87th International Intensive Online Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion
The course will be offered ONLINE (via ZOOM) in five 2-hour lectures on November 13, 20, 27, December 4,11, 2024
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86th International Intensive Online Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion
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The course was held ONLINE (via ZOOM) in five 2-hour lectures on April-May 2024. Professor John Vlachopoulos and Dr. Nickolas D. Polychronopoulos, wish to thank the 16 participants from the following corporations (number in parenthesis indicate multiple registrations):
USA Chevron Phillips Chemical (2)
Lubrizol Advanced Materials
Trelleborg Coated Systems (2)
Springfield Plastics (2)
WL Plastics
Toray Plastics (3)
Formoza Plastics
Panduit
Texas A&M University
Florida State University
THE NETHERLANDS Senbis Polymer Innovations
85th International Intensive Online Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion
The course was held ONLINE (via ZOOM) on October 2023 in three 2-hour lectures exclusively for members of the Association of Hellenic Plastics Industries (AHPI). Prof. John Vlachopoulos and Dr. Nickolas D. Polychronopoulos wish to thank the 25 participants from the following corporations (number in parentheses indicate multiple registrations):
ELVAL COLOUR SA (8)
RESILUX (6)
RIVULIS A.V.E.G.E. (2)
FASOPLAST
PACK-LAB L.P.
POLIECO HELLAS AEBE (2)
LARIPLAST AEBE (2)
ACHAIKA PLASTICS SA
EMM. KOUVIDIS SA
G.K. RIZAKOS SA
84th International Intensive Online Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion
The course was held ONLINE (via ZOOM) on November-December 2023 in five 2-hour lectures. Prof. John Vlachopoulos and Dr. Nickolas D. Polychronopoulos wish to thank the 24 participants from the following corporations (number in parentheses indicate multiple registrations):
USA BIOLOGIQ (2)
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LP (2)
CARGILL
LYONDELL BASELL (3)
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES
CZECHIA VISCOFAN CZ s.r.o (8)
UAE BOROUGE
GREECE PLASTIKA KRITIS SA (6)
83rd International Intensive Online Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion
The course was held ONLINE (via ZOOM) in five 2-hour lectures on April-May 2023. Professor John Vlachopoulos and Dr. Nickolas D. Polychronopoulos, wish to thank the 20 participants from the following corporations (number in parenthesis indicate multiple registrations):
USA ARKEMA (2)
W.L. GORE (2)
WESTLAKE CHEMICAL
THERMO FISHER (2)
NORWAY ELOPAK
DENMARK HYDRO A/S
NETHERLANDS SABIC
ELOPAK
ITALY VERSALIS
OMAN OQ (5)
INDIA KABRA EXTRUSIONTECHNIK (2)
KOREA HANNAN UNIVERSITY
82nd International Intensive Online Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion
The course was offered ONLINE (via ZOOM) in five 2-hour lectures on November 2022.
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81st International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion
The 81st International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion was CANCELLED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. To view the original brochure click here.
80th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion
The 80th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion was held in-house at AIMPLAS, Valencia, Spain, in November 2019.
Registration: WAS RESTRICTED TO AIMPLAS PERSONNEL
79th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion
The 79th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion was held in-house at BOROUGE Corp., Abu Dhabi, UAE, in October 2019.
Registration: WAS RESTRICTED TO BOROUGE PERSONNEL
78th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion
The 78th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion was held on May 16-17, 2019, Brussels, Belgium. Professor John Vlachopoulos and Dr. Nickolas D. Polychronopoulos, wish to thank the 22 participants from the following corporations (number in parenthesis indicate multiple registrations):
MAXAMCORP HOLDING S.L. (4) Spain
OPTINOVA (3) Finland
AMN (2) France
FIBERVISIONS A/S (2) Denmark
MOL Plc (2) Hungary
TETRAPAK PACKAGING SOLUTIONS AB (2) Sweden
TOTAL CORBION PLA (2) The Netherlands
MAILLEFER S.A. Switzerland
M.P. EXTRUDERS Greece
TESA SE Germany
VECTOR PACKAGING EUROPE NV Belgium
XPLORE INSTRUMENTS The Netherlands
77th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion
The 77th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion was held in Burlington, near Toronto, ON, CANADA.
76th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion
The 76th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion was held in-house at Athena Automation, Vaughan, ON, Canada
May, 2017
Our partners at IMMG (Institute of Mechanics of Materials and Geostructures) in Athens, Greece were able to produce oriented PEEK archwire suitable for orthodontic applications. Click here for more information.
75th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion, November 2-3, 2016
Professor John Vlachopoulos wishes to thank Ken Sowman and Kelly Buchanan-Johns of Plastics New Zealand for organizing his 75th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion at the charming Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre, set in a large parkland overlooking a salt water lagoon, in Auckland, New Zealand, November 2-3, 2016. He also thanks the 25 participants and their corporations, especially Fisher & Paykel Healthcare for the 12 registrations:
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (12)
Profile Polymers (3)
Flight Plastics (2)
Dynex Extrusions
Leda Extrusions (2)
EPL
Asmuss Water Systems
Clariant NZ (2)
Marley NZ
74th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion, November 10-11, 2016
Professor John Vlachopoulos wishes to thank Mike Allan of RMIT University for the excellent organization of his 74th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, November 10-11, 2016. He also thanks the 39 participants from the following corporations and universities (numbers in brackets indicate multiple registrations):
RMIT University (5)
CSIRO
SMR Automotive (2)
Corex (5)
Clariant (2)
G James
Cryovac Sealed Air (3)
Zezt (2)
West Virginia University
Tech Plas Extrusions
Australian Vinyls
Qenos
Prysmian Australia (4)
Calair
Primaplas (3)
Denso Australia
Curtin University
Monash University
Iplex
November, 2016
Presentation at the Asian Workshop on Polymer Processing (AWPP) 2016
Professor John Vlachopoulos made an oral presentation entitled: "Issues in the Extrusion of Large Diameter Smooth and Corrugated Plastic Pipe" at the Asian Workshop on Polymer Processing (AWPP) in Melbourne, Australia, November 6-9, 2016.
