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13TH AWS/AA ALUMINUM WELDING CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION |
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AWS Conference attendees are awarded 1
PDH (Professional Development Hour) for each hour of conference
attendance. These PDH’s can be applied toward AWS recertifications and
renewals.
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September 21-22, 2010 — Seattle, Wash.
Facility: Doubletree Guest Suites Seattle
Airport/Southcenter
The 13th Aluminum Welding Conference will also provide several opportunities for you to network informally with speakers and other participants, as well as visit an exhibition showcasing products and services available to the aluminum welding industry.
Aluminum lends itself to a wide variety of industrial applications because of its light weight, high strenght-to-weight ratio, corrosion resistance, and other attributes. However, because its chemical and physical properties are different from those of steel, welding of aluminum requires special processes, techniques and expertise.
Attendee Registration Rates
AWS/AA members $550
Non-members $680
Call (800) 443-9353 ext 264 to register.
or download your Registration
Form
Conference Registration Fees
CONFERENCE CODE: CF41610AWS/AA Member – $550
Nonmember – $680
- Each nonmember attendee will receive a two-year complimentary membership in AWS. Your conference registration fee includes all conference sessions, two continental breakfasts, two lunches, and refreshment breaks.
- The registration fee does not include hotel accommodations. Hotel accommodations are subject to hotel regulations and are the responsibility of the attendee.
- You will receive a CD containing copies of all presentations.
Location and Accommodations
Doubletree Guest Suites Seattle Airport/Southcenter16500 Southcenter Parkway
Seattle, Washington
USA 98188-3388
Tel: (206) 575-8220
Fax: (206) 575-4743
Take advantage of the specially negotiated rate of $139 for
single
or
double
occupancy. This
special rate is also extended to you three days before the conference
and three days after the conference (depending on hotel availability).
Be sure to mention the American Welding Society to receive this rate.
The deadline for reservations at this special price is September 6, 2010.
Program Schedule
Continental Breakfast: 7:30-8:30AM
8:30 AM-9:15 AM
Welcome and Overview of
Aluminum Welding
Tony Anderson, Miller Electric, Appleton, Wis.
An overview covering the various applications of aluminum welding, the numerous alloys, appropriate welding processes, and fundamental differences between the welding of aluminum and other materials
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
The Aluminum Designation
System & Characteristics of Aluminum Alloys
Mark Burke, Indalco Alloys, Mississauga, Ont.
Presentation explains AA's aluminum alloy and temper designation system, as well as the physical and mechanical properties of aluminum alloys.
10:00 AM-10:45 AM
Aluminum Welding Metallurgy
Bruce Anderson, Partner, MAXAL Wire Company, Traverse City, Mich.
The basics of aluminum alloy metallurgy, physical properties and applications.
10:45-11:00 AM Morning Refreshment Break (Exhibit Area)
10:45 AM-11:45 AM
Metal Preparation for
Aluminum Welding
Kevin Summers, Miller Electric, Appleton, Wis.
Metal Preparation is one of the key steps in producing good quality welded joints.
11:45 AM-12:30 PM
Filler Alloy Selection
Primary Characteristics
Tony Anderson, Miller Electric, Appleton, Wis.
Attendees will gain an understanding of the various filler alloy selection variables, including welded component service requirements and the characteristics of the base alloy being welded. The understanding of these variables is essential when designing a successful welding procedure specification.
12:30-1:30 PM Lunch (provided)
1:30 PM-2:15 PM
Gas Metal Arc Welding of
Aluminum Alloys
Mark Burke, Indalco, Mississauga, Ont.
Metal transfer modes, shielding gas types, wire feed systems, and power source selection: constant voltage, constant current, pulse or variable polarity.
2:15 PM-3:00 PM
The Fundamentals of GTAW
Welding of Aluminum & Some New Innovations
Kirk Webb, Miller Electric, Appleton, Wis.
This speaker will discuss GTAW basics, and some of the more recent
innovations in GTAW welding of aluminum alloys: DC with helium
shielding gas, AC welding, balance control, square wave technology,
independent amplitude control, AC frequency control, AC wave forms, and
extended balance control.
3:00-3:15 Afternoon Refreshment Break (Exhibit Area)
3:15 AM-4:00 PM
Aluminum Weld
Discontinuities: Causes and Cures
Tony Anderson, Miller Electric, Appleton, Wis.
