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Plastics Machine Drive and Control – FREE Seminar Details & Schedule

Ensure your plastics manufacturing platform is optimized to satisfy CSA and EN safety regulations, and provides the flexibility, precision and performance you need to compete in today’s demanding marketplace. Get up-to-date information on applicable safety regulations, and count on the manufacturing experts at Bosch Rexroth to show you how focused, incremental investments today will optimize plastic machine performance and value for long-term profitability.

Who should attend

Plant engineers, production managers, machine maintenance supervisors and others responsible for ensuring manufacturing performance, operator safety, and line productivity.

How it can help you

Learn how the latest controls and hydraulic technologies can be efficiently integrated into existing plastics machines to significantly extend machine lifetime, improve precision, and reduce waste – everything you can do to optimize kilograms of product produced per kilowatt hour of power consumed. Also learn how machine safety can be upgraded to meet current CSA standards and best practices, through cost-effective implementation of the latest controls technology.

Cost: Free

Dates and Locations

The seminar is scheduled to run from 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with breakfast and lunch provided.

Date

October 19, 2010

Location

Burlington, ON

Seminar Agenda

Plastics Machine Safety
- Current standards (CSA, EN, ISO ANSI/SPI standards reviewed)
- Current legislation and potential plastics industry impact
- The cost of non-compliance – review of recent accidents and impact on manufacturers
Optimizing Manufacturing through World-Class Machine Metrics
- Review of key types – IMM, BMM, extrusion
- Tonnages – products
- Upgrading mechanics – toggle, direct, indexing, horizontal/vertical
- Key optimization techniques – cycle timing, process monitoring, integration of robots
Manufacturing Upgrades & Role of the Integrator (Kepstrum Inc.)
- Importance of analysis in retrofit/upgrade programs
- Purpose & value of benchmarking – machine performance and safety goals
- Analysis methods and reports – how to apply them
- Project teams – duties & timelines
Technology Review and Case History
- Updates on latest valve, pump and manifold technologies
- Specific descriptions of upgrade/retrofit opportunities and long-term benefits
- Upgrade case history and live demo showing before/after performance of improved plastic machine

Drive & Control Training

Bosch Rexroth Canada offers a range of training programs for machine builders, manufacturers and end-users. Everything from automation seminars, hydraulics training, and both standard and custom in-plant programs are offered, including more comprehensive training on hydraulics system management, operation and predictive maintenance. Get Real Rexroth Training to make the most productive use of our products and systems.

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