ECHT2020

The 2020 edition of ECHT will bring the focus back on this essential element. Its role is well
established in the treatment of steel as well as in the treatment of tools and for obtaining special
properties under specific conditions. The technological and environmental evolution put new
challenges for the further development.

The conference will address all aspects of carburizing and carbonitriding, from structural process
conditions to properties and applications, including modelling and simulation. Sessions will also be
dedicated to carbon-based surface engineering methods including DLC coatings and graphene-based
treatments.

Next to the sessions dedicated to carbon-based treatments, other aspects of heat treating of
materials will be discussed, such as control of distortions, environmental impact, failure analysis and,
most significantly, integration of heat treatments in industry 4.0.

Data

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ONLINE

13:00 - 16:30

Program

MONDAY 30th NOVEMBER: 

  • 13.15: Carburizing and Carbonitriding: actual status and future developments. Matthias Steinbacher (Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering - IWT Bremen)
  • 14.00: Surface engineering with carbon; from diamond to graphite. Marcel A.J. Somers (Technical University of Denmark, Department of Mechanical Engineering)
  • 14.45: Data are AI’s best friend – how to apply machine learning to heat treatment. Yannick Lingelbach (Robert Bosch GmbH)

    Carburizing in Industry: Trends and Drivers (I)
  • 16.20: A new approach for case hardening steels. Renzo Valentini (Università di Pisa), Valentina Colla (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy), Linda Bacchi (Letomec s.r.l.)
  • 16.45: Substitution of atmosphere heat treatment by LPC, LPCN and vacuum quenching: integrability, energy gains and strong cut of CO2 footprint Gerald Hiller (ECM Technologies)
  • 17.10: Latest trends and developments in quenchingoil technology. Thorsten Beitz (Petrofer Chemie H. R. Fischer GmbH)
  • 17.35: Future Heating of Atmospheric Carburizing Furnaces. Joachim Wuenning (WS Wärmeprozesstechnik GmbH)

 

TUESDAY 1th DECEMBER:

Carburizing in Industry: Trends and Drivers (II)

  • 08.30: Light-Weight powertrain components. Eva Troell, Albin Stormvinter (RISE IVF), Sven Haglund (Swerim)
  • 08.55: Low pressure carburizing as a promising technique. Sven Curé (VCST) 
  • 09.20: Salt Bath Nitrocarburizing: Technology ready for future including environmental challenges. Luc Herrmann (HEF Group)
  • 09.55: Reproducibility of the hardness depth determination CHD - SHD – NHD Arnold Horsch (Arnold Horsch e.K.)

Numerical simulation

  • 11.00: Numerical simulation of full carburizing process of an automotive gear. Patrice Lasne (TRANSVALOR S.A.)
  • 11.25: Case Hardening Simulation of a Complex Spur Gear. Jwalant Kagathara, Thomas Lubben (Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien-IWT)
  • 11.50: In situ HEXRD determination and numerical simulation of internal stresses during heat treatment of carburized and carbonitrided low-alloyed steels. Julien Teixeira (Institut Jean Lamour)
  • 12.15: Process chain investigation for distortion control of case hardened drive shafts. Thomas Waldenmaier, Lothar Förster, Tatjana Miokovic (Robert Bosch GmbH)

Microstructure and Internal Characteristics

  • 14.00: High Temperature Austenitic Grain Stability from Theory to Industry. Simon D. Catteau (Ascometal France Holding)
  • 14.25: Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for C-profile measurements. Christian Gierl-Mayer (TU Wien)
  • 14.50: The microstructure control of Carbide Dispersion Carburized low-alloy steels using low pressure carburizing technique. Marcus Türling (IHI Machinery and Furnace Co.,Ltd)
  • 15.15: Unusual microstructures and failures at casehardened components. Peter Sommer (Dr. Sommer Werkstofftechnik GmbH)
  • 15.40: Study of the mechanical properties of DLC films on tools and stainless steels. R. Castañeda, J. Guamanga, C. Bohórquez (Universidad Distrital Francisco José Caldas, Colombia), M. Ramírez (Universidade do Vale do Paraíba, Brasil)

 Industry 4.0 (I)

  • 16.45: What You Need to Know About Industry 4.0 in Heat Treating – An Overview. Karl-Michael Winter (Nitrex Metal Inc.)
  • 17.10: Is the gas carbonitriding process ready for industrie 4.0? Heinrich Klümper-Westkamp (Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering- IWT)
  • 17.35: Validation of the weak coupling approach in the modelization of thermo-mechanical-metallurgical behavior of steel during quenching process Marcello Bentivegni (Vallourec)
  • 18.00: Carbo-nitriding of CVT pushbelt components for further optimization of wear and fatigue properties. Bert Pennings (Bosch Transmission Technology b.v.)

 

WEDNESDAY 2nd DECEMBER:

Industry 4.0 (II)

  • 8.30: Measuring Techniques in Automated Process and Quality Management for Shot Peening of Gears for Manufacturing Traceability in Industry 4.0. Volker Schneidau (Sentenso)

  • 08.55: Intelligent heat treatment atmosphere optimization and cloud-based advisor services. Guido Plicht, Maximus Akuh, Liang He, Dave Millington, Rana Ghosh (Air Products)

C-based COATINGS

  • 09.20: BALIQ CARBOS - beyond Diamond-Like-Carbon (DLC). Marc Hervé (Oerlikon Balzers Coatings Benelux N.V.)

  • 09.45: The latest ta-C coatings and investigations on piston pins for internal combustion engines. Anthony Chavanne (HEF Group)

Low Pressure Carburizing

  • 10.50: Low Pressure Carburizing of Powder Metal Components. Bert Reinhold (Vacuheat GmbH), Volker Heuer, Gunther Schmitt (ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH)

  • 11.15: Low pressure carburizing treatment: influence of carbon-bearing gas. Elena Vyazmina (Air Liquide)

  • 11.40: Implementation of carburizing processes for helicopter gas turbine engines. Cyril Vernault (Safran Helicopter Engines)

  • 12.05: Current trends in Low Pressure Carburizing and High Pressure Gas Quenching. Volker Heuer (ALD Vacuum Technnologies GmbH)

  • 12.30: Single-piece flow carburizing with distortion control in vacuum systems Grzegorz Gluchowski (Seco Warwick)

Diffusion Hardening of Stainless Steel

  • 14.15: An Insight Investigation of Phase Stability in TiN and TiC Particle-dispersed 321 Stainless Steel Using EIKOS Atom Probe. Yimeng Chen, Ty J. Prosa, Robert M. Ulfig, Anna Bui (CAMECA Instruments), InHo Park (SK Innovation, South Korea)

  • 14.40: Development of low pressure carburizing/carbonitriding treatments on a martensitic stainless steel for bearing applications. Philippe Jacquet (ECAM Lyon)

  • 15.05: Chromium diffusion (Chromizing) in combination with low pressure carburizing leads to optimum heat-, corrosion and wear resistance layers. Rob Jongbloed (Chromin Maastricht BV)

  • 15.30: Process control in plasma nitrocarburizing treatment using solid carbon source in industrialscale reactor. Saeed Jafarpour (TU-Freiberg, Institut für Werkstofftechnik)

 

Practical information

Location: ONLINE

Language: EN

Organizer: A3TS & VWT

Website: https://www.a3ts.org/echt2020/

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