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Thanks for helping to make the Dubai 2009 Special Technology Seminar a success. Please use the links below to download individual "Handouts" (PDF with six slides per page) and "Slideshows" (PDFs with one slide per page).
Program Description
The Technology
Thursday morning session from 9:00 to 12:00
Materials For Advanced Heat Exchangers
Markku Ainali, General Manager — Customer Product Development, Luvata Sweden
What is brazing? Materials for heat exchangers: Fin, tube, header, tank and side-support materials. Brazing powders and foils.
Successful BRAZING with amorphous-metal foil
Dr. Dieter Nützel, Manager — Development of Physical Alloys, Vacuumschmelze, Germany
Production of amorphous metal films. Melting behavior of foils. Brazing of fins to tubes. Use of internal turbulators. Locomotive applications.
PROCESS, QUALITY CONTROL AND PRODUCTION MACHINES
Daniel Schnee, Manager Applied Technology, Umicore BrazeTec, Germany
Process schemes. Key parameters. Machinery for different production volumes. Low-cost starter concept.
Paste application. Environmental issues.
FURNACES FOR BRAZING HEAT EXCHANGERS
Piotr Skarbinski, Global Products Director — CAB Furnaces, SECO/WARWICK, Poland
Furnace requirements for brazing. Furnace types for different production volumes and product sizes. Environmental issues. Cost range.
Status And Applications
Thursday afternoon session from 13:30 to 16:00
Technical Status , Market Trends And Future Development
Markku Ainali, General Manager — Customer Product Development, Luvata Sweden
State of the technology. Market analysis. Success implementations globally.
Railroad Applications And Experience
Jan Andersson, Bombardier/Råbe Consulting
Special requirements for locomotive applications. South African Railways case study. Emissions regulations.
One-Shot Brazing
Juho Partanen, Production Manager for CuproBraze, Finnradiator, Finland
What measures are needed? Technical benefits versus optional welding. Cost benefits. Further development.
Panel Discussion: How to Proceed from Idea to Production
Ainali, Andersson, Partanen, Schnee, Nützel and Skarbinski
Redesign of products. From flat-fin radiators to square-wave corrugated ones. Prototyping. Testing. Technical support. Questions and answers.