Webinars

Aluminum extrusions offer an outstanding level of design flexibility, the ability to tailor component properties, cost-saving functionality and environmental benefits. Yet extrusions' almost limitless design possibilities present unique challenges to the designer and engineer:

• How should extrusions be designed for minimal system cost and optimal manufacturing?
• What are the do's and don'ts in profile design?
• How can shapes be optimized to meet structural requirements?
• How can extrusion design impact the economics of extruded components vs. alternative materials?

The Aluminum Extruders Council offers webinars aimed at educating engineers and designers on the advantages of and practical considerations for designing with aluminum extrusions.

 

New!

AEC has added a series of webinars aimed at designers, engineers and others who wish to delve deeper into the ins and outs of aluminum extrusion. The new series, AEC Aluminum Extrusion Tech, is intended to inform and educate those with some knowledge of aluminum extrusions but who are interested in a more technical focus. Watch for this logo identifying these advanced-level webinars.

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Upcoming Webinars:

 

Automotive Aluminum: Specifying & Achieving Desired Extrusion Performance
Date: October 25, 2017
Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT | 1:00 p.m. CDT | 11:00 a.m. PDT
Speaker: Mark Butterfield, Magnode Corporation & AEC Auto Team Leader
Duration: 60 minutes
Hosted by: SAE International
Presenting Sponsor: Sapa Extrusion North America

As automotive aluminum extrusion applications continue to grow, engineers seeking optimized performance are increasingly going beyond the “shorthand” of alloy and temper designation and specifying the desired microstructure for the final component. This webinar will explore:

• How various automotive applications require differing underlying microstructure for optimal performance
• How alloy chemistry and extrusion processing parameters can be manipulated to yield distinctive microstructure
• How to effectively specify microstructure, and the critical variables to consider.

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AEC On-demand Webinars

• October 2017: 6 Design Best Practices for Aluminum Extrusion Design to Avoid Delays, Disappointment, and Added Cost; Speaker: Eric Becker, Vitex Extrusion, LLC

This webinar will provide a brief review of the aluminum extrusion process and how process variables can impact part performance and then address six common issues aluminum extruders face when receiving a new profile design.  Best practices to save the designer time, disappointment and, ultimately, cost will be covered, including tips for improving aluminum extrusion designs and drawings.

• September 2017: Alloy & Temper in 6xxx Aluminum: Achieving Properties for Structural Extrusions; Speaker: David Jenista, Granco Clark Inc.

This webinar covers the requirements it takes to achieve optimum properties for structural extrusions. Higher strength 6xxx alloys, such as 6005, 6061 and 6082 will be covered; however, the content will be broadly applicable for most 6000-series alloys. Technical issues for assuring properties and maintaining profile geometry for structural applications will be discussed.

• August 2017: Architectural Applications for Liquid and Powder Fluoropolymer Coatings – An Objective Review; Speaker: Scott Moffatt, PPG Industries
  
  
• May 2017: Making Your Extruded Aluminum Solutions More Cost Effective; Hosted by: Design World; Speaker: Mark Telander, Alexandria Industries; Presenting Sponsors: Almag Aluminum &  Sapa Extrusion North America
  
  The one-hour webinar touches on the attributes of aluminum and the extrusion process, and then focus on three key design variables – alloy selection, part geometry, and fabrication – and how they impact costs. Mini-case studies illustrate cost-effective extrusion solutions.
  
  
• April 2017: Specifying Aluminum Extrusions: Understanding the ASTM B221/B221M Standard; hosted by AEC; Speaker: Greg Lea, Hydro Aluminum; Presenting Sponsor: Futura Industries
  
  

  

  ASTM B221 and B221M is a material specification standard for aluminum extruded bars, rods, wire, profiles and tubes. This webinar provides an overview of the ASTM B221/B221M standard and walks through pertinent sections of the standard to help the learner better understand the ordering process for aluminum extrusions when ordering to an ASTM standard, and what to expect from the manufacturer. 
  
  Credit: 1.0 AIA LU Hour
  Note: To obtain credit and your certificate you must take the quiz here. Please contact AEC with any questions at mail@aec.org, ATTN: Susan Homerding.
  

  
  
  
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