May 15-17, 2007 Layton, Utah

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Agenda

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Subject

Name

Organization

Welcome and logistics

Bruce Sartwell

ESTCP, SERDP

Workshop introduction and aim

Keith Legg

Rowan Technology

OSD and Emerging Contaminants

Carole LeBlanc

MERIT team, DoD OEC

Global Chromate Requirements & Trends

Mike Wyrostek

MacDermid

Pretreatments for Al on aircraft

Bill Nickerson

NAVAIR

Cr6+ and COTS options for vehicles

John Beatty

ARL

Hex Chrome Conversion Coatings at Hill AFB

Nate Hughes

Hill AFB

Application of PreKote at Robins AFB/C-130

Todd Lavender

WR ALC

Current Status of Trivalent Passivates

Mike Kelly

Taskem

Available Non Hexavalent Chromate Products

Craig Bishop

Atotech

Hex-Cr Free Zn & Zn Alloy Technology

Jim Kloeckener

Enthone

Chromate Alternatives for Metal Protection

Bill Wittke

Henkel

Managing the Transition to Hexavalent Chromium Free Anti-Corrosion Coatings

Rob Berry, Mike Wyrostek

MacDermid

Other COTS alternatives: specialist vendors

Joe Ciejka (Luster-On), Joe Radzvilowicz (Metalast), Richard Buchi (Pantheon Chemical), Ray Lindeman Sur-Tec International, Mike Kelly (Taskem)

Sol-gel Conversion coatings, and anodizing

Joe Osborne

Boeing

Coatings for Fasteners

Rick Delawder

SWD

Ce-based Conversion Coatings

Matt O'Keefe

Univ MO/Rolla

Issues with use of Chromate Alternatives

Steve Gaydos

Boeing

Panel Discussion #1 - COTS Cr6+alternatives:

 

Available products and experience with commercial Cr6+ alternatives (for Al, steels, coatings)

Steve Brown (NAVAIR, PAX),  Craig Bishop (Atotech), Jim Kloeckener (Enthone), Todd Lavender (WR ALC), Bill Wittke (Henkel), Mike Wyrostek (MacDermid), Mary Traficante (Atotech)

Advanced Aluminum Anodizing Technology

Ruben Prado

FRC Southeast

Modern Facilities Design for Surface Finishing

Peter Gallerani

Integrated Tech

Panel discussion #2 - Running a non-Cr6+line

 

What does it take to put a non-Cr system into practice?

Bill Emery (SW United), Peter Gallerani (Integrated Technologies), Nate Hughes (Hill AFB), John Lindstedt (Artistic Plating)

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Subject

Name

Organization

Corrosion Protection of Structural Mg Alloys in Automotives

Wenyue Zheng (K. Legg)

CANMET-MTL

Cr-free conversion Coatings for Aerospace -  the European Perspective

Nieves Lapena-Rey (Steve Gaydos)

Boeing Europe/Spain

Electroplated AlumiPlate Al & TCP

Gus Vallejo

Alumiplate

ESTCP Hydrogen Embrittlement testing study

Steve Gaydos

Boeing St Louis

Breakout Sessions:

 

 

1.     Pretreatment (conversion coating) of Al and Mg alloys – structural and electronic

2.     Chromate treatment of steels (e.g. chromate wash primer)

3.     Chromate treatment of coatings (IVD Al, electroplated Al, Zn, ZnNi)

Outbriefs from Breakouts

 

 

Introducing Products to DoD Utilizing OSD’s New Specs & Standards On-line Tool

Robert Herron

Redstone Arsenal

Panel discussion #3 - Getting alternatives into production

Qualification, Authorization, Implementation Paths & Drivers (who authorizes for different services and applications)

Robert Herron (Redstone), Steve Battle(WR-ALC), John Beatty (ARL), Elizabeth Berman (AFRL), Mike Hanson (Coast Guard), Nate Hughes (OO-ALC), Ruben Prado (FRC SE), Steve Brown (NAVAIR PAX)

Open Discussion – Action Items