It is already the 52th conference of the Slovenian Foundry Industry which took place from 12th - 14th september 2012 in Portoroz, at the coast of the adria sea.
Around 200 participants from 15 different countries including Germany, India, Britain and Italy took part. This number of people is quite high taking into consideration that the confernece was parallel or close to several other big events..
As one of the few occurences of its kind in Europe, the nine plenary lectures and 24 speeches separated in "Cast iron and Casting Technology" and "Non-Ferrous Alloys" were held in English language and was distributed also completely in written form to all participants. The English language is, in addition to the attractive location, one of the reasons for the international acceptance of this event.
The Thursday night was used, as each year, for networking and the exchange of expertises on two boats along the Slovenian coast. The cloudy weather was the reason why the subsequent evening with musical interlude didn't take place on the terrace overlooking the casino "Riviera", but in the Grand Hotel. Normally for this event there has been almost a fair-weather guarantee.
2013 the conference will be held from 11.th to 13.th September.
Picture Gallery
List of speachers
N. ERHARD, S. BABIC Oskar Frech Gmbh + Co. KG, Schorndorf (D):
Modern Die Casting- today and ready for the future with innovations!
P.A.MURELL*,R.S.A.BROWN * *, *Institute of Cast Metals Engineers,
West Bromwich, **Bradford College, Bradford (VB):
A Degree of Collective Self- healing: the UK casting industry looks to the future
A.KRIŽMAN *, M.DEBELAK**, M.JAN-BLAŽiC***,*Univerza v
Mariboru,**Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije,*** Društvo livarjev Slovenije (SI): Slovenian casting industry and its R&D potential in 2011
P. SCHUMACHER*, J. ROSC**, D. HABE**, G. SCHINDELBACHER**,
*Montanuniversität Leoben,** Austrian Foundry Research Institut
Leoben (A): Novel Developments in Computed X-ray Tomography for Al Alloys
P.MRVAR*, B.TALJAT****, A.BRILI**, J.MEDVED*, A.KRIŽMAN***,
*Univerza v Ljubljani, Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo,** Inštitut za livarstvo in toplotne obdelave Ljubljana, *** Univerza v Mariboru, ****HTS IC (SI): Passive and active chambers for die casting with cold-chamber machines
K. WEIß, RWP GmbH (D): Simulation for Foundry Processes- History, State of the Art, Future Development
M. HORACEK*, V.KOSOUR*, L. ZEMCIK*, P. MICHALCIK**,
P. VASTAK**, J. HORENSKY**, J. JEDOVNICKY**, T. MAZUREK**,
T. FIMES, *Brno University of Technology, Departement of Foundry Engineering, **Fimes,a.s. Foundry (CZ): Research and Development of Technology for large -Thin Wall - High Quality Aluminium Castings for Aircraft Industry
J. RIPOSAN, M. CHISAMERA, S. STAN, Politechnica University of
Bucarest (RO): 400-18 Ductile iron Grade Production Optimization
M. MURALIDHAR , North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and
Technology, Deemed University,Itanagar,Arunachal Pradesh (IN):
Studies on casting genome analysis of grey iron engine block casting
M. BODENBURG*, E. HEPP*, J. HECKMANN**, U. PETZSCHMANN**
*MAGMA Gießereitechnologie GmbH, **IFG Institut für Gießereitechnik
(D): Material Specific Process Optimization of ADI by Simulation
F.UNKIC*, G. GOJSEVIC-MARIC**, D. ŽVEGLIC***, B. DIKIC***
*University of Zagreb, Faculty of Metallurgy, Sisak (HR), **Elkem AS,
Podružnica u Zagrebu (HR), ***KOVIS Livarna d.o.o. Štore (SLO):
Transformations Characteristics of Dual Matrix Structures ADI
R. DOEPP, Clausthal University of Technology (D): Contribution to
evaluation of mechanical properties of iron-carbon-castings
B.ÈRTALIÈ, FerroÈrtaliè d.o.o. (SI): Exceptions technological
solutions of removing of sharp edges and cleaning of casting
products and moulds with automatisation, robotization and new
technologies of company FerroÈrtaliè International
P.MALINOWSKI, J.SUCHY, University of Science and
Technology,Krakow (PL): Master DB- tecnology knowledge
management system
G. SCHLAGL*, P.M. CABANNE*, S. GRENIER**, *Rio Tinto GmbH(D),
**Rio Tinto iron and Titanium, Technology Center (CAN) : Heavy Section A: Hall: Robert Scott Cast iron and casting technology
Section Ferritic Ductile iron Castings: Effect of the Local
Chemical Composition on the Microstructures and Impact Properties
E. MOUMENI, N. SKAT TIEDJE, A. HORSEWELL, J. HENRI HATTEL
Technical University of Denmark, Department of Mechanical
Engineering (DK): A TEM Study on the Microstructure of Coarse and Fine Graphite Flake
D. JUSTIN, M. GNAMUŠ, A. MIKUŽ, Litostroj jeklo do.o., Ljubljana (SI) :
Optimization of runner blades manufacturing
A.BEROŠ , I. BULJETA, M. SUŠIÆ, A. GRADINÈIC, University of
Zenica, Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Science (BIH) : The model of active experiment to asses the state of Bentonite mold before casting of cast iron
