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Fundamentals of Flocking

August 13-15, 2003, UMass-Dartmouth, Dartmouth Mass.

The 2003 Fundamentals of Flocking School was attended by about 60 people representing suppliers, manufacturers and customers of the flock products industry, including the textile roll goods segment, the automotive object flockers, and the graphics segment of the industry. Additional attendees were non-industry representatives who were looking to learn about the industry and faculty and students from University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, the co-sponsor of the program.

This school was partial funded from the Dick Bourdon Flock Fund

The Graduates

NameCompanyState or Country
Don BaumSpectro Coating Corp.Massachusetts
Robert P. BorowskiEsch Anlagen & Maschinenbau GmbHGermany
Howard BrinkNoveonNorth Carolina
Greg BuchholzRisdon AMSNew Hampshire
Ulrich BuettelMaag Flockmaschinen GmbHGermany
Nik CasstevensPalmetto Synthetids, LLCSouth Carolina
Lisa CastilloKIWO, Inc.Pennsylvania
Richard CoughlinHallmark Cards, Inc.Kansas
Edvard CrnicMaag Flockmaschinen GmbHGermany
Eliot DavisRisdon AMSNew Hampshire
Ted DicksonCHT R. Beitlich Corp.North Carolina
Ryan DubeyCentrix IncorporatedConnecticut
Alexandre EloOmni ChemBelgium
Riccardo FassiFassi Equipment Co.Florida
Alexander FergusWest Michigan Flocking & AssemblyMichigan
Michael FikroSpectro Coating Corp.Massachusetts
Bob FleischerOwen ManufacturingNew York
Vince FreemanFiberLokColorado
Mark FritzlerFiberLokColorado
Gary GarmanNoveonNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina
Peter M. HadleyClaremont Flock Corp.Massachusetts
Rolf HebbeckerHebbecker TextildruckmaschinenGermany
Eike HeymerCotton IncorporatedNorth Carolina
Tom HinchmanMilliken & CompanySouth Carolina
Yong K. Kim, Ph.D.UMass DartmouthMassachusetts
Art KleinDeringer-Ney Inc.Connecticut
Herbert D. KnudsenNatural Fibers CorporationNebraska
David LasondeSpectro Coating Corp.Massachusetts
Dirk F. LeiberEsch Anlagen & Maschinenbau GmbHGermany
Joe LevyMaag Flckmaschinen GmbHGermany
Rob E. LittleWintech InternationalMassachusetts
Robert MaldonadoFassi Equipment Co.Florida
Edwin MartinFifield, Inc.Massachusetts
James MesserDecatur Plastics and FlockingIndiana
Andrew MetzgerThe Coleman Co.Kansas
Vince MiataAceto CorporationNew York
Joachim MüllerEFT-Electrostatic Flock Technology ConsultantsGermany
Dave NolandOwen ManufacturingNorth Carolina
Mario PereiraMicrofibres, Inc.Rhode Island
Linda PetersonSpectro Coating Corp.Massachusetts
Brian PreveauxUSCOA International Corp.South Carolina
Jeremy ReedHallmark Cards, Inc.Missouri
Ed RichterEastman KodakNew YorkNew York
Patrick RicquierOmni ChemBelgium
Barrett F. RipleyAmerican Flock AssociationMassachusetts
Federico RosaDimontonate Flocatti SpAItaly
Steve RosenthalNoveonMassachusetts
Megan RossommeEngineering and Industrial ServicesIndiana
Paul RossommeEngineering and Industrial ServicesIndiana
Paul D. SeemuthDuPont Textiles & InteriorsTennessee
Rajesh ShahSpectro Coating Corp.Massachusetts
John SimoneDorrie InternationalConnecticut
Nancy StrisikAmerican Flock AssociationMassachusetts
Alfred ThompsonDuPont Textiles & InteriorsDelaware
Michael WaltonSpectro Coating Corp.Massachusetts
Jerry WestwoodSpectro Coating Corp.Massachusetts
Denise WolfDuPont Textiles & InteriorsDelaware

The School

Speaker Bios

School Photos

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13
    5:00 PM Registration
    6:30 PM Welcoming Reception
    7:30 PM Barbeque
THURSDAY, AUGUST 14
    8:00 AM Morning Welcome and Review of Events
    8:15 AM Physics of Flocking
    9:00 AM Substrates
    10:00 AM Break and Class Picture
    10:30 AM Adhesives
    11:30 AM Coating systems:
      Roll-to-roll
      Object
    12:30PM Lunch
    1:30 PM Fibers: Understanding of major properties of different fibers and suitability for different uses.
    2:15PM Fiber Cutting, Dyeing, and Finish
    3:00 PM Break
    3:30 PM Flock Printing for Graphics
    4:15 PM Introduction to UMass-Dartmouth Textile and Flocking Programs-Virtual Tour of UMass Flock Development Laboratory
THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 (Continued)
    6:00 PM Social Hour (All)
    7:00 PM New England Clam Bake
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15
    8:00 AM Application - Theory into Practice
    8:45 AM Flock Testing Methods and Machines
    Six 15 minute rotating hands-on sessions with machines that test: 1)Rise time, 2) conductivity, 3)siftability, 4)magnifier, 5)abrasion, 6)adhesion
    BRING SAMPLES YOU WANT TO TEST
    10:15 AM Testing Wrap-Up Steve Rosenthal, Noveon
    10: 30 AM Break
    11:00 AM Round Table 1: Optimization of Flock Processing and Application Techniques
      Session A: Roll-to-roll
      Session B: Object
      Session C: Graphics
    BRING YOUR PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS FROM YOUR PLANT AND FROM THE TESTING SESSION
    12:00 PM Round Table 2
      Session A. Adding Value on the Producing Line
      Session B. Safety and Health Practices in the Plant
    1:00 PM Lunch and Closing

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:

Cellusuede Products Inc.
For Thursday Luncheon
Esch Anlagen & Mashinenbau GmbH
For Friday Luncheon
FiberLok
For the T-shirts
Fifield Inc.
For Thursday Morning Coffee Break
Para-Chem
For Thursday afternoon Coffee Break
UMass Dartmouth, Col. of Engineering
and Textiles & Science Department
For Wedneday Evening Reception