PERSPECT IVESection S-71 Covering Eastern North CarolinaNewsletter of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Piedmont-Coastal Section, North Carolina

Promoting the Scientific & Engineering Knowledge of Plastics

Volume XV No. 4 Dec 2015 A few SPEcial Words from our President

AnnualChristmas

Party

Dec 9, 2015(Wednesday!)

The Flame SteakhouseSanford

6:00pm Social hour7:00 pm Dinner

RSVP: Contact

Leon Suttles by Dec 4 586-863-7427

ls@pcs-company.com

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

The November 10th meeting was a board meeting to start planning for the joint MiniTec with the Medical Plastics Division of SPE we are hosting in April, 2016. More information will be forth coming.

On December 9, 2015 (Wednesday) we will have our annual Christmas Party. If you have never been to one of our Christmas gatherings I highly recommend that you try to attend this one. We will be hosting our event at the Flame Restaurant in Sanford, NC. We will also enjoy the Dirty Santa/Yankee Swap tradition with each attendee who brings a small gift (<$15) participating. We will start with a social hour at 6:00pm and dinner at 7:00pm. It is important that all who wish to attend RSVP to Leon Suttles at ls@pcs-company.com by December 4th so that the proper amount of food and seats can be prepared. This event is open to mem-bers, spouses, and guests. The cost is $30 per person and $50 per couple. I hope everyone will be able to attend.

The January meeting and tour is being planned. It will be on January 12th. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend. I will provide further details in next month’s newsletter.

Leon Suttles President Piedmont-Coastal S71 SPE

Details for Meeting Place:

The Flame Steakhouse 109 Carbonton Rd.Sanford, NC 27330919-776-7111theflamesteakhouse.com

OUR NEW 2015/2016 PIEDMONT-COASTAL SECTION OFFICERS

Leon Geoff Dan Lewis Rodney

Officers Name Business Phone Cell (home) E-Mail

President Leon Suttles PCS Company 586-863-7427 ls@pcs-company.comPres-Elect Geoff Foster Core Technology 336-294-2018 336-708-2673(c) geoff.foster@coretechnologycorp.comTreasurer Lewis Wilson ChannelPA 336-314-2776(c) lwilson1492@att.netSecretary Dan Fuccella ATI 919-380-1420 919-349-5911(c) dan@ati-engineers.comCouncilor Rodney Joslin TE Connectivity 336-544-1316 336-314-7667 rodney.joslin@TE.com

Board of Directors 2015/2016 Maury Balik, Glenn Shearin, Justin Patz, Tim Bryant 2016/2017 Geoff Foster, Chris Jackson, Pat Mannella, Brandon Frederick 2017/2018 Walt Carey, Matthew Peterman, Tim Earley, Todd BryantBoard of Directors by Position: House - Rodney Joslin; Education - Maury Balik; Advertising - Tim Earley, Chris Jackson; Rules - BOD; Historian - BOD; Membership - Tim Earley; Newsletter Editor - Mike Jensen; Awards - BOD; Golf Outing - Jackie Ryba and Walt CareyLiaisons: NCSU - Maury Balik CCCC - Glenn Shearin Carolinas Section SPE - Todd Bryant NC A&T - Geoff Foster

PERSPECTIVE is published electronically monthly from September through June, to inform members of the Section’s activities, national events, and news. Communications should be sent to the Editor: Mike Jensen, mljensen514@earthlink.net or mikejen47@gmail.com

telephone at 919-333-2003 (cell). To advertize in our newsletter, contact Tim Earley at 336-693-6466 wolftim@msn.com. Our newsletter is available on our web page at International SPE two weeks prior to the next meeting, at

SPE4.org>communities>Sections>NC>Piedmont-coastal. You should be notified by e-mail when it is posted.

Neither the Society of Plastics Engineers or the Piedmont-Coastal Section is responsible for views that are expressed by individual contributors, either in the articles published in the newsletter or in any of the technical presentations.