D. MITROVIC *, A. STRMOLE*, A.KUMP***, P.MRVAR **, *Livar d.o.o.
Ivanèna Gorica, ** Univerza v Ljubljani, Naravoslovnotehniška
fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo, ***TC Livarstvo d.o.o.
(SI): Control of manufacturing gray cast iron with spheroidal graphite
B. ÈUK, ETA Cerkno d.o.o. (SI):
Technical and cost efficiency of the production line for gray cast
iron castings
S. BABARCI, Analysis d.o.o. Thermo Scientific, (SRB) :
Analysis of inclusions in steel
S. MARKOVIC*, M. CIBALDI** , M. STAKIC***, S. MANASIJEVIC****,
R. RADIŠA****, *Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of
Belgrade, **DERAL Spa, BS,Italy *** Eling,A.D., ****LOLA-Institute
(SRB): Effect of use of low-frequency electromagnetic fields on the
production and properties of direct chill cast 6060 aluminum alloy
Z.ZOVKO BRODARAC *, D.STANIC**, F.UNKIC *, * University of
Zagreb, Faculty of Metallurgy ,Sisak, **Cimos ,P.P.C.Buzet d.o.o., Buzet
(HR): Investigation of AlSi9MgMn alloy solidification by thermal
analyses
A. MEGUŠAR*,M. DEBELJAK*, P. MRVAR**, A.MAHMUTOVIC***,
*LTH Ulitki d.o.o.Ljubljana, **Univerza v Ljubljani, Naravoslovnotehniška
fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo,*** TC Livarstvo Ljubljana
(SI): Use of jet-cooling system for locally oriented solidification in
Aluminium-alloy castings
J. MEDVED, M. VONÈINA, P. MRVAR , Univerza v Ljubljani,
Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta,Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo
(SI): Thermodynamic modelling as a support for optimization of
Aluminium materials and technologies
E. SUBAŠIC, R. LAQUA, S. JANA, H. BEHNKEN, J. JAKUMEIT,
F. HEDIGER, Acces technology e.V., Aachen (D):
Application of moving meshes in numerical Simulation of
casting processes with STAR-cast
J. FERÈEC, J. FLAŠKER, I. ANŽEL, R. RUDOLF, Fakulteta za
strojništvo, Univerza v Mariboru (SI) :
Using the Finite Element Method for Simulation of stresses and force during orthodontic tooth movement
N. M.TALIJAN, Univerza v Beogradu, Institut za kemijo, tehnologijo in
metalurgijo (SRB): Processing, Properties and Application of
Advanced Electrical Contact Materials
J. DUL, M. TOTH, Z. LESKO, University of Miskolc,
Department of Foundry-Engineering (H): Analysis of the thermal conditions of die-casting tool
B. LOVŠIN, L. PALMER, Siapro d.o.o. (SI)
Benefits of CCD sensor by chemical analysis of Metals
S. HOLGER, StrikoWestofen GmbH, (D) : Use resources intelligently. For lower unit costs
D. TOMAŽIÈ, Chem-Trend(R) HERA TM GmbH / Feal-inženiring
(D / SI):The advantages in High Pressure Die Casting by using water-based concentrated release agents
J. TROJAN, DISA Industries A/S, (CH):
DISA - Innovation potential in foundries
D. PIHURA , Bosnian Foundrymen's Association BIH (BIH) : Possibilities of ESR process to obtain same chemical analysis of super alloy castings by covering of remelting
A. MAHMUTOVIC *, M. PETRIÈ**, A. KUMP*, P. MRVAR**, * TC Livarstvo Ljubljana, ** Univerza v Ljubljani, Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in Metalurgijo, (SI):
Characterisation of nucleation potential and degree of graphitization by Thermal analysis and numerical Simulation
S. KASTELIC*, D. KLOBÈAR**, J.TUŠEK**, P. MRVAR***, *Inštitut za livarstvo in toplotne obdelave, **Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za strojništvo,*** Univerza v Ljubljani, Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo, (SI):
FSW of cast Aluminium Alloys
M. STEINACHER, J. MEDVED, P. MRVAR, Univerza v Ljubljani,
Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo (SI):
Fluidity of Aluminium casting Alloys
G.KLANÈNIK, J. MEDVED, M. VONÈINA, Univerza v Ljubljani,
Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo (SI) :
Simulation of solidification under equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions in Aluminium-based Alloys
M. PETRIÈ, J. MEDVED, S. KASTELIC, P. MRVAR, Univerza v Ljubljani , Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo (SI):
Electrical resistivity Measurement of pure Aluminium during solidification
P. HAFNER*, I. ŠOLAR **, *Lotriè d.o.o., ** LTH Ulitki d.o.o., (SI):
Technical cleanliness in the automotive industry (ISO 16232)
L. TOMEK, B. LÁNÍK, J. SEDLÁÈEK, V. VINTER, LANIK s.r.o., (CZ)
Water soluble cores for Aluminium investment castings
W. LESNIEWSKI, A. KARWIÑSKI, P. WIELICZKO, S. PYSZ, Foundry Research Institute (PL): Simulation of Centrifugal casting process in the ceramic moulds
Around 200 participants from 15 different countries including Germany, India, Britain and Italy took part. This number of people is quite high taking into consideration that the confernece was parallel or close to several other big events..
