Designing with Aluminum Extrusions - Webinars
 Aluminum extrusions offer an outstanding level of design flexibility,
the ability to tailor component properties, cost-saving functionality and environmental benefits. Yet extrusions' almost limitless design possibilities present unique challenges to the designer and engineer:
- How should extrusions be designed for minimal system cost and optimal manufacturing?
- What are the do's and dont's in profile design?
- How can shapes be optimized to meet structural requirements?
- How can extrusion design impact the economics of extruded components vs. alternative materials?
The Aluminum Extruders Council offers webinars aimed at educating engineers and designers on the advantages of and practical considerations for designing with aluminum extrusions.
New!
AEC has added a series of webinars aimed at designers, engineers and others who wish to delve deeper into the ins and outs of aluminum extrusion. The new series, AEC Aluminum Extrusion Tech, is intended to inform and educate
those with some knowledge of aluminum extrusions but who are interested in a more technical focus. Look for this logo identifying these advanced-level webinars.
Upcoming Webinars
The Power of the Hollow: Using Hollow Aluminum Extrusions to Meet Engineering Challenges
July 12, 2022 | 12:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM ET
Host: LIFT
Presenter: Mark Butterfield, President, Pennex Aluminum
Often when engineers are seeking to meet challenging applications for aluminum extrusions, they focus on alloy, opting for higher strength chemistries. Unfortunately, high strength alloys usually have some downsides - cost, difficulty holding tolerance, recycling challenges, etc.
This webinar will focus on an alternative, or at least a complement, to the alloy focus: the ability to design profiles that "put the metal where it is needed". That's advantageous when it comes to hollow shapes, particularly multi-void hollows, which can be engineered for crush resistance, strength, thermal management, light weight and more. This session will review some of the more interesting - and demanding - current applications of multi-void hollows in automotive and other markets, and discuss the alloy, design and processing considerations necessary to ensure success.
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AEC On-demand Webinars
- February 2022: Achieving Higher Performance Facades
AN Trading Notes Panel Discussion
It's easy
to say we want high-performance facades for our commercial, hospitality and institutional projects … but often a challenge to bring this to fruition balancing the considerations of energy efficiency, occupant well-being, budget et al. This panel
– all key players in achieving façade solutions – will discuss façade trends and the role that each of their specialties – glass, aluminum, thermal management, design, installation – will play.
- February 2022: Aluminum Extrusions, their Environmental Impact & Strategies for Mitigation
Aluminum is regarded
as the third most significant source of GHG emissions in the construction industry, trailing concrete and steel. And while aluminum's GHG contribution is significantly less that those materials, it is important to understand how that contribution
can by minimized. This webinar will explore aluminum's - and specifically aluminum extrusions' - impact on GHG: what is the source, and more importantly, what strategies can the architect employ to minimize that impact--both relative to embodied
carbon and to operational aspects of the building.
- October 2021: Update & Recommendations + Field Repair Methods, Cleaning & Maintenance of Curtain Wall & Façade
Presenter: Chris Incorvaia, Stuart
Dean Façade Restoration National Manager
Just like cars, building façades need regular cleaning in order to remove damaging compounds and look their best. Stuart Dean's Facade Division focuses on the restoration of architectural metal of curtain
wall and building façade. Chris Incorvaia delivers a management overview for restoring metal building façades, along with the use of VOC compliant replacement products for poorly performing or aged coatings.
- June 2021: Designing Aluminum Welds
Presenter: Randy Kissell, of Trinity Consultants
Randy has extensive aluminum structures design experience,
presents a one-hour session on "Designing Aluminum Welds". Randy provides a description of aluminum welding processes, the codes that govern their use and design, and methods for determining the strength of aluminum welds.
- February 2021: Achieving Higher Performance Façades
AN
Trading Notes Panel Discussion
Panel: Tom Culp, PhD, Birchpoint Consulting; Darijo Babic, Guardian Glass; Bill Blazek, Technoform; Stacey Hooper, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NBBJ Design; Barb Johnson, Hydro Extrusions North America; Matt Kamper, Woodbridge
Glass, Inc./Werner Systems Inc.
It's easy to say we want high performance façades for our commercial, hospitality and institutional projects … but often it is a challenge to bring this to fruition, balancing the considerations of energy efficiency,
occupant well-being, budget et al. This panel – all key players in achieving façade solutions –discuss façade trends, performance objectives, and the role that each of their specialties – glass, aluminum, thermal management, design, installation
– will play. High-performance aluminum extrusion-based façades is an example of how energy efficiency, occupant health, and well-being can be achieved together.
- January 2021: The Power of the Hollow: Using Hollow Aluminum Extrusions to Meet Vehicle Engineering Challenges
Presenter: Mark Butterfield, Magnode, A Shape Corp. Company
Hosted by: AutoBeat
You are likely familiar with the fundamentals of the extrusion process and how extrusions can be applied in automotive applications. This webinar will
move beyond the fundamentals, addressing how to leverage the ability to create more complex profiles that "put the metal where it is needed" to meet particularly demanding applications.
