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REVaMP. Retrofitting equipment for efficient use of variable feedstock in metal making processes
Project complete 0% 0 Start date Horizon 2020 Funded by 869882 grant agreement number 0 End date Metals can be
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Development of a 4.0 strategy aimed at reducing the rejection rate in aluminum foundry
Without a doubt, the industry 4.0 revolution is reaching all industrial sectors and aluminum smelting could not be an exception.
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Digital Twins workshop
AZTERLAN’s Industry 4.0 expert and head of Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies team PhD Javier Nieves presented some of the keys towards
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Effect of titanium in the nucleation process of spheroidal and compacted graphite cast iron
Nucleation and growth phenomena that control the solidification directly affect the soundness and the mechanical properties of the castings. Understanding
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Microstructure Changes During Solidification of Cast Irons: Effect of Chemical Composition and Inoculation on Competitive Spheroidal and Compacted Graphite Growth
Amongst the most important graphite shapes, nodules and compacted particles are of particular interest as they can coexist in castings
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System and method of quenching monitoring during steel hot stamping
A system and method of quenching monitoring during steel hot stamping is presented, based on real-time measurements of pressure variations
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Influence of different inoculants on the nucleation potential and the contraction ability of the ductile iron
The use of advanced control systems based on cooling curves allows to analyse the characteristics of the melt in real
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Strategies to modify the microstructure of altered molten super-alloys
18/11/2019 The super-alloys family is composed by those alloys which fundamental constituting chemical element is Ni or Co. These elements,
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Device and method for improved cooling of a metallic alloy in a sand mold
Abstract: The device comprises a sand mold with an inner cavity fillable with a metallic alloy to be solidified inside
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Comparison of hot craking susceptibility of TIG and laser beam welded alloy 718 by Varestraint testing
Reduced hot cracking susceptibility is essential to ensure the flawless manufacturing of nickel superalloys typically employed in welded aircraft engine
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Shaping the foundry of the future by means of the “perfect casting”
03/09/2019 In the month of June took place in Dusseldorf a new edition of the GIFA international foundry exhibition, which
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Forging residual heat exploitation feasibility for annealing treatments in space restricted lay-outs
Taking advantage of the residual heat in forged components right after forging, by means of loading them directly into a
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Experimental validation of steel slag as thermal energy storage material in a 400 kWht prototype
Packed bed systems have been proposed in the last years as a promising thermal energy storage alternative to reduce the
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Failure Analysis Based Redesign of Furnace Conveyor System Components: A Case Study
Any manufacturing equipment designed from scratch requires a detailed follow-up of the performance for the first units placed in service
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Chunky graphite in spheroidal graphite iron: Review of recent results and definition of an predicting index
Graphite degeneracy in heavy-section spheroidal graphite cast irons is mostly associated with the formation of chunky graphite which consists of
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Validation of the usage of spent foundry sand as a fine aggregate for construction applications
27/07/2019 Lead by the IK4-AZTERLAN Metallurgy Research Centre and with the participation of an outstanding consortium of companies and entities,