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Tues
21 September
Topic: Rapid Prototyping
Venue: University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow
Time: 6.00 for 6.30 pm
Speaker: David Cunningham, University
of Strathclyde
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Rapid
Prototyping offers benefits to manufacturers through reducing
development time, avoiding costly mistakes and providing opportunities
to refine the design process. These techniques are becoming increasingly
used in the plastics industry and this is an opportunity to learn
more about the relative advantages of different rapid prototyping
techniques.
The Digital
Design and Manufacturing Studio in the Department of Design, Manufacture
and Engineering Management (DMEM) includes Fused Deposition Modelling,
3D Printing, 3 and 4 axis CNC machines/routers, Laser cutter/etcher,
vacuum forming and casting.
David
Cunningham, Technical Support Officer responsible for
the Rapid Prototyping Facility, will introduce the evening with
an overview of rapid prototyping techniques. The following tour
of the facilities will include demonstrations of the techniques.
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Registration:
This event is free but the organisers would like an indication of
attendance.
Contact:
Charlie Geddes, tel: 01592 651 269; email: c.geddes@blueyonder.co.uk
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October |
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Wednesday
27 October
Topic:
R W Thomson Lecture
Venue: Edinburgh Napier University,
Craiglockhart Campus
Time: 6.30 for 7.00 pm
Speaker: Prof W M Banks, President
SCOTETA
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Robert
William Thomson
(1822-1873)
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This is the first in a series of Prestige Lectures,
in memory of R W Thomson,
the prolific inventor from Stonehaven,
organised
by the Local Societies in Scotland, affiliated to the
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining:
Scottish Association for Metals,
The Mining Institute of Scotland and
Scottish Plastics and Rubber Association
"Engineering the Future:
Learning from Past Innovators",
delivered by
Prof William M Banks
BSc
MSc PhD CEng FIMechE FIMMM FREng FRSE
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The Mining Institute
of Scotland
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Professor
Banks is currently the Emeritus Professor of Advanced
Materials in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University
of Strathclyde, President of SCOTETA and a Past President of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). He is also a past
Chairman of the Engineering Professors' Council, only the second
Scot to have held this post. His research work has majored on composite
materials and adhesively bonded joints. He has published around
200 papers.
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Professor
Banks' lecture, will explore the major historical, societal and engineering
factors behind some of the best innovators from the past and ask what
led them to have such an impact. The fundamental qualities and skills
required for successful innovation will be examined and used to see
how today's engineers could follow the examples from the past and
apply present day technology to the current and future needs of society,
particularly in the areas of skills needs, energy, climate change,
health and the aging population. Research and development in materials
engineering will be used to illustrate the possibilities.
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Registration:
This event is free but admission wiil be by ticket only.
Contact:
Charlie Geddes, tel: 01592 651 269; email: c.geddes@blueyonder.co.uk
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November |
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Thursday
18 November
Topic:
Advances in Polymer Processing
Venue: Edinburgh
Time: 6.30 for 7.00 pm
Speaker: Arburg Ltd
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Registration:
This event is free but the organisers would like an indication of
attendance.
Contact:
Charlie Geddes, tel: 01592 651 269; email: c.geddes@blueyonder.co.uk |
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