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AAC Awards of Excellence
The 2009 Awards of Excellence were announced during the Eighteenth Annual International Anodizing Conference and Exposition October 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. The awards recognize outstanding achievements by individuals who presented papers the prior year at the 2008 Anodizing Conference in San Francisco, California.
Donald I. Johnson Award for Best Presentation
The best presentation award is named for Donald I. Johnson, retired from AaCron Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota, who was one of the founding fathers of the Council. He served as AAC Chairman from 1987 to 1994.
Automatic Racking (see excerpts)
by Petter Isaksson of Ahlins I Habo AB
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The Donald I. Johnson Award of Excellence for best presentation at the 2008 Anodizing Conference was awarded to Petter Isaksson from Ahlins I Habo AB for his presentation on Automatic Racking. Mr. Isaksson’s presentation outlined a flexible automated racking system that required no special tools, racks or feeders and featured a pallet tipper, transport belts, two industrial six-axis robots, and a vision system to identify parts. The system accommodated more than 200 vastly different parts, including extrusions, sheet and cast aluminum.
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Robert L. Kersman Award of Excellence for Best Paper
The Robert L. Kersman Award of Excellence for best paper is named for Robert (Buzz) Kersman of Lorin Industries in Muskegon, Michigan, who was instrumental to the formation of the Council, helping to fund and organize the early meetings.
Effect of Microstructure of AlMg0.8 Cu and AlMag0.7 Si on the Optical Quality of Anodic Film
(see excerpts)
by Naja Tabrizian, Industrial PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Technical University of Denmark |
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The Robert L. Kersman Award of Excellence for best paper at the 2008 Anodizing Conference in San Francisco, California was awarded to Naja Tabrizian for her paper, Effect of Microstructure of AlMg0.8 Cu and AlMag0.7 Si on the Optical Quality of Anodic Film. The subject of her studies is an industrial project on “Advanced Anodizing Technology,” which deals with the development and optimization of advanced surface technologies for aluminium treatment. The project is carried out in collaboration with Bang & Olufsen Operation A/S in Denmark. Her paper from the 2008 Conference studied the optical quality of anodized aluminum by several methods of microstructural investigation of both oxide film and substrate, including the grain size and intermetallic particles.
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