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Introduction to Hot/Warm Forging

Wednesday 20 September 2006 - Rotherham

Course Organisers: NAMTEC, Rotherham
Date:
Wednesday 20 September 2006/Thursday 21 September 2006 (Optional)
Event Title: Introduction to Hot/Warm Forging
Venue: NAMTEC, Rotherham

This is a one day course with an optional second day. The course covers best practice and considers why forging is used for component manufacture and the requirements of the hot/warm forging processes in component production. Emphasis will be on the more practical aspects of the process.

Who should attend
It will be of particular interest to forge operators, tool designers and staff in supervisory positions. Delegates would typically be those with a minimum of one year's experience in the forging industry or HNC/ HND or graduates.

Speakers
Course Manager; Professor Trevor. A. Dean is emeritus professor in the school of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Birmingham. He has worked in the forging industry for over forty years. Trevor founded the Drop Forging Association and established the Metal Forming Research group at the university. He is active in metal forming research including bulk and sheet, hot, warm and cold, laser forming and HIPing. He also works worldwide as a consultant for the forging industry.

Mrs Elaine Aspinall is Senior lecturer and head of the Quality Research group at the University of Birmingham. Through the Lucas Institute of Engineering production she has run courses on statistics and quality control for industry. Her current research interests are taguchi experimentation, integrated approaches to quality and many tools and techniques for quality improvement. Elaine regularly acts as a consultant to industry.

For more information and to register, please contact us for details.



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