September Webinars: Registration Now Open for Re-Refining, PAGs & CM Data Interpretation Series

This month is jam-packed with webinars, with nearly one a week! Registration is now open for all events, so feel free to login to www.stle.org (if you don't know your ID, please give us a call at (847) 825-5536) and choose which event(s) you'd like to register for. Once you're logged in, click "Shop STLE" on the right hand side of your profile and scroll down to see all available events.

• 9/12: Re-Refining 101
• 9/19: Polyalkylene Glycols: Present and Future Applications
• 9/26: Spectrographic Data Interpretation Part II: Additive Metals (part of the Condition Monitoring Series)
• 10/3: FREE Membership Webinar on STLE’s Certification Programs and How You Can Get Certified, presented by Alicia Shearer, Certification Programs Administrator, STLE



Scott Miller



Re-Refining 101

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 12, 2012. Begins 12:00pm CDT. 1 hour presentation. Additional Q&A time from 1-1:30pm CDT.

Instructors: Rodney Walker, Technical Director of Oil Re-Refining, Safety-Kleen and Scott Miller, Director of East Chicago Refining and Blending, Safety-Kleen
Overview: This webinar will follow the closed loop re-refining process from used oil collection and re-refining processes, including used oil acceptance criteria, dehydration, distillation, and hydrotreating to base oil typical properties and finally finished (blended) products.
Cost: $39/59 for members/non-members
Registration: Click here (must login to see correct pricing); deadline 9/10
This webinar is part of our Essentials Series - look for more in 2013!



Martin Greaves

Polyalkylene Glycols: Present and Future Applications Date/Time: Wednesday, September 19, 2012. Begins 12:00pm CDT. 1 hour presentation. Additional Q&A time from 1-1:30pm CDT.
Instructor: Martin Greaves, Research Leader in Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company
Overview: This webinar will discuss polyalkylene glycol (PAG) technology including their chemistry, manufacture, key performance properties and challenges. It will also focus on the wide range of applications where PAGs are used today. Furthermore the presentation will highlight how innovation is leading to new PAG technologies such as the recent introduction of Oil Soluble PAGs – a new type of Group V base oil and performance enhancing additive. The presentation will discuss how PAGs are finding use in new applications to solve some of today’s modern day tribology challenges.
Cost: $39/59 for members/non-members
Registration: Click here (must login to see correct pricing); deadline 9/17



Evan Zabawski



Spectrographic Data Interpretation Part II: Additive Metals (part of the Condition Monitoring Data Interpretation Series)

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Begins 12:00pm CDT. 1 hour presentation. Additional Q&A time from 1-1:30pm CDT.

Instructor: Evan Zabawski, Vice President of Technical Services, CAN-AK

Overview: The third module of this series will continue along the lines of the previous module (focusing on Contaminants & Wear), but rather focusing on changes found in the additive elements measured by spectrometry.

Cost: $39/59 for members/non-members (or as part of the series with a 10% discount for all 6 events; series cost: $210 members/$330 non-members)
Registration: Click here (must login to see correct pricing); deadline 9/24

FREE Membership Webinar - Info Session on STLE's Certification Programs
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 3, 2012. Begins 12:00pm CDT. 30 minute presentation.
Presenter: Alicia Shearer, Certification Programs Administrator
Overview: Join us for this free information session on the STLE certifications, including the Certified Lubrication Specialist (CLS), Certified Metalworking Fluid Specialist (CMFS), and the Oil Monitoring Analyst I/II designations. Attend to see what it takes to sit for an exam, how you can start to prepare, what the exams are like, how you get the results, and what you can do to maintain your certification after you obtain it.
Cost: FREE to both members and non-members
Registration: Click here to register

Don't see any topics relevant to your position? Comment below on topics you'd like us to offer. We're currently planning the 2013 Schedule!