AMAP Forum 2024

Recap of the AMAP Forum 2024 in Aachen: Insights and Innovations in the Aluminum Industry

 

From April 25th to 26th, more than 80 experts and industry representatives gathered at the AMAP Forum in Aachen. MAGMA GmbH provided the venue for the event, which was organized by Dr.-Ing. Peter von den Brincken and Dr.-Ing. Uwe Knaak, managing directors of AMAP GmbH – the Aluminum Cluster at RWTH Aachen University.The forum kicked off with three keynotes addressing economic policy perspectives, decarbonization scenarios, and global trends in the aluminum industry. The major challenge highlighted was decarbonization, requiring seamless processes and intensive research efforts. 

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AMAP Forum 2024 - Presentations

Introduction (Keynote Speech)

Economic Policy Prospects for the Aluminium Industry in Germany/Europe

Presenter: Marius Baader

Aluminium Deutschland

Decarbonization Scenarios for European Rolled Aluminium

Speaker: Dirk Inghels

Aluminium Duffel

Global Trends and Challenges for the Aluminium Industry – Environment, Technology, Society

Speaker: Timm Lux

Boston Consulting Group

Day 1

Session I - Aluminium Casting And Melt Treatment

3D Printing of Aluminium Casting Tools

Presenter: Dr. Magdalena Nowak-Coventry | Dr. Andrew Willet | Mr. Wojtek Wesolowski

Toyota­­­­­­

Aluminum wheel castings with Nucleant 1582: Grain refining flux

Presenter: Derya Dispinar 

Foseco

Challenges of Alloy Application in Mega-Casting

Presenter: Dr. Jia Song

Weiqiao

Interactions of Non-metallic Inclusions in Molten Aluminium

Presenter: Cong Li | Prof. Bernd Friedrich

IME (Process Metallurgy and Metal Recycling)

Session II - Sustainability And Circularity In The Value Chain

Techno-economic Potential for the Decarbonization of AluminiumProcesses

Presenter: Dr.-Ing. Christian Schwotzer

IOB (Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Treatment

Sustainable Battery Housing Concepts

Presenter: Sebastian Spohr | Michael Funcke

ika (Institute for Automotive Engineering) | fka GmbH

Research Activities in the EU-funded Project HyInHeat

Presenter: Dr. Galyna Laptyev

Speira

Day 2

Session III - Innovations In Metallurgical Process And Production Technology

Gas-based Hot Sheet Metal Forming of High-strength Aluminium

Presenter: Dr.-Ing. Emad Scharifi

IBF (Institute of Metal Forming)  read more

Inline Measurement of Surface Roughness and OilfilmThickness

Presenter: Dr. Martin Fieweger

AMEPA    read more

Use of Additively Manufactured Insert Structures for AluminiumDie Casting

Presenter: Lukas Bruckmeier

GI (Foundry institute)    read more

Ultrasound Melt Cleanliness Detector

Presenter: Ilona Kieliba

Nemak   read more

Session IV - Digitalization And Modelling

Digitalization and Modelling of Metal Forming Processes,

Presenter: Dr.-Ing. Emad Scharifi

IBF (Institute of Metal Forming) 

Quality Improvement of AluminiumDC Casting with Virtual Experiments

Presenter: Erik Hepp

MAGMA

Physical and Numerical Modelling of AluminiumMelt Processing

Presenter: Dr.-Ing. Moritz Eickhoff

IOB (Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Treatment)