SME Surface Conversion Coatings Seminar

Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 9-12
Location:  DeepSea Power & Light, 4033 Ruffin Road, San Diego, CA  92117
Cost: $40 per attendee.

Moderator:  Kevin Hardy, VP, DeepSeaPower  Light; SME-44 Program Chair
Speakers:
        Symcoat
                Dave Loudon, Founder, Technical Director
                Michelle Kanganis, VP-Sales and Marketing

        Thermal-Vac
                Steve Driscol, President
                Tammy Dodson, Outside Sales Manager

Cost includes: program, course notes, coffee, tea, pasteries, before
the session and at the break.

Drive through open gate on south side.  Enter building on South side.
Door will be marked.

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Full Syllabus

I.  Welcome, admin, intros of speakers and their companies, pass out
course notes
        A.  Objective of Seminar
        Application Oriented:  Provide an understanding of benefits
and processes of surface conversion coatings, including anodize,
tiodize, chemfilm, heat treat and others.  Participants are
encouraged to ask questions along the way.  The speakers are
requested to stay after the seminar to answer additional questions or
discuss applications from attendees.  Information packets from our
sponsoring companies and samples are available for attendees to see
at the back of the room during the break and after the workshop.

          Definition of terms, background of processes.

II.  Anodizing (Mil-A-8625F)

        A. Description: Anodizing is a surface conversion process, changing the
                aluminum alloy into alumina (aluminum oxide).
        B.  Two types: Barrier type, Porous type
        C. Sealing
        D.  Alloys
        E. Uses for Anodizing
        F.  Disadvantages of Anodizing
        G.  Other physical properties
        H.  Anodizing fixtures
        I.  Masking
        J.  QC
        K.  Drawing Call out
        L.  Application Notes

III.  Tiodize
        A.  Description: "Tiodize": Like anodizing is to aluminum,
tiodizing is to
                titanium, a surface conversion process, changing the
titanium alloy into
                titanium oxide.
        B.  Alloys
        C.  Uses for Tiodizing
        D.  Disadvantages of Tiodizing
        E.  Other physical properties
        F.  Fixtures
        G.  Masking
        H.  QC
        I.  Application Notes

IV.  Chemfilm  (Mil-C-5541E)
        A.  Description
        B.  Purpose
        C.  Advantages
        D.  Disadvantages
        E.  Fixturing
        F.  Drawing call-out
        G.  Masking
        H.  QC
        I.  Application Notes

V.  Passivation and Electropolishing
                Passivation:  Mil-S-5002D, QQ-P-35G
                Electropolish:  No Mil Spec
        A.  Description
        B.  Purpose
        C.  Advantages
        D.  Disadvantages
        E.  Fixturing
        F.  Drawing call-out
        G.  Masking
        H.  QC
        I.  Application Notes

VI.  RoHS

VII.  Heat treat and related processes
        A.  Description:  Heat Treating is defined as heating and
cooling a solid metal or
                alloy in such a way as to obtain desired conditions
or properties.
        B. Purpose
        C.  Overview: Processes and Atmospheres
        D.  Vacuum Processing
        E.  Retort Processing
        F.  Air Processing
        G.  Endothermic Processing
        H.  Neutral Salt Processing
        I.  Cryogenic Processing
        J.  Heat treatable materials
        K.  Degassing
        L.  Testing and QC

VIII.  Wrap-up