
Fernando Santos
“Metallurgy offers a sea of opportunities to improve the performance and durability of components.”
Special Materials and Processes
The Special Materials and Processes team develops new materials, technologies and processes to improve the #durability of components by working to improve the properties linked to #thermal fatigue, #corrosion and #wear. #High entropy alloys, #superalloys and #special steels are some of its main lines of work.

Bottom gas extraction system for manufacturing steel cast components with reduced inclusion content
A gas extraction system for extracting gas generated when casting

High Performance Materials for extreme Energy Intensive Industry Process Environments
Modified cast austenitic alloys have been designed to enhance the

Influence of the Chemical Composition on the Solidification Path, Strengthening Mechanisms and Hardness of Ni-Cr-Si-Fe-B Self-Fluxing Alloys Obtained by Laser-Directed Energy Deposition
Nickel-based Ni-Cr-Si-B self-fluxing alloys are excellent candidates to replace cobalt-based

Embedded conductors in solidified molten metal for winding packs for high-field stellarators
The potential advantages of high-field stellarators are currently being recognised,

On the Mechanism of Formation of Bimodal Grain Structure in Al–4.5Mg–0.7Sc–0.3Zr Alloy Processed by Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Scalmalloy is an Al–Mg alloy with additions of Sc and

Effects of Different Si Content and Thermal Stories on the Secondary Phase Formation, Hot Ductility, and Stress Rupture Properties of Alloy 718 Investment Castings
Herein, the effects of microstructure on high-temperature properties (hot ductility

High creep resistant refractory stainless steels (super-refractories)
The present invention is encompassed within the ferrous metals processing

Workshop: “Novel high performance materials and components”
Energy intensive industries require a radical transformation of their production

Lightalloy Steel
New material LIGHTALLOY STEEL New family of lightweight sustainable steels.

New scenario for high temperature performance materials and and components
This workshop (which was held online) gathered some of the

Inoculation Process for grain refinement of a nickel base alloy
An inoculation process of a nickel base alloy, wherein the

HIPERMAT. Advanced design, monitoring, development and validation of novel HIgh PERformance MATerials and components
Finished project 0% 0 Start date European Union Funding 958196