Projects

The main objective of EQUINOX is to develop a novel process that allows to substitute Cr/Ni based (stainless) steel parts used in high volume end consumer products such as in the lock industry, electronics, process industry and automotive industry with a novel near net shape production technology for a new class of highly advanced ductile Fe-Al based intermetallics. IMDEA Materials Institute’s main role in EQUINOX will be to develop a reactive infiltration process with and without the application of pressure. Presureless infiltration will be performed by drop casting and immersion method; while pressure assisted methods will include suction and centrifugal casting.

http://equinox-project.eu/

Al alloys are widely applied in different engineering applications where the superior wear and corrosion resistance are required. Cu and Mg are often added to further improve their properties. Although Cu has an important influence on the properties of Zn-Al alloys, the presence of the metastable phase epsilon (CuZn4, intermetallic compound) may cause dimensional instability of the alloy over time due to its transformation into the stable pi phase. The formation of metastable phase CuZn4 and the associated phase transformations by heat treatments have been studied for eutectic and hypereutectic Zn-Al, alloys, but there is little information reported in the literature on these changes for Zn-Al hypoeutectics alloys.

The main aim of DIMMAT is to leverage the complementary capabilities of several research groups of the Madrid region in order to configure a novel methodology for materials design that is more efficient than traditional ones based in trial and error methods. To achieve this ambitious goal, the DIMMAT consortium, coordinated by IMDEA Materials Institute, provides a multidisciplinary perspective which brings together expertise of seven research groups in Madrid in computational materials design, materials modelling, processing and characterization. The activities are carried out in collaboration with several companies, leaders in their respective sectors, such as Airbus, the Antolín Group, Industria de Turbopropulsores, Abengoa, Sandvik and Acerinox. The methodology for materials innovation that will be developed in the frame of the project will be applied to optimize the properties of several metallic materials and polymer-based composites, with applications in construction, transport and energy industries.

www.dimmat-project.com

Purification in high vacuum furnace. Silicio Ferrosolar S.L and Spanish Centre for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI).

New generation of NiAl-based eutectic composites. European Union, FP7-Marie Curie Action (CIG).

Microstructure based material mechanical model for superalloys. European Union, Clean Sky Joint Undertaking

Next generation of Ni-based superalloy nozzle guide vanes (NGV). European Union, FP7-EraNet Matera+.

Development of advanced NiAl-based in situ composites. MICINN (Fundamental Research Programme).

Advanced structural materials. Madrid Regional Government.