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SPE “Wonders of Plastics” Essay Contest

SPE “Wonders of Plastics” Essay ContestPiedmont-Coastal Section

To elevate public awareness regarding plastics, the Piedmont-Coastal Section of the Society of Plastics Engi-neers (SPE) is sponsoring the “Wonders of Plastics” Essay Contest.

Middle and high school students in the central and eastern North Carolina area are invited to submit essays dealing with some aspect of plastics, which will be judged by a committee from our local section. Each school may submit a maximum of 10 essays to the contest.

The winner will receive an iPad Mini and the winner’s school will receive a $250 donation. The winner will also have their essay printed in our monthly newsletter (the Perspective) which is circulated throughout North Carolina. The winner and his/her parents will also be invited to attend our February 2016 local section meet-ing, where you will be our guests for dinner. The winner will be recognized along with other students who have received scholarships and awards from the SPE Piedmont-Coastal Section this year.

Entries may be submitted at any time, but the submission deadline is Friday, December 4, 2015. The winner will be announced in January 2016.

We strongly encourage students to enter this contest. Each essay must meet specific requirements and must be submitted with a completed entry form.

The essay contest requirements and entry forms are available on the SPE website at:

http://www.4spe.org/Communities/sectiondetail.aspx?ItemNumber=5389

Completed entry forms and essays should be sent to (email preferred):

Dr. C. M. Balikbalik@ncsu.edu

Department of Materials Science and EngineeringCampus Box 7907

North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, NC 27695-7907919-515-2126 (phone)

919-515-7724 (FAX)

Training: Consultants/Training Page WebsiteApplied Technologies Inc. . . . . 5 www.ati-engineers.com chemlabconsulting, LLC . . . . . 5 www.chemlabconsulting.comPiedmont Industry, LLC . . . . . . 5 www.piedmontindustry.comPorticos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 www.porticos.net

Equipment:ABC Plastics Tech Group . . . . . . 9 www.abcgroup3.comFordham Plastics . . . . . . . . . . 9 www.FordhamPlastics.comStay OnLine . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 www.stayonline.com

MaterialsChannel Prime Alliance . . . . . . 9 www.channelPA.comClairant Corp . . . . . . . . . . . 7 www.clariant.comPolymer Resources . . . . . . . . 5 www.prlresins.comPolymer Technology & Services . 2 www.ptsllc.comPolyOne Distribution . . . . . . . 2 www.polyone.comTriangle Central Warehouse . . . 7

ProcessorsAimet Technologies, INC . . . . . . 4 www.aimet.comPolymers Center of Excellence . . 7 www.polymers-center.orgRaleigh Precision Products . . . . 9 www.raleighprecision.comSapona Plastics, LLC . . . . . . . . 7 www.saponaplastics.comSyracuse Plastics . . . . . . . . . . 5 www.SyracusePlastics.com

ToolingCarson Tool and Mold . . . . . . . 4 www.carsonmold.comEmerald Tool and Mold . . . . . . 4 www.emeraldtoolandmold.comHasco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 www.hasco.comHi-Tech Plating . . . . . . . . . . . 8 www.hitecplating.comFR Male and Associates . . . . . . 9 www.FRMale.comMaloney Tool and Mold . . . . . . 11 www.maloneycos.comMeusburger USA . . . . . . . . . . 7 www.meusburger.comPCS Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 www.pcs-company.comRichmond Tooling . . . . . . . . . 4 www.richmondtooling.comSuperior Tooling, Inc. . . . . . . . 5 www.sti-nc.comTool-All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 www.toolall.com

THANK YOU!The members of the Piedmont-Coastal Section, a non-profit organization, thank these sponsors for

their generosity. Donations to our section are used for educational purposes.

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Our Sponsors

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MEMBERSHIP REPORTPiedmont-Coastal

Section S71As of Nov 30, 2015

we have 236 members!

