Aluminium Extrusion Technology
Date & Location: May 13/ Olympic Hotel, Tehran
Dr. Abbas Bahrami
Materials Specialist, employed by TMC, working at TNO innovation for life, Eindhoven The Netherlands
Topics:
- An overview of extrusion process
- Extrusion industry roadmap
- Aluminium alloys, used in extrusion
- Tips for alloys selection
- How to control microstructure during extrusion process?
- Extrusion defects
- Design considerations
- Materials selection for dies and extrusion tooling
- Role of homogenization treatment in extrusion
- Ageing treatment after extrusion
- Role of homogenization treatment in extrusion
- How to control microstructure during extrusion process
- Future developments in extrusion industry
- Case study I: How modelling can be used to optimize the extrusion process
- Case study II: How pickup problems can be addressed
- Case study III: Process optimization to minimize surface defects
About instructor:
Dr. Abbas Bahrami received his M.Sci.Eng in 2005 from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran and his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Materials Engineering in 2012 from Delft University of Technology. He has also finished two postdoctoral research jobs at Delft University of Technology and University of Manchester. He is working as a Materials Specialist at TNO innovation for life company in Eindhoven the Netherlands. He has been involved in more than 40 different projects from university and industry. Since 2009 he has worked as Inspector at Industrial and Engineering Inspection (I.E.I) Company, Dusseldorf, Germany and has experienced around 50 inspection assignments. Since 2011-2013 he has worked as a Metallurgist in Nedal Extrusion Co in the Netherlands. He also has experienced many projects in the field of Aluminium extrusion
He has published more than 40 papers in different journals and conferences up to now.