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Centre for Adhesive Technology opens in Cambridge, UK One of the first projects of the Centre for Adhesive Technology (CAT), formally opened in September at TWI, Cambridge, UK, will be developing an expert system to guide users in the selection of the appropriate adhesive for a given application. The Centre has been set up by CEST (The Centre for Exploitation of Science and Technology) to promote the use of modern adhesives in industry. Sponsors of the Centre include British Aerospace, British Steel, Ciba-Geigy, ICI, Jaguar Cars, AEG, Pilkingtons and Permabond. It will incorporate a database of all commercial adhesives and provide information on design and technical specifications. 'We expect to have the operating framework ready by the end of the first year. It will then take us a further 2 years to complete the adhesive databank', comments Chief Executive Alec Beevers. "This will be a vital tool for any company considering taking advantage of the remarkable possibilities offered by adhesives.
Modern adhesives have such wide applications that we are receiving support from all areas of industry for this project'. The CAT is also beginning a Quality Bonding Programme, establishing best practice for achieving reliable quality assurance in adhesive bonds. 'There are many quality assurance techniques and tools already available for manufacturing processes -- we will be assessing their suitability and developing new ones to give industry total control of quality in bonded joints', adds Beevers. The CAT will be preparing a LINK programme on adhesive technology working with industry, government and academia to set the agenda for research and facilitate transfer of the technology to UK companies. For further information contact: Bob Whelan, Alec Beevers or Giles Houghton Clarke, at the Centre for
Adhesive Technology, Abington Hall, Abington, Cambridge CB 1 6AL UK. Tel: (0223) 894229. Fax: (0223) 894230.
New European adhesives project Industry in Cleveland, UK, is to be the focus for an EEC SPRINT project call REACOL, which aims to introduce adhesives technology to small companies in six European countries. Co-ordinated by The Welding Institute (TWl), methods have been finalized for approaching potential users of structural adhesives in the Cleveland area, and regions of Spain and France. The adhesives technology will be supplied by TWI and its project partners CETRA (France), Inasmet (Spain), ISQ (Portugal), EOLAS (Ireland) and CRIF (Belgium). It is intended that the network will later be extended to cover Italy, Germany and other European countries. The leader of the TVVl project team, Dr Geoff Hale, foresees valuable opportunities for small manufacturers who can use adhesives technology to improve products and make significant
savings. For example, it is estimated that car repair cost could be cut by up to 40% by using adhesives, with overall savings to European industry possibly being over £1 billion per year if adhesives are used more effectively. The REACOL project has been set up to study new applications for adhesives with the aim of catalysing the acceptance of adhesives technology by industry in Europe. To prevent Europe lagging behind Japan and the USA in adhesives usage, the project will establish the most effective methods of technology transfer, extending the network of technology providers throughout the EEC and evolving technical information, design and training packages. For further information on REACOL, please contact Dr Geoff Hale at The Welding Institute,
Abington Hall, Abington, Cambridge CB1 6AL UK.
Preview Leading authorities from Europe's automotive, adhesive and coatings industries will be presenting papers at Bonding and Coating Plastics in
the Automotive Industry, a conference being held in Birmingham, UK, on 2 1 - 2 2 November 1990 to coincide with Interplas "90. Sponsored by the Polymers Paint Colour Journal, European Adhesives and Sealants, and Euro Trends Research, the conference has been designed to promote the concept that plastics can be satisfactorily coated and bonded structurally and that joints are of sufficient strength to meet the basic requirements of design engineers. Specialists will present papers on the development of compatible systems that will meet the performance requirements of the automotive industry. Methods for bonding and coating thermoplastics and thermosets will be reviewed and techniques for bonding and coating 'difficult' plastics such as composites and polypropylene will be highlighted. For further information please contact: John Ward, FJM
International Publications Ltd, Queensway House, 2 Queensway, Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QS, UK. Tel." (0737) 768611. Telex: 948669 TOPJNL G. Fax: (0737) 761685/ 760467.
