Registration Information

Online Registration is now open.  By registering for the PCx conference, you have access to any of the conference sessions listed below, as well as the PMTS technical sessions, the PMTS/PCx exhibit hall, and all of the attendee special events!  Click here to register today!

For a complete list of conference sessions and descriptions, click here. 

1:00 – 1:50 pm

Alternative Cleaners: An Update from EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program
Margaret Sheppard, US EPA 

2:00 – 2:50 pm 

Cleaning High Volume Precision Metal Parts
Barbara Kanegsberg and Ed Kanegsberg, BFK Solutions LLC
  
Development of New Products for Cleaning
Joan Bartlet, DuPont

3:00 – 3:50 pm

Ultrasonic Cavitations: Role in Passivation and Sterilization
Dr. Sami B. Awad

How CO2 Cleaning Transforms Manufacturing
David Jackson, Cleanlogix

4:00 – 5:00 pm:  Join us for Happy Hour on the PMTS and PCx show floor!

Wednesday, April 20

8:00 – 8:50 am

Cleaning Prior to CVD/PVD Coating
Henry Ederle, Technotrade

New Cleaning Process at a Large Screw Machine Parts Manufacturer Improved Cleaning and Eliminated a Costly Corrosion Problem
Chuck Sexton, Kyzen Corp.

9:00 – 9:50 am

Process Flow and Metals Cleaning
Barbara Kanegsberg and Ed Kanegsberg, BFK Solutions LLC
 
Looking Forward: Chemical and Materials Information Management for Sustainable Engineering and Design
Wayne Ziegler, U.S. ARMY Research Lab

10:00 – 10:50 am

A Training Case Study in Reproducibility and Reliability
Darren Williams, Sam Houston State University

Determining How Clean is Clean?
Dr. Wells Cunningham, MicroCare Corporation

11:00 – 11:50 am

Sustainable High Precision Cleaning Solutions with Chlorinated Solvents
Dr. Hans-Norbert Adams, SAFECHEM North America LLC

Understanding Consequences of California South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule 1144 and ASTM E 1868-10 on Cleaning Metal Parts
John Burke, Houghton International

12:00 – 1:00 pm – LUNCH ON OWN

1:00 – 1:50 pm

Parts Cleaning Fundamentals
Suresh Patel, Chemetall U.S. Inc.

Component Cleanliness Measurement
Eric Krause, Pall Industrial Manufacturing 

2:00 – 3:50 pm (2-Hour Workshop)

Black Magic or Science: How Solvent Stabilizers Really Work
John Durkee

Learn the Hansen Solubility Parameter during this Scientific Magic Show
John Durkee and Darren Williams

2:00 – 2:50 pm 

Hydraulic Fluids Removal from Composite Materials
El Sayed Arafat, NAVAIR and Dane Hanson, Chemist

3:00 – 3:50 pm

Robotic Cleaning for improved productivity, efficiency and cleanliness
Stephen Laski, KMT Robotic Solutions Inc.

4:00 – 5:00 pm: Join us for Happy Hour on the PMTS and PCx show floor!