Welcome to another great year of membership with Piedmont Coastal section. We have 236 total mem-bers (including students) as of Nov 30, 2015. We have 96 student members. Thanks to CCCC, NCSU and North Carolina A&T State University for their support.

I encourage every member to sign up a new member for the 2015-2016 year. Let’s all work toward increas-ing our membership. If you have changed jobs or loca-tion, please send me a note. If you have any email, employment, or phone number changes, please contact me as well.

If you have someone you feel can benefit from joining SPE, give them an application or send me their name and I will submit it to SPE and have you as the refer-ring member.

New and renewing students: There’s an option online for new and renewing students where they can select to have SPI & SPE sponsor their membership so that it won’t cost them anything. They will see the option as they go through the renew or signup process. It should be just a check box.

Newsletter:The newsletter will be posted on the main SPE web- site this year. With everyone using smartphones, it is better to download the newsletter at your conve-nience.

Go to: www.SPE4.org>communities>Sections>NC>Piedmont-coastal.

We are still accepting new ads for our newsletter for the 2015-2016 year.

If you have any questions, please contact me by e-mail at wolftim@msn.com.

Tim Earley, SPE Piedmont Coastal Section S71 Membership and Advertising Chairman

336-693-6466 cell (Main) CTC Plastics Sales Representative

Top SPE sections (membership):Section Active New LapsedDetroit 914 2 224South Texas 496 1 123Eastern New England 476 5 134Chicago 443 1 96Palisades-New Jersey 403 1 89Milwaukee 385 1 118Upper Midwest 360 0 120Akron 317 12 75Southern 301 3 91Philadelphia 284 0 81Southern California 279 0 95Carolinas 271 0 80Piedmont Coastal 236 1 50Cleveland 217 2 64ASEAN 195 3 43Pittsburgh 159 2 52Connecticut 158 1 30Miami Valley 156 0 69Western Michigan 152 1 56Golden Gate 139 1 45NW Pennsylvania 137 0 44North Texas 124 1 44New York 122 1 21Pacific Northwest 122 0 56Quebec 122 0 48Susquehanna 113 0 22

ADVERTISING REPORTPiedmont-Coastal Section S71As of Nov 1, 2015We have collected $9210 and have a commitment of $9560 for the 2015-2016 year. We appreciate all of our AD sponsors. Please check their web sites and support them. All fess goes to our scholarship fund. We are still accepting new ads for our newsletter for the 2015-2016 year. We will prorate fees as to when ads are placed.Fee Schedule – one cost covers prorated one year (10 monthly issues) Ads may be in color • Business card $250 1.75”x 3.25”• ¼ Page $475 3.5” x 4.75” or 2.25” x 7.0”• ½ Page $900 3.5” x 9.5” or 4.75” x 7.0”If you have any questions, please contact me by e-mail at wolftim@msn.com.

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SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS, INC.13 Church Hill Rd, Newtown, CT 06470

Phone: 203.775.0471 Fax: 203.775.8490www.4spe.org

2015 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chief Executive Officer Willem De Vos wdevos@4spe.org

President Vijay Boolani vboolani@4spe.org

President-elect Dick Cameron dcameron@4spe.org

Senior Vice President Scott Owens sowens@4spe.org

Vice Pres & Treasurer Dr Raed Al-Zubi ralzubi@4spe.org

Vice Pres & Secretary Dr Jaime Gomez jgomez@4spe.org

Vice Pres/Operations Gregory Campbell gcampbell@4spe.org

Vice Pres/Marketing Thierry D’Allard tdallard@4spe.org

Vice Pres/Global Event Mg Dr Jeffrey Helms jhelms@4spe.org

Vice Pres/New Sections Oliver Crave ocrave@4spe.org

CONTACTS

Website TechnicianPedro Matos pmatos.4spe.orgAnnual Awards:Sarah Sullinger ssullinger@4spe.orgMembership Programs:Sue Wojnicki swojnicki@4spe.org

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Doug MillerDMiller@FordhamPlastics.Com

336-264-5658

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Robots and Automation Equipmentand End of Arm Tooling

