Abstracts: Die Design and Technology

003DD - The Single Cell Die Oven

005DD - The Fixed Dummy Block

008DD - Die Design - The Next Generation

014DD - Use of Tribology to Improve Performance and Quality in Aluminum Extrusion

020DD - Die Heating in Production

032DD - Weight Per Meter Control Through Accurate Die Aperture Size

039DD - Analysis and Design Optimization of Aluminum Extrusion Dies

040DD - Automated Polishing and Cleaning of Aluminum Extrusion Dies

045DD - Deposition of Hard Films on Hot-Work-Steel Dies for Aluminum Extrusion

050EP - Fundamentals of Advanced Aluminum Extrusion Processes

059DD - Effect of the Convex Die Geometry on the Process Parameters During Extrusion

060DD - Microstructural Evaluation of Convex Die Extrudates

070DD - The Effect of Die Type and Die Design on Heat Generation and Productivity when Extruding AlMgSi Alloys

086DD - Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Aluminum Extrusion Through Pocket Dies

087DD - Study of Cost Savings in Die Trial and Die Correction With New Inspection Technologies

092DD - Prediction of Material Flow Pattern in the Hot Extrusion of Aluminum Alloys by the Finite Element Method

094DD - Consideration of Surface Formation and Cracking and Control by Isothermal Extrusion - Simulation of These Factors by the Finite Element Method (FEM).

106DD - Finite Element Method (FEM) Investigations for Practical Extrusion Issues -- Extrusion Process for Complex 3-D Geometries; Pocket Die Designs; Transverse Weld Phenomenon

119DD - CVD Coating Technology for Increased Lifetime of Aluminum Extrusion Dies

121DD - Nitriding of Extrusion Dies: Problems and Solutions

122DD - Evaluation of a New Finite Element Method (FEM) Criterion for Seam Welds Quality Prediction in Aluminum Extruded Profiles

124DD - Extrud-AL™ -- An Alternative Approach to Nitrogen Die Cooling

135DD - Software Application for the Management of Profiles, Backers, and Bolsters

144DD - Modern Extrusion Die Hardening and Nitriding

148DD - Numerical Simulation of Weld Pocket Dies during Extrusion of Thin-Walled Solid Sections

154DD - 3-D Finite Element Method (FEM) Simulation System for Optimization of Profile Extrusion

158DD - Integrated Computer-Aided Extrusion Hollow Die Design System

161DD - Ni3Al-based Composites as Alternative Die Materials for the Extrusion of Hard Aluminum Alloys

171DD - Introduction of Simulation Technology to Die Design

179DD - Integration of 3D Finite Element Flow Modeling in Extrusion Tool Conception and Fabrication

Billet Process and Equipment