The online Aluminium Rolling Technology Course will help you reduce downtime and improve your product quality because you’ll be able to diagnose and solve rolling problems quickly.

It will give you more in-house problem solving capability, so you’re less reliant on your suppliers.

You’ll get an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals of aluminium rolling from internationally recognised experts.

Our Aluminium Rolling Technology Course is the only rolling course specifically for aluminium. It’s our most popular training course and, since the first one in 2005, we’ve welcomed delegates from over 90 different companies.

This will be a live online course. We will be running in-person events in the UK in May and November 24. You can find out about them here.

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How can it help? Who is it for? Course details Sample agenda

How this course can help.

The online Aluminium Rolling Technology Course covers all the key aspects of hot and cold rolling of aluminium flat products. Our consultants, who have a huge amount of industry experience, write and deliver the modules. They’re very familiar with the day-to-day issues of a rolling plant and they’ve created this course to help you solve them. Many of the presentations are supplemented with hands-on workshop sessions.

Each delegate receives a 1100 page reference manual containing the presentation and workshop material, as well as an electronic version on an encrypted USB stick. The manuals are posted to each delegate ahead of the course start date.

This course is recognised by the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) as Professional Development.

Who's this course for?

The course is primarily designed for engineers and managers who work in aluminium rolling. However, it would also benefit managers requiring an up-to-date overview of quality-improving technology, as well as engineers new to the field of rolling.

We restrict the attendance to allow ample time for questions and discussion.

Course Details

The duration of the course is 10 half-days and a sample agenda is shown below. The course will take place online and delegates will be sent a joining link for Microsoft Teams.

This course contains the following modules:

Aluminium Market Dynamics & Drivers.
  • Economics of rolling
  • Business cycles
  • Future trends
Aluminium Casting Overview.
  • Outline of the process routes continuous casting and direct chill casting
  • Metal conditions at various stages during casting
  • Machinery used in casting
Process and Machinery Overview.
  • Outline of Aluminium process routes
  • Major components of reversing and hot mills, tandem mills and cold mills,
  • Outline of machinery used
  • Types of actuator in rolling mills
Mechanics of Rolling.
  • Yield criteria
  • Friction hill
  • Factors determining rolling load
  • Closed and open gap rolling
  • Attenuation
Finishing Overview.
  • Outline of finishing line process routes
  • Outline of machinery used
  • Affects of processing on product quality
Process Metallurgy.
  • Alloy choice
  • Microstructure
  • Strengthening mechanisms
  • Annealing
Thermal Aspects of Rolling.
  • Heat sources and sinks
  • Temperature distributions in rolls and strip
  • Design of roll spray cooling systems
  • Strip cooling
Tribology in Aluminium Rolling.
  • Friction and lubrication basic principles
  • Interaction of rough surfaces
  • Role of additives
  • Hot and cold rolling oils
  • System maintenance
  • Filtration
Mechanics of Profile & Flatness.
  • Definitions of profile and flatness
  • Sources of variation
  • In-process specification and targets for control
Surface Generation & Surface Defects.
  • Surface generation during rolling
  • Oil entrapment
  • Strip brightness control
  • Scuffing
  • Types of defect
  • Reduction marks
  • Surface inspection
Data Workshop Tutorial.
  • Introduction of data analysis and IBA software
  • How to interpret rolling mil data and create meaningful templates
Introduction to Control.
  • Open and closed loop control systems
  • PID control and gain determination
  • Ziegler-Nichols testing
  • Use of feedback
Mill Vibration.
  • Sources of vibration in cold mills
  • Vibration modes
  • Mechanical defects & vibration
Automatic Gauge Control.
  • Total gauge description
  • Gauge control loops
  • Measurement devices
  • Different methods of gauge control in current use
Measurement and Control of Profile.
  • Measurement of profile
  • Actuators for control
  • An integrated control strategy
  • Scheduling, setup, adapted setup & in-coil strategies
Automatic Flatness Control.
  • Definition
  • I-units
  • Different types of off-flatness
  • Relation with stress
  • On-line measurement
  • Flatness control actuators
  • Strategies to control flatness
Wrap up and Q&A Session.
  • Interactive session with Innoval’s experts
  • Wrap-up of the week

Sample Agenda

Online Aluminium Rolling Technology Course 2024

Week 1: Monday

09:00 - 12:45

09:00 Introduction
09:45 Aluminium Market Dynamics and Drivers
10:30 Break
10:45 Aluminium Casting Overview
11:30 Break
11:45 Process & Machinery Overview
12:30 Group Discussion and Q&A

Week 1: Tuesday

09:00 - 12:45

09:00 Process & Machinery Overview
10:00 Break
10:15 Mechanics of Rolling
11:30 Break
11:45 Mechanics of Rolling Tutorial
12:30 Group Discussion and Q&A

Week 1: Wednesday

09:00 - 12:45

09:00 Finishing Overview
09:45 Break
10:00 Process Metallurgy
11:00 Break
11:15 Process Metallurgy Tutorial
11:45 Process Metallurgy
12:30 Group Discussion and Q&A

Week 1: Thursday

09:00 - 12:45

09:00 Thermal Aspects of Rolling
10:00 Break
10:15 Thermal Aspects of Rolling
11:15 Break
11:30 Thermal Aspects of Rolling Tutorial
12:30 Group Discussion and Q&A

Week 1: Friday

09:00 - 12:45

09:00 Tribology in Aluminium Rolling
10:15 Break
10:30 Mechanics of Profile and Flatness
11:15 Break
11:30 Mechanics of Profile and Flatness
12:30 Group Discussion and Q&A

Week 2: Monday

09:00 - 12:45

09:00 Surface Generation
10:00 Break
10:15 Surface Defects
11:15 Break
11:30 Data Tutorial
12:30 Group Discussion and Q&A

Week 2: Tuesday

09:00 - 12:45

09:00 Introduction to Control
10:00 Break
10:15 Control Tutorial
10:45 Mill Vibration
11:30 Break
11:45 Mill Vibration
12:30 Group Discussion and Q&A

Week 2: Wednesday

09:00 - 12:45

09:00 Automatic Gauge Control
10:00 Break
10:15 Automatic Gauge Control Tutorial
11:30 Break
11:45 Automatic Gauge Control
12:30 Group Discussion and Q&A

Week 2: Thursday

09:00 - 12:45

09:00 Measurement and Control of Profile
10:00 Break
10:15 Measurement and Control of Profile
11:15 Break
11:30 Measurement and Control of Profile Tutorial
12:30 Group Discussion and Q&A

Week 2: Friday

09:00 - 12:45

09:00 Automatic Flatness Control
10:00 Break
10:15 Automatic Flatness Control Tutorial
11:00 Break
11:15 Automatic Flatness Control
12:30 Summary Session and Q&A

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Payment & cancellation.

Payment information.

We’ll send you an invoice shortly after receiving your registration form. The invoice will contain our bank details.

Please make sure your course fees are paid ahead of the course start date. We can’t fully confirm registrations until we’ve received your payment. We reserve the right to withhold the joining links and training materials if we do not receive your payment or PO ahead of the course start date.

Need to cancel?

We'll refund any fees, less a 10% handling charge, for a cancellation received in writing 14 days ahead of the course start date. For any cancellations after this and for non-attendance, we will charge the full rate. However, you're very welcome to send substitute delegates.