EUROPEAN CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION ON ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSES - EUROMAT 2021

In this lecture is made a brief route though the technology that has been the umbrella of all my academic life: powder metallurgy (PM). There are three main reasons to use this technology as an alternative to many others: 1) is a cost saving technology compared with alternative processes, 2) sometimes is a captive way to produce a part or a material and, 3) by the PM route is possible to...

Unproper disposal of non-biodegradable plastics and their accumulation on environment triggers the known white pollution. In turn, agrifood waste is a global concern since high foodstuffs amount ends as non-valued waste. To overcome these issues, ecology concepts as green manufacturing/circular economy are being pursued. Therefore, plastics with improved biodegradability, physicochemical, and...

Transparent electronics has gained special attention during the last decade and is today well established as one of the key technologies for a wide range of device applications and is one of the most promising technologies for new electronic products with high added value, away from the traditional silicon technology.

The key components are sustainable abundant and non-toxic materials based...

Metal Additive Manufacturing and more specifically Laser Powder bed Fusion (L-PBF) is combining very unique process conditions resulting in fascinating microstructures. The very high energy density of the laser leads to very high melt pool temperatures and high cooling rates causing ultrafine and often supersaturated and metastable unique microstructures. The additive nature of the process...

Research data paired with Artificial Intelligence (AI) enable of a new level, a new quality of science. The ultimate goal in our research domain is to predict novel candidate materials for a given application, possibly even in regions of the materials space that no-one would think of. A real breakthrough is, however, only possible if a few key prerequisites are brought together: Big Data – the...

Intermetallic TiAl alloys based on the γ-TiAl phase are already used as engineering lightweight high-temperature materials in aircraft and automotive engines. Thereby, they partly substitute the twice as heavy Ni-base superalloys. Present applications are, for example, blades in the low-pressure turbine of advanced aero-engines, turbine wheels for turbocharger systems of car diesel engines and...

From charging a cell phone to powering large data centers all over the world, energy conversion in offshore wind turbines, or in automotive applications, modern power semiconductors are a key technology.

To guarantee that the devices work efficiently and reliably in such diverse applications in often harsh environments, they consist of a complex combination of thin films surrounding the...

The Ferroalloy producers research organization join the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, SINTEF and the Norwegian ferroalloy producers in research to promote the production of silicon and ferroalloys. For 30 years this organization has managed and performed research to keep the Norwegian ferroalloy producers in the technical forefront. It is based on the three axes of...