Learn about discontinuities normally encountered in aluminum arc welds, methods to detect them, possible causes of the faults, and the means to avoid them.
4:00 AM-4:45 PM
Design and Performance of
Aluminum Welds
Bruce Anderson, Partner, MAXAL Wire Company, Traverse City, Mich.
Presentation will focus on how to factor profile, strength, toughness, fatigue, corrosion and other variables into design of aluminum welds to extract maximum performance.
Continental Breakfast: 7:30-8:30AM
8:30 AM-9:15 AM
Application of the AWS D1.2
Structural Welding Code — Aluminum
Tony Anderson, Miller Electric, Appleton, Wis.
Presenter serves on the D1.2 Committee and reveals the extent of the code's latest revision: when, where and how to apply the D1.2 for qualification provisions to ensure quality workmanship and structural integrity.
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
Robotic Applications
Kevin Summers, Miller Electric, Appleton, Wis.
This speaker discusses wire feeding concepts for robotic arc welding
of aluminum, best practices for setting up barrel to tip solutions for
feeding aluminum wire and the different types of delivery methods for
robotic
applications. The speaker will touch briefly on new programmable power
source output wave forms for popular aluminum wire chemistries and how
they offer additional flexibility in specific production application.
10:00 AM-10:45 AM
New Aluminum Filler Alloy Development - Alloy 4143
Bruce Anderson, Partner, MAXAL Wire Company, Traverse City, Mich.
The speaker will discuss the physical properties and advantages of the newly designed and registered filler alloy 4143 as compared to the filler alloy ER 4043 when used for welding 6xxx series base alloy components.
10:45-11:00 AM Morning Break (Exhibit Area)
11:00 AM-11:45 AM
Friction Stir Welding –
Challenges For Aerospace Aluminum
John A. Baumann, The Boeing Company, St. Louis, Mo.
Friction stir welding (FSW) is a viable solid state technology for
joining aluminum alloys. Certain challenges present themselves
when applying FSW to aerospace applications. Technical advances
and remaining barriers to implementation will be discussed.
11:45 AM-12:30 PM
Thermal Cutting Methods for
Aluminum
Jay Ginder, ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, S.C.
The speaker will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various cutting methods for aluminum (plasma, water jet, laser).
12:30-1:30 PM Lunch (provided)
1:30 PM-2:15 PM
Practical Challenges in High
Tech. Welded Aluminum Structural Fabrication
Steve Pollard, Machinists Inc., Seattle, Wash.
The speaker will discuss some selected case histories which will include some of the practical challenges he has faced during 30+ years of fabrication of aluminum weldments. He will touch on producability, process selection, distortion and joint design issues he has encountered in applications including high vacuum, marine, aircraft tooling, and structural fabrications.
2:15 PM-3:00 PM
Advances and Improvements in
Friction Stir Welding and Friction Stir Processing.
John Hinrichs & Christopher Smith, Friction Stir Link
In recent years, friction stir welding (FSW) and friction stir
processing (FSP) have been experiencing a significant increase in
production applications in North America. Various production
applications will be reviewed from aluminum to steel applications, with
an emphasis on design or manufacturing attributes that make the
applications good candidates for FSW. In addition, recent
improvements and developments in the technology will be discussed that
will enable FSW and FSP to be used in an expanding number of
applications.
3:00 PM-3:45 PM
Explosion Bonding with
Aluminum
Don Butler, High Energy Metals
The speaker will describe the explosion bonding process along with the processes strengths and weaknesses. He will also discuss and show examples of how and why aluminum is explosion bonded to dissimilar metals.
3:45 PM
The speakers will be
available for any questions if required.
