PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

updated September 2010

 

16 May 2011, MONDAY      Evening: pre-registration

 

TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011    PLENARY  SESSION

Morning Session

 

Official Opening Conference Sessions: Walter Dalla Barba, Interall President and Chairman of the congress welcomes all delegates with an overview of the “hot” topics of this 7th world aluminium appointment.

 

MANAGEMENT ISSUES

 

GLOBALISATION

B. G. Rüttimann, (Consultant), Switzerland: How Globalization is Changing Competition in the Aluminium Industry

M. Conserva, (Edimet), Italy: The aluminium industrial system after the crisis

G. Rajsky, (ET Foundation, AAC Aluminum Anodizers Council, AEC Aluminum Extruders Council), USA: Academic Outreach: Initial Progress in Connecting Industry with Academia through Aluminum Trade Associations

 

MARKETS & STRATEGIES

 

J. Zhou, (Delft Univ. of Technology, Dept of Material Sciences and Engineering), The Netherland: Increasing domestic market demands as the main driver for the sustained development of China’s aluminium industry in the past and in the future

A. Kharitonovich, (Extruder Consulting Ltd), Russia: The extrusion market: present situation and future prospects

D.A. Chandekar (Metalworld), India: Aluminium Industry in India - Present Status & Future Prospects

 

PARALLEL SESSIONS - Afternoon Session

 

BILLET PRODUCTION/TREATMENT

J. M. Drezet, (EPFL, École Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne), Switzerland:

Termomechanical modeling of DC casting of an aluminium alloy AA6063 extrusion billet: validation of the residual stresses against neutron diffraction measurements

 

● J. Talerzak, (Seco/Warwick SA), Poland:

Next generation of continuous homogenizing plant’s, process flexibility

 

EXTRUSION

R. J. Yost, (Wagstaff), USA:

The impact of billet quality on extrusions

 

M. Pandit, (EIT, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern), Germany:

20 extruders and 10 years: a review of
extruder automation system
in industrial plants

 

S. Bikass (Sintef), Norway:

Effect of length variation on distortion mode during cooling process in aluminium extrusion simulation

 

D. Cook (Anglo Aluminium), UK:

Establishing best practice

 

ANODIZING

J. M. Runge, (CompCote International Inc.), USA: Interfacial phenomena and anodizing: ramifications and process solutions

 

● J. I. Graciolli, (CBA, Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio), Brazil: Implementation of 6σ methodology for increased productivity of aluminium surface treatment plant of CBA through anodizing process

 

Fabio Vincenzi, (Italtecno), Italy:

A revolutionary etch system with great saving of NaOH and reduction of sludge

 

A. Juhl, (Aluconsult.com), Denmark:

The cost savings when using square wave pulse anodising

 

G. Papayannakis, (Papayannakis Bros), Greece: How to save energy in anodizing plants with application of photovoltaic panels

 

E. Strazzi, (Italfinish), Italy: Anodising in alkaline solutions: a way to treat difficult aluminium alloys and many non ferrous metals

 

● J. I. Graciolli, (CBA, Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio), Brazil: Modeling to adjust the dielectric constant of mathematical equation that represents the anodizing process in actual conditions of anodic film production in CBA

 

M. Leoni, (Elca), Italy: Last generation anodizing equipment and automation solutions-an overview about new current rectifiers and power supplies for colouring and related devices and software to improve quality, automation and flexibility

 

 

 

ROLLING / SHEET / COIL TECHNOLOGIES

R. Gstrein, (Amag Rolling GmbH), Austria:

Influences on undesired, coarse grain microstructure in hot rolled, heat treated 6xxx plates

 

E.K. Vukelja, (Dental Clinic Zagreb), Croatia:

A study on continuous roll casting for production of aluminium alloys strips

 

K.P. Maity, (National Inst. of Technology - Rourkela, Mech. Eng. Dept.), India:

Prediction of load for rolling aluminium strip of Nalco, Anugul using artificial neural network

 

V. Cvitanic, (FESB University of Split, Faculty of Electrical Eng., Mechanical Eng. Naval Archit.), Croatia:

Numerical simulations of cup drawing for aluminium sheets based on asymmetric yield function and non-associated flow rule

 

B. Lela, (FESB University of Split, Faculty of Electrical Eng., Mechanical Eng. Naval Archit.), Croatia:

Rolling force prediction for aluminium strip hot rolling process by means of functional data analyses

