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IMFormation February 2010
One-day Symposium and Tabletop Exhibition
Targeted testing of Surface Coatings for Cost Reduction
Using ‘state of the art’ testing technology to reduce the Reject &
Failure rate and improve Profitability
Birmingham Medical Institute
Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3AF
Tuesday 9 March 2010
The event aims to help you and your company to gain the best results from your surface
finishing processes by introducing the latest advanced technology and new production
practices to enable you to improve manufacturing efficiency and reduce costs.
Presentations will cover many diverse techniques, which will be backed by a tabletop
exhibition to enable companies to display their latest techniques and processes.
Programme
10.30 - Registration, Coffee & Biscuits, Exhibition opens
11.00 – Morning session
Testing the optimum – Peter Hope (LVH Coating Ltd)
Questioning the obvious – test your way to perfect product finishing – Malcolm Griffiths
(Castech Ltd) & Graham Armstrong (Indestructible Paint Ltd)
How can surface analysis reduce the cost and improve the quality of your products – Mike
Petty (LSA)
Making pollution prevention pay – industrial effluent monitoring – Matthew Dillon (Hach
Lange Ltd)
12.30 - Lunch
13.45 – Afternoon session
Cost reduction via process standardisation – Colin Bennett (Elcometer Ltd)
Cost effective testing of coatings – Mark Gee (NPL)
15.00 - Afternoon Tea & Coffee
Measurement and monitoring for manufacture and maintenance – Brenda Peters (Analysis)
Qualicoat – one industry’s method of improving quality and profitability – John Carter
(Exova)
Registration for Delegates and Exhibitors and full details of all of all presentations are
published in the registration brochure available from the Institute Tel: 0121 622 7387,
Email: exterhouse@instituteofmetalfinishing.org
Health, Safety and Environment
Environmental Permitting Regulations
2010 – ADVANCE NOTICE
If supported by Parliament, these regulations are due
to come into force on 6 April and will replace the
2007 Regulations. The purpose of these replacements
is to extend the scope of the Regulations to cover
groundwater activities, water discharge activities and
radioactive substances activities, as well as to bring
within a single set of regulations existing provisions in
relation to mining waste operations, exempt waste
operations and transposition of the Batteries
Directive. For full details of the regulation changes
contact: David Demain at Defra Tel: 020 7238 1687
Change of IPPC Regulations
The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), which will
include the revamped IPPC Regulations, has been
passed to the European parliament for approval.
The UK government would like to see the IED
finalised as soon as possible so that work can
commence on bringing improvements into effect.
Defra – Paints regulations – Powers of entry.
Amendments to Paint Regulations give enforcement
powers, including powers of entry for Trading
Standards Officers have been laid before Parliament
and came into force on 23 December. The effect is to
correct an error in line with the original intention,
which Defra consulted on in early 2009 so that all
English authorities can fully exercise delegated
functions. A letter of delegation and an industry code
of practice were issued in June and can be found on
Defra’s paint pages at the link below:
http://www.defra.gov/environment/quality/pollution/ppc/policies/index.htm
Under this regime there is a role for trading standard
officers regarding monitoring/enforcement in relation
to distributors who are not subject to environmental
permitting, as well as environmental Health Officers.
Company News and Products
Pexa - new packaging identity - mantapac
Pexa, specialist materials supplier to the aerospace,
defence and high tech industries announces a new
identity for its packaging business - mantapac;
specialising in novel small packaging solutions for
chemical products such as paints, surface coatings,
adhesives and resins. Mantapac allows multiple
components to be packed in precise quantities
accurate to >1ml, with ratios preset to allow instant
use of the product without any measuring by the user.
The products are designed to allow easy dispensing
and application at the point of use.
The current range includes the Burst-Pack, Clip-Pack,
Dual Cartridge, cup-in-neck bottle, custom kits and
Kitten®, together with a full array of plastic and foil
pouches, small containers and applicator pens. The
product keeping properties are extended by filling
under nitrogen or in outer packs containing desiccant
sachets. All products are fully batch traceable and the
entire process is approved to aerospace standards.
For further information please contact Pexa at: 01422
314400 or see web site: www.mantapac.com
Elcometer – new instrumentation
Elcometer 121/4 - available in standard and top
versions they have been designed to measure the
thickness of single and multiple layers of coatings on
virtually all substrates, including wood, plastic and
metal. Supplied with 3 standard cutters. and integrated
x50 microscope with rotatable reticle scale and in
built hi-intensity LED light allows easy measurement
and analysis of the cut made to the coating.
Elcometer 319 - new design, easy-to-use, digital
dewpoint meter, Bluetooth® which has already been
accepted by users as being very rugged and accurate,
in standard and top versions specifically designed to
accurately measure and record all relevant climatic
values required to determine if conditions are suitable
for painting.
Durable, rugged, dustproof and waterproof to IP66,
incorporating fully sealed, durable sensors with a
range between –20oC and 80oC (-40F to 176o
Intuitive & user-friendly, with a multi-lingual
menu system, it records all key climatic values
with any combination of up to 5 parameters
displayed on the screen together.
High & low limits can be set against each
parameter, triggering visual and audible alarms
whenever a limit is exceeded.
Memory & statistics, the inbuilt memory records
each measurement, storing up to 25,000 sets of
readings in 999 batches.
Remote Data-Logging readings can be taken at
user-defined time periods.
Integral High Power Magnets enable the gauge to
be securely attached to any steel structure – ideal
for remote data logging.
