P E R S P E C T I V ESection S-71 Covering Eastern North CarolinaNewsletter of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Piedmont-Coastal Section, North Carolina

Promoting the Scientific & Engineering Knowledge of Plastics

Volume XXXIII No. 9 May 2009

Registration:

Please contact Jared Goble for reservations at

(919) 844-8314

jared.goble@polyone.com

May 12th Meeting

Board of Directors Planning Meeting

atTyco Electronics’

Pegg Road Facility in Greensboro

Time: 4:30 pm

Well, what a great plant tour and dinner meeting we had on April 14th!

My thanks go out to the fine folks at Hunter Industries in Cary, especially Craig Gardner, for giving us a great tour of a state of the art molding and assembly facility. We had close to forty people attend the tour and thirty of those folks attended the dinner meeting later that evening at Michaels in Apex. The menu of various Italian dishes, specially prepared for the P-C Section, was superb! Our topic of discussion was very timely and focused on networking and using state of the art electronic social networks like LinkedIn®, MySpace® and FaceBook® to help find employment. Of course there were many helpful hints on how to make your resume stand out in these difficult economic times when you are looking for work and having to compete with so many others. The hand-out was very helpful.

On behalf of the Section, I’d like to extend a sincere “thank you” to our Secretary and Program Chairman, Jared Goble, for setting up the tour with the people at Hunter Industries, the dinner meeting at Michaels and, finally, for stepping in at the last minute to give us the presentation when the scheduled speaker could not make it.

Our next meeting will be our planning session at Tyco Electronics’ Pegg Road plant. This meeting will be for our Board of Directors only. During this “working session” Board meeting, we discuss our entire schedule for the upcoming year of 2009/2010 and plan our technical meeting and plant tours and social events and outings by month. It is a very important meeting and all Board members are encouraged to come with ideas as to how we can make our upcoming year successful in both technical content and in attendance.

Finally, our last opportunity to get together for this year will be the “Carolinas Cup Challenge” golf outing at NorthStone Country Club in Huntersville, NC just north of Charlotte on Monday, June 8th. This outing is being sponsored this year by the Carolinas Section. Kurt Hagemann is heading up this event and, if you plan on attending, I’d encourage you to check out the particulars on the Carolinas Section website http://www.specarolinas.org. Many of you will recognize the format as one similar to the format we use for our P-C Section golf outing held in October at The Preserve at Jordan Lake in the Chapel Hill area. However, this one has a different “4 man best ball” twist and will result in the winning team receiving the “Carolinas Cup” trophy. I’m not sure how that will work, but Kurt assures me that he and his people have it under control and that’s all that matters. By the way, NorthStone CC is noted for its wonderful food so make plans to attend and have a great time!

Till next time -----

A few SPEcial words from our president -

President, P-C Section SPE

2008/2009 PIEDMONT-COASTAL SECTION OFFICERS

Walt Jason David Clark

Officers Name Business Phone FAX E-Mail

President Walter Carey Nova Polymers 919.631.9202 919.894.6000 waltcarey@charter.net Pres-Elect Jason Osborne Tyco Electronics 336.544.1304 336.544.1321 jason.osborne@tycoelectronics.comTreasurer David Tiffany NNE Pharmaplan 919.359.6649 whodat53@nc.rr.comSecretary Jared Goble PolyOne Dist 919.844.8314 jared.goble@polyone.comCouncilor Clark Broome Tyco Global Auto. 336.727.5308 336.727.5853 eclarkbroome@tycoelectronics.com

Board of Directors 2009 Dan Fuccella, Al Barbour, Darlene McNeish 2010 Maury Balik, George Millington, Jackie Ryba 2011 Larry Linkous, James Scott, Russell Broome, Paul Sonkin

House - Jared Goble; Education - Maury Balik; Advertising - Walt Carey; Rules - Jim Scott; Historian - open; Membership - George Millington; Newsletter Editor - Mike Jensen; Awards - Russell Broome

PERSPECTIVE is published electronically monthly from September through May, to inform members of the Section’s activities, national events, and news. Communications should be sent to the Editor: Mike Jensen, 420 Kings Hollow Dr, Raleigh, NC 27603; mljensen514@earthlink.net, or telephone at 919-329-7390 (home).

