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Scottish Plastics and Rubber Association Scottish Plastics and Rubber Association

Best Practice in Ancillary Machinery

Topic Details

  1. Evening Technical Meeting

Date & Time

19 April 2012 6:30pm

Venue

Westerwood Hotel, Cumbernauld G68 0EW

Speaker(s)

  1. Steve Trainor, Summit Systems Ltd

Description

Summit Systems Ltd, an SPRA Corporate Member, is a market leader, providing material/product handling equipment and recycling solutions to the plastics industry. Recipients of multiple awards for superior, reliable service, Summit Systems is the only ancillary company in the UK to have its own metal fabrication division for bespoke projects. Regionally based (including Scotland) service engineers and genuine 24/7 service put Summit at the top of ancillary equipment supply.

Steve Trainor, Technical Sales Engineer at Summit Systems Ltd, has 20 years experience in the plastics sector installing cost saving capital equipment and providing valuable support to customers by keeping them up to date with advanced technologies.

Steve’s presentation, ‘Understanding Drying Technologies and Automating Plastics Factories’, will cover material drying technologies, the range of options from the newest technology of Rotor Dryers to existing equipment such as Low Pressure Vacuum Dryers and showing pay back periods of investments in the simplest terms. Continuing on the cost saving theme, Steve will also be giving an insight into automated plastics factory projects and how these are best procured and managed.

Registration: No fee for this meeting but the organisers would appreciate an indication of your attendance
Reply to: Charlie Geddes 01592 651 269; c.geddes@blueyonder.co.uk

Non-Members welcome
Buffet : 6.30 pm

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Technical Info from SPRA

  • Materials Thermoplastics, Thermosets, Elastomers, Additives.
  • Processes Moulding, Extrusion, Thermoforming, Ancillaries.
  • Design Product, Mould, CAE, Testing.
  • Applications Healthcare, Packaging, Electronics, Other Markets.
  • Environment Waste, Recycling, Sustainability, Legislation, Energy.
  • Business Issues Network, Seminars, Competitiveness, Innovation, Regulation.