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 Date:4/24/2007 AEC |
| News Release New From AEC: Extrusion Process Optimization Workshop The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has announced a new technical workshop created as a result of member feedback and developed by the Council's Technical Services Committee. The Extrusion Process Optimization Workshop will be held Tuesday, June 5 and Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at the Hilton Chicago O'Hare Airport Hotel in Chicago. The two-day program, designed for extrusion line managers, addresses some of the best practices in the industry with an emphasis on making the best possible use of existing plant equipment. The Extrusion Process Optimization Workshop is designed to help participants better understand how to optimize their extrusion processes to enhance productivity increase uptime, improve throughput, and reduce scrap while reducing costs, explained AEC Chairman Craig Werner of Werner Extrusion Solutions, LLC, who has been involved in the development of the workshop. The program will focus on two main topics: process parameters and production management. Topics in the workshop will scrutinize the extrusion process from beginning to end, examining ways to optimize performance, said Werner. Sessions will be presented on how to optimize every aspect of the extrusion process, from aluminum alloy management, dies and tooling, and handling equipment to process audits, maintenance and uptime, and scrap reduction. Speakers for the seminar include members of the AEC Technical Services Committee who are experts in the aluminum extrusion field. Tuesday's program will focus on process parameter topics, including an overview that addresses the key variables that must be controlled in order to optimize the extrusion process, metallurgical management, and an examination of the individual stages in the extrusion process, including container, dies, quenching and cooling, handling equipment and heat treatment, to discover how they can be managed and controlled to achieve optimization. Wednesday's program will focus on management topics, including a case study of how one extrusion plant successfully optimized their process using statistical and operational modeling techniques, maintenance and uptime, return on investment, and optimization methods that recognize both equipment/process limitations and alloy/tooling trends. The program on both days includes an interactive Question-and-Answer Forum that encourages discussions among the workshop participants and the session leaders. The Extrusion Process Optimization Workshop is open to AEC members. Members are encouraged to register soon as time and space are limited. The Extrusion Process Optimization Workshop is just one of many educational programs offered periodically to keep members apprised of the latest technology, information, and regulations pertinent to the aluminum extrusion industry. The Aluminum Extruders Council is the association of the worlds leading manufacturers of extruded aluminum profiles: The Shapemakers. For more information, contact AEC at 1000 N. Rand Road, Suite 214, Wauconda, IL 60084. Telephone: ; fax: ; e-mail: . Visit the Councils Web site at www.aec.org. |
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