The 11th edition of the world congress Aluminium Two Thousand will be held from 9 to 13 April 2019 at the BHR Hotel in Treviso
Where Innovation meets Business
3-day Conference with 4 parallel sessions entirely dedicated to different subjects ranging from markets and analysis of the Aluminium industry to foundry, casting, extrusion, anodizing and painting, automation, architecture, transport industry, environmental protection & recycling, measuring, testing and quality techniques.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON: Extrusion Technologies and their analysis by FEM simulation, Special attention to application of nanotechnologies in the aluminum industry, Special session about New Light Alloys Special Technologies for Ecology and Zero Discharge.
The congress includes: 3-days conference, Technical Tours, Social Program, daily tours for accompanying persons.
ALUMINIUM TWO THOUSAND CONFERENCE TOPICS
MARKETS & STRATEGIES MARKETS & STRATEGIES: The traditional markets: Europe, USA, Canada, Middle East, The Gulf, Far East - BRIC Countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and their present and future role - New emerging countries: Mexico, Central and South America.
ALLOYS BILLETS & RELATED EQUIPMENT: Foundry - Aluminium casthouse technology - Billet quality - Billet casting - Homogenization - Use of primary aluminium and scrap - High speed alloys.
ROLLING TECHNOLOGY: Innovative equipment - New application of aluminium coil and sheet in the industry
ARCHITECTURE & SPECIAL USES: Building systems - Curtain walls - Design & Construction - CAD/CAM - Exterior & Interior Finishing - Renewal and Maintenance - Windows & Doors - New applications.
TRANSPORT & AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: Product and process innovations - Aeronautics - Nautical - Automotive - Rail sectors - Patents - Computer technologies - Mechanical processing - Alloys - Design and innovation.
EXTRUSION:
- PROCESS SUSTAINABILITY: Eco-equipment - Eco-plants - Sustainable Production - Energy Savings.
- PROCESS MANAGEMENT: Economical-driven Decisions - Process Control - Process Savings - The "Small Lots" Problem Architectural and Non-Architectural Systems.
- PROCESS MONITORING: Sensors Effectiveness - New Devices - Data Management Systems - Data Warehouse.
- PLANT & PROCESS: Furnaces - Presses - Handling equipment - Ovens and Heating Systems - Saws and shears - Downstream equipment - Automation - Hard and Big Profiles - Packaging - Lubricants - Cooling Devices – Nitrogen Cooling.
- PROCESS SIMULATION: Models - Validation - Optimization - Material Flow - Friction - Stress State Prediction.
- PRODUCT QUALITY: Defects - Distortions - Seam/Charge Welds - Maximum Production Rates - Microstructure - Metallurgy for High-Speed Extrusion - Metallurgy for Paint Adhesion.
- ALLOYS: Hard/New Light Alloys - Magnesium Alloys - Lithium Alloys - Composite Alloys.
- DIES: Die design and manufacturing - Die correction - Die cleaning and polishing - High Production Rates – Oriented Design - Die Life - Coatings - Correction Strategies - Die Cooling systems.
- NEW PROCESSES: Conform - Thixoextrusion - Rollforming Extrusion - Hot Profile Bending - Chip Extrusion - Composite Extrusion.
- ANODIZING: Racking & Jigging - Pretreatment - Mechanical & Chemical Etching - High-Speed Anodizing - Anodizing and colouring of special alloys from casting and die casting - Hard Anodizing - Rectifiers - New Dipping & Electrocolouring Colours - Patterned Effects - Advances in Sealing - Nickel free cold sealing - Vertical Plants – Automatic Racking.
- COATING: Powder & Wet Processes - Pretreatments - Chrome-free products - High-Performance Polyesters - Powder Coil Coating - Small Lots Handling - Vertical & Horizontal Plants - Compact Plants - Filiform and Point Defects - Adhesion Problems - New Powder Application Methods - Wood effects - Paints - Coating materials - Raw materials for paints - Paint production systems for powder coating.
NANO TECHNOLOGIES applied to aluminium
- AUTOMATION: The “Intelligent Plant” - Automatic Extrusion - Anodizing with Automatic Racking - Fully Automatic Coating Plants - Automation in Profile Packing - Automatic Warehouse - Internet for aluminium technologies.
- MEASURING, TESTING & QUALITY TECHNIQUES: Certification - Computerized Technologies - Measurement and control techniques - Measurement Instruments - Quality Management & Control - Testing - Materials analysis.
- ADVANCED APPLICATIONS & RESEARCH: Materials handling - Automation systems - New patents - New applications - Aluminium and Sportive equipment.
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION & RECYCLING: Accident Prevention - Anti-pollution machinery - Innovative plants - Environmental Technology - Recovery and Materials recycling - Safety Equipment - Technology and processes - Effluent and Fumes Treatment - Water saving - Zero discharge - Ecological systems and equipment - Sludge reduction - Sulphate reduction in the effluents.
- CASTING & DIE CASTING: Casting processes - Solidification - Simulation - Rapid casting - Innovative processes – New materials and alloys - Defects - Microstructure and Properties - Heat treatments - Mould design.
- PROCESS MANAGEMENT: The Challenge For Competitiveness: Innovative Technologies Introduction on the Shop Floor - Management Strategies - Process Development - Quality Assessment.
- PROCESS QUALITY: Charge Materials - Pre-Furnace Treatment - Melting - Fluxing - Grain Refinement - Filling and Feeding Systems - Grain Refinement - Cast Microstructures and Defects.
- PROCESS MONITORING: From Raw Material to the Final Casting: Sensors - Analysis Devices - Data Management - The role of ERPs within the Process Monitoring.
- PROCESS INNOVATION: Novel Technologies or Technology Enhancement: Innovation in Casting Practice.
- PROCESS SIMULATION: Prediction Models - Validation - Optimization - Codesign/Cross Linking Between Process - Structural Simulation.
- NEW ALLOYS: The Role of New Alloying Elements on Product Performances and their Compatibility with Casting Process.
