The IMAGINE research team, lead by AZTERLAN Metallurgy Research Centre, member of BRTA, will develop hybrid casting, forging, stamping, additive manufacturing and welding processes to create components of complex geometries and with specific characteristics, at competitive costs, for automotive, aerospace and oil&gas sectors, among others.
Dr. Carsten Külhgatz (recently elected President of the WFO) and Dr. Fynn-Willem Lohe (General Secretary of CAEF) celebrated several working meetings linked to the development of the foundry industry and to strengthen future cooperation opportunities, visiting as well the new facilities of AZTERLAN Metallurgy Research Centre (a European reference in metallurgy with an active participation in international networks).
AZTERLAN participates in the LIFE HI4S project, targeted at the revalorization of this relevant industrial waste. The project includes as well the construction of a prototype plant for heat regeneration and electricity production.
The research work to be presented by AZTERLAN Metallurgy Research Centre will offer an overview of the influence of the graphite morphology and microstructure on the corrosion behaviour of cast iron for applications in automotive components, focusing on high silicon cast irons.
AZTERLAN Technological Services division has recently been homologated by BOEING aircraft manufacturer to perform advanced metallurgical characterization tests. Homologation extends to the performance of physical and chemical key analysis for the aerospace industry.