John Wolz

SRC=”../images/weblogo2.gif” ALIGN=”LEFT”>Fastener Technology International announced eight technical conferences, which are part of Fastener Week 2005.\
Industrial Fastener & Forming International is the manufacturing-oriented trade show portion of Fastener Week 2005. The June 6-9, 2005, Fastener Week also include the distribution-oriented Mid-West Fastener Show and 19 events from industry-wide speakers, association meetings, social and golf events and 45 hours of educational and management sessions.
Fastener Week is based at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL, near Chicago”s O”Hare International Airport.

The technical conferences will be Thursday morning, June 9:
” “Evaluating the Corrosion Rate of Metal Fasteners in Preservative Treated Wood,” Samuel Zelinka, materials engineering technician, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Products Laboratory.
” “High Performance Fastener Coating,” David Wolf, account executive, Metal Coatings International Inc.
” “Using Historic Knowledge Database to Design Forming Sequences in Cold Formed Parts,” Dr. Vijay Nagpal, president, Metals Forming Systems.
” “New Immersion Technologies for Fastener/Small Parts Cleaning,” Robert Miller, Power Sonics.
” “Dynamic Die Match Control,” Ernst Menn, president, E. W. Menn GmbH & Co. KG
” “Advanced Process Simulation Applications,” John Walters, vice president, Scientific Forming Technologies Corp.
” “How Advances In Joint Testing Can Reveal The Real Cause Of Joint Problems & Prevent Their Occurrence,” Dave Archer, Archetype Joint, LLC.
” “The Use of Permanent Ultrasonic Bolt Load Transducers for Real-Time Tightening, Long-Term Fastener Assembly and Maintenance,” Jesse Meisterling, technical advisor, PFW-Technologies.

Rob Harris, managing director of the Industrial Fasteners Institute, said there will be a breakfast speaker on domestic manufacturing and a panel on U.S. trade laws on Wednesday.
Harris said the Los Angeles Fastener Association”s Materials & Dimensional Specifications session on Monday “is ideal training both for those in quality assurance and those in applications and sales with the need to be articulate on those critical topics in dealing with their customers.”
For IFFI information contact show manager John Slater. Tel: 203 318-9473 Fax: 203 318-9473 Email: TM2Slater@aol.com For Mid-West Fastener Expo information contact M-WFA executive director Nancy Rich. Tel: 847 438-8338 Email: mwfa@ameritech.net Web: FastenerWeek.com or industrial-fasteners.org �2005 FastenerNews.com