- October 2020: Aluminum Extrusions & High Performance Building Envelopes: Still the Answer
Speakers: Jerry Schwabauer, Azon USA & Scott Condreay, Hydro Extrusion North America
Hosted by: Architect's Newspaper
This program will explore the challenges in designing contemporary building envelopes. Potential conflicts in
simultaneous objectives of achieving aesthetics, energy efficiency, sustainability, longevity, and occupant health and safety will be discussed. In addition, how best to assess the energy efficiency of alternative window/window wall configurations
will be reviewed. Advances in thermal barrier materials and extrusion profile design – in conjunction with energy efficient glazing – will be shown, illustrating how these systems can provide window and curtain wall designs that meet or exceed
more demanding energy codes while providing the daylighting and minimal sight lines that users and designers desire.
- October 2020: After the Press: Utilizing Downstream Fabrication to Create the Aluminum Extrusion-Based Solutions You Need
Hosted by: Design World
With most aluminum extrusions, the long length of a desired shape that comes off the press is just a starting point. Rarely are these profiles used as they were extruded. In almost every case, there is subsequent
cutting, drilling, milling, machining, bending, joining and/or finishing required to transform the extrusion into a component or sub-assembly for inclusion in a final product. This webinar will recap the fabrication processes typically employed,
with an emphasis on extrusion design considerations that can reduce fabrication costs.
- September 2020: The Power of the Hollow: Using Hollow Aluminum Extrusions to Meet Vehicle Engineering Challenges
Speaker: Mark Butterfield; Managing Director, MAGNODE – A Shape Corp. Company
Hosted by: SAE International
One of the attributes of aluminum extrusions that can provide both design flexibility and performance benefits for the automotive
engineer is the ability to design profiles that "put the metal where it is needed". That's particularly advantageous when it comes to hollow shapes, particularly multi-void hollows which can be engineered for a combination of crush resistance,
strength, light weight and more. This webinar will review some of the more interesting uses of multi-void hollows in today's vehicles, and discuss the alloy, design and processing considerations necessary to ensure success.
- November 2019: Creating Cost-Effective Extruded Aluminum Component Solutions
Speaker: Andrew Tomczyk, Erbsloeh Aluminum Solutions, Inc. | Hosted by: Design News
Cost is always an important consideration when developing or updating products. But how do you know if the lowest price component will lead
to the most cost-effective solution …
- November 2019: BEV or ICE: Aluminum Extrusions & Tomorrow's Vehicles
Speaker: Ben Kuhn, Almag
Aluminum | Hosted by: SAE International
Regardless of the resolution of the current dispute over light vehicle fuel economy and carbon emission standards, the drive to reduce vehicle mass will continue.
- May 2019: Aluminum Extrusion Dies: 7 Decisions that Increase Your Die Tooling Costs
Speakers: Carl Meyerhoefer & Eric Becker, Vitex Extrusion
This webinar provides a brief review of the aluminum extrusion process and then addresses seven factors that impact the cost of an extrusion die, including profile complexity,
tolerance requirements, and alloy use. Extrusion die types and tips for driving down tooling costs are also covered.
- December 2018: How Aluminum Extrusions Can Help Meet Product Challenges
Speaker: Mark Telander, Alexandria Industries | Hosted by: Design News
This webinar explores the unique attributes of the aluminum extrusion process and how they contribute to effective product solutions. It will also offer
tips on designing and specifying extrusions to ensure the needed performance in a cost-effective manner.
- November 2018: Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition 2019
- November 2018: Introduction to Extrusion Dies
Speakers: Richard Dickson, Hydro Aluminum; Rick Liscomb, Exco Canada
If you're interested in knowing more about how aluminum moves through a die to create a desired part, this webinar is for you. We will discuss die design and what makes
a section difficult or easy to extrude. We'll also cover how specific extrusion artifacts–e.g. location of screw lugs and walls–affect surface properties. And we'll cover the flow of metal through the container to provide a better understanding
of the challenges of die design, and how design impacts quality.
- October 2018: Using Aluminum Extrusion to Meet the Challenges of Tomorrow's Vehicles
Speakers: Rob Nelson & Ben Kuhn, Almag Aluminum | Hosted by SAE International
This webinar reviews the thermomechanical extrusion process, as it is that process that drives component
performance, and then explores how extrusions will play an important role in ongoing safety improvements and in vehicle electrification.
