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
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)