ESD's Advanced Coatings and Advanced Composites Co-Locate With IBEC'98
28 July 1998
ESD's Advanced Coatings and Advanced Composites Co-Locate With IBEC'98 to Offer World Premier Conferences
DETROIT, July 28 -- ESD's Advanced Coatings Technology
Conference (ACT'98), ESD's Advanced Composites Conference and Exposition
(ACCE'98), and the Society of Manufacturing Engineer's Autofact'98
(co-sponsored by SAE), will be co-located with IBEC'98 to bring together the
greatest possible exposure to industry leaders in cross-markets, displaying
the best in class and leading edge technology and advanced products in body
design.
The 7th Annual ACT will be held September 28-29 at Cobo Center in Detroit.
The purpose of the conference is to promote and maintain individual technology
competence from basic techniques through state-of-the-art technologies within
the coatings arena.
ACT'98 brings presentations on paint ingredients, analysis and durability
with a special emphasis on paint for plastics. Information on applications,
environmental manufacturing, testing and chemistry/formulation areas will be
included in the tutorial and technical sessions.
A tutorial is offered on Monday afternoon, September 28, titled, "Best
Practices Tutorial: Automotive Phosphating, Technology and Paint Defect
Analysis." This tutorial will cover the topics of substrates and soils;
phosphate/E-coat compatibility; pre-cleaning, metal highlighting and special
purpose applications; cleaning and rinsing; surface conditioning; phosphating;
post treatment and DI water rinsing; general process maintenance; process
operator responsibilities and paint defect analysis. The Best Practices
Tutorial is being presented by Henkel Surface Technologies.
ACT'98 attendees will share in a luncheon with the attendees of the 13th
Annual Advanced Composites Conference and Exposition featuring Harold Krivan
of J.D. Power and Associates as the keynote speaker.
The l3th Annual ACCE will be held September 28-29 at Cobo Center in
Detroit.
The mission of ACCE'98 is to provide a forum for the exchange of
information, focusing on polymeric composites for transportation. The
technical scope will include fundamental, state-of-the-art, and transferred
technologies.
ACCE'98 features three tracks on Design, Manufacturing and Materials and
includes 10 sessions within the three tracks. The plenary session will
feature Brandt Goldsworthy, III of W.B. Goldsworthy & Associates on
Tuesday, September 29.
The World Premier International Body Engineering Conference and Exposition
(IBEC) will be held September 29-October 1 at Cobo Center in Detroit and is
co-organized by ESD and SAE. The conference theme is "Leading Change Beyond
2000."
This ESD/SAE partnership brings a conference featuring eight tracks --
Safety and Environmental Systems, Body Manufacturing and Assembly, Advanced
Manufacturing Process, Advanced Body Design and Engineering, Automotive Body
Materials, Body Painting, Glass & Glazing and Automotive Interior Systems.
Several tours are being offered in conjunction with IBEC'98, including the
Warren Truck Plant, where the Dodge Dakota and Dodge Ram are built; the
Detroit Hamtramck Assembly GM Mid-Luxury Car, where the Cadillac is produced;
the Automotive Hall of Fame, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village;
Focus: HOPE and the Chrysler Technical Center which will include NVH,
3/8 scale wind tunnel, thermal testing, EMC and more.
Final programs for the ACT'98 and ACCE'98 conferences are currently
available. For more information or to register for ACT'98 and ACCE'98, visit
ESD's website at http://www.esd.org or call ESD's Anne Warren, 248-355-2910,
ext. 136.