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March 4-6, 2024 | Chicago, IL | 8am-5pm CST

The ARPM Training Academy was established to fill the rubber industry’s need for in-depth training on product and process technologies. It offers participants access to exclusive information presented by senior leaders from the rubber industry who prepare and share their decades of product knowledge coupled with ARPM’s unique, industry-shaping technical guidance and product best practice documents. These industry leaders focus on the necessary factors needed to improve your competitiveness through the elimination of variation in rubber product manufacturing.        

Advanced Rubber Product Manufacturing Technologies focuses on the elimination of variation associated with the initial design of the rubber article and rubber compound, through the control of the compound’s consistency and manufacturing process. The course will be a mix of lectures and demonstrations purposefully designed to provide the attendee exposure to advanced manufacturing technologies that extend from chemical weigh-up through compound production and follow into automated article manufacturing and inspection.

Questions? Reach out to the ARPM Team at info@arpminc.org. 

Trainers Include

• John Beckett, Industry Expert
• Bob Keller, Industry Expert
• Joe Walker, Industry Expert
• Guido Fona, Color Service Dosing Technologies 
• Willam Mars, Endurica
• Georgia Sharp, HF Mixing Group 
• Sebastian Dargatz, Keyence
• Ben Puffer, Maplan
• John JR Mohl, Maplan
• Spencer Bagan, MonTech USA
• Ryan Furno, SIGMASOFT Virtual Molding

Registration costs include:

• Course Materials
• A Copy of Each ARPM Product Standard Reviewed
• Lunch and Refreshments

Who should attend: 

This training is designed for rubber-industry professionals that are involved in:

• Shop-Floor Production Planning
• Establishment of Manufacturing Processes
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Manufacturing Management
• Materials and Products/Recipe Design
• Product Quality

Tentative Agenda: 

Day 1 - Design for Success

• Introductions to 3P and Molding Types
• Sequential Design
• Virtual Function Testing
• Automation in Molding 

Day 2 - Material Delivery

• Alternative to Molding
• Raw Material and compound consistency
• Advanced Mixing Technologies
• Automated Chemical Weigh-Up
• Material Consistency Measurements

Day 3 - Manufacturing Process

• Alternatives to Molding
• DTPT
• Virtual Molding
• Inspection and Traceability
• Process Auditing 

Travel Information: 

Suggested Hotels: 

• DoubleTree by Hilton Lisle Naperville
• Hyatt Regency Lisle near Naperville

Closest Airport: 

• Chicago Midway International Airport
• O'Hare International Airport

Training Location: 

• Ice Miller (DuPage Office) - 2300 Cabot Drive, Suite 455 Lisle, IL 60532

Registration

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