For more information on the above instrumentation
contact Elcometer - Email:sales@elcometer.com
Riley Surface World
Riley Surface World has entered into an exclusive
agreement with a leading German manufacturer
CONTRACOR, of abrasive blast and airless spray
painting equipment. to distribute its range of pressurefed
shot blasting systems in the UK. The equipment is
fully supported with a wide range of spares.
See the range on the web at: rileysurfaceworld.co.uk
Alan Technologies Ltd → SurTec (UK)
These companies have enjoyed an excellent working
agreement over the last decade resulting in SurTec’s
state of the art electroplating and surface treatment
technology being well established in the UK.
The new company - SurTec (UK) Ltd - underlines
SurTec’s global approach and brings substantial
addition technical and R & D resources to the
customer base already built up by Alan Technologies
in the UK.
Chris Mayhew and Peter Jackson become directors
and shareholders in the new company together with
Herbert Baunach, the MD of Sur Tec International.
IMF News
New Members and Transfers
Affiliate
Corbett, Anthony Gencom UK, West Bromwich
Lee, Soo Wohn Korea
Goosey, Martin Innovative Electronics
Research Centre,
Loughborough University
Fellow (FIMF)
Arnold, Clive BAE Systems, Portsmouth
New Sustaining Member Companies
Analog Devices
Raheen Business Park
Limerick, Ireland
Tel: 00353 (0)61 229011, Fax: 00353 (()) 302263
Web: www.analog.com
Email: ben.kelly@analog.com
Analog Devices designs and manufactures integrated
circuits (IC’s) and began production in 1976 in Limerick
as part of ADI, a JS Multinational and world leader on
high performance signal processing. They are used to
convert phenomena such as light, sound, temperature,
motion and pressure into electrical signals used in a
wide array of electrical equipment
Birmingham Plating Co.Ltd
142-152 Lewisham Road
Smethwick, West Midlands B66 2ER
Tel: 0121 558 2341, Fax: 0121 558 3923
Web: www.birmingham-plating.co.uk
Email: sales@birmingham-plating.co.uk
Services include rack & barrel, acid & alkaline zinc
processes; decorative nickel & chromium, specialises
in large component processing and have high volume
automated facilities. ISO9000 & 14001 accreditation
& RoHS/ELV compliant. Full collection & delivery
service.
Apology
Unfortunately, the web and email address of the new
Sustaining Member Companies featured in the
December edition of this newsletter did not print out.
Why is a mystery to both the IMF and our printer.
We offer our sincere apologies and list below the
relevant details:
Adept Pure Water Technologies
Web www.adeptpwt.co.uk
Email bepfrosi@adeptpwt.co.uk
Paragon Chartered Chemists (now ParaChem
Consulting Chemists)
Web www.parachem.co.uk
Email info@parachem.co.uk
PEXA Ltd
Web www.pexa.co.uk
Email jim.roebotham@pexa.co.uk
Pre-Treatment Solutions Ltd
Web www.pretreatmentsolutionsltd.com
Email sales@pretreatmentsolutionsltd.com
Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting for the year July 1st
2008 to June 30th 2009 was held at the Birmingham
Medical Institute following the Christmas Lectures,
Institute Awards and Christmas Luncheon. Following
the usual agenda items, a special item of business was
discussed. This involved the proposal to change the
ruling body of the Institute from a ‘Council’ to that of
a ‘Management Board’ with deletion of the Executive
and Finance Committee. This proposal had been
approved at the Council Meeting held in October to be
discussed and approved at this AGM, where approval
was given.
The Treasurer, Alan Koch advised those present of
various changes needed to the Institute’s ‘Articles of
Association to be offered for approval at a Special
General Meeting. This meeting has been arranged
for Thursday 18 February commencing at 11.30
in the Library at the Birmingham Medical
Institute.
The insert enclosed with this newsletter gives details
of the various changes to the Articles of Association.
Senior Members Meeting
Wednesday 31 March 2010
Exeter House, Birmingham
The meeting will commence at 12.00 where you can
meet old friends and colleagues. This will be
followed by a buffet Luncheon and a talk by Lawrie
Brown entitled:
‘The art and technology of speed motor sport’
Enclosed with this newsletter is a form to enable you
to inform Exeter House if you will be in attendance,
or alternatively tel: 0121 622 7387 or email:
exeterhouse@instituteofmetalfinishing.org.
Irish Branch Represented at the Materials
Ireland Conference.
The 2nd annual Materials Ireland Conference was
held in the Tyndall Institute in Cork on the 14th and
15th December last.. These conferences are used to
promote world leading research and development in
Materials Science and Engineering. The occasion
allows a forum for professionals and students
interested in Advanced Materials.
The Conference was well attended and the occasion
allowed to meet up with members of the Materials
Ireland board and IOM3 who were also represented
at the event.
The Irish Branch of the IMF were sponsors for this
event along with Enterprise Ireland, Science
Foundation Ireland and the Tyndall Institure of
University College Cork. We were represented by
Ann Hopper and Sam Briggs attended as President
of the Institute.
There were 25 presentation and over 40 posters, the
sections included Metals, Composites, Functional
Oxides, Nanomaterials and a General Session. Our
own Denis Dowling was Chair of the Industrial
Session which included a lecture by guest speaker
Dr Pascale Vangeli from Outokumpu. There was
also great interest in another lecture on novel sealing
process for anodized aluminum by Brendan Duffy
of CREST.
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