Summary: Semi-technical course covering the manufacturing and processing of aluminum in an aluminum cast house.
April 6 – 8
Three half-days (online)
$595 per attendee
Outline
- Furnace operation: raw materials, melting, skimming, temperature control, alloying, chemical analysis
- Furnace pretreatment: fluxing
- Inline metal treatment: degassing, alkali removal, inclusion removal
- Inline filtration: inclusion generation, types, control and removal
- DC casting process: grain refinement and solidification
- Quality inspection: surface and internal defects, microstructure, inclusions
- Homogenization process: applications for 6xxx alloys