Anthony (Tony) Anderson, Miller Electric Mfg. Co. 1635 West Spencer St. Appleton WI 54914
Anthony (Tony) Anderson is the Director of Aluminum Technology for ITW Global Welding Center in Appleton WI. Mr. Anderson is a Fellow of the TWI (British welding Institute) and a Registered Chartered Engineer with the British Engineering Council UK. He is the Chairman of the Aluminum Association Technical Advisory Committee for Welding and Joining and participates in the following American Welding Society committees and activities:
• AWS D10.7 Arc Welding of Aluminum Alloy Pipe (Chairman)
• AWS A5.10 Bare Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Welding Electrodes and Rods (Chairman)
• AWS D3.7 Guide for Aluminum Hull Welding (Chairman)
• AWS D1.2 Structural Welding Code – Aluminum (Past Vice Chairman, current advisor)
• American Welding Society Conference Committee (Vice Chairman)
• AWS Director-at-Large - 2011
He is an American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspector (CWI), Certified Welding Educator (CQE) and Certified Welding Engineer (CWEng). Mr. Anderson writes a regular aluminum welding question and answer column (9th consecutive year) for the American Welding Society Welding Journal and he is the author of the AWS publication welding Aluminum Questions & Answers (2nd Edition).
Bruce Anderson, Partner MAXAL Inc. 1631 International Drive Traverse City, Michigan 49686
Bruce Anderson is a Partner in Maxal Inc., a Manufacturer of quality aluminum welding wire. Mr. Anderson is a 1968 graduate from Michigan State University with Bachelors and Masters Degree in Metallurgical Engineering and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Clarkson College of New York. Mr. Anderson worked as Chief Metallurgist of Alcoa’s wire, rod, bar and extrusion Divisions. He was a founding partner in the formation of AlcoTec Wire Company and its operation through 1998. He has received the Arthur Vining Dasis foundation award for aluminum alloy development in the aerospace industry and holds several patents related to the field of aluminum welding and joining. Further he has been a member and Chairman of the AWS A5C subcommittee for AWS A5 committee on filler Metals and Allied Materials controlling the technical content of AWS A5.3 and A5.10 aluminum specifications. He has 40 years plus of experience in the field of aluminum manufacturing, welding and applications.
John A. Baumann, The Boeing Company P.O. Box 516 MC S245-1003, St. Louis, MO 63166-0516
John Baumann has been with The Boeing Company for 20 years, joining Boeing’s Phantom Works in 1995, working diverse areas such as bonded aluminum structures, alternative structural core materials, fracture mechanics of high strength glass, performance of functional sealants, diffusion bonding of aluminum, and thin wall castings. He has been engaged in the advancement of Friction Stir Welding since 1996, developing thick section welding for primary structural application, and lap and butt welding as assembly processes. Dr. Baumann’s current areas of research include FSW tool design, process dynamics, process modeling, impact of process conditions on properties of welded materials and joints, methods to control and mitigate corrosion of welded materials, and methods to measure, control, and mitigate residual stresses in FS welded structure. He currently serves as the chair of the Industrial Advisory Board of the NSF-sponsored Center for Friction Stir Processing, a multi-university center of excellence and research consortium with over 20 industrial partners.
Mark Burke, Indalco Alloys, A Division of Lincoln Electric of Canada LP 939 Gana Court, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L58S 1N9
Mark Burke graduated from Northern College in Kirkland Lake, Ontario with a diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology, in 1982. That same year he joined The Lincoln Electric Company where he held positions in Technical Sales in Northern Alberta. In 1996, he was promoted to District Sales Management, first for Atlantic Canada and then in 1998 in British Columbia. In 2003 he took on the added responsibility of Alberta. In this position he and his team were responsible for the recommendation, commissioning, the procedure development, and training for welding processes. In January 2008 he joined Indalco Alloys where he became responsible for Sales and Marketing Management. Mark Burke sits on the welding NSTAC for CAMC.
Don Butler, High Energy Metals Inc. 293 Business Park Loop Sequim, WA 98382
Mr. Don Butler is President of High Energy Metals and has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University. Mr. Butler has more then twenty years experience in the explosion bonding industry.
Jay Ginder, ESAB Welding and Cutting Product Florence SC
411 South Ebenezer Rd., Florence, SC 29501-0545
Jay Ginder is a Senior Application Engineer for the ESAB Welding and Cutting organization and has over 30 years experience within the welding engineering business. He is a recognized expert in his filed and is responsible for welding procedure development, technical troubleshooting, welding and cutting equipment and consumable selection, and technical training in a very wide-ranging area of welding and cutting technology. He has held many Certifications in welding with various welding processes conforming to ASME, Nuclear, D1.1 Structure Code and Military specifications. Mr.Ginder is a practicing AWS Certified Welding Inspector and an AWS Certified Welding Educator.
