To all 3D Systems SLA Users:
As promised, here is the latest Agenda for the 1998 3D Systems North
American Stereolithography Users Group Meeting.
The 1998 3D Systems North American Stereolithography User's Group
Meeting is scheduled for March 1-5, 1998 in San Antonio, Texas (USA).
The conference and business meeting will be held at the Adam's Mark
Hotel and Conference Center on the Riverwalk.
Registration for the conference is $350.00 (US) before February 15, 1998
and $450.00 (US) after that date. Cost of the conference includes all
sessions, tutorials, and breakout sessions as well as breakfast, break
snacks, and lunch during the general session events. Additionally, the
Awards banquet at Sea World (Tuesday, Mar 3) is also included in the
registration fee.
Please note: The pre-conference tutorials and conference breakout
sessions are still being formed and are subject to change. If you would
like to contribute to the breakouts and tutorials, please contact myself
(noted below), Beth Israelnaim (+1 919-990-2153), or Rob Connelly (+1
919-990-2263) for more information. Additional information can be
obtained by contacting any Executive Committee member listed below.
1998 3DSNASUG Executive Committee:
CHAIRMAN Rob Connelly Becton Dickinson & Co. (919) 990-2263
VICE-CHAIRMAN Joe Allison Solid Concepts (805) 257-9300
SECRETARY Steve Deak Hasbro Toy Group (513) 579-3270
TREASURER Bronson Hokuf Dupont (302) 328-5635
SITE COORDINATOR Thomas A. Sorovetz Chrysler Jeep & Truck (313) 493-2032
PAST CHAIRMAN John Thiell Plynetics Express Corp. (847) 925-9900
ADVISOR: Patti Brown 3D Systems, Inc. (805) 295-5600
ext 2522
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Steve Deak e-mail: sdeak@hasbro.com
Manager-Rapid Prototyping voice: (+1) 513-579-3270
Hasbro, Incorporated fax: (+1) 513-579-3250
615 Elsinore Place
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 USA "Our Business is FUN!"
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1998 3DSNASUG Agenda
Sunday - March 1, 1998
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. - Early Registration
Tutorials
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Room #1 - Part Building Techniques
Room #2 - RTV Rubber Tooling
2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Room #1 - Rapid Tooling Options
Room #2- Metal Casting Techniques
1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Room #3 - Support Software Help Session
3D and 3rd Party Software
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Pre-Conference Reception
Monday - March 2, 1998
Morning
7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
Kickoff Session - Moderator: Rob Connelly, Becton-Dickinson
8:00 a.m.-8:40 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Spkr: Rob Connelly, 1998
3DSNASUG Chair
8:40 a.m.-9:20 a.m. Keynote Presentation
Spkr: Peter Marks - Design
Insight
9:20 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Guest Speaker - It's still a secret !!
Morning Break - 10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
SLA Applications - Moderator: To be announced
10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. "Bigger is Not Always Better"
Spkr: Norma Jean
Iverson, Pure Fluid Magic
11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. "FBI Stuff"
Spkr: Kevin Ayers, FBI
11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. "Simulated Ice Shapes for the C130J FAA
Certification"
Spkr: Mark Skeehan,
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Lunch - 12 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Afternoon
3D Systems Reports - Moderator: 3D Systems
1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Charles Hull, 3D Systems
2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Rich Balanson, 3D Systems
2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Jenine McQuaid, 3D Systems
Afternoon Break - 3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m
Wish List Generation - Moderators: Rob Connelly, Becton-Dickinson
Jenine McQuaid, 3D Systems
3D - Process, Hardware, software, and other issues
Open Forum Process Discussion - Moderators: Dave Flynn, Plynetics
Express,
Joe Allison, Solid Concepts
Evening
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Parts Fair and Excellence Award
Competition
(snacks and hors'doeuvres
provided)
Tuesday - March 3, 1998
Morning
7:00 a.m.-7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
Process Studies - Moderator: Jason Dickman, Hasbro, Inc.
7:30 a.m.-8:00 a.m. "HeCd Laser Performance Characteristics
for SLA-250's"
Spkrs: Darius Daruwala and
Sheku Kamara,
Milwaukee School
of Engineering
8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m. "DualLaser Installation with Small Spot"
Spkr: Paul Bernhard,
PROFORM AG
8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. "Influence of the Laser Systems on the
Physical Properties of
Parts Imaged Using
Stereolithography"
Spkr: Suresh Jayanthi,
Dupont Somos
9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. "Statistical Process Control for
Stereolithography"
Spkr: Vito Gervasi,
Milwaukee School of
Engineering
Morning Break - 9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Tooling Applications - Moderator: Steve Deak, Hasbro, Inc.
10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. "Rapid Tooling Using Spray Steel"
Spkr: Stuart Clyens, Danish
Technological Institute
10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. "Rapid Tooling of Dies and Molds Through
Rapid Fabrication of EDM
Electrodes"
Spkr: Bo Yang, New Jersey
Institute of Technology
11:00 a.m.-11:30 p.m. "Polishing of Stereolithography
Injection Molds"
Spkr: Bryan Blair, Georgia
Institute of Technology
Lunch - 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Afternoon
12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. "Powder Injection Molding with SLA
Molds"
Spkr: Tom Starr, Georgia
Institute of Technology
1:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m. "New High Temperature SLA Resins for
Rapid Plastic Tooling"
Spkr: Richard P. Chartoff,
University of Dayton
1:45 p.m.-2:15 p.m. "The Effect of Rapid Prototype Tooling
on Final Product
Properties"
Spkr: Kent Dawson, Georgia
Institute of
Technology
Afternoon Break - 2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Casting Applications - Moderator: Bob Dzugan, EMTEC
2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. "QuickCast 2.0"
Spkr: Phill Dickens,
DeMontfort University
3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. "Evaluation of Autoclave and Flash-Fire
Pattern Removal of
Several Epoxies for Investment
Casting"
Spkr: Chris McDowell, Johnson &
Johnson Professional, Inc.
3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. "Using SL Patterns for Plaster Casting
of Die Cast Prototypes"
Spkr: Mark Horner, The
Technology House
Evening
5:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Awards Dinner at Sea World
Wednesday - March 4, 1998
Morning
7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Business Meeting - Moderator: Rob
Connelly, 1998 3DSNASUG Chair
* Old Business
* Financial Report
* New Business
* Election of Officers
Morning Break - 10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.-12:00 Noon Academic/Industrial Consortia Panel
Moderators: To be announced
Lunch - 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Afternoon
Breakout Sessions
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. - Breakout Session I
* Room #1 - Rapid Tooling
* Room #2 - Safety
* Room #3 - Work Station Software
Q&A
* Room #4 - Maintenance Tips
Afternoon Break - 2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m
3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. - Breakout Session II
* Room #1 - Rapid Tooling
* Room #2 - Safety
* Room #3 - Part Accuracy Issues
* Room #4 - Post-Process
Procedures
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. - Breakout Session III
* Room #1 - Work Station Software
Q&A
* Room #2 - Maintenance Tips
* Room #3 - Part Accuracy Issues
* Room #4 - Post-Process
Procedures
Evening - 5:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. - Vendor Fair and Exposition
Thursday - March 5, 1998
7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Resin Vendor Panel
Moderator: To be announced
Morning Break - 10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.-12:00 Noon Third-Party Software Vendor Panel
Moderator: To be announced
12:00 Noon Adjourn
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