Our newsletter is available on our web page at International SPE two weeks prior to the next meeting, at http://www.4spe.org/technical-groups/newsletters/161. You should be notified by e-mail when it is posted

Neither the Society of Plastics Engineers or the Piedmont-Coastal Section is responsible for views that are expressed by individual contributors, either in the articles published in the newsletter or in any of the technical presentations.

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SPE Seminars June 22-26—Chicago, Illinois, USA

Learn more and registerBlow MoldingJune 22-23: Blow Molding - Concept to Customer, Ed Campbell & Ottmar Brandau

June 25: PET Bottle Technology, Dan Weissman

Engineering Properties & StructureJune 22: Fundamentals of Plastic Materials and Processing, Jean-Michel Charrier

June 22-23: Crystallization & Mechanical Behavior of Polymers, Pravin Soni

June 22-23: Extrusion of Engineering Plastics, Pravin Shah

June 22-23: Die Design Principles for Extrusion of Polymers, Leonard Sansone

June 23: Co-Extrusion: Principles & Practices, Eldridge Mount III

June 24-25: Twin-Screw Extrusion Technology, Adam Dreiblatt

June 24: Computer Simulation & On-line Verification of Film Blowing, Tom Butler & Anthony McHugh

June 25-26: Practical Applications for Melt Rheology in Polymer Processing, Pravin Shah

June 25-26: Profile Extrusion Design & Advanced Processing, Daniel Cykana

Failure AnalysisJune 25-26: Plastics Parts Failure Analysis & Product Liability, Vishu Shah

Injection MoldingJune 22-23: Virtual Workshop in Troubleshooting the Injection Molding Process, Robert Beard

June 23: How to Establish the Molding Process (Conducted in Spanish), Alex Mora

June 24: Establishing an In-House Injection Molding Academy with Universal Molding™ (Conducted in Spanish), Héctor Dilán

June 24: Scientific Processing for Injection Molding, Suhas Kulkarni

June 24-25: Purchasing & Quoting of Plastic Parts, Robert Beard

June 24-26: Injection Molding: Advanced Concepts & Analyses, Lawrence Schmidt

Marketing & ManagementJune 22: Fundamentals of Patent Law for Plastics Professionals, Robert Migliorini

June 24: Introduction to Six Sigma Principles in Polymer Processing, David Bigio

MaterialsJune 23: Thermoplastic Elastomers, Vivian Malpass

June 24: Principles of Polymer Blending & Alloying, Donald Witenhafer

June 25: Highlights of Thermoplastic Formulation and Compounding, Ernie Coleman

Product Design & DevelopmentJune 22: Snap-fits, Press-fits, and Welding of Plastics, Jordan Rotheiser

June 25-26: Mold Design & Mold Building Fundamentals, Bob Dealey

ThermoformingJune 22: Thermoforming Technology for Industrial Applications, William "Bill" McConnell

June 25-26: Advanced Heavy Gauge Thermoforming: Design, Theory & Practice, Jay Waddell & Richard Freeman

Questions? Contact Lesley Kyle: lskyle@4spe.org; +1 203-740-5452

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OUR SPONSORSAuxiliary EquipmentDME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

ConsultantsApplied Technologies Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Porticos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

MachineryWilmington Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

MaterialsDayson Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Entec Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Polymer Technology and Services . . . . . . . . 5PolyOne Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2WJ Carey & Assoc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Packaging Industrial Packaging Group . . . . . . . . . . . 6

ProcessorsCarolina Technical Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Polymers Center of Excellence . . . . . . . . . . 5Raleigh Precision Products . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Syracuse Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Technimark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Professional SearchDimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

ToolingCarson Tool and Mold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Hi-Tec Plating Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Omni Tool, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Ron Edwards And Associates, Inc.. . . . . . . . . 6Richmond Tooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Superior Tooling, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

THANK YOU!The members of the Piedmont-Coastal Section, a non-profit organization, thank these sponsors for their generosity.

Donations to our section are used for educational purposes.

