Thursday, October 5, 2006

• $295 Standard fee; $245 Early Bird (before 9/5/06).

Fee includes course materials, handouts, continental breakfast, parking and all applicable state sales taxes.

Payment Terms: Substitutions may be made at any time without additional charge. The registration fee, less 20%, is refundable if written notification is received at least 2 weeks prior to the program. For cancellation within 14 days prior to the course, 50% of the registration fee is refundable. If course materials such a books have been sent to course participants in advance, the cost of that material will be subtracted from the refund. "No shows" are subject to the full fee.

UCLA reserves the right to postpone an offering 7 days prior to the course date should minimum enrollment requirements not be met. If a program is canceled, you will be notified and your registration fee will be refunded in full, less the cost of course materials sent in advance if they are not returned in the condition in which they were received. The liability of UCLA is limited to the course fee.

Cleaning is an essential part of nearly all manufacturing and repair processes such as high-production stamping, metal finishing, precision optics, engineered coatings, navigation systems, and medical devices. Without an understanding of critical cleaning, surface quality, and contamination control, your thoughtfully-designed product cannot be reliably produced. Whether you use water, solvents, abrasive impact, or advanced cleaning the cleaning process must be designed, adapted to, and meshed with the overall manufacturing process. Students at this workshop will learn how to match the cleaning agent and process with production requirements to maintain or improve product performance, meet California and national regulatory requirements, and improve cost effectiveness. Relevant case studies will be presented.

Manufacturing and operations engineers, plant engineers, facilities managers, operations supervisors, production managers, R&D personnel, product designers, product development personnel, safety/environmental professionals, in aerospace, medical/life science, military, and consumer applications.

7:30 am Registration, Breakfast

8:00 Introduction

Why clean the product?

Worry lists

Goal: realistic options

8:30 Cleaning basics

Cleaning agents

Cleaning action

Ultrasonics

Corrosion, Materials Compatibility

Washing, rinsing, drying

Matching the process to the soil

9:30 “You can’t use that!” – Coping with safety and regulatory issues

National

Local

Worker safety

Company policy – perceived versus real regulatory constraints

10:15 Process Design

Equipment and chemistry selection

Testing

Working with vendors

Minimize costs, maximize quality

11:15 Discussion, Questions

12:00 noon Lunch Break

1:00 Lean cleaning

When to clean/when not to clean

What makes soils difficult to remove?

Matching the process to the soil

Economics/outsourcing

1:30 Process validation, monitoring, and troubleshooting

Surface testing

Analytical testing

Sample handling

Working with the lab

Selecting your best testing protocol

2:15 Standards and programs

Military

Medical

“Zero tolerance” programs

What does the residue mean?

The tyranny of standards

3:00 Case studies

Manufacturing examples in Southern California and beyond

Consumer

Aerospace/military

Medical devices

3:45 Become the expert

Stay competitive in California

Bring the players to the table

Actually change the process

Keep the process up to date

4:15 Discussion, Questions

5:00 Adjourn

Barbara Kanegsberg, President of BFK Solutions LLC, is a recognized consultant and expert in the field of industrial cleaning and manufacturing processes. She is a founder and ongoing developer of modern industrial contamination control. She has conducted numerous seminars and tutorials and has well over 50 publications in cleaning and contamination control. Barbara is the editor-in-chief of the acclaimed "The Handbook For Critical Cleaning,” CRC Press, 2001 . Barbara Kanegsberg received the 1996 U. S. EPA Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award. She is a member of the University of Massachusetts Lowell Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) Surface Cleaning Laboratory Advisory Committee.

Ed Kanegsberg, Ph.D., Vice President of BFK Solutions LLC, is a chemical physicist and engineer who solves production problems in precision instruments manufacturing. Ed is the associate editor of "The Handbook For Critical Cleaning,” CRC Press, 2001 .

ABIH— 1.0 Safety Certification of Maintenance Points from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene have been applied for.

BCSP — Eligible for 1.0 Continuation of Certification Points.

1.0 Continuing Education Units.