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1010 Main Campus DriveNonwoven Fabric Property Development & Characterization Course
INDA/NWI Member fee: $2,500
Non-member fee: $3,300
Fiber & Filament Extrusion Fundamentals Course
INDA/NWI Member fee: $2,500
Non-member fee: $3,300
Nonwoven Product Development & Innovation Course
INDA/NWI Member fee: $2,500
Non-member fee: $3,300
Multiple registrants from the same company receive a discount.
June 4 - 7, 2024 (3 days)
The Nonwoven Fabric Property Development and Characterization Short Course provides attendees a fundamental understanding of polymer properties, fiber properties, fabric properties and product-specific properties, with a product exemplar to show how each of these properties influence success in a real-world scenario. This course is designed to be accessible and valuable to both those who are new to the field and/or come from a non-technical background, as well as seasoned nonwovens professionals.
Upon completing the course, attendees will have an in-depth understanding of how the most important nonwoven fabric properties are achieved and how they are measured. This course will consider properties such as tensile, basis weight, compressibility, softness, fiber orientation, distribution and diameter, moisture and vapor transmission, and flammability, just to name a few. Attendees will also benefit from hands-on learning with experiments in The Nonwovens Institute's state-of-the-art fabrication and testing labs.
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Course agenda and presenters subject to change.
INDA/NWI Member fee: $2,500
Non-member fee: $3,300
July 23 - 25, 2024 (3 days)
The Fiber and Filament Extrusion Fundamentals Short Course provides attendees a fundamental understanding of the critical variables and process parameters required to optimize extrusion processes for meltblown, spunbond and carded staple-fiber nonwovens. This course is designed to be accessible and valuable to both those who are new to the field and/or come from a non-technical background, as well as seasoned nonwovens professionals.
Upon completing the course, attendees will have a comprehensive understanding of fiber and filament extrusion-based nonwoven products and processes, including raw material selection, polymer characterization, fiber and fibrous assemblies, fiber-to-fabric transitions, testing and characterization. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the impact of the process on fiber structure in terms of orientation, crystallinity, etc. Attendees will also benefit from hands-on learning with experiments in The Nonwovens Institute's state-of-the-art Fiber and Polymer Science and Analytical Testing labs.
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Course agenda and presenters subject to change.
INDA/NWI Member fee: $2,500
Non-member fee: $3,300
August 13 - 16, 2024 (3 days)
From stage-gate to patent landscaping to market intelligence and decision making via a hands-on case study - attendees will be exposed to the full lifecycle of nonwoven product development.
The Nonwoven Product Development and Innovation Short Course is a dynamic training that integrates relationships, perspectives, and team dependencies between product design, manufacturing, purchasing, marketing, and business disciplines. This course is designed to be accessible and valuable to both those who are new to the field and/or come from a non-technical background, as well as seasoned nonwovens professionals.
Following the in-class portion of the course where attendees will learn about critical product development methodologies and tools to help ensure success (patent landscape, innovation culture, commercialization strategy, design of experiment, etc.), the hands-on segment of the training will highlight the utility of the stage-gate process.
Attendees will spend time in NWI's state-of-the-art nonwoven fabrication and testing labs, which include technology for taking a product from the lab to pilot scale and final testing. The course's hands-on exemplar will provide attendees the opportunity to work through options for creating a new nonwoven product, examining tradeoffs from raw material selection to end-product functionality. In doing so, emphasis will be placed on how to effectively utilize the stage-gate process to explore feasibility in terms of material availability, manufacturing readiness level, and costs.
Featured Topics Include:
Who should attend?
Course agenda and presenters subject to change.
INDA/NWI Member fee: $2,500
Non-member fee: $3,300