Corrosion Education & Training
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Learn from industry experts in a variety of formats that suit your budget, schedule, and preferred learning style.
Instructor-Led Courses
Hands-on learning that takes place in-person at ASM headquarters in our state-of-the-art training labs and classrooms, or virtually through direct interaction with an expert ASM instructor without needing to travel!
Self-Study Courses
Online education courses which allow you to learn at your own pace in an independent study format.
Digital Short Courses
Shorter format, typically completed in ~2 hours, which offer visual guides, animations, and interactive quizzes.
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Instructor-Led Courses
Aluminum and Its Alloys
Aluminum is a widely used metal that is playing an increasingly dominant role in the green economy. Aluminum’s high strength-to-weight ratio, low cost, recycling ability, and other positive attributes are some of the reasons that aluminum is being adopted as a material of choice by weight conscious component engineers. This class uses hundreds of hands-on, real-world aluminum components and metallurgical samples to illustrate concepts in the text. Aluminum literature is also provided as a valuable resource for people working with aluminum and aluminum alloy products. Students are encouraged to bring questions and their real-world problems to class for discussion and resolution. This is the ideal class for someone who will be actively working with the many diverse aspects of aluminum technology.
Corrosion
Corrosion occurs in all industries from automotive and aerospace to infrastructure, construction, petroleum, power, paper making, food processing, bio-engineering, and pharmaceuticals. Corrosion is costly, dangerous, wasteful, and unsightly. It can be predicted, controlled, and even avoided. This class presents an overview of the eight major corrosion processes and related corrosion monitoring, prediction and control mechanisms. The principles discussed are applicable to all metals. Emphasis is on practical applications of corrosion technology to industrial corrosion problems.
Principles of Failure Analysis, 3 Days
This lecture course is designed to provide the knowledge to bridge the gap between theory and practice of failure analysis. This course presents a very practical approach to failure analysis for those who are new to the field or those who want an update. It is also designed for technicians with the pre-requisites and those interested in understanding how knowledge of failure analysis can lead to better productivity. Causes of fractures are explained with diagrams of stress application and distribution. Many case histories of failures and their elimination are highlighted throughout the course.
Unfortunately, an in-person option is not currently offered, but please click below to share your interest and help inform our course development efforts!
Principles of Failure Analysis, 4 days
This lecture course is designed to provide the knowledge to bridge the gap between theory and practice of failure analysis. This course presents a very practical approach to failure analysis for those who are new to the field or those who want an update. It is also designed for technicians with the pre-requisites and those interested in understanding how knowledge of failure analysis can lead to better productivity. Causes of fractures are explained with diagrams of stress application and distribution. Many case histories of failures and their elimination are highlighted throughout the course.
Unfortunately, a virtual option is not currently offered, but please click below to share your interest and help inform our course development efforts!
Scanning Electron Microscopy
In collaboration with Zeiss, ASM presents this course on basic scanning electron microscopy (SEM) operation. Learners will complete the online course prior to attending onsite training at ASM Laboratoires. The online course material presents necessary theory and operating principles and imaging and analytical techniques.
Lab time will be held in small groups of 1-3 attendees in the ASM Microscopy Lab using the EVO LS15 SEM and a Bruker energy-dispersive spectrometer (EDS) for fast elemental mapping and inclusion analysis. Students are encouraged to bring their own samples.
Stainless Steels
Stainless steels have emerged as one of the more important man-made materials, designed for strength, corrosion resistance, and ease of fabrication. Continued growth in the use of stainless steels provides an incentive to understand their properties, processing, and response to various fabrication routes. This course provides the important facts to help master these alloys for a wide variety of uses.
Unfortunately, an in-person option is not currently offered, but please click below to share your interest and help inform our course development efforts!
Superalloys
Knowledge of superalloys is key to designing the critical components used in the most challenging applications. This course allows you to dive deep into this unique class of materials that exhibit superior mechanical strength, corrosion resistance, and surface stability. You will focus on the nature, properties, and usage of metal alloys. The content for the Superalloys course will include materials, superalloy properties, corrosion behavior, a look towards the future of superalloys, and more.
Titanium and Its Alloys
Titanium and its alloys are a versatile family of metals with applications in many industries. They have high modulus and strength-to-weight ratios, excellent corrosion resistance, and superior biocompatibility. This unique combination of physical, mechanical, and chemical properties make them attractive for aerospace, marine, industrial, and biomedical applications. This course provides an overview of the rapidly growing titanium industry.
Unfortunately, an in-person option is not currently offered, but please click below to share your interest and help inform our course development efforts!
Vacuum Heat Treating
Self-Study Courses
Aluminum and Its Alloys
Aluminum occupies an important position in the family of metals with a very wide range of industrial and consumer applications. Second only to iron, aluminum is the worlds most widely used metal.
Corrosion
Corrosion occurs in all industries from automotive and aerospace to infrastructure, construction, petroleum, power, paper making, food processing, bioengineering, and pharmaceuticals. Corrosion is costly, dangerous, wasteful, and unsightly. It can be predicted, controlled, and even avoided.
Nickel and Nickel Alloys
Where long performance life and reduced lifecycle costs are at issue, nickel and nickel alloys can frequently provide an excellent alternative. Today, as long mill lead times attest, higher alloyed materials are being used to an even greater extent. To provide dependable information on when to use these alloys – and in which applications – this course has been developed.
Principles of Failure Analysis
This course is designed to provide the knowledge to bridge the gap between theory and practice of failure analysis. This course presents a very practical approach to failure analysis for those who are new to the field or those who want an update. It is also designed for technicians with the pre-requisites and those interested in understanding how knowledge of failure analysis can lead to better productivity.
Scanning Electron Microscopy
This course focuses on the practical materials and processing knowledge necessary to perform failure analysis on these widely used component groups. The course materials and instruction will provide insight into the manufacturing of components, circumstances resulting in degradation, and diagnostic features for failure analysis and prevention.
Stainless Steels
Stainless steels have emerged as one of the more important man-made materials, designed for strength, corrosion resistance, and easy fabrication. Continued growth in the use of stainless steels provides an incentive to understand their properties, processing, and response to various fabrication rules. This course provides the important facts to help master these alloys for a wide variety of uses.
Superalloys
Knowledge of superalloys is key to designing the critical components used in the most challenging applications. This course allows you to dive deep into this unique class of materials that exhibit superior mechanical strength, corrosion resistance, and surface stability. You will focus on the nature, properties, and usage of metal alloys. The content for the Superalloys course will include materials, superalloy properties, corrosion behavior, a look towards the future of superalloys, and more.
Titanium and Its Alloys
Titanium occupies an important position in the family of metals because of its light weight and corrosion resistance. Its unique combination of physical, chemical and mechanical properties make titanium alloys attractive for aerospace and industrial applications.
Digital Short Courses
Corrosion Prevention
Corrosion occurs in all industries from automotive and aerospace to infrastructure, construction, petroleum, power, paper making, food processing, bioengineering, and pharmaceuticals. Where a corrosion failure has occurred, economical and practicable measures for prevention of future failures of the same type are required.
Corrosion Testing and Monitoring
Corrosion testing and monitoring are powerful tools in the fight to control corrosion. Testing provides the necessary data for the evaluation and/ or selection of existing, alternative, or new materials in various environments. Monitoring allows workers to follow the effectiveness of a corrosion-control system and provides early warning when damaging conditions arise.
Types of Corrosion
In this self-guided digital course, students will learn – with the help of rich visuals, narrated animations, demonstration videos, and interactive quizzes – the major corrosion processes that are observed across all industries. This course also includes real world corrosion case studies.