Better Performance by Polymers

In the seminar you will hear, how essential elastomers are for sustainable bearing solutions in hydropower stations and for different consumer products and how they can be used for facade constructions. Also, the wind turbine blade failure case with on-site prepares and the used on thermally sprayed polymers to provide slippery ice phobic surfaces on the blades will be presented. The program also covers the performance of newly developed polymers, and the simulation of aging behaviour of the composite materials. 

Please register at latest on 23^th January 2023 (extended deadline).

Program: Better Performance by Polymers

09.00-09.30      Registration and coffee

09.30-09.40      Welcome, Helena Ronkainen, Finnish Society for Tribology

09.40-10.40      Polymers bearings in hydropower plant, Professor Nazanin Emani, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

10.40-11.00      Coffee break

11.00-11.30      Development of abrasive wear resistant polymers and scratch resistant elastomers, Jani Pelto, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

11.30-12.00      Development of HDPE and PA nanocomposites for sliding wear applications, Helena Ronkainen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

12.00-13.00      Lunch

13.00-13.30      Polymers in consumer products, Erik Lindman, Suunto

13.30-14.00      Examples of tribology in building and construction, Mika  Meller, SolarWind Oy

14.00-14.30      Slippery and icephobic thermally sprayed polymer coatings, Heli Koivuluoto, Tampere University

14.30-15.00      Coffee break

15.00-15.30      Multi-scale modelling on experimental and virtual ageing for filament-wound GFRP structures, Oscar Rodera Garcia, Tampere University

15.30-15.40      Closure, Helena Ronkainen, Finnish Society for Tribology

15.40-16:40     Visit in VTT Material and Tribology research facilities

 

Participation fee options:

•  I am a private member of the Finnish Society for Tribology, or my employer is its corporate member: 200,00 € (VAT 0%). List of the corporate members of the Finnish Society for Tribology: http://www.tribologysociety.fi/indexeng.php?p=membership
• I am not a member of the Finnish Society for Tribology, but I will join as a private member: 200,00 € (VAT 0%). Includes the 25,00 € membership fee for year 2023.
• I am not a member of the Finnish Society for Tribology, but I will list my employer as its corporate member: 700,00 € (VAT 0%). Includes 200,00 € of seminar participation fee and 500,00 € of corporate membership fee for year 2023.
• I am not a member of the Finnish Society for Tribology and my employer is not its corporate member: 250,00 € (VAT 0%).

The Finnish Society for Tribology is a society excluded from value added tax.