BUEHLER PRESENTS
A Spring Lecture Series: Fastener Metallography
Holiday Inn, Long Beach Airport
Redondo Room - Top Floor
Free of Charge
Tuesday May 24th, 2011
9:00 – 11:30 AM
Structures and Heat Treatment of Fasteners
Fasteners are produced from a wide variety of materials and most materials can be used with different heat treatments or conditions. Structures of alloy steels, stainless steels (martensitic, austenitic, precipitation hardening), super alloys, titanium and aluminum will be demonstrated. Included are various heat treatments and their influence on the mechanical properties. Attendees will learn the proper terminology to describe microstructures such as equiaxed, slip lines, over heated, and many more.
1:00 – 3:30 PM
Fastener Imperfections
Many imperfections can be encountered during the final inspection of fasteners. Some result from poor quality raw material and others from improper manufacturing techniques. Examples of discrepancies caused by heat treatment, heading, grinding, thread rolling and plating are included in the talk. Learn hoe to identify alloy depletion, decarburization, shear planes, eutectic melting, overheated Ti6-4 and many more.
Excellent Results. Easily Repeatable.™
Our Featured Speaker:
Frauke Hogue
Hogue Metallography
Frauke Hogue was born in Germany. She received her education in metallography and testing of materials at the Lette Verein in Berlin, Germany.
In 1967 she moved to the Los Angeles area in order to learn technical English. She worked for Voi-Shan, a
manufacturer of aerospace fasteners, in the Quality
Control laboratory for 10 years. At Voi-Shan she wrote training manuals, trained new technicians, and
interfaced with customers and suppliers.
In 1981 Frauke became an independent consultant in metallography, working mainly in the greater Los
Angeles area, providing metallographic services to
failure analysis companies.
Since 1985 she has been teaching intensive courses at ASM International and at companies throughout the United States. The first course was “Metallographic
Techniques”. Realizing that there was a gap in the offered courses, Frauke developed “Practical
Interpretation of Microstructures” which consists of a collection of about 300 mounts and a notebook of annotated images of various materials and conditions. Another popular course is “Metallography of Fasteners” discussing structures and conditions encountered in the fastener industry.
Other projects Frauke is involved in are: Mentor for Materials Camp since it’s inception in 2000, K-12 website, certification for metallographers, writing a new course: Metallography for Failure Analysis.
As a member of IMS for over twenty years, she has
presented several papers at conferences including
Metallography of Fasteners, Metallography of
Meteorites, and Metallography in Failure Analysis. In 2000 she was elected to the board of directors. Currently she is serving as president (2009 – 2011).
Frauke’s other technical affiliation is with IMECA - Independent Metallurgical Engineering Consultants of
California. She has been an active member, planning meetings and presenting papers, and is serving as
president.
She lives with her husband Harlan in Pacific Palisades and Yucca Valley, California and they enjoy travelling, hiking and opera together.
Come and Enjoy Educational Talks on the latest in Buehler Sample Preparation Equipment, Sample
Preparation Consumables, and Imaging Analysis
Solutions.
Reserve Your Spot Now - Deadline 05/16/11!!!
(Space Very Limited)
Don Lafferty at 562-743-9523 or Don.Lafferty@Buehler.com
Please indicate number of people attending and which lecture(s) you are interested in.