As one of the few occurences of its kind in Europe, the nine plenary lectures and 24 speeches separated in "Cast iron and Casting Technology" and "Non-Ferrous Alloys" were held in English language and was distributed also completely in written form to all participants. The English language is, in addition to the attractive location, one of the reasons for the international acceptance of this event.
The Thursday night was used, as each year, for networking and the exchange of expertises on two boats along the Slovenian coast. The cloudy weather was the reason why the subsequent evening with musical interlude didn't take place on the terrace overlooking the casino "Riviera", but in the Grand Hotel. Normally for this event there has been almost a fair-weather guarantee.
2013 the conference will be held from 11.th to 13.th September.
Picture Gallery
List of speachers
N. ERHARD, S. BABIC Oskar Frech Gmbh + Co. KG, Schorndorf (D):
Modern Die Casting- today and ready for the future with innovations!
P.A.MURELL*,R.S.A.BROWN * *, *Institute of Cast Metals Engineers,
West Bromwich, **Bradford College, Bradford (VB):
A Degree of Collective Self- healing: the UK casting industry looks to the future
A.KRIŽMAN *, M.DEBELAK**, M.JAN-BLAŽiC***,*Univerza v
Mariboru,**Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije,*** Društvo livarjev Slovenije (SI): Slovenian casting industry and its R&D potential in 2011
P. SCHUMACHER*, J. ROSC**, D. HABE**, G. SCHINDELBACHER**,
*Montanuniversität Leoben,** Austrian Foundry Research Institut
Leoben (A): Novel Developments in Computed X-ray Tomography for Al Alloys
P.MRVAR*, B.TALJAT****, A.BRILI**, J.MEDVED*, A.KRIŽMAN***,
*Univerza v Ljubljani, Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo,** Inštitut za livarstvo in toplotne obdelave Ljubljana, *** Univerza v Mariboru, ****HTS IC (SI): Passive and active chambers for die casting with cold-chamber machines
K. WEIß, RWP GmbH (D): Simulation for Foundry Processes- History, State of the Art, Future Development
M. HORACEK*, V.KOSOUR*, L. ZEMCIK*, P. MICHALCIK**,
P. VASTAK**, J. HORENSKY**, J. JEDOVNICKY**, T. MAZUREK**,
T. FIMES, *Brno University of Technology, Departement of Foundry Engineering, **Fimes,a.s. Foundry (CZ): Research and Development of Technology for large -Thin Wall - High Quality Aluminium Castings for Aircraft Industry
J. RIPOSAN, M. CHISAMERA, S. STAN, Politechnica University of
Bucarest (RO): 400-18 Ductile iron Grade Production Optimization
M. MURALIDHAR , North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and
Technology, Deemed University,Itanagar,Arunachal Pradesh (IN):
Studies on casting genome analysis of grey iron engine block casting
M. BODENBURG*, E. HEPP*, J. HECKMANN**, U. PETZSCHMANN**
*MAGMA Gießereitechnologie GmbH, **IFG Institut für Gießereitechnik
(D): Material Specific Process Optimization of ADI by Simulation
F.UNKIC*, G. GOJSEVIC-MARIC**, D. ŽVEGLIC***, B. DIKIC***
*University of Zagreb, Faculty of Metallurgy, Sisak (HR), **Elkem AS,
Podružnica u Zagrebu (HR), ***KOVIS Livarna d.o.o. Štore (SLO):
Transformations Characteristics of Dual Matrix Structures ADI
R. DOEPP, Clausthal University of Technology (D): Contribution to
evaluation of mechanical properties of iron-carbon-castings
B.ÈRTALIÈ, FerroÈrtaliè d.o.o. (SI): Exceptions technological
solutions of removing of sharp edges and cleaning of casting
products and moulds with automatisation, robotization and new
technologies of company FerroÈrtaliè International
P.MALINOWSKI, J.SUCHY, University of Science and
Technology,Krakow (PL): Master DB- tecnology knowledge
management system
G. SCHLAGL*, P.M. CABANNE*, S. GRENIER**, *Rio Tinto GmbH(D),
**Rio Tinto iron and Titanium, Technology Center (CAN) : Heavy Section A: Hall: Robert Scott Cast iron and casting technology
Section Ferritic Ductile iron Castings: Effect of the Local
Chemical Composition on the Microstructures and Impact Properties
E. MOUMENI, N. SKAT TIEDJE, A. HORSEWELL, J. HENRI HATTEL
Technical University of Denmark, Department of Mechanical
Engineering (DK): A TEM Study on the Microstructure of Coarse and Fine Graphite Flake
D. JUSTIN, M. GNAMUŠ, A. MIKUŽ, Litostroj jeklo do.o., Ljubljana (SI) :
Optimization of runner blades manufacturing
A.BEROŠ , I. BULJETA, M. SUŠIÆ, A. GRADINÈIC, University of
Zenica, Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Science (BIH) : The model of active experiment to asses the state of Bentonite mold before casting of cast iron
