BEST PAPER AWARDS PRESENTED AT ET ’08

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June 5, 2008

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BEST PAPER AWARDS PRESENTED AT ET ’08

The ET Seminar Committee for the Ninth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar and Exposition (ET ’08) has identified the best of 125 technical papers presented at ET ’08.  Only one paper in each track was awarded the distinction of Best of Track paper, and one paper was awarded the singular distinction of Best Paper of  ET ’08.  There were six tracks in all, covering the following topics: Billet Process and Equipment; Extrusion/Die Practical; Extrusion/Die Theoretical; Extrusion Equipment; Management Issues and Value-Added Processes.  The papers were presented during the Technical Sessions held Wednesday, May 14 through Friday, May 16, 2008 in Orlando, Florida.

Noted for its outstanding content overall, this year’s award for Best Paper of ET ’08 was “Scrap Allocation” authored by Chris Jowett of Alcan Primary Metal Group, Canada; Johnie Adams and Chris Daughetee of Magnode Corporation, USA; Greg Lea, of       MI-Metals, USA; Oliver A. Huff of Rio Tinto Alcan, USA, and Norm Fossl of Rio Tinto Alcan, Canada. 

The awards were announced during the General Session on Wednesday.  The     award-winning papers were selected by members of the ET Seminar Committee comprised of a team of experts within the aluminum extrusion industry.  The complete list of winning papers and their authors includes the following:

Best Paper of ET ’08
Scrap Allocation
Chris Jowett, Alcan Primary Metal Group, Canada
Johnie Adams and Chris Daughetee, Magnode Corporation, USA
Greg Lea, MI-Metals, USA
Oliver A. Huff, Rio Tinto Alcan, USA
Norm Fossl, Rio Tinto Alcan, Canada

Best of Track
Billet Process and Equipment
Al-Mg-Si Alloy with Improved Crush Properties
Jostein Røyset, Hydro Aluminium Technology, Norway
Ulf Tundal, Hydro Aluminium Technology, Norway
Oddvin Reiso, Hydro Aluminium Technology, Norway
Trond Furu, Hydro Aluminium Technology, Norway

Extrusion/Die Practical
Extrusion Surface Effects Resulting from Billet Surface Inflow
William Dixon, QED Extrusion Developments Inc., USA

Extrusion/Die Theoretical
Control of Asymmetric Recrystallization in Single- and Multi-hole Die Extrusion
Zhi Peng, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
Terry Sheppard, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom

Extrusion Equipment
Non-Destructive Examination Components
Ronald Manganello, Carlesa NDE Services, USA
Alyssa Porter, Carlesa NDE Services, USA

Management Issues
Continuous Extrusion Optimization System
Craig Werner, Werner Extrusion Solutions LLC, USA
Richard Kelly, Werner Co., USA

Value-Added Processes
Mechanisms of Streaking on Anodized 6xxx Series Extrusions
Xinquan Zhang, Rio Tinto Aluminium Technology, Australia
Malcom Couper, Rio Tinto Aluminium Technology, Australia
Hanliang Zhu, University of Queensland, Australia
Arne K. Dahle, University of Queensland, Australia

These and all papers presented at ET ’08 are published in the Proceedings of the Ninth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar and Exposition and are available for purchase through the ET Foundation.  Contact the Foundation at mail@etfoundation.org or visit www.etfoundation.org for details.  The Extrusion Technology for Aluminum Profiles Foundation has been established for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes to develop, promote, provide, and fund education and research related to aluminum extrusion processes and technologies. 

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