Aluminum Metallurgy Program Course 2 – Deformation Processing
IN PERSON
June 12 – 16
Aluminum Metallurgy Program Course 3 – Thermal Treatments
IN PERSON
September 11 – 15
Aluminum Metallurgy Program Course 4 – Testing & Properties
IN PERSON
November 6 – 10
Wed, May 10, 2023, 8:30 AM – Thur, May 11, 2023, 5:00 PM EDT
Registration Fee: $2,700 (Early Bird Rate – Before March 15); $2,900 (Regular Rate – After March 15)
Secat, Inc. and Innoval Technology are jointly offering a two day training course designed to increase your knowledge of material behavior during manufacture and in service. The course will help you develop a thorough understanding of automotive sheet from a materials point of view. Consequently, you will be able to get to the root cause of problems faster and use your knowledge to improve processes and develop better products.
Course Objectives:
• Background to the use of aluminum in automotive applications
• Equipment needs and supply chain considerations
• Metallurgy basics and 5000-series alloys property control
• Surface control and lubrication
• Vehicle manufacture
• 6000-series alloys property control
• Surfaces and corrosion
• Testing requirements and OEM qualification
Registration fees include all course materials and lunch both days.
Mon, June 12, 2023, 8:30 AM – Fri, June 16, 2023, 4:30 PM EDT
Course 2 of 4 in the Certificate in Aluminum Metallurgy program
Secat is launching a new training program leading to a Certificate in Aluminum Metallurgy. After completion of all four comprehensive courses, the student will receive the Certificate. This course, Deformation Processing, will cover wrought processing of aluminum alloys with emphasis on rolling, forging, and extruding. In addition to instruction from Secat’s experienced staff, two experts will provide additional instruction related to their specific fields. Dr. Scott Goodrich of Constellium (Retired) will present on aluminum rolling and Dr. Wojtek Misiolek of Lehigh University will present on extruding of aluminum.
This course is applicable for process engineers, process technicians, supervisors, quality technicians, quality managers, metallurgists, and lab managers. The lessons will be delivered first in lecture format and then with hands-on demonstrations using laboratory scale equipment. The course will be held at Secat’s Lexington, KY and Nicholasville, KY facilities (30 minutes apart).
Course Objectives:
• Learn about hot and cold rolling and how the microstructure evolves throughout processing
• Understand forging processes and equipment
• Review the extrusion process and discuss metallurgical features that are unique to extruding
• Demonstrate the concept of flow stress and how it effects workloads on presses
• Experimentally show the evolution of microstructure during forging
• Show typical defects that are common for each wrought processing method and discuss their origins
• Brief discussion on stamping, drawing, joining and fabrication
Mon, September 11, 2023, 8:30 AM – Fri, June 15, 2023, 4:30 PM EDT
Course 3 of 4 in the Certificate in Aluminum Metallurgy program
Secat is launching a new training program leading to a Certificate in Aluminum Metallurgy. After completion of all four comprehensive courses the student will receive the Certificate. This course, Thermal Treatments, will provide instruction on common thermal treatments for both cast and wrought aluminum alloys. This includes homogenizing, pre-heating, annealing, stress-relief, solution heat treatment, quenching, and aging. This course will be taught by Secat’s team of experts who have extensive experience studying the effects of thermal treatments on the microstructure and properties of aluminum alloys.
This course is applicable for process engineers, process technicians, supervisors, quality technicians, quality managers, metallurgists, and lab managers. The lessons will be delivered first in lecture format and then with hands-on demonstrations using laboratory scale equipment. The course will be held at Secat’s Lexington, KY and Nicholasville, KY facilities (30 minutes apart).
Course Objectives:
• Review the temper designations for aluminum alloys
• Learn about the effects of homogenizing on the microstructure and understand how homogenization parameters can affect the properties in the final product
• Demonstrate how and when recovery, recrystallization, and grain growth occur during annealing
• Hands-on exposure to the effect of quench rate on distortion, residual stress, and properties
• Review the solution heat treatment process and specify processing windows for solution heat treatment
• Learn about the aging process and the effects of time and temperature on properties
Mon, November 6, 2023, 8:30 AM – Fri, November 10, 2023, 4:30 PM EDT
Course 4 of 4 in the Certificate in Aluminum Metallurgy program
Secat is launching a new training program leading to a Certificate in Aluminum Metallurgy. After completion of all four comprehensive courses, the student will receive the Certificate. This course, Testing & Properties, will cover metallurgical tests used to evaluate and certify metal product forms. In addition to instruction from Secat’s experienced staff, two experts will provide additional instruction related to their specific fields. Dr. Rudy Buchheit, Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky will lecture on corrosion mechanisms in aluminum alloys and Dr. Judy Runge of Apple will teach about coatings and corrosion protection systems for aluminum.
This course is applicable for process engineers, process technicians, supervisors, quality technicians, quality managers, metallurgists, and lab managers. The lessons will be delivered first in lecture format and then with hands-on demonstrations using laboratory scale equipment. The course will be held at Secat’s Lexington, KY facility.
Course Objectives:
• Review of aluminum grades and tempers
• Measurement of chemical composition by use of optical emission spectroscopy
• Learn about mechanical properties of aluminum alloys with demonstration showing measurement of fracture toughness
• Understand common metallographic (micro & macro) sample preparation techniques with demonstration of microstructural characterization by use of optical and electron microscopy
• Discuss and demonstrate how formability parameters such as tensile r & n value and forming limit diagrams are measured
• Review types of corrosion, corrosion mechanisms, and electrochemistry in aluminum alloys
• Discuss and understand common coating systems for protecting aluminum alloys from corrosion and wear