Event Details
Full Course Description
When: April 22, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Where: Courtyard by Marriott, Santa Ana, CA
Instructor(s): Laurence Claus
IFI MEMBERS ATTEND FOR FREE!
NON-MEMBER Pricing: Early bird pricing is available until Tuesday, April 8, 2025. The cost is $498 per day. Prices will increase to $550 / day on April 9, 2025.
IFI Training Topic – Day 1: Basic Aerospace Fasteners
COURSE DETAILS:
Explore the basics of aerospace fasteners in this all-day class. Learn why aerospace fasteners are unique in the fastener world, how an aircraft is put together with fasteners, why exotic metals are commonly used and about the variety of fastener types used in aerospace. Upon class completion, students will have a better understanding of how aerospace fasteners differ from those used for other industrial purposes – despite often looking the same.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- How aerospace fasteners are different
- Parts of an airplane and how it is put together
- Aerospace materials such as titanium, aluminum, and nickel superalloys
- Aerospace fastener types such as bolts and screws, wrenchable nuts, lock bolts, pins and collars, anchor plates, inserts, and panel fasteners
- Requirements to be an aerospace fastener supplier
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This is a fast-paced basic course and excellent for anyone relatively new to the industry, anyone having made a role change that would benefit from a general overview of the industry, or anyone who wishes to learn more about the aerospace fasteners.
- Engineering
- Quality
- Purchasing
- Sales
- Anyone new to aerospace fasteners
- Anyone interested in learning more about aerospace fasteners