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NPE 2006 - June 19-23 Chicago, IL
The NPE 2006
interna-tional plastics exposition came to a close June 23rd after a
dynamic week of surging crowds and bustling exhibits, announ-ced by The
Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.
(SPI),
sponsor of the show.
NPE 2006 attracted a total
of 64,451 registra-tions and set new records for international
participation. While this total registration figure was 2% greater than at
NPE 2003, the number of visitor registrations (as distinct from exhibitor
registrations) was a full 9% greater than three years ago. Greater still
was the increase in international registra-tions: After subtracting
exhibitor registrations,
the total of international visitor registrations was 33% larger than in
2003 and accounted for 24%
of all visitor registrations for 2006.
A total of 1,850
compan-ies exhibited at NPE 2006, taking 949,500 sq.ft. (88,210 sq.m.) of
net exhibit space.
ProPak China 2006
July 11-13 -
Shanghai, China
The 12th International
Processing, Packaging and End-Line Printing Exhibition, ProPak China 2006
incorporates DairyTek China and BevTek & BrewTek China 2006, and will take
place in Shanghai New Interna-tional Expo Centre
(SNIEC), Pudong. In 2005,
the show drew nearly 500 exhibitors and about 14,000 visitors, 12.6% from
overseas, according to show organizers.
COMING
SOON
Suzhou International Machine
Tool & Mould Technology Exhibition
August 23-26 - Suzhou
International Expo Center
IMTS 2006 (International Manufacturing Technology Show)
September 6 -13 - Chicago,
IL
Click
Here for a Complete Event Calendar
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Automating the EDM
Programming Process
“Remember when you
were a kid putting to-gether model air-planes? The one thing I used to
hate most was making a mistake on the very last part and having to
take the entire thing apart.”
That’s how one mold
maker described to me the feeling he gets when he realizes an
electrode was misplac-ed on a tool that is about to ship.
All the time and
effort put into the machining of the mold component—roughing, heat
treat-ment, finishing, drilling, tapping and polishing—is wasted. All
these things, as well as the machining of the elec-trode and EDM
burn-ing, might have to be redone from scratch.
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