The Anodizing Masterclass
"An Introduction to Anodizing"
Anodizing class in Person
For ambitious and passionate anodizers
For beginners and experienced professionals
April 8 and April 9, 2025
Montebello, Los Angeles
BUY 1 GET 3 - this is included in your $950:
2 days in person Anodizing class
Take your anodizing expertise to the next level with this immersive two-day training, designed for anyone involved in running an anodizing line. With a strong focus on quality and efficiency, this hands-on training guides participants through the entire anodizing process—from understanding aluminum corrosion and alloys to mastering handling, racking, pretreatment, anodizing, rinsing, coloring, sealing, equipment, and waste treatment.
Whether you're just starting out or have years of experience, the Anodizing Masterclass - An introduction to Anodizing is the perfect opportunity to deepen your knowledge, refine your process, and gain valuable insights that will elevate your anodizing operations. Engage with industry expert, ask questions, and walk away with the confidence to optimize your work and achieve superior results.
The Anodizing Masterclass E-learning course
Discover The Anodizing Masterclass—an on-demand e-learning course designed to enhance knowledge retention, streamline onboarding, and boost industry competitiveness. Backed by over 25 years of expertise, this comprehensive program covers essential strategies for long-term success, including pretreatment, racking, anodizing, testing, and quality assurance.
Participants will receive this valuable course materials alongside their own notes, ensuring they retain crucial information that’s often difficult to recall later. Whether you're new to anodizing or looking to refine your skills, this course provides the knowledge you need to excel.
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Network and anodizing discussions
Join us for an in-person event dedicated to networking and anodizing discussions! This gathering offers a unique opportunity to connect with others facing similar anodizing challenges, exchange ideas, and gain valuable insights. Industry experts and instructors will be on hand to share their extensive knowledge and help you navigate common issues in the field. Don't miss this chance to learn, collaborate, and grow within the anodizing community.
The program for the two days training
DAY 1
8:00 am – 8:15 am Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop “Introduction to Anodizing”
8:15 am – 8:30 am Short introduction of Participants
8:30 am – 9:00 am Aluminum and its alloys: Getting a basic idea of Aluminum and its alloys to get the best anodizing results.
9:00 am – 9:45 am History of Anodizing: What is anodizing and why do we anodize aluminum? The various anodizing processes, including sulfuric anodizing process, which is the one we will concentrate on in the workshop. This will give you a fundamental understanding of what is happening during the anodizing process.
9:45 am – 10:00 am Break
10:00 am – 10:45 am Corrosion of Aluminum: This section provides a short introduction to corrosion of aluminum and talks about the three most important types, providing you with the understanding of the corrosion issues of aluminum.
10:45 am – 11:15 am Handling and Racking: This is the first step in the anodizing process, different possibilities will be shown and we will talk about the advantages and disadvantages as well as troubleshooting.
11:15 am – 12:30 pm Pretreatment: In this presentation, you will learn the fundamentals in pretreatment, such as cleaning, etching, deoxidizing and bright dip. We will talk about what you do in your own line. Why we pretreated and what happens, the chemicals and what can go wrong (troubleshooting).
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Anodizing in Sulfuric Acid: Now you know what happens with the aluminum surface before anodizing, so this is the time for an in depth presentation about anodizing. Here you will learn all about what´s going on in the process, the influence of the various process parameters, the chemicals, temperature and time. Topics will also include the importance of filtering, analysis of the anodizing bath, as well as testing and troubleshooting.
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm Break
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm Anodizing in Sulfuric Acid: Continued from before the break
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm Troubleshooting, follow up and tomorrows program: The final session of the day will give you an overview of what we have talked about and what you will learn on day 2.
DAY 2
8:00 am – 8:15 am Good morning and Welcome, short introduction to the program of the day.
8:15 am – 9:15 am Rinsing: One of the factors we sometimes forget is how important the rinsing step is. You will learn about DI, filtering and double/triple rinse. Again there will be a part about the defects you can find on the finished product, and how to avoid them.
9:15 am – 10:15 am Coloring: Introduction to coloring the anodized layer. Different coloring methods will be introduced, such as electrolytic, interference, integral and organic coloring. This section will also include troubleshooting when coloring.
10:15 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 11:30 am Sealing: This is the last step in the anodizing process. You will learn about different sealing methods, test, analysis and troubleshooting.
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Test/Quality: This section will help you in your quality control. Different standards will be explained and ISO standards will be compared to military standards. NADCAP will be discussed with regards to the attendance experience.
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Waste treatment: Discussion of various waste treatment methods and how to use the end products from the process.
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Anodizing Equipment: How do you decide what kinds of equipment to use, what should your requirements be, and how do you best maintain it. Comparison between manual, automatic and semi automatic lines will be discussed.
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Troubleshooting: If you have brought any of your own parts, we will take a look and see if we can find a solution.
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Closing remarks
The Venue takes place at:
Home2Suites Los Angeles Montebello
988 Bella Verde Dr. Montebello, CA 90640
Please contact hotel for room availability: Claudia Ruiz, Direct: 323-477-2465, Claudia.Ruiz@hilton.com
WHY I AM TEACHING YOU!
Your anodizing expert.
Welcome to the Training!
I’m Anne, and I’m excited to spend the next two days with you. With 25 years of experience and visits to 200+ anodizing facilities, I’ve seen firsthand the challenges businesses face—inconsistent quality, inefficiencies, and downtime—and helped them overcome these with simple, effective improvements.
You’re here to deepen your knowledge of anodizing and explore ways to enhance quality and efficiency—and I’m here to share insights from my hands-on experience.
Even small adjustments can lead to big improvements in quality, efficiency, and profitability—often with little to no investment. Let’s dive in!
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