- September 2018: Metal Flow Fundamentals
Speaker: Jerome Fourmann, Rio Tinto Aluminium| Hosted by: AEC
This webinar will cover the fundamentals of aluminum metal flow through the container and the die allowing a comprehensive understanding of the challenges in ensuring prescribed quality and part performance. Particular attention will be paid to welds – both billet-to-billet and in the formation of hollow shapes – and to the challenges of wider profiles. We will also review the press practices that can be the root causes of potential defects and how they are managed for various extrusion applications.
- June 2018: Meeting Tomorrow's Challenges with Aluminum Extrusions
Speaker: Jason Weber, Taber Extrusions | Hosted by: Design World
This webinar explores the unique attributes of the aluminum extrusion process and how they contribute to effective product solutions. It will also offer tips on designing and specifying extrusions to ensure the performance you need in a cost-effective manner.
- November 2017: Value Engineering & Aluminum Extrusions: Preserving Your Intent
Speakers: Tom Hutch, Aeorlite Extrusion & Keith Rayburn, Jordan Aluminum Extrusions
| Hosted by: Construction Specification Institute (CSI) | Presenting Sponsor: Hydro Aluminum
This webinar explores how the architect or specifier can best manage the value engineering process to ensure that critical performance of extruded aluminum elements is retained.
- November 2017: Tips for a Successful Design Competition Entry
Speakers: David Asher, Bonnell Aluminum & Craig Werner, Kaiser Aluminum | Hosted by AEC
Designed to provide interested participants more information about the Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition, this webinar also discusses the "ins and outs" of designing with aluminum extrusions to maximize the opportunity to create an innovative, practical and potential "winning" design.
- November 2017: Fair Trade Webinar - Curtain Wall Case Update
Speaker: David Spooner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Presented by the Curtain Wall Coalition in cooperation with the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), get the latest information on the aluminum curtain wall scope case related to Chinese aluminum extrusion imports.
- October 2017: Automotive Aluminum: Specifying & Achieving Desired Extrusion Performance
Speaker: Mark Butterfield, Magnode Corp.
| Hosted by: SAE International | Presenting Sponsor: Hydro Extrusion North America
As automotive aluminum extrusion applications continue to grow, engineers seeking optimized performance are increasingly going beyond the "shorthand" of alloy and temper designation and specifying the desired microstructure for the final component.
This webinar explores: how various automotive applications require differing underlying microstructure for optimal performance; how alloy chemistry and extrusion processing parameters can be manipulated to yield distinctive microstructure,
and how to effectively specify microstructure, and the critical variables to consider. Mini cases illustrate successful application of microstructure specification.
- October 2017: 6 Design Best Practices for Aluminum Extrusion Design to Avoid Delays, Disappointment, and Added Cost
Speaker: Eric Becker, Vitex Extrusion, LLC | Hosted by: Design News | Presenting Sponsor: Vitex Extrusion, LLC
This webinar provides a brief review of the aluminum extrusion process and how process variables can impact part performance and then address six common issues aluminum extruders face when receiving a new profile design. Best practices to save the designer time, disappointment and, ultimately, cost will be covered, including tips for improving aluminum extrusion designs and drawings.
This webinar covers the requirements it takes to achieve optimum properties for structural extrusions. Higher strength 6xxx alloys, such as 6005, 6061 and 6082 will be covered; however, the content will be broadly applicable for most 6000-series alloys. Technical issues for assuring properties and maintaining profile geometry for structural applications will be discussed.
- August 2017: Architectural Applications for Liquid and Powder Fluoropolymer Coatings – An Objective Review; Speaker: Scott Moffatt, PPG Industries | Hosted by: AEC
This one-hour webinar covers the different coating technologies, manufacturing processes and application methods of liquid and powder fluoropolymer coatings. The main benefit of the course is to aid architects in the coating selection process. This includes information on appearance, end use, cost and other factors.
- May 2017: Making Your Extruded Aluminum Solutions More Cost Effective
Speaker: Mark Telander, Alexandria Industries | Hosted by: Design World | Presenting Sponsors: Almag Aluminum & Sapa Extrusion North America
The one-hour webinar touches on the attributes of aluminum and the extrusion process, and then focus on three key design variables – alloy selection, part geometry, and fabrication – and how they impact costs. Mini-case studies illustrate
cost-effective extrusion solutions.
- April 2017: Specifying Aluminum Extrusions: Understanding the ASTM B221/B221M Standard; hosted by AEC; Speaker: Greg Lea, Hydro Aluminum; Presenting Sponsor: Futura Industries
ASTM B221 and B221M is a material specification standard for aluminum extruded bars, rods, wire, profiles and tubes. This webinar provides an overview of the ASTM B221/B221M standard and walks through pertinent sections of the standard to help the learner better understand the ordering process for aluminum extrusions when ordering to an ASTM standard, and what to expect from the manufacturer.
Credit: 1.0 AIA LU Hour
Note: To obtain credit and your certificate you must take the quiz here. Please contact AEC with any questions at mail@aec.org, ATTN: Susan Homerding.
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