Rail Car Plugs and Sliding Door Safety
Securing rail car plugs and sliding doors is paramount to prevent injury by the door operating assembly. Here is a training program that helps identify procedures for assuring doors and plugs are opened and closed safely. In addition, here are a number of photographs showing what one company is doing to increase safety in handling rail car doors.
LATEST NEWS
RPTA Announces Recipients of
2022 Scholarships
Click here for details.
2022 Industry Profile Study
The 2022 Industry Profile Study Report was distributed to members on September 1, 2022 and is available for members only at this link. This year the report was supplemented with custom Excel workbooks for each member company, so members can analyze and graph the data in the manner best for their needs. Members can also access reports from prior years at this member-only page.
2022 P-T Seminar
Presentations from the May Production-Technical Seminar, are available at this member-only page.
Summer 2022 Webinar
On July 13th we held a webinar on Making Product Suitable for Food Contact. The webinar recording and presentation slides are available at this member-only page.
UPCOMING EVENTS
2022 RPTA Fall Roundtable
Based on member requests, the topic is Paper Machine Clothing Design. The in-person event will be held October 19 and 20 in Appleton, Wisconsin. Learn how clothing design can help achieve production, quality and cost objectives. Presentations and discussion will be supplemented with a tour of Voith’s press fabric manufacturing plant.
Use this link to register for this free member-only event.
Detailed Roundtable information is available here.
2023 P-T Seminar
The 2023 Production-Technical Seminar will be held in Atlanta on April 24 and 25 and, as usual, will be co-located with TAPPICon 2023.
P-T Session Topics will be:
1. Wet end improvements
2. DAF and fiber recovery optimization
3. Process data collection, storage and use
4. Safety: dryers through calendar stacks
Registration and hotel arrangements are managed by TAPPI and details will be communicated as they become available.