The event, organized by the American Foundry Society (AFS), is one of the most relevant technical meetings on casting technologies in the United States, as well as a staple event for AZTERLAN in order to share some of the most recent and significant research outcomes from the Technolgy Centre.
Researchers Dr. Gorka Alonso and Dr. Javier Nieves have taken part in the official program of the 127th edition of the Metalcasting Congress 2023.
Dr. Alonso has shared with the audience the work “Evolution of the Metallurgical Quality of Spheroidal Graphite Iron during the Thermal Cycle of the Melt: Furnace – Ladle – Heating/Pouring Unit”, an industrial research work aimed at investigating the evolution of the metallurgical quality for spheroidal graphite iron during its thermal cycle: furnace – ladle – heating/pouring unit (HPU). After conducting thermal and metallographic analysis, as well as SEM studies of the nuclei, the research team has observed a significant decrease in the metallurgical quality through the process.
Dr. Gorka Alonso at the 2023 Metalcasting Congress
On the other hand, Dr. Javier Nieves has focused his presentation on advanced monitoring technologies for the foundry process. In his lecture “Obtaining Perfect Critical Automotive Safety Components through Behavioral Monitoring and Simulation using Digital Twins”, Dr. Nieves has presented the ecosystem of applications created by AZTERLAN to assure the outcome of the foundry process. As explained by him, each one of these applications creates a virtual representation of the behavior that occurs in their control area and in that way, a group of Predictive Control Models allows to anticipate and to control potential manufacturing problems.
Dr. Javier Nieves at the 127 Metalcasting Congress
