Find out the technological developments, inventions, new materials and dissemination activities developed by the AZTERLAN team.
Testing uncertainty ratios: In what range of measures do we move?
When quantitative physical-chemical tests and analyses are performed, the concept of uncertainty is usually unnoticed, giving for fact that the
New As-Cast Ductile Iron Raises Bar for Properties
Ductile iron has a wide range of mechanical properties, depending on its metallic matrix. The material can replace cast and
Twinning Induced Plasticity steels (TWIP)
Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) are designed to provide an efficient answer to the actual demands from the automotive industry,
An Overview of Research Activities at IK4-Azterlan and Recent Technologies
IK4-Azterlan is a metallurgical research centre with broad experience in casting and solidification technologies for cast iron, steel and aluminium
Worldwide foundry industry exhibits its latest advances at GIFA
Once again, Düsseldorf has been the center of world foundry industry along the intense five working days of the last
Need for high integrity light weight structural castings
Global warming and resource shortage have lead to an urgent demand for reducing the weight of passenger´s vehicles. Since the
Heat treatment optimisation of secondary AlSi10MnMg(Fe) test parts fabricated by vacuum assisted high pressure die casting technology
Primary AlSi10MnMg alloy is the most widely used alloy for manufacturig of vacuum assisted high pressure die castings (VPDC) with
Effect of microstructure and casting defects on the mechanical properties of secondary AlSi10MnMg(Fe) test parts manufactured by vacuum assisted high pressure die casting technology
Primary AlSi10MnMg alloy is widely used for manufacturing of high ductility VPDC castings. This alloy combines low Fe with high
Processing Thickness Window for As-cast Ausferritic Castings
A process to obtain ausferritic as-cast microstructures through engineered cooling after solidification (without heat treatment) was developed in previous studies
Technological advances in the quantification of trace elements in iron based materials
Despite not being defined in the specifications of chemical composition for the different material qualities, the need to verify and to quantify certain
Advanced management of green waste
Burning green and garden waste keeps on being a common practice in our society, which highlights the shortcomings of the
Graphite and Solid Fraction Evolutions during Solidification of Nodular Cast Irons
Ductile iron casting production is strongly affected by austenite and graphite distribution obtained after the solidification process. At the same
Effect of cryogenic treatment on case-hardening steels. Process alternatives to optimize their final properties.
In the field of material treatment, it is usually considered that cryogenic temperatures are those below 120 K (-153°C). Consequently,
Industry 4.0 Factory of the Future (FoF). Reality beats fiction.
Latest technology advances have been able to blend digital and physical worlds. Internet of things (IoT) is becoming prevalent in
Understanding Superfine Graphite Iron Solidification Through Interrupted Solidification Experiments
The tensile strength of near-eutectic gray iron can be increased from 230–300 to 300–345MPa, without a significant increase in hardness,
Investigation on the effect of impurities on the corrosion behavior of A357 alloy
The aluminium-silicon alloys are widely used in the automotive industry, due to their excellent castability, good corrosion resistance and mechanical