Participation at Conferences / Trade Fairs and in Expert Committees 2019

Events Attended or Led by our Laboratory Staff

February 21 and 22 , 2019: DGM (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V.) – Advanced Training Seminar “Failure Analysis of Seals Made of Elastomers and Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs)” in Frankfurt am Main (Scientific director and speaker: Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Richter)

March 12, 2019: VDI Society of Materials Engineering: Participation of Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Richter in the “Expert Committee for Failure Analysis of Elastomer Products” in Faculty 1 “Materials Engineering” in Hanover.

March 27 to 29, 2019: Participation at KONTEC 2019: 14th International Symposium “Conditioning of Radioactive Operational and Decommissioning Waste” at MARITIM Hotel & International Congress Center Dresden, Posters lecture by Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Richter in section 2 on the topic: “State of the Art in O-Rings: Standardization – Testing Technology – Materials”.

April 05, 2019: Würzburg Days 2019 “Innovative Material Characterization in Research & Technology”, lecture by Bernd Sprenger on “DMA – One Device – 1000 Possibilities”.

May 09, 2019: Seminar of the ISGATEC Academy – “Damage on Elastomeric Seals – Causes and Avoidance of Damage”. Seminar leader and speaker Dipl.-Ing. Timo Richter.

May 21 to 22, 2019: Participation of Bernd Sprenger at the annual conference of the DKG (German Rubber Society) in Nuremberg.

September 19, 2019: Lecture by Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Richter at the XXI Sealing Colloquium in Steinfurt on the topic: “How Long Do Rubber Seals Remain Elastic? About the Long-Term Behavior of O-Rings and Other Elastomer Seals in Theory and Practice”.

October 09, 2019: Lecture by Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Richter at the 45th VDI Annual Conference Damage Analysis 2019 in Würzburg on the topic: “Damage Analysis of Elastomeric Seals: Automotive Applications”.

November 26, 2019: VDI Society of Materials Engineering: Participation of Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Richter in the “Expert Committee for Failure Analysis of Elastomer Products” in Faculty 1 “Materials Engineering” at the WKD in Frankfurt am Main.

December 3 to 4, 2019: FORUM: MATERIALS* – “Overwhelmed by a Large Variety of Materials – Finding the Right Material Requires Knowledge and Care” seminar at the ISGATEC Academy in Mannheim, lecture by Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Richter on “ Cases of Damage on Seals and How to Protect Yourself when Choosing Materials”.

December 6, 2019: Lecture by Bernd Sprenger at the 107th Regional Group Meeting of DKG Süd (German Rubber Society) in Würzburg on the topic: “DMA: One Device – But A Thousand Possibilities for Elastomer Testing”.

PREVIEW OF EVENT DATES 2020

February 13 and 14, 2020: DGM (German Society for Materials Science) – Advanced T raining S eminar “Failure Analysis of Seals Made of Elastomers and Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs)” in Frankfurt am Main (Scientific director and speaker: Dipl. – Ing. Bernhard Richter) Further information about the event and registration conditions can be found here.