Aluminum Brazing and Soldering Seminar

October 22-23, 2008

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(Scroll down this page for Registration-Cost info, as well as for info about Vendor Tables, and our optional Golf Outing)

To download a hard copy of the tentative Program Schedule,click here) For this third K&A Aluminum Brazing/Soldering Conference (which now also includes aluminum SOLDERING!) we will once again be bringing in experienced aluminum brazing/soldering experts to help teach several portions of this unique 2-day program, and a number of major suppliers of products and services to the aluminum brazing will be exhibiting (a listing of vendors will be available in early fall, 2008). Listed here are the names of the experts who will be speaking, and who will also be participating on our "panel-of-experts" on the second afternoon of the program to field your many questions about aluminum brazing and soldering: ---Ed Patrick of E. P. Patrick & Associates (PA) is one of the foremost experts in aluminum joining today! He has spent many years with Alcoa, developing their joining processes, and is now a full-time consultant in various aspects of aluminum joining. He'll be teaching a number of the sections of this seminar. ---Duke Singleton of Singleton Consulting (Richmond, VA) is another leading expert in aluminum joining, and has also published numerous journal articles on the subject! He spent many years with Reynolds Aluminum, and following his retirement from Reynolds, now enjoys consulting on various aspects of aluminum materials and how to join them (soldering and brazing). ---Dan Kay of Kay & Associates -- Brazing instructor for 35-years, and host/emcee of this seminar, will also be involved with leading several portions of this seminar. Those who have been through any of his past seminars on brazing know about the quality of his teaching and his seminars. ---(Additional speakers will be announced in the days ahead, each one will be an expert in their area of aluminum brazing and/or soldering)--- There will be significant time for detailed Q&A throughout the program. Seminar attendees will come away with an in-depth understanding of aluminum brazing and soldering and how to effectively, and productively, improve their aluminum joining operations! Seminar -- Oct. 22-23, 2008 (Wednesday and Thursday) Ramada Inn Airport, Windsor Locks, CT (For more info about the Ramada Inn, or to make hotel reservations, CLICK HERE.) This 2-day aluminum brazing/soldering seminar program will cover the many aspects of aluminum brazing and soldering that someone needs to know in order to be able to effectively understand how to properly join aluminum. Guildelines for effectively implementing what you have learned will also be taught. Topics will include the metallurgy of aluminum, how to properly design assemblies for aluminum brazing and soldering (joint designs are often quite different for aluminum than for brazing of other metals), selection of proper filler metals (what form is best -- rings, paste, etc.? -- pros and cons of each), what kind of fluxes are available and which should be used, CAB (controlled atmosphere brazing), the equipment that is needed to successfully braze or solder aluminum, cleaning procedures, proper heating/cooling cycles, and how to correctly address your Quality Assurance concerns for aluminum, to name a few of the topics to be covered. All forms of aluminum brazing and soldering will be covered. Soldering methods for use in automotive, refrigertion, and HVAC will be discussed. Some of the brazing topics include: Vacuum furnace brazing Atmosphere retort-type furnace brazing Atmosphere belt-furnace brazing Flame (torch) brazing Dip brazing Induction brazing VENDOR TABLE-TOP DISPLAYS A large room will be set-up just outside the main conference room for vendors of aluminum brazing/soldering products and services to set up their table-top displays. (NOTE: Vendors must also register ALL their personnel for the regular seminar. Please note, however, that "Graduates" of our previous aluminum brazing/soldering seminars will be able to register at a deeply reduced rate for the technical-seminars. See info below.) ALL REFRESHMENT BREAKS DURING THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD IN THE VENDOR-DISPLAY AREA. Seminar Reception -- Meet the Vendors! The seminar will break at 4 PM on the first day of the program, and a special reception time will be held from 4-to-6:30 PM, to allow seminar attendees to meet with vendors in the vendor-display area, for more in-depth discussion opportunities than during the seminar breaks. Refreshments (hors d'oeuvres) and punch will be served. A cash-bar will also be made available by the hotel in the vendor display area. Exhibitors Listing (Will be announced in months ahead) Costs for Vendor Display Tables Each vendor will be offered an 8-foot table for their table-top display (with electrical connection, if needed) at a cost of only $295, IN ADDITION TO the seminar registration cost. ALL vendor personnel will be required to register for the brazing seminar (at same rate and discounts that apply to regular seminar attendees) if they did not attend our aluminum brazing seminar in Oct. 2006. If you are a "graduate" of our previous aluminum brazing/soldering seminars, and you are planning to have a display table at the seminar in Oct. 2008, then the cost of the display-table-only will be $395, IN ADDITION TO a significantly reduced registration fee for the technical sessions. Once again, all second-time attendees are invited to attend the technical sessions, since the exhibitor tables will be closed during the technical sessions. (TO SIGN UP FOR A VENDOR'S FIRST TABLE-TOP DISPLAY, CLICK HERE!) (TO SIGN UP FOR A "SECOND-TIME" VENDOR TABLE-TOP DISPLAY, CLICK HERE!) REGISTRATION-COSTS FOR 2-DAY SEMINAR Aluminum Brazing and Soldering Seminar cost for first time attendees is $1175 per person (the same as last year). When two or three persons (attending from the same company location) REGISTER TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME ON THE SAME REGISTRATION FORM, seminar fee is reduced to only $1075/person. OTHERWISE, ANY REGISTRATION FORM THAT IS SUBMITTED FOR ONLY ONE PERSON WILL BE CHARGED THE FULL $1175 PRICE. When four or more people from the same plant location register -- at the same time on the same registration form -- the seminar fee can be reduced to only $995/person. For those people who attended last year's seminar, the fee is reduced for second time attendees to only $350 per person ($325 when two or more register at the same time on the same registration form). See separate registration link for prior-attendees below. You can register by one of several different methods (be very sure to carefully select the correct one for you): ---First time attendees: you can register (click here) for the seminar on-line using your credit card. ---Previous attenders: you can register (click here) for the seminar on-line using your credit card. ---You can download a hard copy of the Registration Form by clicking here, filling it in, and then faxing it to 860-651-1919 (you will then need to send in a check, made out to Kay & Associates, for the appropriate amount). Seminar costs, and golfing costs, can be combined on same printed form, if desired, and then the check for the full, combined amount, can be sent directly to Kay & Associates at the address shown below. To download this seminar registration form, you'll need to use Acrobat Reader. If you don't have this software, you can get it by clicking on the Acrobat Reader icon here:     ---Or, you can call us (1-860-651-5595), and we'll have a Registration Form faxed to you, or sent out as an e-mail attachment to you, whichever you prefer. It can't get much easier than that! GOLF OUTING (OPTIONAL) Friday, Oct. 24 -- As mentioned above, an optional golf day (18-holes) at Simsbury Farms Golf Course (a beautiful golf course), including electric golf cart, and complementary bottles of water -- is available for only $65/person extra, WHEN YOU REGISTER FOR THE FULL SEMINAR (or if you are a previous graduate and are attending the Oct. 2008 seminar once again)! That's correct! The beautiful tree-covered hills and valleys along this rolling, up & down course will inspire you with their fabulous fall colors, even as the course itself challenges you! Even if you're a novice golfer, you'll enjoy the fun! (TO REGISTER FOR THE GOLF OUTING, CLICK HERE!) For more information about the seminar, the vendor display tables, or the golf outing, please call or e-mail today. Kay & Associates 4 Lawton Drive Simsbury, Connecticut USA 06070-2706 Phone: 860.651.5595 Fax: 860.651.1919 Email: dan@kaybrazing.com