
Dr. Asier Bakedano
“Developing lighter components and alloys at competitive costs is one of the main challenges we are embarked along with our clients.”
Light Materials
The Light Materials team develops new knowledge and technologies to optimize the manufacturing processes of components and structures made of these materials, as well as new alloys that open up new fields of application.

Diagnosis – BREF for the Smitheries and Foundries Industry
Sustainability and environment Smitheries and Foundry Industry BREF Diagnosis Do you know the positioning of

Advanced tomographic inspection for the development of new products and processes
Supporting Industry R&D Advanced tomographic inspection for the development of new products and processes Metrological

KASANDRA® – Software for a real-time prediction of the risk of defect apparition
Iron Foundry KASANDRA® Real time predictive simulation for spheroidal graphite iron foundry High yield designs

Supporting foundry workers with an AI-based multimodal system tunned using foundry knowledge
Currently, society is experiencing a new Artificial Intelligence revolution with the creation of Large Language

Comparative study of the metallurgical quality, microstructure and mechanical properties of primary and secondary AlSi7Mg(Fe)aluminium alloys
The use of secondary aluminium is increasingly being promoted in the automotive industry for environmental

DIGITAL PASSPORT – Access to manufacturing data traceability of castings
Intelligent Manufacturing DIGITAL PASSPORT Part by part traceability of castings manufacuring process Multi-platform digital solution

SENTINEL® – Predictive control of manufacturing process by means of Artificial Intelligence
INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SENTINEL® Predictive control of the manufacturing process of metallic components. Ensure the efficiency

PDManager®- Digitalization, traceability and storage of foundry process data
process data management PDManager® Digitalization, correlation, traceability and storage of the relevant castings manufacturing process

DyMetriCS® – Dynamic mold mismatch control
Intelligent manufacturing DyMetriCS® System to control the dynamic mismatch of vertical foundry molds Avoid finishing

SECONDARY ALUMINUM WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES
NEW SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Secondary Aluminum with advanced mechanical properties New strategies to upgrade recycled aluminum

Report: “High quality recycled metals”
Metals are 100% recyclable and their reuse is a standard practice in the metal industry.

ALU-V® – Vacuum generation system for HPDC manufacturing
Intelligent manufacturing Alu-V® System to extract gases from injected aluminum molds Reduce porosity and defects