Mini-Seminar Dr. James Throne, Instructor

8:00-8:50 - Technology of Sheet Heating 9:00-9:50 - Constitutive Equations Applied to Sheet Stretching 10:00-10:50 - Trimming as Mechanical Fracture

Mini-Seminar Advanced Topics in Thermoforming All materials contained herein are the intellectual property of Sherwood Technologies, Inc., copyright No material may be copied or referred to in any manner without express written consent of the copyright holder All materials, written or oral, are the opinions of Sherwood Technologies, Inc., and James L. Throne, PhD Neither Sherwood Technologies, Inc. nor James L. Throne, PhD are compensated in any way by companies cited in materials presented herein Neither Sherwood Technologies, Inc., nor James L. Throne, PhD are to be held responsible for any misuse of these materials that result in injury or damage to persons or property

Mini-Seminar Advanced Topics in Thermoforming This mini-seminar requires you to have a working engineering knowledge of heat transfer and stress-strain mechanics Don’t attend if you can’t handle theory and equations Each mini-seminar will last 50 minutes, followed by a 10-minute “bio” break Please turn off cell phones PowerPoint presentations are available at the end of the seminar for downloading to your memory stick

Mini-Seminar Advanced Topics in Thermoforming Warning! Achtung! The material in these three mini-seminars contains mathematics!

Mini-Seminar Advanced Topics in Thermoforming Yes, mathematics! But do not despair! There is no final exam!

Mini-Seminar Advanced Topics in Thermoforming If you cannot handle the material in the first few minutes, please feel free to leave. You will be in plenty of time to hear Art Buckel’s inspirational talk, “Survival of the Strongest?” at 8:30!