Program

Estimated Program

September 15 and 16, 2021

Keynote Speaker

OpeningSeptember 15, 2021
1: Smart ProductionSeptember 15, 2021
2: Sustainability & PolymersSeptember 16, 2021
3: Additive ManufacturingSeptember 16, 2021

Prelude & Welcome

Orchestra of Montanuniversität Leoben

Montanuniversität Leoben – history, mission & vision

Wilfried Eichlseder, Rector Montanuniversität

Polymer Engineering and Science at Montanuniversität – historical development

Walter Friesenbichler, Head of Department

Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH – historical development

Elisabeth Ladstätter, CEO PCCL

Polymer Engineering and Science – a students view

Students Representative

Orchestra and Soloist

Orchestra of Montanuniversität Leoben

Commemorative speeches

Clemens Holzer, President of Verband Leobener Kunststofftechniker VLK
Michael Poecksteiner, Board of Trustees „Polymer Engineering and Science Leoben“
Karin Katzer, DOW Chemical
Kurt Wallner, Mayor of the City of Leoben
Barbara Eibinger-Miedl, Province Styria
Elmar Pichl, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education,Science and Research

Orchestra and Soloist

Orchestra of Montanuniversität Leoben

Conference opening

Waltraud Klasnic, Chairman Council Montanuniversität

Lunch break

11:50 -13:00

Session Chair: Dieter Gruber, Polymer Competence Center Leoben, Austria

Injection molding control paradigms: the past & next 50 years

David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA

Wittmann 4.0 – IIoT realized for the injection molding industry

Michael Wittmann, Wittmann Kunststoffgeräte, Austria

Coffee break

14:10 – 14:40

How plastics processing benefits from digital shadows and machine learning

Christian Hopmann, Institute for Plastics Processing, Germany

Injection moulding process window @ industry 4.0

Johannes Kilian, ENGEL AUSTRIA, Austria

Coffee break

15:40 – 16:10

Session Chair: Ralf Schledjewski, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austriaxxxx

The injection mold as a cyber physicalsystem

Gerald Berger-Weber, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

High-speed robot vision and surface, defect classification of 3D-shaped products and components

Dieter P. Gruber, Polymer Competence Center Leoben, Austria

Active RTM process management based on phenomenological models

Ewald Fauster, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

Labtour

17:25 – 18:30

Conference Dinner & Welcome by the City of Leoben

(Hotel Falkensteiner)

Session Chair: Andreas Frank, Polymer Competence Center Leoben, Austria

Circular Plastics – from wishful thinking to reality

Kim Ragaert,Ghent University, Belgium

09:05

Dow’s holistic sustainability journey and the road ahead

Karin Katzer, Dow Europe, Switzerland

Award Ceremony: POLYMER SCIENCE SCHOOL AWARD

Coffee break

10:10 – 10:40

Session Chair: Gerald Pinter, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

Plastics and the environment

Christian Bonten, Institut für Kunststofftechnik (IKT) Stuttgart, Germany

Fundamental understanding of biodegradability

Andreas Künkel, BASF SE, Germany

Polymeric materials for increasing resource efficiency

Katharina Resch-Fauster, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

The effect of cross-contamination on the long-term crack resistance of polyethylene and polypropylene

Andreas Frank, Polymer Competence Center Leoben, Austria

Lunch break

12:35 – 13:30

Session Chair: Sandra Schlögl, Polymer Competence Center Leoben, Austria

3D-printable Photopolymers with improved thermomechanical properties: Design principles and digital materials

Jürgen Stampfl, TU Wien, Austria

ARBURG Plastic Freeforming – The Power of Real Materials

Frank Kynast, ARBURG, Germany

Exploring tough, and biocompatible photopolymers for the 3d printing of medical devices

Thomas Griesser, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

Coffee break

15:00 – 15:30

Session Chair: Thomas Lucyshyn, Polymer Competence Center Leoben, Austria

Hybrid products and moulds: the use of alternative materials and techniques for the rapid manufacturing
of products and moulds

Antonio Pontes, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Requirements on Feedstocks for Metal and Ceramic Parts

Christian Kukla, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

Powder bed fusion based additive manufacturing of polymers- potentials and limits

Michael Berer, Polymer Competence Center Leoben, Austria

Closing Remarks

Labtour

17:00 – 18:00

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