Workshops
ET ’16 Education Partners
We know that continuing education is an important ingredient to career success. To make it convenient and affordable to advance your career, the following educational workshops and courses from aluminum industry organizations are being offered to provide a comprehensive and valuable learning opportunity for you and your team at ET ’16. Save time by attending one or more of these practical seminars as part of your ET ’16 experience. Register early, space is limited. Registration includes lunch and all course materials.
Registration for these courses is in addition to your ET ’16 registration fee. For registration fees and to register go here.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Process Analysis and Optimization
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Learn how to optimize and analyze the extrusion process in this one-day workshop from Lorenzo Donati, Luca Tomesani and Barbara Reggiani, experts from Manufacturing Technologies Group at the University of Bologna in Italy. They have worked extensively with European extruders and die makers in order to optimize die design, improve welding phenomena in extrusion dies, increase die life and analyze final microstructure of extruded profiles. This course covers the following topics:
- Introduction to Practical and Analytical Extrusion Concepts
- Material Flow and Friction in Direct Extrusion
- Dies Failure Modes and Die Life Prediction
- Charge Welds and Process Performance
- Seam Welds, Welding Criteria and Profile Strength
- Charge Welds and Process Performance
- Microstructure Evolution and Streak Formation Mechanisms
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Preview of AEC Academy
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
It is AEC’s mission, in part, to “enhance the ability of its members to meet the emerging demands of the market through sharing knowledge and best practices”. The Council helps extruders benchmark, improve and optimize operations through its educational program, AEC Academy. This assortment of technical sessions taken from some of the Council’s most popular workshops and clinics provides a glimpse into AEC’s excellent technical education program. Included are sessions from the Process Optimization Workshop, Die Clinic, Press Maintenance Workshop and Finishing Workshop. If you’ve never attended an AEC technical workshop this is your chance to see what you’ve been missing and take home valuable information to share with your team. The following sessions are included in this workshop:
Handling Equipment Panel Discussion
Alessandro Guerrini, Turla SrL; David Turnipseed, Belco Industries, Inc.; and Carsten Dede; Omav North America LLC; David Jenista, Granco Clark
A panel discussion from the highly rated AEC Process Optimization Workshop held last November will be highlighted. A variety of handling equipment suppliers will cover topics spanning the breadth of handling system technologies and participate in a question-and-answer session with attendees.
Die Clinic Review
Richard Dickson, Hydro Aluminum Metals USA; Pawel Kasanowski, Sapa Precision Tubing
Designed by and for extrusion die professionals, the AEC Die Performance Improvement Clinic is a workshop that nearly always sells out. A topic from this popular Clinic will be presented to provide a attendees with a taste of the wealth of information available to AEC members in order to benchmark and improve operations.
The following sessions will be included:
- Die Coating Processes, Their Benefits & Limitations
- Die Pressure and Metal Flow
Die Clinic: The Fundamentals of High Productivity of Advanced Die Design
Eskild Hoff, Hydro; Rick Liscomb, ETS – Exco; Pawel Kazanowski, Sapa Extrusions
The following topics will be covered in this session from the popular AEC Die Clinic.
Die Coating Processes, Their Benefits & Limitations
- Classification, benefits and limitations of various coating processes for extrusion dies
- Material properties affected by coatings
- Chemical Vapor Deposition – how it works
- Manufacturing dies for CVD coating
- Case studies – service life change and coated die wear analysis
High Productivity Dies
Pressure build up and distributions in dies and extrusion along with the role of various die components in making the extrusion (bearings, bridges, ports) will be explained.
Based on the understanding of the topics, advanced high productivity dies will be explained, as well as how they work and how they should be used.
Press Maintenance
Ron Manganello, CalesaNDE Services
Last held in April 2015, the Press Maintenance Workshop offers a wealth of topics designed especially for extruders who want to keep their extrusion presses running at peak efficiency.
The following session will be included:
- Failures of Extrusion Press Components and their Prevention
Finishing Overview
AEC held the Finishing Workshop for extrusion finishing professionals in May 2014 to extremely positive reviews. The event included presentations on pretreatment, anodizing, paint, finishing equipment, troubleshooting and more.
The following sessions will be presented:
Anodizing Basics
Linda Newman, Darryl Jones and Mores Basaly; Houghton Metal Finishing
The anodizing process beginning with raw aluminum through sealing and troubleshooting will be discussed. Each step of the anodizing process will be briefly discussed to ensure a quality finish is achieved.
Pretreatment
Harry Adams, BCI
In some instances, "pretreatment" has been defined as simply the conversion coating placed on the aluminum extrusion surface. In this informative session, "pretreatment" will be clarified as a series of stages, each with an important role in the surface preparation process. Cleaning, rinsing and the pretreatment all play important roles in ensuring that the aluminum extrusion is properly prepared for subsequent liquid or powder paint coatings. Without these steps a coating can't be properly applied and the material's lifespan will be shortened. Learn about types of cleaning, methods to manage the cleaner, rinse quality, a comparison of types of pretreatment coatings and quality tests, and all in effective and environmentally-friendly methods.
Check back often for program updates as they become available.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Extrusion Excellence Short Course
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Connect theory and practice in this one-day intensive course that offers a fundamental engineering approach to the aluminum extrusion process. Taught by renowned industry expert, Dr. Wojciech Misiolek of the Institute of Metal Forming at Lehigh University, the course covers:
- Extrusion Concepts
- Aluminum Extrusion Alloys
- Aluminum Billet Metallurgy
- Extrudability
- Metal Flow Analysis
- Extrusion Dies
- Quality Assurance
- Current Technological Developments.
Register early, registration limited to 30 attendees; AEC members only.
AAC Level 1 Anodizing Essentials Class
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Learn essential techniques for producing a quality anodized product at the Aluminum Anodizers Council’s Level 1 School for Anodizers Course, Anodizing Essentials. This all-day workshop details the foundation of quality anodizing taking you through the entire process—beginning with the metallurgical properties of aluminum alloys commonly anodized and through to the final rinse and sealing processes. The program is designed to benefit production personnel at every level—from the line operator to the production manager—particularly if they are relatively new to the business.
Workshop topics include:
- Anodizing in a Nutshell
- Metallurgy Basics for Aluminum Surfaces
- Safety/Waste Treatment
- Racking for Successful Anodizing
- Cleaning/Rinsing
- Etch & Bright Dip
- Power Supplies, Rectifiers and Transformers
- Anodizing Basics for Aluminum Surfaces
- Dyeing and Sealing
This class is open to AAC members only; you do not need to be registered for ET ’16 to attend this Workshop.
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