Reiloy USA Screw and Barrel Solutions

RJG Process Monitoring, Control

And TrainingZAG

Used Equipment SalesUBE Industrial

Large Tonnage Molding MachinesMatsui America

Resin Drying and Press Side Aux

HFA Conveyors and Boxfill Systems

Tecnomagnete Magnetic Platens

Gamma�uxHot Runner Control Solutions

AEC Applications Engineering

Whitlock Material Handling and Blending

Nelmor Size ReductionCooling and Heating Systems –

Chillers, Towers

We just want to remind you that your fellow SPE members are one of your most valuable member benefits. They can help you answer technical questions…solve process problems…maximize efficiency…find a consultant or contractor…promote your products or services…and network in your specialty, interest, or geographic area.

The SPE Online Membership Directory gives you access to the largest community of plastics professionals in the world—15,000 members in 70+ countries, searchable and reachable 24/7.

And it is only for SPE members. Use it to find and connect with the people, answers, and solutions you need. It’s easier than ever!

To search the SPE Online Membership Directory, log in to your SPE membership account at

www.4spe.org.

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Location: Cutting Board Restaurant, Burlington, NCAttendees: Tim Bryant; Tim Earley; Dan Fuccella; Maury Balik; Lewis Wilson; Justin Patz; Pat Mannella; Matthew Peterman; Glenn Shearin; Leon Suttles, Geoff FosterMeeting was called to order by Leon Suttles, Section President at 5:35 pmSecretary’s Report – Dan Fuccella Moved to approve Minutes of October 13, 2015 BOD meeting as submitted: Tim Bryant Second to motion: Lewis Wilson Motion discussed, voted and carried Treasurer’s Report- Lewis Wilson1. Finance record keeping system using the dedicated laptop with installation of Quicken software, and “cloud” based record handling is functioning well.2. Financial Statement:a. Bank Balance ending October 31, 2015: $28,383.51b. Highlights:i. Balance is up $3,144.96 from September 30, 2015ii. Additional Newsletter ad revenue in October: $3,810.00iii. SPE National Councilor 3-day Fall Meeting expense in Pittsburgh held down to: $ 361.40Moved to approve Treasurer’s Report as submitted: Tim Bryant Second to motion: Maury Balik Motion discussed, voted and carried Membership Report - Tim Earley1. Current P-C Section membership remains at 235 includ-ing 100 student members.2. Discussed need find means of attracting more members to the monthly meeting.a. More valued presentation topics and tours?b. More desirable meeting locations?c. More convenient date and time of meetings?d. Improved networking opportunities?e. Better understanding of the new initiatives that SPE has implemented to assist members?3. Members are encouraged to present their opinions and suggestions to Tim Earley amd other members of the Board.4. Tim Early is to provide the members of the Board with a list of current members who, in turn, are to contact those members who have not been actively participating in the on-going activities of the Section to discuss what would be of value to them and inform them of opportunities in the Section and at Headquarters.Moved to approve Membership Report as submitted: Maury BalikSecond to motion: Leon SuttlesMotion discussed, voted and carried

Education Report - Maury Balik

1. Essay Contest: Maury has invited 136 schools (10 more than last year) to participate in the Plastics Essay Contest. As previously approved by the Board, the number of entries from any one institution will be limited to 10. Paper submission dead-line is December 4, 2015.

Moved to approve Education Report as submitted: Lewis Wilson

Second to motion: Leon Suttles

Motion discussed, voted and carried

Advertising Report - Tim Earley

1. As of the November meeting, we have received $9,210.00 in newsletter ad sales.

2. Total ad proceeds for 2015 are anticipated to be $9,590.00

3. The Board again thanked Tim for the excellent work that his team did on making ad sales.

Moved to approve Education Report as submitted: Pat Mannella

Second to motion: Lewis Wilson

Motion discussed, voted and carried

Councilor’s Report – Matthew Peterman for Rodney Joslin

Encouraged Board members to check out SPE National’s new initiative “The Chain” which features methods of communicat-ing on-line with fellow SPE Plastics Professionals and University resources.

