Sunday 14 may

18:00

Registration

“Come Together Dinner”

Monday 15 May
08:00 - 09:30

Introduction to the Science and Engineering of Cast Iron. (istory, basic solidification and microstructures, thermodynamics) Doru Stefanescu

Coffee

10:00 - 11:45

Fundamentals of the Solidification and Metallurgy of Cast Iron. (advanced solidification, liquid treatment, melt control) Doru Stefanescu

11:45 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 14:45

Molding materials & technologies at production of cast iron alloys. Jôsef Svidrâ

14:45 - 15:15

Coffee

15:15 - 17:00

Macro and Microstructure formations in Cast Irons. Attila Diószegi

Tuesday 16 May

08:00 - 09:30

Graphite formation mechanisms in Cast Iron (lamellar to nodular morphology, degeneration of graphite) Jacques Lacaze

Coffee

10:00 - 11:45

How to explore cast iron Color etching / Microscopy. Attila Diószegi

11:45 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 14:45

Surface quality penetration, casting skin. Doru Stefanescu

14:45 - 15:15

Coffee

15:15 - 17:00

Casting soundness: gas porosity, schrinkage porosity and metal expansion penetration in Cast Iron. Attila Diószegi

18:00

Dinner

Wednesday 17 May

08:00 - 09:30

Stable and metastable eutectiod transformations. Jacques Lacaze

Coffee

10:00 - 11:45

Mechanical Properties of As Cast produced Cast Irons (LGI, CGI, SGI) Ingvar L Svensson

11:45 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 17:00

Foundry Visit. Attila Diószegi

18:00

International workshop PhD students

Thursday 18 May

08:00 - 09:30

Heat treatment of cast irons part I. Roberta Boeri

Coffee

10:00 - 11:45

Heat treatment of cast irons part II. Roberta Boeri

11:45 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 14:45

Thermo Physical and Thermo mechanical properties. Taishi Matsushita

14:45 - 15:15

Coffee

15:15 - 17:00

Fatigue of Cast Irons. Lucian Diaconu

18:00

Visit at Husqvarna industrial museum / Dinner

 

Friday 19 May

08:00 - 09:30

Modeling and Simulation of Solidification in Cast Irons. Doru Stefanescu

Coffee

10:00 - 11:45

Modeling and Simulation of Microstructure in Cast Irons. Ingvar L Svensson

11:45 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 14:45

Modeling and Simulations of Properties in Cast Irons. Ingvar L Svensson

14:45 - 15:15

Coffee

15:15 - 17:00

Panel discussion / Color etched sample analysis. Teaching staff