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Upcoming Piedmont-Coastal SPE Meetings

May 12: Planning session at Tyco Greensboro

Jun 8: Carolinas Section “Carolinas Cup Golf Outing in Huntersville, NC

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MEMBERSHIP REPORTAs of April 1st we have 134 members!

Check our upcoming outings and events of our section. Plan to attend these events and enjoy the friendliness of our section, network new contacts and have fun.

There is a new look to the SPE website – www.4spe.org. Check it out, if you have any questions or problems with the new website look, please let me know. I will coordinate all comments and forward them to SPE.

ECONOMIC DOWNTURN – IS IT AFFECTING YOU – NEW SPE PROGRAM:

Due to the recent down turn in the economy, SPE will be offering up to two years complimentary membership to members who lost their job and are between jobs. If you or you know a SPE member who has lost their job due to the economic downturn, please contact me for information on this SPE program.

Membership Renewal Program – Early Renewal Savings

In a phone conversation I had with Tobi Gebauer of SPE National – SPE is e-mailing out renewal notices – the earlier you sign up the bigger discounted annual renewal fee. Please note the e-mail comes from SPE@4spe.com (not .org). This is a valid SPE e-mail site for the membership renewal program. The initial early renewal (six months in advance) saves you $ 15. As you get closer to your renewal date, the savings will be reduced. The e-mail lists your User ID, your Password and an Acceptance Code. You will be required to renew on line and have the Acceptance Code.

If you have any questions, please contact me by e-mail at georgemillington@ec.rr.com.

George MillingtonMembership Chair – Piedmont Coastal Section S71

PresidentPlastic Molding Connection, Inc1134 Veranda CourtLeland, NC 28451Phone 910-512-0834E-mail georgemillington@ec.rr.com

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SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS, INC.

PO Box 403, Brookfield, CT 06804-0403 Phone: 203.775.0471 Fax: 203.775.8490

www.4spe.org

2008-2009 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPresident William JJ O’Connell

boconnell@4spe.org President-elect Dr. Paul G. Andersen

pandersen@4spe.org Senior Vice-President Ken J. Braney

kbraney@4spe.org Vice-President, Treasurer Barbara Arnold-Feret

barnold-feret@4spe.orgVice-President, Secretary James S. Griffing

jgriffing@4spe.org CONTACTS

e-Services Manager:Nicole Woodson nwoodson@4spe.orgWebsite TechnicianPedro Matos pmatos.4spe.orgCustomer Relations ManagerBonnie Kaczowski bakaczowski@4spe.orgSr Manager Membership:Tobi Gebauer tgebauer@4spe.orgSenior Liaison, Leadership:Tricia McKnight tmcknight@4spe.org

One More Time!! The Piedmont-Coastal section and its members are proud to have again

suppported the educational efforts of our local colleges with $12,500 in grants ants

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MinutesPiedmont Coastal Section SPE, BOD Meeting

4:00 pm, April 14, 2009

Call to Order (4:15 pm) Walt Carey, PresidentMinutes of Previous Meeting Jared Goble, Secretary- Previous minutes as published in the newsletter was approved by BoardTreasurers Report Walt Carey for David Tiffany (Details sent in 4/7/2009 email to BOD by Treasurer) Checkbook balance: $ 3,508.79 CD Balance: $ 15,995.46- Rebate finally came in from last year‛s golf outingCouncilors Report Clark Broome- Nothing to report. He will need support on transportation to NPECommittee Chairmen ReportsHouse/Program Jared Goble5/12/09 P-C Section 2009/2010 Planning Session at Tyco Electronics‛ Pegg

Road facility in Greensboro, NC Walt Carey

6/8/09 Carolinas Section “Carolinas Cup Golf Outing @ NorthStone CC, Huntersville, NC 11 am shotgun start.

Kurt Hagemann

Education Dr. Maury Balik - Waketech is still teaching a course on Plastics. Need to consider support for Waketech from our section Membership George Millington

- Membership grew by 9%. 134 members- Sending emails for newsletters seem to have some encouraging results- Need to ensure that everyone is aware of the SPE program for those who are out of work.

