Third Quarter - SPE Thermoforming Division

Thermoforming
Quarterly ® THIRD QUARTER 2010
VOLUME 29 n NUMBER 3
Thermoforming
Quarterly ®
Contents
n Departments
Chairman’s Corner x 2
Thermoforming in the News x 4
Council Summary x 21
University News x 26
The Sky’s the Limit
Cover Story
A JOURNAL PUBLISHED EACH
CALENDAR QUARTER BY THE
THERMOFORMING DIVISION
OF THE SOCIETY OF
PLASTICS ENGINEERS
Editor
Conor Carlin
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cpcarlin@gmail.com
Sponsorships
Laura Pichon
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n In This Issue
William McConnell Memorial x 5
2010 Scholarship Winners x 24-25
19th Annual Conference x 28-29
n Features
Industry Practice x 6
Undercuts and Tooling Design for Heavy-Gauge
Thermoforming
Industry Practice x 10
Texture in the Digital Age
The Art of Thermoforming x 12
Eddyline Kayak
The Business of
Thermoforming x 14
Thermoforming Optimization: Improving Process Efficiency
and Lowering Energy Consumption
Scholarship Winners
www.thermoformingdivision.com
Conference Coordinator
Gwen Mathis
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Fax (706) 295-4276
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