 

CASTING and DIE CASTING

● M. Rosso, (Politecnico di Torino), Italy:

Evolution of modern casting processes, a competitive way toward very high performance Al components

 

WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011

PARALLEL SESSIONS

 

EXTRUSION

 

J. C. Benedyk,(Light Metal Age), USA:

Review of Recent Improvements in Aluminum Extrusion Production: from Alloy to Process Development

 

● M. Bertoletti, (A.T.I.E. Uno Informatica), Italy:

Extrusion Analysis Intelligence. Extrusion plants performances increase

 

● L. Donati, (D.I.E.M. Eng. Dept. Bologna University), Italy: Extrusion Benchmark 2007 and 2009: a measurement of the increase of FEM code accuracy for extrusion process analysis

 

V. L. Berezhnoy, (Vils, All-Russia Institute of Light Alloys) Russia:

Some scientific approaches to the creation of universal extrusion line for flow production of shapes from soft and hard aluminium alloys

 

M. Dobler, (MCE Manufacturing Consulting Establishment), Liechtenstein:

Aluminium extrusion press-line - down time monitoring & down time analysis

 

S. Basu (Dubai Aluminium Co.), UAE:

Quality defects that are not acceptable

 

● M. Bertoletti, (A.T.I.E. Uno Informatica), Italy:

N5Nitrogen. Elimination of extrusion dies overheating by using liquid nitrogen technology

 

● S. Tomovic-Petrovic, (Sintef Raufoss Manufacturing AS, Department of Materials Technology), Norway:

Effects of high silicon additions on the extrudability and mechanical properties of AIMgSi1 base alloy

 

M. Haase, (IUL Institute of Forming Tech. and Leightweight Construction, TU Dortmund Univ.), Germany: Manufacturing of discontinuous steel-reinforced aluminium profiles by means of co-extrusion

 

● R. Manganello, (Carlesa NDE Services), USA:

Ultrasonic examination of extrusion press hydraulic cylinder pressure walls

 

EXTRUSION TOOLING

W. Hähnel, (Kind & Co. Edelstahlwerk), Germany: New materials and intelligent design on extrusion toolings

 

P. Robbins, (Castool Tooling Systems), Canada:

The ultimate extrusion tooling system for maximum ram speed and minimum unscheduled downtime

 

 

 

ANODIZING

 

● J. I. Graciolli, (CBA, Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio), Brazil: Multicolour Process-diversification and innovation in the colors and finishes in anodized products

 

G. Orlando, (Nitty-Gritty Srl), Italy:

A new pretreatment to confer decorative graphical effect on anodized aluminium

 

● C. Fontanesi (Unimore, Modena and Reggio E. Univ.), Italy: The mechanism of etching aluminium (acid and alkaline)

 

M. Masiero, (Italtecno), Italy:

Modern technologies for an intelligent anodizing plant

 

E. Burlingham (Burlingham Int.), USA:

How to save money and increase quality with clamping systems

 

M. Rossi, (Italtecno), Italy:

How to save energy and increase efficiency decreasing costs in the anodizing process

 

P. Goulas, (Alumil), Greece: How to choose a new anodizing plant and optimize quality and productivity in the existing plants

 

HARD ANODIZING

L. Lerner, (Sanford Process Co.), USA:

Hard coat of cast aluminium alloys by different anodizing processes

 

● F. B. Gasparini, (Gaser Ossido Duro), Italy:

New industrial applications in ceramized hard anodizing: K-EL850®

 

COATING

 

● C. M. Caporale (Trasmetal), Italy:

Oktal: the future is here. New painting booth with fast changing color system for OFB disk application

 

P. Hope, (LVH Coatings Ltd), U.K.:

Super performance coatings for aluminium using nanocomposite painting systems

 

T. Rossini (Akzo Nobel Coating), Italy:

Stabilization processes in powder coatings with special effect finishes for outdoor application

 

D. Cundill, (Nordson Corp.), UK:

Process control for powder coating of aluminium profiles

 

 

 

CASTING and DIE CASTING

● D. Tomasevic, (CTIF), France:

Air: an inexpensive insulating material for making very thin castings

 

M.O. El-Bealy, (ASU, Egypt, CTU, Germany, KTH, Sweden and MIT, USA

Sweden Branch: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden): On the mechanism of residual stresses and slab cross section deformation in aluminium direct chill casting process

 

● U. Gauermann,(Electronics GmbH), Germany:  Cost reduction in the Die Casting production with introduction of Quality Management

 

J. M. Runge, (CompCote International Inc.), USA:

Connecting Theory to Practice – the Science of Successfully Anodizing Die Castings

 

MELTING

T. Niehoff (Linde AG), Germany:

Oxyfuel - efficient melting

 

● D. W. White (The Schaefer Group, Inc.), USA: Energy Saving Myths

 

P. Zucca, (SIAD Spa/ESA Pyronics), Italy: Delivering flexible furnace operation with oxygen and oxy-fuel combustion techniques

 

D. Menzler, (Otto Junker GmbH), Germany:

Furnace design features for increasing energy efficiency and reducing environmental impact

 

TRANSPORT/AIRCRAFT/

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

O. Jensrud, (Sintef Raufoss Manufacturing AS, Dept. of Materials Technology), Norway:

Castforge: a synthesis for development of new technology in manufacturing of aluminium automotive parts

 

J. Gärtner, (AluMag Automotive Marketing GmbH), Germany:

Light Weight Electric Vehicle Study

 

A. Kalkanli, (Middle East Technical University - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Dept.), Turkey:  High temperature application of hot extruded AlFeVSi alloys for aerospace and automotive applications

 

F. Casarotto, (Rheinfelden Alloys GmbH & Co. KG), Germany: Recent developments in ductile aluminium high-pressure die-casting alloys and their application in the automotive industry

 

LOGISTICS

D. Trenti, (Dimasimma), Italy:

Integrated logistics: the future of the aluminium industry

 

 

 

 

 

THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011

PARALLEL SESSIONS

 

EXTRUSION TOOLING

G. Strehl, (S+C Extrusion Tooling Solutions GmbH), Germany: Responding to technical requirements for extrusion containers and stems

 

DIES TECHNOLOGIES AND DIE CLEANING

M. Masiero, (Italtecno), Italy: Automatic cleaning of extrusion dies

 

J. Stackhouse, (Micro Technica® Technologies GmbH), USA: Automated Extrusion Die Polishing using AAFM – Advanced Abrasive Flow Machining

 

T. Andreoli, (Phoenix Int.), Italy: Optimizing dies with advanced technical tools

 

● A. Segatori, (D.I.E.M. Eng. Dept. Bologna University), Italy: Investigation of AA6082 grain texture evolution and prediction

 

D. Tedoldi, (Alumat), Italy: Thango © - the new system for dies correction management

 

● B. Reggiani, (D.I.E.M. Eng. Dept. Bologna University), Italy: Creep behaviour modeling of the AISI H11 tool steel for extrusion dies applications

 

● A. J. Koopman, (Alko Engineering), The Netherlands: Fast Aluminium Extrusion Die Deformation Calculation

 

METALLURGY and FOUNDRY

V. Shestov, (All.Russian Institute of Aviation Materials), Russia:

New Fiber-Metal Laminates 1441-FML on Basis of Advanced Al-Li alloy

 

ARCHITECTURE & SPECIAL USES

● C. Garzia (USI, University of Lugano), Switzerland: A comparison of aluminium and PVC windows manufacturers business models

 

● G. Barbareschi, (Tekna Srl), Italy:

A new liberalization trend in the aluminium fenestration industry

 

M. Meliga (Tauring Group), Italy: The aluminium profile bending - machinery and technologies

 

G. Stavrotheodoros (Architect), Italy: The future of architectural aluminium in private houses, in public buildings and in ancient buildings

 

SAFETY

● J. I. Graciolli, (CBA, Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio), Brazil: Development program and methodology for active decontamination in aluminium surface treatment plant in CBA for emergency treatment of accidents with chemicals, especially sulphuric acid and caustic soda, minimizing the damage and injuries caused by chemical burns

 

● A. W. Lowery, (Wise Chem LLC), USA: Preventing Molten Aluminum Steam Explosions in Aluminium Plants

 

COATING

T. Dyllus, (MacDermid GmbH), Germany:

Chrome (VI), Chrome (III) or chrome-free: a critical comparison of nowadays available alternative pre-treatment systems and a new approach by the MacDermid Iridit systems

 

E. Kokalj, (SurTec International GmbH), Germany: TCP - Trivalent Chrome Pretreatment Industrial Application of Ecological Pretreatment without Cr 6+

 

● P. Zavattoni, (Condoroil Chemical), Italy:

Trivalent chromium for extrusion: a "green" solution to hexavalent chromium

 

J. Pettersson, (Candor Sweden AB), Sweden: Experience of silane based passivation on aluminium - a benefit for the industry and environment

 

Federico Vincenzi, (Italtecno), Italy:

Evaluation of different chrome-free pretreatment before coating

 

R. Cernò, (NpcoilDexter Industries), Italy:

Chrome-free pretreatment for aluminium in coil

 

S. Zegers, (Chemetall GmbH), Germany: Chrome-free Qualicoat-approved solutions for the pre-treatment of aluminium

 

L. Magagnin,(A.I.M.F. Italian Association Metal Finishing), Italy:

Choline chloride based ionic liquids for the electrodeposition of metals and alloys

 

RECYCLING and ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

● V. Kevorkijan (Impol R in R d.o.o.), Slovenia:

Advances in recycling of wrought aluminium alloys of standard quality from lower grades of scrap

 

F. Falcone, (CIE Compagnia Italiana Ecologia), Italy: Phoenix, the new catalytic process for NaOH re-generation and recovering by spent solutions of Al. Extrusion Die Cleaning

 

● G. Verona (Torchiani Impianti), Italy:

Water saving in aluminium anodizing

 

M. Rossi (Italtecno), Italy: Reduction of aluminium sludge after filter press from anodizing plants

 

● G. Verona (Torchiani Impianti), Italy:

Zero discharge in aluminium painting

 

M. Masiero, (Italtecno), Italy:

Caustic soda recovery from extrusion dies: case history

Casella di testo: Coffee Break at 10.30  and 15,30  every day
Lunch at 12,45  every day

Note: named authors are also the speakers (presenters) of the paper. Co-authors will be indicated in the abstract and in the full papers.

MEASURING, TESTING & QUALITY TECHNIQUES

J. Schoppig, (Qualanod & Qualicoat), Switzerland: Qualanod & Qualicoat - the leading quality labels in the aluminium surface treatment

 

S. Funk, (FEM Forschungsinst. für Edelmetalle und Metallchemie), Germany:

European Quality Regulations for coated aluminium products

 

● G. Sant’Unione, (Modena Centro Prove):

Physical and Chemical tests on aluminium alloys

 

WELDING

T. Anderson (ITW Welding North America), USA:

How to avoid cracking when arc welded aluminium alloys

 

H. Maamar, (Scientific & Technical Research Center Welding & Ndt), Algeria:

Welding and characterization of 5083 Aluminium Alloy

 

T. Anderson (ITW Welding North America), USA:

Promoting the use of aluminium within the welding fabrication industries

 

P. Grasso (In-Tech srl), Italy:

Laser preparation of aluminium for enhanced welding and adhesive bonding quality - green technology

 

 

 

THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011

 

 

RUSSIAN TECHNICAL DAY:

NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE INDUSTRY

 

Technical Seminar only for registered Russian delegates in Russian language

“NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE INDUSTRY”

“New developments and advanced technologies for the aluminium industry

Part 1 - Part 2

 

Detailed program available for Russian delegates upon request.

Russian speaking delegates must register for this session

 

 

 

 

Side Event:

FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011

 

EXTRUSION   WORKSHOP

RECENT ADVANCES IN EXTRUSION TECHNOLOGY

 

One day course Seminar

organized by DM-TECH, Engineering Dept. University of Bologna, Italy

 

Speakers and Papers

 

 Prof. Luca Tomesani: Introduction to practical and analytical extrusion concepts
 Prof. Lorenzo Donati: Material flow and friction in direct extrusion
 Ph.d.s. Antonio Segatori: Charge welds and process performance
 Prof. Luca Tomesani: Seam welds, welding criteria and profile strength
 Prof. Lorenzo Donati: Streaks formation mechanisms: a compass for surface aesthetics
 Dr. Barbara Reggiani: Dies failure modes and die life prediction
 All speakers: Panel Session

 

Delegates wishing to attend to the extrusion Workshop must ask for participation rules and prices and register at the earliest, due to the limited number of participants availability.