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Nineteenth Annual International Anodizing Conference & Exposition

October 5 – 7, 2010 • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Advancing to the Next Level

 
Educational Program

Educational sessions for the 2010 Anodizing Conference are organized by General Sessions and the following Focus Sessions Tracks: Technical, Environmental, and Scientific.

 

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Attendees listen intently during the Anodizing Conference General Sessions

Below you will find a preliminary scheduled sessions for the 2010 Anodizing Conference.  Abstracts are forthcoming.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

8:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

General Sessions

Specific times TBD

Roadmap to Aerospace Anodizing

Warren J. Fullen, Boeing

Gary Kriesch, Walgren Company
Earl Turns, Earl W. Turns & Associates

 
  The Effect of Anodic Hot AC Pretreatments on the Anodization of Aluminum
Neslihan ALPAY, Istanbul Technical University
   
 

FTC Guidelines on Green Marketing Claims

Charles Simmons, Law Offices of Charles T. Simmons, LLC

 
  Awards of Excellence
 
  Anodizing Quality Aluminum Sheet Material with High Recycled Content
Greg Courval, Novelis Global Technology Center
   
  View Thursday General Session information

 

Focus Sessions

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

  Technical Track Environmental Track Scientific Track
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Process Controls, Documentation and Verification
Kevin Bodily, METALAST

Integrate Cleaning with the Processing of Aluminum
and the Environment

Richard Mahn, Houghton Metal Finishing Company


Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide Templates for Nanowire Arrays
Bethanie Hills Stadler, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Innovative, Ecological and

Low-Cost Matte Finish
Walter Dalla Barba, Italtecno Srl

 

Non-Chromium Seals for Clear and Hard Anodized Aluminum
Alp Manavbasi, METALAST

 

Anodized Aluminum Oxide Based Large Area Photo-Detectors
Hau Wang, Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Science Division
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Replacement for the Chromic/Phosphoric Acid (CPA) Test for Sealing Quality

Joakin Oxelbark, Sapa Technologies

 

 

Steps to an Environmentally More Sustainable Business Model

Michael Ritzenhoff, Seidel

Formation of Al-based Nanostructured Thin Coatings on Aluminum Substrates using a Micro-arc Deposition Technique

Mathieu Brochu, Ph.D., McGill University

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Anodizing Difficult Alloys

Fred Schaedel, Anodic Technical Services

Regulatory Initiatives Impacting Surface Finishing Operations
Jeff Hannapel, The Policy Group

Prediction of the Accumulation of Pitting Damage on
Aluminum in Aqueous Solutions

Digby Macdonald, Center for Electrochemical Science and Technology,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Pennsylvania State University

 

4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Break
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Aerospace Anodizing Processes

Warren J. Fullen, Boeing

Gary Kriesch, Walgren Company
Earl Turns, Earl W. Turns & Associates

Environmental Regulations in Ontario

Ross Borthwick, Premier Environmental Services Inc.

Metallurgical Assessment of Acid Etch as Anodizing Pretreatment

Nick Parson, Rio Tinto Alcan

Thursday, October 7, 2010

8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

General Sessions

Specific times TBD

Theory and Practice

Jude Mary Runge, Compcote International

Larry Chesterfield, Anodizing Technologies, Inc.

   
 

A Challenge to the Aluminum Finishing Industry for Aesthetic Anodizing

Joshua Coaplen, Cane Creek Cycling Components

 
 

Lean Practices in the Metal Finishing Industry
William Corcoran, LightMetals Industries

   
 

Metal Trends

Lynn Brown, Hydro Aluminum

   
 

Technical Q&A