The Aluminum Anodizers Council (AAC) announced a call for papers for the 32nd Annual Anodizing Conference & Exposition, which will be held on October 10-12, 2023, at a U.S. location soon to be announced. Authors are invited to submit abstracts, papers, or speaker recommendations for consideration and approval by the AAC’s Education Committee. Deadline to submit is January 20, 2023.
Papers may be submitted covering a range of anodizing-related subjects, as the AAC wants to ensure that delegates are offered the most innovative and timely information at the conference. A technical paper is expected to support each presentation, and will be used as part of a comprehensive reference tool for conference registrants to take home.
AAC’s Education Committee will use the papers accepted to outline the content for the upcoming conference. Key topics likely to be of interest to all registrants will be identified, and the committee will schedule a number of specific-interest presentations for focus sessions to be held over the two days of educational programming at the Anodizing Conference & Exposition.
Suggested Topics
As a reference, the suggested topics list includes subjects gleaned from previous Anodizing Conference evaluation forms. These topics include but are not limited to:
- Automated Crane Technology
- Basics of the Anodizing Process and Their Importance in Process Control
- Cleaning Aluminum and Etching Rates
- Cost Analysis Methods for New Products and Processes/ Productivity Measurement
- Equipment for Wastewater Treatment, Sludge Collection and Disposal
- Fume Exhaust Systems
- In-Depth Information on Color/Aluminum Anodizing
- Management-Related Topics
- Plant Maintenance/ Equipment Maintenance
- Titrations of Various Process Solutions – Cleaners, Etch, Deox/Desmut, Bright Dip, Anodizing Dyes, Electrolytic Tin, and Seals
Presentation and Author Guidelines
- All presentations must be non-commercial.
- Manuscripts submitted for inclusion in the proceedings, handouts offered for distribution in the session room, and slide presentations themselves must be educational in content and in spirit.
- Presenters are to use their company names and logos on the title page or 1st slide only.
- Speakers must use the AAC provided template for their power point presentation.
- To facilitate correction, manuscripts should be submitted as e-mail attachments in Word (.doc); Adobe (.pdf) is acceptable. Copyright forms bearing signatures should be submitted by post or e-mail.
The full list of suggested topics and additional guidelines can be found here.