2010 TAPPI Best Practices on the Corrugator
Product code: 10BEST
Date: 2/16/2010 to 2/19/2010
Venue: Holiday Inn Select
Location: Norcross, GA USA
Contact: Mary Beth Cornell or +1.770.209.7210
The TAPPI 2010 Best Practices on the Corrugator Course is soldout. The new location is the Holiday Inn Select, Norcross, GA, USA. If you have any questions please contact Mary Beth Cornell at +1.770.209.7210 or mcornell@tappi.org
COURSE OVERVIEW
The Best Practices in Corrugator Operations Course teaches participants how to understand each element in the corrugating process, which will lead to higher productivity, better quality, and waste reduction.
Participants will learn the basics of how each component in the corrugator system works and how to run each component with optimum settings for peak performance. Both old and new equipment will be covered. Participants will develop an understanding of the critical properties of the raw materials that are vital to guarantee acceptable quality board. The course instructors will teach participants how the “Centerline Process” can be adopted in their plant and achieve a product that is consistent every day
and on all shifts.
Participants will learn the causes of excess waste and how to measure and eliminate this waste.
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR COURSE PARTICIPANTS
- Learn how to increase productivity, improve quality, and minimize waste
- Share your specific problems and issues with the experts
- Find out how and where you can reduce excess waste
- Learn how you can maintain quality while reaching maximum corrugator speeds
- Find out how you can get the maximum yield of boxes from the paperboard consumed
- Take home new ideas and operational methods to improve production
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Corrugator operators, box plant supervisors, production managers, staff engineers and technical service managers in corrugated container plants and paper corporations.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After successfully completing this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe elements of the corrugating process.
- Troubleshoot most common operational problems.
- Recognize critical properties of paperboard, starch adhesive and how to control wrap.
COURSE FACULTY
The Best Practices in Corrugator Operations Short Course is taught by Rick Croker and John Troyke. Croker has been in the corrugated industry for over 30 years. He is the Director of Technical Services for Georgia- Pacific Corporation. Troyke is a Technical Service Representative for Georgia-Pacific Corporation. He specializes in corrugated trouble shooting and has been an instructor at TAPPI’s Corrugated Press Hands-on Workshop.
Guest speakers include: Pete Snyder, National Accounts, Harper/Love Adhesives; Stephen Schmidt, Vice President, Copar Corporation; James Moody, Manager, Packaging Testing Labs, Georgia-Pacific Corporation; and Craig Machamer, a Steam Systems Consultant.
CEUs
The Education Project Center of TAPPI has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1620 I Street, NW, Suite 615, Washington, DC 20006. TAPPI will award 2.4 CEUs to participants who attend at least 80% of the educational sessions and complete a final program evaluation.
HOTEL
Holiday Inn Select
Atlanta-Peachtree Corners
6050 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
Norcross, GA 30071
Please contact the Holiday Inn Select at +1.770.448.4400 to make your room reservations. Be sure to reserve your room by January 15, 2010, to take advantage of TAPPI's special room rate of $79 single/double and ensure you will have a room.
Local Hotels Near TAPPI Headquarters
TRANSPORTATION
A complimentary shuttle is available between the Holiday Inn Select and TAPPI Headquarters each day of the course as well as to and from the Doraville Marta station which will take you to Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport. Ground transportation is rental car, Marta or taxi. Free parking is available at TAPPI headquarters for attendees of the course. The Holiday Inn offers free parking other hotels may charge.
Cancellation Policy:
If you find that you have to cancel, your full registration fee will be refunded if TAPPI’s Registration Department receives written notification (fax acceptable at +1.770.209.7206 by (January 15, 2010). Please note: There will be a 50% refund for all written cancellations made after (January 15, 2010) but no later than 5 business days prior to the start of the conference (February 9, 2010). Understandably, after this time, no refunds can be issued. Substitutions, however, will be accepted any time without a penalty.
Refund:
100% - Cancellation received by (January 15, 2010).
50% - Cancellations received after (January 15, 2010)and no later than (February 9, 2010).
NO REFUND- Cancellations received after (February 9, 2010).