November, 2016
Presentation at the PPS Regional Conference 2016
Professor John Vlachopoulos made an oral presentation entitled: "Challenges in Problem Solving with the Help of Computer Simulation" at the PPS Regional Conference in Chengdu, China, October 11-14, 2016.
August, 2016
Presentations at PPS2016 (Polymer Processing Society Conference 2016)
Professor John Vlachopoulos presented a talk entitled: "Particle Sintering from Rotational Molding to Additive Manufacturing" and Dr. Nickolas Polychronopoulos a talk entitled: "Some New Results in Optimal Fluid Infiltration in a Flexible Permeable Substrate Moving Past a Rigid Cylinder" at PPS2016, Lyon, France, July 25-29, 2016. Polymer Processing Society website: www.tpps.org
March, 2016
PhD Defense
Nickolas Polychronopoulos has successfully defended on February 18, 2016 his PhD Thesis with title: "Variable Cross-Section Flows in Polymer Composites Processing". List of papers in peer-reviewed journals (papers 1-5 form part of his PhD Thesis):
September, 2015
Presentations at PPS2015 (Polymer Processing Society Conference 2015)
Dr. John Vlachopoulos and PhD candidate Nickolas Polychronopoulos made oral presentations at PPS2015, Graz, Austria, September 21-25, 2015. Polymer Processing Society website: www.tpps.org
73rd International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion, May 28-29, 2015
Dr. John Vlachopoulos wishes to thank the participants from the following corporations (number in parenthesis indicate multiple registrations):
Dow Chemical, Canada
Versalis, Italy
Total Research Technology, Belgium
Fibervisions (2), Denmark
Solvay Specialty Polymers, Italy
Tasnee (2), Saudi Arabia
Faurecia, France
July, 2014
Kudos to John Vlachopoulos
The President of Polydynamics Dr. John Vlachopoulos, Professor Emeritus at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, was honored on four different occasions recently: He received the Bruce Maddock Award of the Extrusion Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) at its annual conference (ANTEC) in Las Vegas, April 28-30, for fundamental contributions to single screw plastics extrusion. He received the SABIC Lectureship Award and presented two lectures on polymer extrusion at the University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, May 15-16. He was inducted Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE), in St. John’s, Newfoundland, on June 26. A session was held in his honor during the 7th International Conference of the Hellenic Society of Rheology (HSR), in Iraklion, Crete, Greece, July 7-8.
72nd International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion, April 9-10, 2014
Dr. John Vlachopoulos and his assistant Nickolas Polychronopoulos wish to thank the participants from the following corporations/universities (number in parenthesis indicate multiple registrations):
Tesa SE (2), Germany
Elopak AS (2), Norway
List AG, Switzerland
University of Gent (2), Belgium
Ferro Plastics, Spain
Nordson EDI, Belgium
Lummus Novolen, Germany
TU Delft, Netherlands
Depron BV, Netherlands
April, 2013
New dispersive mixer-reactor for deagglomeration and CNT disentanglement
A new pulsating/rotating micro-structured reactor was designed and built by Dr. Paul Michelis at IMMG S.A., Athens, Greece. The device is capable of complete deagglomeration, disentanglement, dispersion and reactive mixing, by making use of extensional and spiralling flows. A publication has recently (2013) appeared in Chem. Eng. Sci. with Dr. Paul Michelis and Prof. John Vlachopoulos as co-authors. Click here to view the abstract. Contact us for more details.
April, 2013
New book: DESIGN OF EXTRUSION FORMING TOOLS, Edited by Olga S. Carneiro and J. Miguel Nobrega, Smithers Rapra, UK, 2013
Admittedly, there was a lack of books on extrusion die design. The need has now been filled with this excellent new book. For more details click here.
71st International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion, January 22-24, 2013
For the first time the Short Course was presented via Skype, exclusively for employees of INDESCA of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Dr. John Vlachopoulos wishes to thank Dr. Agustin Torres and Franco Guastaferro for the invitation and organisation of the course and the five attentive participants for their challenging questions and their interest.
70th International Intensive Short Course on Polymer Rheology and Extrusion, April 18-19, 2013
Dr. John Vlachopoulos and his assistant Nickolas Polychronopoulos wish to thank the 19 participants who made this course another successful event. The participants came from eight European countries from the following corporations (the number in parentheses indicate multiple registrations):
Dow Benelux BV, The Netherlands
FiberVisions A/S (2), Denmark
Versalis S.p.A, Italy
Purac Biochem BV, The Netherlands
Optinova (5), Finland
Senoplast Klepsch & Co. GmbH, Austria
Aalborg Universitet, Denmark
NV Bekaert SA, Belgium
Deceuninck NV, Belgium
European Patent Office (2), Germany
Solvay Specialty Polymers, Italy
Clean Power Investments bvba, Belgium
Ecole des Mines De Douai, France