Course and Webinar Schedule

NADCA offers comprehensive educational opportunities in a variety of formats for workforce training and business improvement. Check out the calendar below for an updated course and webinar schedule:

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May 12 2026
National Course - Die Casting Defects 05/12/2026 Courses will take place at NADCA Headquarters in Arlington Heights, IL.
NADCA classes begin at 8:00 am and conclude at 4:00 pm. Student Materials, breakfast and lunch are included with the registration fee. Add to Calendar
May 13 2026
PQ² & Gating: Introduction and Basic Principles 05/13/2026 The first session will review the objectives of this webinar series and present several key concepts including: relationship between part quality requirements and process requirements; gating’s influence on quality; implications for total gate area versus multiple gates; fundamental relationships between cavity volume, gate speed, and cavity volumetric fill rate; gate speed and metal pressure relationships using Bernoulli’s principle. Add to Calendar
May 14 2026
PQ² , the Operating Window, Machine Constraints, Relationshi 05/14/2026 The session will introduce the PQ² diagram with an emphasis on using quality requirements to size gates and then to evaluate the limitations, if any, that the machine places on the operating window. Procedures to use aspects of PQ² to select the gate area to maximize the operating window are illustrated followed by consideration of plunger selection (or evaluation) and the effect on the operating window is shown. Add to Calendar
May 20 2026
PQ² & Gating: Calculations 05/20/2026 In this session uses the ideas introduced in the first two sessions to calculate total gate area requirements by first introducing and demonstrating how to calculate the optimum gate area by computing the maximum fill time. This leads directly to calculation of the gate area that maximizes the operating window. The standard atomization calculation to check gate dimensions is illustrated. The use of the NADCA web app to complete these calculations is also briefly illustrated. Add to Calendar
May 21 2026
Designing Runners, Overflows and Vents. Design Verification 05/21/2026 This session addresses construction of the detailed geometry of runners and gates. Cavity layout is briefly discussed followed by main runner geometry construction, with consideration both of heat loss and fluid flow. Procedures to construct tangential and fan gates are introduced along with guidelines for constructing overflows and vents. Use of the NADCA web app to complete these calculations is illustrated. The session concludes with a very brief introduction to the importance of simulation for design evaluation and verification. Add to Calendar
June 16 2026
National Course - Die Casting Problem Solving 06/16/2026 Courses will take place at NADCA Headquarters in Arlington Heights, IL.
NADCA classes begin at 8:00 am and conclude at 4:00 pm. Student Materials, breakfast and lunch are included with the registration fee. Add to Calendar
June 23 2026
National Course - Die Casting Safety 06/23/2026 Courses will take place at NADCA Headquarters in Arlington Heights, IL.
NADCA classes begin at 8:00 am and conclude at 4:00 pm. Student Materials, breakfast and lunch are included with the registration fee. Add to Calendar
August 4 2026
National Course - Engineering Die Casting Dies 08/04/2026 Courses will take place at NADCA Headquarters in Arlington Heights, IL.
NADCA classes begin at 8:00 am and conclude at 4:00 pm. Student Materials, breakfast and lunch are included with the registration fee. Add to Calendar
August 11 2026
National Course - Gating Design 08/11/2026 Courses will take place at NADCA Headquarters in Arlington Heights, IL.
NADCA classes begin at 8:00 am and conclude at 4:00 pm. Student Materials, breakfast and lunch are included with the registration fee. Add to Calendar
September 15 2026
National Course - Process Control 09/15/2026 Courses will take place at NADCA Headquarters in Arlington Heights, IL.
NADCA classes begin at 8:00 am and conclude at 4:00 pm. Student Materials, breakfast and lunch are included with the registration fee. Add to Calendar
October 13 2026
National Course - Machine Maintenance: Hydraulics 10/13/2026 Courses will take place at NADCA Headquarters in Arlington Heights, IL.
NADCA classes begin at 8:00 am and conclude at 4:00 pm. Student Materials, breakfast and lunch are included with the registration fee. Add to Calendar
October 21 2026
National Course - Computer Modeling 10/21/2026 Courses will take place at NADCA Headquarters in Arlington Heights, IL.
NADCA classes begin at 8:00 am and conclude at 4:00 pm. Student Materials, breakfast and lunch are included with the registration fee. Add to Calendar