World Tooling Conference 2010
- Date: June 20-24, 2010
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- Location: Ceasars Windsor Hotel and Casino, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Price: See registration form
More than 300 international delegates from approximately 20 countries attended the 2010 World Tooling Conference in Windsor June 20-24, 2010 which was the culmination of the 13th International Special Tooling and Machining Association (ISTMA) Conference, the 11th International Pattern-Model Makers Congress, and an Incoming Trade Mission – partly funded by Ontario’s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) and Fed-Dev Ontario.
A highlight of the conference for delegates was a full day of plant tours that included a wide variety of Windsor-area machine, tool, die, and mould shops that opened their doors for an interesting and impressive display of state-of-the-art capabilities and skill sets. In addition, more than 20 speakers from around the world provided Technical Presentations on a wide range of industry relevant topics.
Intermixed with the business activities were several social events and networking opportunities, highlights of which included the 52nd Annual Target Fireworks and a Farewell Dinner at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn.
The CTMA thanks all delegates and sponsors for their enthusiastic participation and the Windsor-area CTMA members, plant tour hosts and others who contributed to making this international event a world class success!
To view any of the Technical Presentations that were given on June 23, 2010, click on the links below:
- OVERVIEW OF ALL TECHNICAL SESSIONS - A brief overview of all of the Techncial Sessions that were presented.
- WORLD-WIDE TOOLING TRENDS AND PRODUCTION - Dr. Jose Ferro Comacho, Business Innovation & Industrial Dynamics (Portugal)
- NORTH AMERICAN CASTING – COMPETING GLOBALLY - Alfred Spada, American Foundry Society (USA)
- WORLDWIDE IMAGE OF MANUFACTURING - Mark C. Tomlinson, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (USA)
- MILITARY PARTS CONVERTED TO CASTINGS - John R. McIntyre, Anderson Global (USA)
- WITH HIGH SPEED TO SUCCESS – REVOLUTIONARY INNOVATIONS IN MODERN PORTAL MACHINE TECHNOLOGY - Rolf Roehm, F. Zimmerman GmbH (Germany)
- NEW CAD SOFTWARE TO REDUCE ENGINEERING TIME - Tom Cacic, G.S. Die & Design Inc. and Gordon Hobbs, Logicap Engineering Corp. (Canada)
- BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS FOR TOOL SHOPS – Dr. Thomas Bergs and Kristian Arntz, Fraunhofer Institute (Germany)
- INJECTION MOLD ENGINEERING USING FEA AND CFD – Vladimir Franjo, National Research Council Canada/IRAP (Canada)
- ADVANCED TOOL SURFACE TREATMENTS - Dr. Andreas Reiter, Oerlikon Balzers (Austria)
- NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TOOLING MATERIAL - Patricia Miller, Bohler-Uddeholm (USA)
- MODULAR MULTI-FUNCTION SYSTEM FOR MICROMACHINING OF HIGH-VALUE TOOLING – Prof. Evgueni Bordatchev, National Research Council Canada (Canada)
- EUROPEAN COUNTRY GROUP - Fausto Romagnani, Romagnani Stampi SA (Italty)
- 1.2 BILLION EURO MANUFUTURE – EUROPEAN TOOLING PLATFORM - Joaquim Menezes, Iber-Oleff SA (Portugal)
- ENHANCED SERVICE PROVISIONS IN THE TOOLING INDUSTRY - Fabian Gaus, Aachen University (Germany)
- ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SPECIALTY SKILLED TRAINING MODELS - John Mavrek, Council for Automotive Human Resources (Canada)
- INTERNATIONAL TRENDS IN WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY SPECIFIC TO THE TOOLING AND MACHINING INDUSTRY - Lori Nicholas, Nicholas & Associates Safety Consulting Inc. (Canada)
- PROCESSING ADVANCED HIGH-STRENGTH STEELS (AHSS) WITH ROTARY BENDING TECHNOLOGY - L. Ray Osborne, Anchor Danly (USA)
- ARC AND HIPIMS + HYBRID SYSTEMS - Frank Papa, Hauzer Techno Coating (The Netherlands)
- A TOOL/DIE/MOULD/FIXTURE/GAUGE PRODUCT - Dr. Ben Chouchaoui, Windsor Industrial Development Laboratory (Canada)
PHOTO GALLERY - click here to view a selection of photos from the conference.
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