2008 TCT Rapid Manufacturing Conference Programme |  |
Below you will find the programme for the TCT 2008 Rapid Manufacturing Conference. To register for this event please proceed to Registration by clicking HERE. |
Day 1 - October 21st |
Start Time | Paper Title | Speaker & Affiliation |
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08.45AM | Registration Open | - |
09.15AM | TCT 2008 Chairmans Welcome and Introduction | Bill O'Neill, Centre of Industrial Photonics, University of Cambridge, UK |
09.30AM | TCT 2008 Conference Keynote Address - An Outlook of Endless Possibilities | Terry Wohlers, President, Wohlers Associates Inc, USA |
| 10.05AM | Coffee Break | - |
11.00AM | Maximising Design Potential through Rapid Manufacturing | Richard Hague, Group Leader, RM Research Group, Loughborough University, UK |
11.20AM | Back to the Drawing Board - Addressing the Design Issues of RM at Renishaw | Jeremy Pullin, RM Manager, Renishaw PLC, UK |
11.40AM | Design 2.0 | Geoff Hollington, Consultant, Barron Gould Hollington, UK |
| 12.00PM | Lunch Break & Exhibition Focus | - |
02.00PM | Rapid Manufacturing Biomedical Implants with Controlled Porosity | Eric Jones, Principal Scientist, Stryker Orthopaedics, Ireland |
02.20PM | Revolutionising Gas Turbine Instrumentation Techniques with RM | Bob Hemmings, Chief Engineer, Assystem UK Ltd, UK |
02.40PM | Rapid Manufacturing in Practice: Using RM at the Early Development and Design Stages of Production | Reinhold Rutks, MD, Swedish Electrostatics, Sweden |
| 03.00PM | Coffee Break | - |
03.30PM | Day 1 - Q&A Panel Review Session | Participants TBC |
| 04.30PM | Close of Day 1 | - |
| 06.30PM | Evening Reception for all Paying Conference Delegates and Exhibitors at Conference HQ Hotel, Hilton Coventry | - |
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Day 2 - October 22nd |
Start Time | Paper Title | Speaker & Affiliation |
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09.00 AM | Registration Opens | - |
09.30AM | Comparison between Powder Bed systems for Metal Rapid Manufacturing: Laser or Electron Beam? | Max Ruffo, Additive Manufacturing Design Mgr.,Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing, UK |
09.50AM | Titanium Jewellery: High end Decorative Design Straight from the Machine | Lionel Dean, Principal, Future Factories, UK |
10.10AM | RM Implementation at Bentley | Allan Martin, Toolroom & Prototype Manager, Bentley Motors, UK |
| 10.30AM | Coffee Break | - |
11.00AM | A Functional Application of RM in a Military Environment | Paul du Plessis, Deputy Design & Technical Support Manager, Saab Avitronics, South Africa |
11.20AM | Customised Rapid Manufactured Parts: Technology and Case Studies from the Custom-Fit Project | Jason Jones, Custom Fit Project/De Montfort University, UK |
11.40AM | Paper TBC | Presenter TBC |
| 12.00PM | Lunch Break & Exhibition Focus | - |
02.00PM | Environmental Cost Reduction using RM | Phil Reeves, Managing Director, Econolyst, UK |
02.30PM | Emerging Commercial RM Technology Overview | Bill O'Neill, Centre of Industrial Photonics, University of Cambridge, UK |
03.00AM | Q&A Panel Session - Metal Applications, Emerging Technologies and Environmental Issues | Participants TBC |
| 04.30PM | Close of TCT 2008 Conference | - |