ASE "90, Adhesives, Sealants and Encapsulants, the 4th International Technical Conference and Exhibition, will be held at the RAI Congrescentrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, between the 2 6 - 2 8 November 1990. The conference will interest those individuals in the formulation, manufacture and application of high performance adhesives, sealants and encapsulants to date and broaden their technical knowledge in these fields. The conference programme has
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Centre for Adhesive Technology opens in Cambridge, UK One of the first projects of the Centre for Adhesive Technology (CAT), formally opened in September at TWI, Cambridge, UK, will be developing an expert system to guide users in the selection of the appropriate adhesive for a given application. The Centre has been set up by CEST (The Centre for Exploitation of Science and Technology) to promote the use of modern adhesives in industry. Sponsors of the Centre include British Aerospace, British Steel, Ciba-Geigy, ICI, Jaguar Cars, AEG, Pilkingtons and Permabond. It will incorporate a database of all commercial adhesives and provide information on design and technical specifications. 'We expect to have the operating framework ready by the end of the first year. It will then take us a further 2 years to complete the adhesive databank', comments Chief Executive Alec Beevers. "This will be a vital tool for any company considering taking advantage of the remarkable possibilities offered by adhesives.
Modern adhesives have such wide applications that we are receiving support from all areas of industry for this project'. The CAT is also beginning a Quality Bonding Programme, establishing best practice for achieving reliable quality assurance in adhesive bonds. 'There are many quality assurance techniques and tools already available for manufacturing processes -- we will be assessing their suitability and developing new ones to give industry total control of quality in bonded joints', adds Beevers. The CAT will be preparing a LINK programme on adhesive technology working with industry, government and academia to set the agenda for research and facilitate transfer of the technology to UK companies. For further information contact: Bob Whelan, Alec Beevers or Giles Houghton Clarke, at the Centre for
Adhesive Technology, Abington Hall, Abington, Cambridge CB 1 6AL UK. Tel: (0223) 894229. Fax: (0223) 894230.
New European adhesives project Industry in Cleveland, UK, is to be the focus for an EEC SPRINT project call REACOL, which aims to introduce adhesives technology to small companies in six European countries. Co-ordinated by The Welding Institute (TWl), methods have been finalized for approaching potential users of structural adhesives in the Cleveland area, and regions of Spain and France. The adhesives technology will be supplied by TWI and its project partners CETRA (France), Inasmet (Spain), ISQ (Portugal), EOLAS (Ireland) and CRIF (Belgium). It is intended that the network will later be extended to cover Italy, Germany and other European countries. The leader of the TVVl project team, Dr Geoff Hale, foresees valuable opportunities for small manufacturers who can use adhesives technology to improve products and make significant
savings. For example, it is estimated that car repair cost could be cut by up to 40% by using adhesives, with overall savings to European industry possibly being over £1 billion per year if adhesives are used more effectively. The REACOL project has been set up to study new applications for adhesives with the aim of catalysing the acceptance of adhesives technology by industry in Europe. To prevent Europe lagging behind Japan and the USA in adhesives usage, the project will establish the most effective methods of technology transfer, extending the network of technology providers throughout the EEC and evolving technical information, design and training packages. For further information on REACOL, please contact Dr Geoff Hale at The Welding Institute,
Abington Hall, Abington, Cambridge CB1 6AL UK.
Preview Leading authorities from Europe's automotive, adhesive and coatings industries will be presenting papers at Bonding and Coating Plastics in
the Automotive Industry, a conference being held in Birmingham, UK, on 2 1 - 2 2 November 1990 to coincide with Interplas "90. Sponsored by the Polymers Paint Colour Journal, European Adhesives and Sealants, and Euro Trends Research, the conference has been designed to promote the concept that plastics can be satisfactorily coated and bonded structurally and that joints are of sufficient strength to meet the basic requirements of design engineers. Specialists will present papers on the development of compatible systems that will meet the performance requirements of the automotive industry. Methods for bonding and coating thermoplastics and thermosets will be reviewed and techniques for bonding and coating 'difficult' plastics such as composites and polypropylene will be highlighted. For further information please contact: John Ward, FJM
International Publications Ltd, Queensway House, 2 Queensway, Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QS, UK. Tel." (0737) 768611. Telex: 948669 TOPJNL G. Fax: (0737) 761685/ 760467.
ASE "90, Adhesives, Sealants and Encapsulants, the 4th International Technical Conference and Exhibition, will be held at the RAI Congrescentrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, between the 2 6 - 2 8 November 1990. The conference will interest those individuals in the formulation, manufacture and application of high performance adhesives, sealants and encapsulants to date and broaden their technical knowledge in these fields. The conference programme has
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