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POWDER COATING, February 2018 19 the communication and data being ex- changed; Equipment Considerations and Process Integration; and Case stud- ies from a local company that made re- cent installations. The symposium is targeted to plant managers and supervi- sors, IT support workers, maintenance technicians, and company manage- ment personnel. Suppliers will also ben- efit from learning how you might be able to help your customers implement this technology. Expo. The expo will feature quality pre- sentations all day long, beginning with a welcome address at 8:00 a.m. by Tom Poppitz, CCAI Twin Cities Chapter president; Paul Pagel, MnTAP senior engineer and EXPO co-chair; and Anne Goyer, CCAI executive director. The rest of the presentations will be split into three focus topics: Pretreatment, Equipment, and Materials. Technical sessions in the Pretreatment focus will include: Pretreatment 101: The Basics by Doug Van Duyne, DuBois Chemicals; Media Blast or Acid Pickle: Removing Laser Edge and Weld Scale by Chris Berger, Calvary Industries; and Troubleshooting the Modern Industrial Pretreatment and Coating Shop by David Chalk, DuBois Chemicals. Show information Location. The Minnesota Symposium & Paint and Powder Coating Expo will be held at Century College, 3300 Cen- tury Ave N, White Bear Lake, MN 55110; www.century.edu. A Northeast suburb of St. Paul, Century College is located just north of Highway 694 and can easily be reached by cab or public transport. Parking at the college is free. Please park and enter on the south side of the building; registration will be held on the upper level. Symposium hours. 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14. Registration and breakfast begin at 7:30 a.m. Expo hours. 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 15. Registration and breakfast begin at 7:30 a.m. Vendor show. 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 15. Painter training. 8:00 a.m. to noon or 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14. Lunch for both sessions will be served from noon to 1:00 p.m. Registration. Registration for the 2018 Minnesota Paint and Powder Coating Expo is now open online by vis- iting http://www.ccaiweb.com/events/ EventDetails.aspx?id=944697 and clicking on the blue Register button in the event description. The cost to attend the symposium is $100 for TC-CCAI members or $135 for nonmembers. To attend the expo, registration is $25 for T C - C C A I m e m b e r s o r $ 3 5 f o r nonmembers. The cost for the painter training is $50 for TC-CCAI members or $75 for nonmembers. The registra- In the Equipment focus, technical ses- sions will include: Material Handling Considerations for Coating by John Sudges, Midwest Finishing Systems; Fi- nancial Analysis of Powder Coating Your Parts by Mike Withers, Axalta Coating Systems; and Infrared 101: How Does it Work and Will it Save You Money? by Marty Sawyer, Trimac Industrial Systems. In the Materials sessions, technical pre- sentations will be: Batch System Design Criteria by Aaron Hughes, General Au- tomatic Transfer; Liquid Paint by Vogel Industrial Coatings; and Post- Addable Powder Coating Additive Technology by Steven Thompson, Lu- brizol Advanced Materials. In addition to the focus sessions, there will be two general presentations held in the afternoon. At 1:30 p.m., Apply- ing Science to the Art of Powder Coating by Robyn Aiken of BTD will be offered. At 2:30 p.m., Success Sto- ries in Finishing will be offered, which will feature local users and suppliers presenting finishing success stories on operational efficiencies, cost savings, and energy reduction. A vendor show will be also held during the afternoon to answer all of your indus- trial coating and process efficiency con- cerns. It will highlight paints, powder ap- plication equipment, pretreatment technology, and cleaning and curing sys- tems. It will also feature live hands-on demonstrations with working applica- tion equipment and ovens. Vendors at the show will include Fischer Technol- ogy, Vogel Industrial Coatings, Rohner, EPSI Masking Solutions, DuBois Chemicals, Gema USA, Nordson, GAT Finishing Systems, Calvary Industries, Global Finishing Solutions, and more. Painter training. In conjunction with the expo, the Iowa Waste Reduction Center will provide liquid industrial painter training, where trainers will work with attendees to improve finish- ing techniques on virtual reality spray equipment. Training will cover the fun- damentals of spray application and focus on best practices to optimize spray technique to improve productivity, re- duce rework and defects, and decrease air emissions. The 4-hour program is available in either the morning or after- noon. Class size is limited to 25 per ses- sion. Painter training is offered through the financial support of MnTAP. PC tion deadline is March 2nd. A continen- tal breakfast and lunch are included in all registrations. Contact info. For more info, contact Tim Milner of TC-CCAI at twinciti- esccai@gmail.com or Paul Pagel of MnTAP at expo@umn.edu. More in- f o r m a t i o n c a n b e f o u n d a t http://www.ccaiweb.com/events/Event Details.aspx?id=944697.