Posted to News on 7th Mar 2014, 14:28
DFA Media exhibitions to feature extensive seminar line-up
As part of its exhibition package for next month, organiser DFA Media will be staging its biggest seminar and conference programme so far. Its well-established and free-to-attend stable of shows - taking place at Birmingham's NEC from 8 to 10 April 2014 - will comprise Drives & Controls, Fluid Power & Systems, Air-Tech and Plant and Asset Management together with the inaugural European Offshore & Energy exhibition. Complementing these shows will be a full programme of free technical seminars, with speakers offering expert insight and practical advice on important and topical issues.
European Offshore & Energy, for example, will feature EnergyDialogue, a 3-day conference covering a host of energy issues together with product/solution analysis. EnergyDialogue will ensure delegates receive all the information they need directly from leading authorities, policy makers and expert practitioners. In addition, TechKnowledge will feature a packed programme covering everything from detailed analyses of proven existing technology to industry innovations.
UKTI representatives will speak at the conferences on the topic of overseas trade and investment opportunities. UKTI, who will be exhibiting in its own right at European Offshore and Energy, will also be on hand to provide guidance and support for visitors and exhibitors alike from a trade and investment perspective.
Among the many informative papers being presented at this year's Maintenance Seminar Theatre located in the Plant & Asset Management exhibition will be:
- Total productive maintenance (TPM) in a changing world, by Paul Hardiman of Industry Forum
- Testing HV switchgear & cables - partial discharge detection techniques, by Carl Eastham of IPEC
- Redundant assets - to decommission or not to decommission, by Richard Vann of RVA Group
- Avoiding vibration-induced fatigue failure in process pipework, by Neil Parkinson of AV Technology
- Managing the condition and energy efficiency of your plant assets, by Shane Golaup of Infor
- Reduce maintenance costs and improve equipment reliability with IR windows, by Martin Robinson of IRISS
- Estimating the real value of enterprise asset management, by Andrew Carrie of SRO Solutions
Some of the many valuable papers being presented at this year's Fluid Power & Air Seminar Theatre will include:
- Meeting the changing requirements of fluid power equipment in earthmoving machinery - a JCB Perspective, by Harish Narotham of JCB Research
- Business as usual (how not to run a compressed air system), by Greg Bordiak of the British Compressed Air Society (BCAS)
- Pressure integrity of screwed and socketed pipework systems, by TATA
- Why you should use genuine manufacturer spare parts, by Chris Dee of BCAS.
The Air-Tech and Fluid Power & Systems seminars are sponsored by Gardner Denver.
Another major value-add at this year's event will be the staging of the Motor Driven Conference (MDS). MDS is focused on helping industry professionals to generate major savings from motor driven apparatus - such as pumps, fans and compressors - by applying a systems engineering approach to reduce energy, improve performance and ultimately save money.
A major additional advantage is that the DFA Media's exhibition and seminar programme will again be co-located with the ever popular MACH Exhibition and National Electronics Week - jointly anticipated to bring over 40,000 visitors to the NEC in 1 week.
Don't miss out on being a part of the UK's largest co-located industry event. To register for these must-attend shows and seminars, please visit:
