The organizing committee has programmed three courses on April 23rd, 2012, so that the participants can have the greatest benefit during their stay in São Paulo.
The technical courses are exclusively for those participants that registered for the Conference and the Seminar. Below you will find the options available and a description of the content of each course:
COURSE ON REFRACTORIES FOR THE ALUMINUM INDUSTRY
Prof. Victor Pandolfelli – UFSCAR
Mariana de Albuquerque Lima Braulio – ALCOA
OBJETIVES:
Highlight the fundamentals and principles for the development and selection of refractory materials for the aluminum industry with a focus on four major areas that deploy this class of ceramics (calciners, anode baking furnaces, melting and standby furnaces, and electrolytic cubes).
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Engineers, scientists, students, technicians, and managers interested in getting acquainted with the fundamentals on refractory materials and how they can be applied in the aluminum industry.
TEACHERS:
Mariana de Albuquerque Lima Braulio
Doctorate´s degree in Materials Science and Engineering - UFSCar, and Research, Development, and Innovation Engineer for Alcoa Alumínio S. A.. She has published 40 papers in magazines and received awards from the following institutions: “American Ceramic Society”, “Technical Association of Refractories-Japan” and Petrobras. During her master´s and doctor´s courses she attended training at Université d’Orleans (France) and in the steel plant Tata Steel (Netherlands).
Victor Carlos Pandolfelli
Professor at the Department of Materials Engineering at UFSCar. Performed his doctorate´s degree course at the University of Leeds (UK) and post-doctorate´s course at École Polytechinique in Montreal (Canada).He has published 380 papers in magazines, joined 215 conferences, wrote 01 book, and holds 08 patents. During his career, he received 62 awards and is a “Fellow” of the “American Ceramic Society” and a member of the “World Ceramic Academy”.
PROGRAM:
Morning Class - Victor Carlos Pandolfelli
a) Refractories for aluminum calciners: concepts about the main mechanisms of tear and wear for this type of equipment (erosion and thermal shock) and routes for the appropriate selection and development of dense refractory and thermal insulating materials. Innovative materials to meet the requirements of deployment that will be shown.
b) Electrolytic cube coating: expected properties for the material that gets in contact with the cryolite bath and the effect of the insulating material on the thermal project, and cube efficiency.
Afternoon Class: Mariana Braulio
c) Anode Furnaces: expected properties for bricks used as “flue-wall bricks” or “tie bricks”, and fundamentals for the correct selection of refractories for this deployment.
d) Melting and standby furnaces: expected properties and concepts involved in the systemic selection of refractory materials that will get in contact with liquid aluminum used in furnaces and transportation crucibles made of cast iron. Aspects of energy consumption reduction and CO2 emission will be presented as well.
ALUMINUM FOUNDRY COURSE
Prof. Jefferson Malavazi – Senai Osasco
OBJETIVES:
To identify the characteristics of aluminum and its alloys used in foundry, in foundry processes with sand and metal molds.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Professionals working in the foundry industry and related industries.
TEACHER:
Prof. Jefferson Malavazi – Senai Osasco
Materials Metallurgist Engineer with 22 years of experience in the area. Teacher of foundry for Escola SENAI in Osasco.
PROGRAM:
1. Introduction
2. Bayer Process
3. Obtaining Aluminum
4. Properties of pure aluminum
5. Aluminum and its alloy elements
6. Aluminum alloys
7. Aluminum alloys contaminants
8. Liquid aluminum treatments
9. Flows
10. Risk of explosion with liquid aluminum
COURSE ON ALUMINUM EXTRUSION AND ITS ALLOYS / ALUMINUM THERMAL TREATMENT AND ITS ALLOYS
Prof. Marcelo Gonçalves – Alpina Consultoria
OBJETIVES:
The course will introduce and discuss, using a basic and easy to understand approach, the main concepts involved in the production and use of aluminum alloy extruded parts, in addition to concepts and methodology for the main thermal treatments deployed in the transformation industry and in the metal-mechanics industry.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
The course was prepared for professionals operating in technical and non-technical areas of companies that produce or deploy aluminum extruded parts and that need basic information on different aspects of the production and characteristics of these products, and to Technicians and students in the areas of Mechanics, Metallurgy, quality Control, and for professional s that directly or indirectly deal with Aluminum Thermal Treatments.
TEACHER:
Marcelo Gonçalves
Metallurgist Engineer, Master´s degree in Engineering, and PhD by the University of Sheffield - UK. He has been working as Researcher, Consultant, and Professor in the areas of metallurgy and materials. He is currently the director of Alpina Consultoria and professor at ESEG - Escola Superior de Engenharia e Gestão . For the past 20 years he has been coordinating and managing projects of research, development, and technological innovation focused in metallurgical processes and products mainly related to the aluminum industry in addition to his teaching activities in the areas of metallurgy, materials engineering, and production engineering.
PROGRAM:
Extrusion
1. Aluminum extrusion industry in Brazil - Overview;
2. Aluminum alloys - Nomenclature, quenching, alloy elements;
3. Aluminum extruded parts – Properties and applications;
4. DC ingots production – Billets for extrusion;
5. Thermal treatment before extrusion - Homogeinization;
6. Aluminum extrusion process – Equipament and Process;
7. Tooling for aluminum extrusion;
8. Thermal treatments after extrusion – Solubilization and aging
Thermal Treatment
1. Aluminum and its alloys
2. Essential concepts of metallurgy for thermal treatments
3. Quenching
4.Thermal treatment for alloys thermally treatable: solubilization and aging
5. Thermal treatment for non-thermally treatable alloys: re-baking
6. Thermal treatment before heat deformation: homogenization
7. Industrial practices and defects in thermal treatments
Technical Courses
Date: 04/23/2012
Schedule: 08:00 am to 05:00 pm
Class Hours:/strong> 8
Investiment: R$ 560,00 (the fee includes teaching material, coffee-break, and certificate)
Venue: : Headquarters of ABM – Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração Address: 218, Antonio Comparato St - Campo Belo - Sao Paulo
close to Centro de Exposições Imigrantes
Register in the Conference /Seminar and book a place in one of the technical courses. Limited number of students.