John F. Hinrichs, Founder and Vice President of Technology - Friction Stir Link, Inc. Brookfield, WI
Mr. Hinrichs was Director At Large of the American Welding Society, and Chair of both AWS Safety and Health and Technical Papers Committees. He holds fifteen U.S. and three foreign patents related to welding processes. In 1989, he became the first American to be presented the Golden Robot Award at the International Symposium of Industrial Robots held in Tokyo. In 2004, John was named as the first recipient of a new American Welding Society Award for Excellence in Robotic Arc Welding. He has numerous technical publications on welding and robotics. John had a 40-year plus career with A.O. Smith Corporation, where he rose to Director of Manufacturing Engineering at its Automotive Products Co., leading a technical staff of 80. Projects included gas metal arc welding, energy beam processes, solid phase joining, friction stir welding, friction stir processing and robotics. Under John’s leadership AOS produced over 100 million electron beam tailored blanks, and installed and operated over 1,000 GMAW Robots – the largest such application, worldwide, at that time. John received his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Marquette University, and his master’s in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin, a Certified Manufacturing Engineer, and a Fellow of the American Welding Society.
Steve Pollard, Weld Shop Mgr. CWI - Machinists Inc. Seattle, WA.
P.O. Box 80909, 751 S, Michigan, St. Seattle, WA. 98108
Steve Pollard has been part of many successful teams, building and repairing metal structures, blending the art and science of welding, metallurgy, and craftsmanship: Major Aluminum Projects include: US Navy Frigates; Air Cushion Hover Craft; small, Remotely Controlled Submarines; the Shipping Container for the Hubble Telescope; Tooling for Boeing; High Vacuum Laser components for the NIF Project at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
BS Materials Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., 3 yr. welder & welding engineer at Bath Iron Works Shipyard in Maine; 10 Yr Senior Welding Engineer Lockheed Shipbuilding Company, Seattle, WA; 20 Yr Weld Shop Mgr Machinists Inc, Seattle WA. CWI
Christopher B. Smith, Co-Founder & Vice-President of Engineering - Friction Stir Link, Inc. Brookfield, WI
Mr. Smith led the development of the friction stir welding process at A.O. Smith/Tower-Automotive until co-founding Friction Stir Link in 2001, where he currently is the Vice President of Engineering. Chris leads the engineering department at FSL, with responsibility for research and development, prototyping, as well as production fixture and equipment design and fabrication. Throughout his career, Chris has been responsible for the development of new automation and welding technologies, from laboratory development to production installation. He developed the first production capable robotic FSW system, which includes custom application software to enable a robot to perform FSW. Mr. Smith has authored more than 20 papers and has 2 patents. He has been awarded the American Welding Society’s A. F. Davis Silver Medal for one of these publications. Mr. Smith holds a MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and BS in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado.
Kevin L. Summers, Miller Electric Mfg. Co. N. 720 Communication Dr. Appleton, WI 54914
Mr. Summers is the Automation Manager/Customer Support Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Systems for Miller Electric Appleton WI. He is an AMS Welding Engineer and provides a unique combination of leadership and welding process knowledge: Kevin holds a Bachelors of Science in Welding Engineering from Utah State University and, after graduating in 1996, he joined Miller as a Welding Engineer and he received his Masters degree in Organizational Leadership and Quality from Marion College. Kevin has extensive experience developing process variables for large clients, including John Deere, GM, Ford and numerous Tier-1 suppliers.
An AWS certified welding educator, Kevin routinely conducts formal training seminars to help Miller customers understand and implement new welding equipment and processes. This includes implementing training programs on Fanuc, Motoman, ABB and OTC robots. He is a member of the AWS D16 Committee on Robotic and Automatic Welding, skilled in crisis management and fluent in Italian.
Kirk Webb, Miller Electric Mfg. Co. N. 720 Communication Dr. Appleton, WI 54914
Kirk Webb is Welding Engineer - TIG Solutions for Miller Electric in Appleton WI. He received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Welding Engineering from Ferris State University in 2005 after which he joined the TIG group at Miller Electric as a Welding Engineer. Kirk is currently perusing a Masters degree in business from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. Kirk has extensive experience in providing customer support, helping develop parameters and providing product training in various TIG applications.
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