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2018 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition
BRIEF
For designers and engineers, the possibilities are endless when designing with aluminum extrusions. Aluminum profiles can provide the solution to many design challenges. With aluminum extrusions, you don’t have to compromise your design to accommodate standard shapes, you can design exactly the shape you need and let the production process accommodate itself to your specific design.
Aluminum profiles have many advantages, including:
Favorable strength-to-weight ratios
Flexibility of numerous alloys
Ability to design to close tolerances, and
Unsurpassed advantages of the extrusion process
…making aluminum extrusion the material and process of choice.
Entry Categories
These are just a few of the possible applications for aluminum profiles. Submit your own design or prototype — it will be considered!
Architectural / Structural
Office component systems
Exhibit display booths
Furniture
Architectural facades, windows
Bridges & bridge decking
Modular building systems
Satellite components
Engineered Products
Bicycles, sporting goods, recreational equipment
Ladders, scaffolds
Lighting, lighting tracks
Appliances, other durable household goods
Scientific, agricultural, industrial, mining equipment
Machine components
Electrical & thermal components
Transportation
Auto chassis & space frames, motorcycle frames & components, seat runners, roof rack rails, steering columns, door handles, radiator frames
Truck grills, trailer frames, flooring, cross members
Rail car frames & components
Airplane wings, seat tracks, window frames, handrails, landing gear
Space vehicle components
Boat hulls, crossbars, support bars, door & hatch cover trim, tracks & rub rails
Alternative Energy
Aluminum’s sustainable characteristics, along with the versatility of the extrusion process, make aluminum extrusions ideal for alternative energy applications, including:
Photovoltaic and Concentrated Solar Power
Building-integrated photovoltaic modules
Wind power
Hydro-electric power
Geothermal energy systems
Any part or component designed for use in an alternative energy system will fit into this category
SCHEDULE
Deadline: April 2, 2018
AWARDS
WEBSITE
http://www.aec.org/?page=iaedc_professional
