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    Profile Academy

    Profile Academy is our professional training in aluminium profile design. The sessions are built around the questions engineers, designers and architects face when working with aluminium profiles, from tolerances to standards to design choices that affect how parts get made. We host Profile Academies in different formats and locations depending on what each team needs.

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    How a Profile Academy works

    Profile Academies are offered in different formats depending on what your team needs, from focused sessions on a single topic to longer engagements that cover the full curriculum.

    What we cover

    Most Profile Academies pull from a core set of topics. The exact mix depends on what your team wants to focus on. Some examples are: 

    Design principles

    • Aluminium profile fundamentals
    • Profile techniques and design for optimal production
    • Dimensional characteristics and strength calculation

    Materials and processes

    • Material techniques and corrosion
    • Surface treatment
    • Distortion and chipping processes

    Connections and assembly

    • Mechanical connections
    • Welding connections
    • Practical examples and analyses of profile solutions, with attention to total cost

    This is what some participants have said about their experience:

     

    "The Profile Academy covers a broad area. This provided me with an excellent basis for further development in subjects that are necessary in the automobile industry. I see now that the material and the construction methods offer excellent opportunities."

     

    "My visit to the Profile Academy provided me with an interesting view on the options in constructing aluminium profiles. The course covered the technique and also provided me with a number of ideas for applications. I learned so much."

    Free of charge

    Most of the training is offered free of charge to customers, product designers and developers, technicians, engineers, and architects across markets and industries. In some countries, participants must pay a small fee according to government regulations.

    Examples of course contents:

    • Material techniques and corrosion
    • Designs for recycling and the environment
    • Profile techniques and design for optimal production
    • Dimensional characteristics and strength calculation
    • Surface treatment
    • Distortion
    • Chipping processes
    • Mechanical connections
    • Welding connections
    • Practical examples and analyses of profile solutions, with attention to total expenses