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Hero-m 2i (Competence Centre on Hierarchic Engineering of Industrial Materials)
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The overarching goal of Hero-m 2 is to promote efficient development of new engineering components with improved performance and new
functionality. Hero-m 2 will provide industry and society with new tools, methods and competence for future materials development,
particularly for the efficient use of raw materials as well as increased recycling. This will allow an accelerated development and implementation of
novel materials for novel applications and thereby a sustainable growth. New manufacturing opportunities such as additive manufacturing
will also be considered. Hero-m 2 will thus perform materials design on all appropriate scales of length and time.
The research spans from important industrial materials with a potential for improvement, e.g. steels and cemented carbides, to future
materials e.g., bulk metallic glasses.
The materials design research originates from ICME (Integrated Computational Materials Engineering) and the Materials Genome. The
design tools stem from recent scientific achievements in theory and experimental techniques. They thus embrace quantum mechanical and
continuum-field simulations of structural evolution, from nano to macro scale. The language of CALPHAD thermodynamics and kinetics is
the basic genome that combines experimental and theoretical knowledge and allows efficient use of such information in materials design.
On the experimental side new microscopy, 3D reconstruction and atom-tomographic techniques as well as in-situ studies using synchrotron
radiation (PETRA III) and neutron scattering (ESS) will be used to get a more complete characterization of structural evolution from atoms
to components.
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FunMat II (Competence Centre on Functional Nanoscale Materials)
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Obtain basic knowledge about:
- Materials behavior
- Physics and chemistry of the synthesis processes
- Designing of new materials with unique properties
plus study how the material perform with the efforts focusing on three application areas:
- Functional surfaces for cutting tools
- Fuel cells
- Batteries
Main activites include:
1. Understanding and improving the synthesis methods of functional surfaces (for cutting tools, fuel cells and batteries)
2. Searching, developing and validating new and improved materials using knowledge-based design (for cutting tools, fuel cells, and batteries) that includes understanding of materials behavior during service
3. Educating and training people in materials science and surface engineering, i.e. high-school students and their teachers, undergraduate engineering students, graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty as well as industry personnel
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CAM2 (Centre for Additive Manufacture - Metal)
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The framework of the centre CAM2 is to develop powder and new improved materials in synergy with pre-manufacturing preparation, methods for increased productivity and robust post-processing. CAM2 coordinates core competencies in powder metallurgy, materials engineering, process development and product design for the development of materials and processes for additive manufacturing.
By using powder metallurgy science, advanced materials characterization, process development and simulation the centre covers the whole chain of powder-based additive manufacturing:
•CAD Design
•Powder
•Characterisation and Simulation
•Prototypes
•Fabrication
•Post-manufacturing treatment
CAM2 act in seven research areas:
1. Design for AM
2. Material behaviour and design for AM components
3. Robust powder for AM
4. New materials development for AM
5. Productivity in AM by process and geometry simulation
6. Quality assurance and control in AM
7. Optimization of the AM components properties by post-manufacturing treatment
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