Coating Course Schedule

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

7:30 a.m.

Registration Open

8:00 a.m.

Intro/Safety/Logistics

Lon Pschigoda

8:15 a.m.

Why are aqueous coatings used?

Scott McNutt

9:00 a.m.

Importance of Substrate for Coating

Scott McNutt

9:45 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m.

Pigments I - Clays, Ti02, Silica, and Platy Pigment Barrier Strategy

Prakash Malla

11:30 p.m.

Lunch and Intros

12:30 p.m.

Pigments II - Carbonates, Synthetic, Barrier Strategy

Steve Ottone

1:45 p.m.

Synthetic Binders

Dustin Burton

2:45 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m.

Natural Binders in Paper Coatings

Meggan Hostetler-Schrock

4:00 p.m.

Coating Formulations-Meeting Customer & Process Demands

Gordon Bugg

5:00 p.m.

Wrap Up

6:00 p.m.

Social Event and Dinner

Bell's Brewery

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

8:00 a.m.

Day 1 Recap, Day 2 Introduction

Lon Pschigoda, Brian Pahl

8:15 a.m.

Coating additives

Gordon Bugg

9:45 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m.

Coating Makedown

Gordon Bugg

10:45 a.m.

Rheology and Viscosity

Gregg Reed

11:30 a.m.

Lunch

12:00 p.m.

Tours—Western Michigan University Pilot Plants

12:45 p.m.

Coating Application and Metering

Mike Paczowski

2:00 p.m.

Curtain Coating Technology

Brad Fadden

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

Drying and Web Handling Systems for Applied Coatings

Herb Kohler

4:00 p.m.

WMU Student/Faculty Research

Kecheng Li

4:45 p.m.

Wrap Up

6:00 p.m.

Happy Hour

Thursday, August 15, 2024

8:00 a.m.

Day 2 Recap, Day 3 Introduction

Lon Pschigoda

8:30 a.m.

Printing Processes and Requirements for
Their Substrates 

Susan Bailey

9:30 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Challenges to More Sustainable Barrier Packaging

Jim Fogg

11:15 a.m.

Barrier Coatings: Fundamentals, Requirements, and Testing

Brian Einsla

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

12:30 p.m.

Tours—Western Michigan University Paper Labs

1:00 p.m.

A Manufacturers View on the Applications and Economics of

Sustainable Barriers In Lightweight Paper Pkg

Scott Peplinski

2:00 p.m.

Round Table

TBD

2:45 p.m.

Wrap Up