Acting directly over metallic materials and their transformation processes is key to delay corrosion and mitigate its negative impact, as well as to achieve more efficient industrial processes.
Corrosion is a natural and unavoidable phenomenon which has a significant impact on people, environment and economy. The direct costs associated to corrosion for the Basque Industry are estimated to reach up 3.5% of the GDP. Enara Mardaras, head of Metallic Materials Corrosion and Protection research line at AZTERLAN tells us more about the main aspects that concern the industry regarding corrosion and the working lines of AZTERLAN Metallurgy Research Centre in this field.
Regarding the current health alert scenario due to COVID-19 pandemic, AZTERLAN Metallurgy Research Centre would like to inform you that we keep our activity and our operative capacities running. Thus, we keep offering materials characterisation, homologation and certification services and working to ensure the proper performance of our R&D projects.
The Technology Centre specialized in metallurgy and metallic materials transformation processes has recently incorporated the capabilities of the program SysWeld. An additional tool that supports the wide experience with the specialized software Thermolcalc (design and optimization of heat treatments) and Dictra (prediction of the behaviour of metallic components during heat treatment).
The Technology Centre, specialized in metallic materials and their transformation processes, also participated in the conception and setting-up of the SP21 nodular foundry plant of AAPICO PORTUGAL (former SAKTHI PORTUGAL), dedicated to the manufacturing of cast iron components for the automotive sector.