Extrusion International USA 1-2022

27 Extrusion International 1/2022 Science Award 2020 „ The ZwickRoell Science Award honors outstanding scien- ti fi c work in the fi eld of mechanical testing in an annual competition. More than 200 scienti fi c papers from around 30 countries were examined this year. The winners of this year’s competition are Horacio D. Espinosa, Denis Dalli and Anja Gosch. Decisive criteria for the evaluation of the submitted works were criteria such as the innovative character of the ap- plied testing method, its scienti fi c content and the degree of interdisciplinary cooperation. The winner of the EUR 5,000 fi rst prize and recipient of the Paul Roell Medal is Horacio D. Espinosa from Northwestern University (USA) for his paper entitled: “In situ Wear Study Reveals Role of Microstructure on Self-Sharpening Mecha- nism in Sea Urchin Teeth”. The contribution was convincing due to the unusual use of sea urchin teeth. The second prize of EUR 2,000 went to Denis Dalli from Queen’s University Belfast (UK) for his paper entitled: “Compressive intralaminar fracture toughness and residual strength of 2D woven carbon fi ber reinforced composites: New developments on using the size effect method”. The paper provides signi fi cant new insights into the material behavior of composites with high industrial relevance. Third place and EUR 1,000 in prize money went to Anja Gosch from the University of Leoben (Austria) for her pa- per entitled: “Fatigue characterization of polyethylene un- der mixed mode I/II conditions”. This provides new insights into the fatigue of polymer pipe materials under combined mode I/mode II loading. On December 7, 2021, the ZwickRoell Science Awards 2020 ceremony was held as a digital event. During this event, the three award winners were given the opportunity to pres- ent their work in short talks and discuss questions with the event participants. ZwickRoell GmbH & Co. KG www.zwickroell.com POWTECH 2022 – Change of Date „ The pandemic continues to disrupt the international events calendar for mechanical process engineering and analytics in 2022. Following in-depth consultation with the honorary sponsors, the Exhibition Advisory Board and many registered exhibitors, NürnbergMesse as organizer has now decided to postpone POWTECH 2022, the inter- national Leading Trade Fair for Powder & Bulk Solids Pro- cessing and Analytics, by four weeks. It will now be held at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 27 to 29 September 2022, in parallel with FACHPACK, the European Trade Fair for Packaging, Technology and Processing. “That means we can offer the bulk solids sector an exhibi- tion date outside the summer holidays, which is particularly convenient for our customers from southern Germany and the Mediterranean region,” says Heike Slotta, Executive Director Exhibitions, NürnbergMesse. “In recent days we have had in-depth discussions with the exhibitors at POW- TECH and asked them about their preferred dates,” says Slotta. “It is extremely important for us to make this deci- sion in conjunction with our customers – with the sector for the sector, youmight say. The result of the survey was clear: The majority opted to hold it on 27-29 September 2022. By holding FACHPACK in September last year, we showed that we were able to run highly successful trade fairs even in the middle of a pandemic. That’s why we’re also really looking forward to holding a successful live event for the bulk solids sector.” Holding POWTECH 2022 in parallel with FACHPACK will thus highlight the entire value chain from product manu- facture through to packaging. Running POWTECH and FACHPACK in tandem will also create additional synergies in the areas of processing and packaging. POWTECH, www.powtech.de FACHPACK www.fachpack.de First place: HoracioD. Espinosa fromNorthwesternUniversity (USA) receiving the certi fi cate fromLorrainMcLean (SalesManager ZwickRoell NorthAmerica) (Source: ZwickRoell)