Old Business:

1. Clark Broome: Tim Earley and Maury Balik have submit-ted an application for Honored Service Member status for Clark in recognition of his many years of dedicated service to SPE on a Section and International level in advance of the October 30, 2015 deadline.

2. Policy Manual: Tim Earley is to email a copy of the P-C Section Policy Manual to the Board members for review and comment for updating.

New Business:

Glenn Shearin of the Central Carolina Community College Tool & Die Program is looking for 100lbs of ABS or Polypropylene pellets for their use in trying out molds that the students build. Please contact Glenn at gshearin@cccc.edu if you can contribute some material.

Proposed Programs for 2015-16: The following updated sched-ule of events was agreed upon by the Board of Directors. The “Responsible person” is to arrange and confirm arrangements:

(updated schedule located on Page 12)

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Planning Calendar for 2015/2016

Month Topic Company Tour Responsible person

8-Sep P-C Golf Outing The Preserve none Walt Carey

13-Oct Customized TrainingVance-Granville

Community College

StayOnline,Creedmore, NC Tim Earley

10-Nov none none none BOD

9-Dec Christmas party The Flame, Sanford none Rodney Joslin

12-Jan TBD TBD John Deere, Fuquay-Varina Pat Mannella

9-Feb Plastics Training & Tech Support in NC

Polymers Center of Excellence

Nanoscience CenterNC A&T Geoff Foster

8-Mar TBD TBD Tichy Train Burlington, NC Leon Suttles

12-Apr Medical Plastics Mini-Tec TBD none Dan Fuccella

10-May Carolina Golf Outing none none Carolinas Section

14-Jun 2016-17 planning meeting

TE, Pegg Road, Greensboro none Leon Suttles

“Whether you’re a plastics scientist or engineer, a business owner, marketing/sales expert, or any other professional in plastics, SPE membership can help you

advance your knowledge and your career.“

“The information you need to increase efficiency and productivity, develop your career, and add to your

company’s bottom line is literally right at your fingertips.”

Plastics Engineering - the SPE magazine is now online at

www.plasticsengineering.org

We just want to remind you that your fellow SPE members are one of your most valuable member benefits. They can help you answer technical questions…solve process problems…maximize efficiency…find a consultant or contractor…promote your products or services…and network in your specialty, interest, or geographic area.

The SPE Online Membership Directory gives you access to the largest community of plastics professionals in the world—15,000 members in 70+ countries, searchable and reachable 24/7.

And it is only for SPE members. Use it to find and connect with the people, answers, and solutions you need. It’s easier than ever!

To search the SPE Online Membership Directory, log in to your SPE membership account at

www.4spe.org.

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Nov Minutes - Continued from Page 10

If you want to ask a technical plastics related question, or contribute your expertise to someone else’s query,

log in to LinkedIn.com. Click on Companies and search for Society of

Plastics Engineers.

Programs Action Items:1. Check with John Deere, Fuquay-Varina, NC for January tour – Matt Peterman2. Check with Tichy Train and the Cutting Board for March tour – Leon Suttles3. Check with GE Customer Experience Center, Me-bane, NC – Rodney Joslin4. Check with GE Aircraft Engine Assembly, RTP, NC spring 2016 – Dan Fuccella5. Organize Medical Plastics MiniTec Committee and commence determination of location, schedule, and finances – Dan Fuccella6. Generate a “save-the-date” notice for the April 12, 2015 Medical Plastics MedTec to place in the next P-C Sec-tion newsletter.

Moved to adjourn the November 10, 2015 SPE P-C Section BOD meeting: Tim BryantSecond to motion: Lewis WilsonMotion voted and carriedMeeting was adjourned at 6:33pm

Respectfully submitted,Dan Fuccella,Treasurer, SPE Piedmont-Coastal SectionNovember 15, 2015