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CONFERENCE '" ·,tJ " Automotille Finishing 2000 May 2-4, Cobo Center, Detroit A utomotive Finishing 2000, North America's largest coating systems for auto- motive manufacturing exposi- tion, will feature demonstrations of the latest advances in powder coating systems; liquid systems; electrocoating; electrostatic fin- ishing; robotics; abrasive finish- ing; and metal, wood, and plastic finishing. More than 3,500 attendees are expected to see advanced finish- ing technologies showcased by some 200 exhibitors, Exposition hours are Wednesday, May 3, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Thursday, May 4, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. In addition to the exposition, the conference, running May 2-4, features half- and full.day tutori- als and educational sessions on systems and applications for pow- der and liquid technologies, Four tutorials are "Solving Paint Shop Problems," "Cost Analysis for Liq- uid Powder Coating Systems," "Design Considerations for Liquid and Powder," and "Fundamentals of Automotive Plastic Finishing." Multispeaker sessions are "Paint Line Design and Implementa- tion," "Surface Coatings for Body and Component Applications," and "ProtectivelFunctional Coat- ings for Underbody and Compo- nent Applications for Increased Durability." Conference hours are Tuesday, May 2, 8 a.m,-5 p,m.; Wednesday, May 3, 8 a.m,-5 p.m.; and Thursday, May 4, 8 a.m.- 3p.m. For more Automotive Finishing 2000 information, contact the SME Customer Service Depart- ment at 800/733-4763, fax 313/ 271·2861, or at www.sme.org. 22 TECHNICAL PROGRAM TUESDAY, MAY 2 Full-Day Workshop 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Solving Paint Shop Problems This workshop will describe tech· niques for isolating the source of problems and help provide the knowl· edge to eliminate or reduce them. Moming Tutorial 8:00 a.m.-12:oo p.m. Design Considerations for Liquid & Powder Coating Systems Topics highlighted include washers and ovens, liquid and powder applica· tions and delivery, and system inte- gration. Automotive Plastic Finishing This session will highlight topics in- cluding automotive plastics, automo- tive plastics pretreatment, automo- tive paints, painting automotive plastics and rotaries, waterborne paint drying, and paint line cleaning, Afternoon Tutorial 1:00 p:m.-4:30 p.m. Cost Analysis for Liquid & Pow· der Coating Systems This session will provide the operator of either a liquid or powder system with the knowledge of how to caleu· late the costs associated with the op· eration of a finishing coating system. _DNESDAY, MAY 3 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Paint Line Design & Implementa· tion This session will focus on important developments in equipment, pro- cesses, and materials technologies for paint automation. as well as how to determine both capital and operating costs for various types of paint finish- ing systems, 9:00 a.m.-5:oo p.m. Exposition open 2:30 p.m.-5:oo p.m. ProtectivelFunctional Coating for Underbody & Component Appli- cations for Increased Durability TaUIISDAY. MAY 4 8:00 a.m.-12:oo p.m. Optimizing Surface Appearance for 2000 & Beyond This session will highlight presenta- tions on how to enhance surface ap- pearance by describing new processes and advanced technologies, 9:00 a.m.-4:OO p.m. Exposition open 1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Automotive Specialty Consider- ations Topics covered include: Case Study in Pollution Prevention and Air Permit- ting; The Rinsing & Drying of Plastic Parts; High Speed Powder Coating Process for Soft & Hard Substrates; Electrochemical Machining for De- burring & Polishing ofAutomotive In- dustry Related, EXHIBITORS ABB Flexible Automation Booth 513 Air Force #1 Blow Off Systems Inc. Booth 644 A1stom Automation & Painting Systems Inc. Booth 501 Apollo Coating Technologies Inc. Booth 206 Asahi Sunac Corp. Booth 917 Automation USA Booth 720 Metal Finishing
