Principles of Metallurgy Webinar

About the Course

Join Michael Pfeifer for this webinar from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm ET

Are you looking for new way to:

• Design better, lower-cost components?
• Fix quality problems faster?
• Identify sub-par suppliers faster?

One approach that many people are unaware of is leveraging metals science and engineering.

Metals science and engineering are under-leveraged

Even though millions of components are made of metal, metals science and engineering are under-leveraged at many companies. The reason - many people haven't had much metallurgy training and don't have a good understanding of metals science. The result – missed opportunities to reduce component costs, fix quality problems faster, and have productive engineering conversations involving metal components.

In this webinar you will learn about metallurgical factors that influence metal properties and how microscopic structures in metals are modified by alloying, heat treatment, and cold working. This information will

• Provide insights into how a metal's composition and microstructure can be engineered to get the strength, and other properties, needed for metal components.
• Give a better sense of the questions and considerations when trying to fix quality problems and assessing suppliers.

What You'll Learn

The following topics that will be covered are:

• The relationship between a metal's properties and its composition, microscopic structure, and the manufacturing processes used to fabricate the metal
• Microscopic structures present in metals
• How the microscopic structures and metal composition influence metal strength
• Metallurgical changes that result from alloying, cold working, and heat treating, and the effects of these changes on metal strength

The concepts that will be taught are applicable to all metals. Examples for steel, aluminum, and brass are presented to explain the concepts taught

Target Audience

Design engineers, manufacturing engineers, quality engineers, sourcing, sales. This webinar is intended for people who want an introduction to metallurgy or want to refresh what they learned years ago in a college course.

Registering for the Webinar

The fee is $125 per person. After registering you will receive an email within a few hours with information about how to access the webinar. In addition to the webinar, you'll get 7-day access to a recording of the webinar.

About the Instructor

Michael Pfeifer is Principal Engineer and Trainer at Industrial Metallurgists LLC.

For over 25 years Michael has worked with many companies on failure analysis and root cause analysis investigations, as well providing engineering consulting for product design and manufacturing. He is also the author of Materials Enabled Designs, which teaches how to select materials that optimize product performance, reliability, and cost.

He received a B.S. and M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University.