Newsletter Advertising Walt Carey 2008/2009 advertising income totaled $5,925.00. We had twenty-one (21) advertisers and one (1)

$100.00 non-advertiser donor.Golf Outing Walt CareyThe Section finally received a check from The Preserve at Jordan Lake‛s corporate office, Blue Green

Corporation, for $857.34 reimbursing us for our credit card “overpayment”. Our net profit from the 2008 Martin A. “Marty” Ryba Memorial SPE Golf Outing was $6,096.09, which included the $630.00 education raffle income.Old Business

- Appointment of Committee of 3 for 2009/2010 Officer nominations (BOD members plus President as Ad Hoc member). Appointments for the Committee are: Clark Broome Russell Broome Dan Fuccella Maury Balik Walt Carey

The committee needs to schedule a final mid-April meeting to finalize the slate of officers and Board members prior to the May edition of the newsletter in which they will be published for elections. Results should be available to the Section by the planning meeting at Tyco on May 12th. Nominees for Officer positions:- Tim Early – President- Glen Shearin – President elect- Don Aikin - Secretary- David Tiffany – Treasurer (incumbent)- A list of ten potential candidates for the Board of Directors was developed to be voted on by the membership via electronic voting.

New Business - Election methods (email, snail mail, etc.) – SPE section will look at using SPE Survey email for elections/nominations. Russ Broome will get the info forwarded over to the board. - Other New Business (None)

Adjournment (5:00 pm)

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3rd Annual SPE Carolinas Cup Challenge Ou�ngNorthstone Country Club, Huntersville, NC

June 8th, 2009Event Details

How to Win:Mulligans: Everyone has two Mulligan’s for the 18 holes, which are to be used for winning a hole or improving theteam’s posi�on – your call, Use them Wisely!Par 3 - Closest to the Pin: Tells it like it is – only rule, tee shot must be on the green – Put in the hole and it is pre�ymuch yours!2nd shot - Closest to the Pin: Plays like a Par 3 Closest to the Pin Hole. However, if you don’t like any of your team’soriginal drives, the team can drop at the 150 yard marker (Ladies, 130 yards) and make the 2nd shot from there! Ifyou use one of your team’s original drives because it’s closer or has a be�er approach angle, the team must play itwhere it lies.

• Chance to win a $100 golf shop giftcard at every hole• Winning Team: $100 golf shop giftcard for everyone• Hole-in-One Opportunity = lots ofcash to win!• 50/50 Raffle (SPE Education Fund)

Best Ball Team: Not only is there a $100 prize on every hole, there will be a winning best ball team – each memberof the team will win!!

NorthStone Country Club: (<h�p://www.northstoneclub.com/>) is a private club located in Huntersville, NC -conveniently located just north of Charlo�e. This P. B. Dye signature course was rated “Number One” by Charlo�e’sBusiness Journal and is situated on 237 ar�s�cally landscaped acres. NorthStone will impress the very best of playerswith its strategically placed bunkers, G2 bent grass greens, and Meyer Zoysia fairways. Featuring an endless variety ofstrategic angles of play from mul�ple tee boxes, the NorthStone golf course will encourage good coursemanagement, yet tease the more adventurous golfer.

Cost: $110.00 per golfer to play in the tournament – Green Fee’s Includes – Golf & Cart; 3 raffle �ckets for a chance to win the 50/50 cash pot (more golfers – more cash); addi�onal raffle �ckets can be purchased during the day => 3 �ckets - $10.00

(SPE’s half of the cash goes towards our Educa�on Fund) and Food: Lunch and Dinner will be provided!

Note: NorthStone being a private course – has a fully equipped kitchen with staff – Meals are Excellent!Other ac�vi�es are Great Door Prizes (we are asking for sponsors, suppliers please bring a gi� & we will promote your generosity!!!).

Most Accurate Drive: There will be a line down the middle ofthe fairway, star�ng at about 150 yards out and extending toabout 250 yards from the White tees. The object is to beClosest to the Line - how far down the line doesn’t ma�er!Team can s�ll play the best drive, but no moving the ball to the150 yard marker.Longest Drive: Grip It & Rip It! Only rule - ball must be in thefairway, first cut.

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