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Monday, May 5, 2008
Session M10
Joining of Nanocomposites
Moderator:

9:30 AM - #0379
Through Transmission Infrared Welding Of Polypropylene Nanoclay Composites
Sean Flowers, The Ohio State University

10:00 AM - #0378
Evaluation Of Patterned Joint Designs For Ultrasonic Welding Of HDPE Nanocomposites
Sean Flowers, The Ohio State University

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Monday, May 5, 2008
Session M28
Vibration and Hot Plate Welding
Moderator:

1:30 PM - #0465
Use Of Shear Force And Acceleration Measurements In Vibration Welding Of Polypropylene
Phil Bates, Royal Military College of Canada

2:00 PM - #0040
Vibration Joining Of Filament Reinforced Thermosets
Tobias Beiss, University Erlangen-Nuremberg

2:30 PM - #0131
Razor Blade Welding Of 100% Recycled Structural High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University

3:00 PM - #0340
Fricriveting: A New Technique For Joining Thermoplastics To Lightweight Alloys
Sergio Amancio, GKSS Forschungszentrum GmbH

3:30 PM - #0077
Failure Characterization Of Vibration Welded Polypropylene Joints
Patricia Frontini, University of Mar del Plata

4:00 PM - #0468
Comparison Of Hot Plate And Vibration Welding Of PMMA To Polycarbonate
Chung-Yuan Wu, Visteon Corp.

4:30 PM - #0476
Comparison Of Hot Plate And Vibration Welding Of PMMA To ABS
Avraham Benatar, The Ohio State University

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Session T31
Laser Welding

Moderator:

1:30 PM - #0814
Determining The Short Term Properties Of Welded ECTFE Pipes
Meik Kostrzewa, Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University (IKV)

2:00 PM - #0743
Experiments Regarding The Influence Of Foaming Agents On The Laser Transmission Welding Processes
Dirk Bonefeld, University of Paderborn

2:30 PM - #0266
Prediction Of Gap Bridging In Laser Transmission Welding Of Amorphous Polymers
Mingliang Chen, Queen's University

3:00 PM - #0620
The Microstructure And Quality Of Laser-Welded Joints
Mohammad Al-Wohoush, McGill University

3:30 PM - #0532
Investigation Of Transmission Behavior Of IR Absorbers
Sean Flowers, The Ohio State University

4:00 PM - #0717
Gap Bridging Of Plastic Laser Welded Parts Using The Absorbance Control Welding (ACW) Method
Tetsuji Kihara, Orient Corporation of America

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