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SPI’s Thermoforming Institute (Ti) is proud to announce a new format for its annual design competition – the Thermoforming Institute National Awards (TINA). For the first time, custom thermoformers who are NOT members of SPI or the Ti are invited and encouraged to submit entries.
The TINA competition is held in conjunction with the Thermoforming Institute’s 26th Annual Winter Conference, March 4-7, 2007 in Palm Beach, Florida. Conference attendees will have the opportunity to vote on the entries.
The TINA competition is an opportunity to:
- Recognize the excellence of the thermoforming industry and to promote the thermoforming process
- Showcase thermoformed products promoting new developments, applications and technologies
- Recognize and promote superior manufacturing quality, innovation and use of materials in thermoformed parts
Competition Categories
There are two categories for entries, with one thin gauge and one heavy gauge award in each category. Judging will be focused on several critical aspects – Process, Design, Materials and Tooling.
Best in Innovation – Thin Gauge
Best in Innovation – Heavy Gauge
These awards highlight creativity, uniqueness, and a progression in the state-of-the art of the thermoforming process. Innovation represents a change from what was previously accepted as general practice. Entries will be judged on the innovative use of process, design, materials and tooling in creating the final product.
Best in Application– Thin Gauge
Best in Application– Heavy Gauge
These awards highlight the creative problem solving by showing a product that successfully met the customer’s/product’s needs. Application is problem solving, applying information to produce a result, or the use of facts, rules, and principles in new situations. Application should showcase how relevant new techniques were used to produce a product for improved utilization. Entries will be judged on creatively and successfully fulfilling the application and end use of the product.
Special Award -- Best in Show
This award will go to the entry, thin or heavy gauge, that receives the highest number of votes from all entries in both categories combined.
What Criteria Are Used in Judging?
Entries are judged on innovation in unique and creative application of process, design, tooling, materials, finishing and markets. The overall implementation of the entry, including aesthetic
effect and manufacturing quality, is factored into the judging. As the state-of-the-art progresses, the quality of the part should not be sacrificed, so improvements in the part are judged in light of today's quality standards.
The judging criteria will include technical mastery, surface finnish, distinct quality, market viability (compared to other processes), originality, material difficulty, mold complexity, and secondary
operations.
More details are available on the TINA Entry Form.
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