  \n  \nPlease email Louis Somlai or Pierre Moulinie to be added to the distribution or if you are interested in presenting \n________________________________________________________________________________ \nMicrosoft Teams meeting \nJoin on your computer or mobile app \nClick here to join the meeting \nJoin with a video conferencing device \n531592390@t.plcm.vc \nVideo Conference ID: 113 287 052 4 \nAlternate VTC dialing instructions \nOr call in (audio only) \n+1 317-759-7011\,\,66809426#   United States\, Indianapolis \nPhone Conference ID: 668 094 26# \nFind a local number | Reset PIN \nYou are invited to an Eli Lilly and Company hosted virtual meeting. Any audio or visual recording must comply with applicable Lilly policies and procedures. Reference above link for help or visit www.lilly.com/privacy for Lilly’s privacy practices. \nLearn More | Help | Meeting options \n________________________________________________________________________________ URL:https://mpd.4spe.org/event/medical-plastic-division-virtual-technical-forum-networking-event-february-2022/ LOCATION:Virtual Conference CATEGORIES:Technical Conference ORGANIZER;CN="Pierre Moulinie":MAILTO:pierre.moulinie@covestro.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR