Come Meet with Us

SAMPE Carolinas would like to invite you to our June 2013 dinner meeting on June 18th starting at 6:00pm. The event will be held at our usual location, the Whitewater Center in the Charlotte, NC area. The cost to attend is just:

$20/ person for SAMPE members
$25/ person for guests or non-members
$10/ person for students with a valid student ID card

Our Schedule Will Be

6:00pm – 6:30pm Cocktails

6:30pm – 6:45pm Welcome and Announcements

6:45pm – 7:15pm Dinner

7:15pm – 8:00pm Keynote

8:00pm – 8:30pm Cocktails & Adjourn

Our Keynote

Doing Business with a Tier 1 Aerospace Supplier

As aerospace primes focus on platform integration, they are relying more and more on Tier 1 suppliers for major assemblies and aircraft components.  Often these Tier 1 suppliers are bidding on programs that are still in development with designs not yet finalized.  That creates challenges for suppliers within the entire supply chain.  This presentation will discuss the opportunities and challenges on doing business with a Tier 1 aerospace supplier.

Having worked in the University for 9 years, Dr. Simonet makes a perfect blend of R&D to manufacturing and process definition.

His presentation will focus on, “Automization of composite manufacturing for high volume automotive projects”. Topics covered will include the present limitations of the use of composites in automotive sector; increased interest to move from metal to composites; some specific details on the machine designed and developed internally.

Our Speaker

Dan Haller is a Senior Manager of Business Development at General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.  He is responsible for the development and capture of new business opportunities in the commercial and defense aerospace composites markets.

Dan graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a degree in Aerospace Engineering.

Event Registration and Payment

Here is the link to register for this event: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?llr=ijfm8lmab&oeidk=a07e7hv6c7s3011d5fe&oseq=a015jhelofs7o

We look forward to seeing at the meeting. If you have any questions please contact us at info@sampecarolinas.org.

Three 'separate' workshops will be held on June 18th (1) Managing Corrosion with FRP; (2) Sustainable Green Composites and Recycling; (3) Design, Modeling and Simulation of Composites. (See links below) The conference and exhibits are scheduled for June 19th and 20th.  These two days will focus on developments in defense, power, energy, transportation, infrastructure and emerging applications. All talks are 'invited' only – they are not academic talks – but are given by program managers, CEO/technologists and experts with broad overview of a range of technologies. The program brings together small, medium and big industry, national and international lab personnel, technical committee themes, business organizations and academia.

The program represents technical and commercial avenues for composite products and developments. The National Science Foundation (NSF) supports student involvement in the conference. We would welcome sponsorships from industries, technical organzations and businesses and have a suggested sponsorship levels included with the Registration and Fees information.

On-line registration – Register by CLICKING here….

Click here for DRAFT AGENDA for June 19-20  

Managing Corrosion with FRP Workshop, June 18th (Chair, Michael Stevens, Ashland)

Recycling and Green Workshop, June 18th (Chair, Ed Pilpel, Polystrand)

Design and Modeling of Composites, June 18th

STUDENTS – ATTEND ALL EVENTS FREE – REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Exhibitors

When?

Monday, April 22th, 2013
5:30pm until 8:30pm

Where?

In the Lucas Room at UNC Charlotte in Charlotte, NC

Why Come?

Education!  Innovation!  Networking!  Success!  Over 25 Exhibitors!

Event Cost?

FREE!
All you'll have to pay is a parking fee with is by the hour with a $10 daily maximum.

Our Keynote Technical Presentations

Tim Shaughnessy is the owner & president of Rapid Cure Technologies. Rapid Cure Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures unique resins, coatings, and adhesives. We specialize in formulating and supplying customized, rapid-cure chemistries and processes that save energy and space, while increasing quality and productivity. Additionally our products and processes are more environmentally friendly and user friendly than most conventional technologies with a concentration on Ultraviolet & Electron beam curing systems. Tim holds degrees in Manufacturing Technology and Business Management from New York State Universities. He has worked over 20 years in the composites and coatings industries with positions in manufacturing, Research & Development and technical sales.
 
Presentation: The use of Ultraviolet Curing technology for the manufacturing of Fiberglass Composites for Industrial and Ballistic Applications.  The world has looked at materials to solve manufacturing and performance issues for generations, it may be time to look at the process and ways to incorporate new materials with a new process to take the next leap into material/process technology.  By using UV light or visible light as opposed to more conventional heat cure or solvent evaporation chemistries to manufacture fiberglass composites, we will be discussing this UV technology and what steps have been made to prove out this technology. The thought of being able to cure a composite in milliseconds versus minutes is a hard thing to think about while maintaining the quality and performance. The motivation factors of using UV technology are increased productivity, lower energy/overhead cost, improved physical properties, environmentally more friendly, and it’s an enabling technology.

Scott Bledsoe is President of Blue Force, an aerospace composites design and fabrication company located in Morrisville, NC.  A graduate of North Carolina State University, he  worked for numerous industry-leading organizations, including Gulfstream, ICON Aircraft, Scaled Composites, and NAVAIR, before founding Blue Force in 2010.  Scott lives in Morrisville, NC with his wife, Karen, and three children.

Presentation: Use of composites in rapid protyping of aircraft and major components. The aerospace product life cycle places a high value on early risk-reduction activities to eliminate technologies and design features which do not “buy their way” onto the aircraft.  One of the most compelling risk-reduction techniques is to build and test full-scale hardware.  On the way to creating a new product, there are countless opportunities for building proof-of-concept and prototype systems, whether at the component level or at the whole-aircraft level.  These rapid-prototyping activities are characterized by small, multi-disciplinary teams, working with intentionally limited toolsets, making tough decisions on short timelines.  Composite structure plays a key role in enabling these small teams to build compound-curved structure quickly, with a minimal investment in tooling, all while maintaining sufficient strength and stiffness for operational test.  Mr. Bledsoe will share his experience over the last 19 years in the aerospace industry, many of which were spent building large-scale test articles with composite materials.

Where to Go To Register?

Click here to register for the show.

Exhibitors?

List of this year's exhibitors:

SL Laser Systems
Watkins and Associates
Baltek/3A Composites
Lintech
Controx-Neuhauser
SCIGRIP
Solid Concepts
Hexcel Corp
Stiles Machinery
Gepco Inc
Saertex USA, LLC
Carolina Narrow Fabric Co
Toho Tenax America
CR Onsrud
Mahr Metering Systems
UNC Charlotte Student Chapter
Northern Composites
HoneyCommCore LLC
Wolff Industries
Global Rapid Cure Innovations
Kirkco Corp
Fiber-Line LLC

Interested in exhibiting, click here.

Overnight Accommodations?

Holiday Inn Charlotte University
8520 University Executive Park Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina 28262
(704) 547-0999

Questions?

For further questions or to request any special situations, please contact our Chairman, Jason Galek at 704-609-4294 or jgalek@sl-laser.com.

Come Meet with Us

SAMPE Carolinas would like to invite you to our March 2013 dinner meeting on March 19th starting at 6:00pm. The event will be held at our usual location, the Whitewater Center in the Charlotte, NC area. The cost to attend is just:

$20/ person for SAMPE members
$25/ person for guests or non-members
$10/ person for students with a valid student ID card

Our Schedule Will Be

6:00pm – 6:30pm Cocktails

6:30pm – 6:45pm Welcome and Announcements

6:45pm – 7:15pm Dinner

7:15pm – 8:00pm Keynote

8:00pm – 8:30pm Cocktails & Adjourn

Our Keynote

Our keynote this month will be presented by Dr. Bartolome Simonet of Carbures, Dr. Simonet, has been affiliated with Carbures for 4 years. He has a PhD in Chemistry, and is focused on development in composite manufacturing. He is constantly working to develop new composite applications as well as improvements in the simplification and automatization of manufacturing processes. His list of awards:

• “Tecer Milenio” Award for best young researcher of the Junta of Andalusia, Spain (2010)
• Novel Investigator Award from the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (2009)
• Prize for best thesis in Renal lithiasis awarded by the National Association of Urology
• Special Award of Doctorate (2000-2001)
• Special Prize in Chemistry degree (1998)
• He also holds a number of patents

Having worked in the University for 9 years, Dr. Simonet makes a perfect blend of R&D to manufacturing and process definition.

His presentation will focus on, “Automization of composite manufacturing for high volume automotive projects”. Topics covered will include the present limitations of the use of composites in automotive sector; increased interest to move from metal to composites; some specific details on the machine designed and developed internally

Event Registration and Payment

Here is the link to register for this event: Thanks for coming!

We look forward to seeing at the meeting. If you have any questions please contact us at info@sampecarolinas.org.

Come Meet with Us

SAMPE Carolinas would like to invite you to our January 2013 dinner meeting on January 15th starting at 6:00pm. The event will be held at our usual location, the Whitewater Center in the Charlotte, NC area. The cost to attend is just:

$20/ person for SAMPE members
$25/ person for guests or non-members
$10/ person for students with a valid student ID card

Our Schedule Will Be

6:00pm – 6:30pm Cocktails

6:30pm – 6:45pm Welcome and Announcements

6:45pm – 7:15pm Dinner

7:15pm – 8:00pm Keynote

8:00pm – 8:30pm Cocktails & Adjourn

Our Keynote

This months speaker is Dr. Elizabeth Cates, Director Of Research and Development for Innegra Technologies; a young company bringing a new high-modulus polypropylene yarn to the market. Elizabeth received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from North Carolina State University, and her graduate degree in Materials Chemistry from the Pennsylvania State University.  Dr. Cates has spent her career working in the technical textile industry in R&D, new product development, and analytical testing.  She has technical experience in textile and fiber surface modification for adhesion, polymer extrusion, digital printing technologies, and flammability testing.

Her topic will be Improving CFRP Impact Resistance Through Hybridization with High Modulus Polypropylene Fibers

Carbon fiber composite structures tend to fail in a brittle manner upon impact, typically resulting in catastrophic part failure of thin-walled parts.  New materials offer the potential to change CFRP composites behavior in impact situations, increasing the lifespan and safety of the composite structures.  High-modulus Polypropylene (HMPP) fiber is being explored as a hybridizing fiber for use with carbon fiber composites, and initial reports suggest that significant improvements in impact resistance are possible.

Event Registration and Payment

Here is the link to register for this event: http://sampecarolinas.org/january-2013-sampe-carolinas-dinner-meeting/

We look forward to seeing at the meeting. If you have any questions please contact us at info@sampecarolinas.org.

Come Meet with Us

SAMPE Carolinas would like to invite you to our November 2012 dinner meeting on November 13th starting at 6:00pm. The event will be held at our usual location, the Whitewater Center in the Charlotte, NC area. The cost to attend is just:

$20/ person for SAMPE members
$25/ person for guests or non-members
$10/ person for students with a valid student ID card

Our Schedule Will Be

6:00pm – 6:30pm Cocktails

6:30pm – 6:45pm Welcome and Announcements

6:45pm – 7:15pm Dinner

7:15pm – 8:00pm Keynote

8:00pm – 8:30pm Cocktails & Adjourn

Our Keynote

This months speaker is Kip Petrykowski from Single Temp. Kip has a list of accomplishments including:

• 2 Years Business development/Product Development for Automotive Racing and OE automotive Tier 2
• 7 years as Director of Engineering for various Automotive suppliers
• 3 Years as Director of Operational Excellence for an Automotive Supplier
• 2 years as a senior engineer for USAir
• 1 year as a Aerospace Composites Design Analyst in a consulting group
• 2 years in Business development for Single Temperature Controls.

He also holds a number of patents.

His topic will be the primary methods of heating/cooling OOA (Out-of-autoclave) and OOO (Out-of-Oven) integrally heated tools (i.e.: oil, pressurized water, steam, electric cartridge). The processes discussed will vary from RTM to compressions molding including:

• Autoclave applications modified to accept integrally heated tools.
• Variothermic heating cooling methods that are now being utilized with the rapid cycle automotive thermoset resins.
• The benefits of pressurized water from an electrical consumption, ramp rate, and precision of temperature control approach.
• Tooling methods.
• How to make the transition to integrally heated tools.

Event Registration and Payment

Here is the link to register for this event: Thanks to those that could come.

Printable PDF

If you'd like a printable PDF copy of this event we'll have one up soon.

We look forward to seeing at the meeting. If you have any questions please contact us at info@sampecarolinas.org.

To see what happened at the last meeting, click here.

Thanks to all that came in September. We had a great turnout and great response to Dr. Uday Vaidya's presentation on long fiber and continuous fiber thermoplastic composite applications development. Below you'll find a link to Dr. Uday's PDF copies of his presentation slides and a video of the opening of our dinner that includes information on the state of the chapter and a few other reports. Before you read on down though, please note the link to sign up for our next dinner meeting on November 13th, 2012. Kip Petrykowshi from Single Temp will be our speaker. More details will coming soon.

November Meeting

For information about or to sign up for the November Meeting, please visit this link: http://sampecarolinas.org/sampe-carolinas-november-2012-dinner-meeting/

Opening Video of the September Meeting

Dr. Uday's Slide Presentation

Presentation slides: http://sampecarolinas.org/wp-content/iploads/2012/10/vaidya_sampe_carolina.pdf

Come Meet with Us

SAMPE Carolinas would like to invite you to our September 2012 dinner meeting on September 18th starting at 6:00pm. The event will be held at our usual location, the Whitewater Center in the Charlotte, NC area. The cost to attend is just:

$20/ person for SAMPE members
$25/ person for guests or non-members
$10/ person for students with a valid student ID card

Our Schedule Will Be

6:00pm – 6:30pm Cocktails

6:30pm – 6:45pm Welcome and Announcements

6:45pm – 7:15pm Dinner

7:15pm – 8:00pm Keynote

8:00pm – 8:30pm Cocktails & Adjourn

Our Keynote

This months speaker is Dr. Uday Vaidya from University of Alabama at Birminingham. Dr. Viadya is a Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and serves as the Director of the Materials Processing and Applications Development (MPAD) Composites Center at UAB. The MPAD center at UAB focuses on applications development from R&D leading to commercialization.  Vaidya is also the Principal Investigator on the DOE Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) Center of Excellence at UAB.  He has published a book on Composites for Automotive, Mass Transit and Heavy Trucks, and has worked in the broad areas of composites for over 20 years. He is also a Principal and co-founder of Innovative Composite Solutions, a spin-off company specializing in niche composite products.

His presentation will focus on long fiber and continuous fiber thermoplastic composite applications developed from concept-to- prototype-to-commercialization in areas of personnel protection, aviation, ground vehicles, weapon systems, aviation and missile defense, automotive and mass transit/truck sectors.  Basic science issues such as thermo-mechanical properties, fiber length and distribution, microstructure, nondestructive evaluation, impact damage tolerance, recycling and energy issues will be integrally addressed as part of the discussion

Event Registration and Payment

Thanks to those that could come!!

Printable PDF

If you'd like a printable PDF copy of this event, please click on the link below.

http://sampecarolinas.org/wp-content/iploads/2012/08/SAMPE_Invite_Sept_2012.pdf

We look forward to seeing at the meeting. If you have any questions please contact us at info@sampecarolinas.org.

To see what happened at the Materials Expo, click here.

Come Meet with Us

SAMPE Carolinas would like to invite you to our June 2012 dinner meeting on June 19th starting at 6:00pm. The event will be held at our usual location, the Whitewater Center in the Charlotte, NC area. The cost to attend is just:

$20/ person for SAMPE members
$25/ person for guests or non-members
$10/ person for students with a valid student ID card

Our Schedule Will Be

6:00pm – 6:30pm Cocktails

6:30pm – 6:45pm Welcome and Announcements

6:45pm – 7:15pm Dinner

7:15pm – 8:00pm Keynote

8:00pm – 8:30pm Cocktails & Adjourn

Our Keynote

This months speaker is Dee James (DJ) DeLong from DeLong and Associates, LLC. DJ founded DeLong and Associates, LLC in 2001 as a carbon fiber industry consultancy. DJ was formerly the general manager of BP Amoco’s carbon fiber business unit. He has consulted on a number of international projects and chaired global market and financial conferences on carbon fibers five times. DJ has over twenty-five years of PAN-based carbon fiber sales, marketing and operations experience.

His presentation will describe recent growth in carbon fiber end use markets.  It will also present a forecast for future growth; including the end uses that are driving that growth. Carbon fiber consumption is estimated to double over the next 10 years. A key enabling factor is the level of capital investment needed for fiber production and the downstream converting and fabricating processes. The ability to assemble “fully financed” supply chains may become a differentiating factor for industry participants.

Event Registration and Payment

Thanks to those that were able to come!

Printable PDF

If you'd like a printable PDF copy of this event, please click on the link below.

Thanks to those that were able to come.

We look forward to seeing at the meeting. If you have any questions please contact us at info@sampecarolinas.org.

To see what happened at the 2012 Materials Expo, click here.

It was Successful Because of All of You!

The chapter board members would like to express our appreciation for your participation in the 1st SAMPE Carolinas' Materials Expo. It's important for the success of the Chapter and future expos that all participants and exhibitors are able to experience an event that is educational, innovative, gives lots of opportunities for networking and, ultimately, breeds success for you, both professionally and personally. Both the support of our vendors and the attendance of both members and non-memebers alike made for an exciting, educational, and motivating evening. Thank you for coming. (Scroll to the bottom of the post for pictures and videos)

A special Thanks to our Keynote Technical Presenters

Listed below were our two technical presentations:

Robert Skillen – Principal Engineer – VX Aerospace
John Carson – Director of Sales – Chomarat North America
“The Science and Engineering of Bi-Angle NCF vs. Black Aluminum and Novel Composite Laminate Design”
Previously delivered at the JEC Asia in 2011

Stephen Misencik – Saertex USA, LLC
"Review of the All-Composite Transit Bus Body"

Both Robert and Stephen did a spectacular job as they shared with us. Their humor, good natured personalities, and genuine desire to educate was refreshing and fun. Thanks to both of you and to John for all the support.

Another Special Thank You to our Vendors

Here is a listing of those that came. Thanks to all of you for your support!

Here are a Few Snapshots of the Event

For more pictures of this event and a number of shots of our vendors booths, please visit the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/otenews/sets/72157629585545968/

Here are our Videos of our Two Presentations

Seminar 1

Semniar 2

Any Suggestions for Us?

If you have any suggestions for future expos or ideas you thing will help us improve the experience, please contact our Sponsorship and Membership Chair, Eric Murphy at 704.369.3209 or eric@ceohr.com