D. MITROVIC *, A. STRMOLE*, A.KUMP***, P.MRVAR **, *Livar d.o.o.
Ivanèna Gorica, ** Univerza v Ljubljani, Naravoslovnotehniška
fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo, ***TC Livarstvo d.o.o.
(SI): Control of manufacturing gray cast iron with spheroidal graphite
B. ÈUK, ETA Cerkno d.o.o. (SI):
Technical and cost efficiency of the production line for gray cast
iron castings
S. BABARCI, Analysis d.o.o. Thermo Scientific, (SRB) :
Analysis of inclusions in steel
S. MARKOVIC*, M. CIBALDI** , M. STAKIC***, S. MANASIJEVIC****,
R. RADIŠA****, *Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of
Belgrade, **DERAL Spa, BS,Italy *** Eling,A.D., ****LOLA-Institute
(SRB): Effect of use of low-frequency electromagnetic fields on the
production and properties of direct chill cast 6060 aluminum alloy
Z.ZOVKO BRODARAC *, D.STANIC**, F.UNKIC *, * University of
Zagreb, Faculty of Metallurgy ,Sisak, **Cimos ,P.P.C.Buzet d.o.o., Buzet
(HR): Investigation of AlSi9MgMn alloy solidification by thermal
analyses
A. MEGUŠAR*,M. DEBELJAK*, P. MRVAR**, A.MAHMUTOVIC***,
*LTH Ulitki d.o.o.Ljubljana, **Univerza v Ljubljani, Naravoslovnotehniška
fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo,*** TC Livarstvo Ljubljana
(SI): Use of jet-cooling system for locally oriented solidification in
Aluminium-alloy castings
J. MEDVED, M. VONÈINA, P. MRVAR , Univerza v Ljubljani,
Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta,Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo
(SI): Thermodynamic modelling as a support for optimization of
Aluminium materials and technologies
E. SUBAŠIC, R. LAQUA, S. JANA, H. BEHNKEN, J. JAKUMEIT,
F. HEDIGER, Acces technology e.V., Aachen (D):
Application of moving meshes in numerical Simulation of
casting processes with STAR-cast
J. FERÈEC, J. FLAŠKER, I. ANŽEL, R. RUDOLF, Fakulteta za
strojništvo, Univerza v Mariboru (SI) :
Using the Finite Element Method for Simulation of stresses and force during orthodontic tooth movement
N. M.TALIJAN, Univerza v Beogradu, Institut za kemijo, tehnologijo in
metalurgijo (SRB): Processing, Properties and Application of
Advanced Electrical Contact Materials
J. DUL, M. TOTH, Z. LESKO, University of Miskolc,
Department of Foundry-Engineering (H): Analysis of the thermal conditions of die-casting tool
B. LOVŠIN, L. PALMER, Siapro d.o.o. (SI)
Benefits of CCD sensor by chemical analysis of Metals
S. HOLGER, StrikoWestofen GmbH, (D) : Use resources intelligently. For lower unit costs
D. TOMAŽIÈ, Chem-Trend(R) HERA TM GmbH / Feal-inženiring
(D / SI):The advantages in High Pressure Die Casting by using water-based concentrated release agents
J. TROJAN, DISA Industries A/S, (CH):
DISA - Innovation potential in foundries
D. PIHURA , Bosnian Foundrymen's Association BIH (BIH) : Possibilities of ESR process to obtain same chemical analysis of super alloy castings by covering of remelting
A. MAHMUTOVIC *, M. PETRIÈ**, A. KUMP*, P. MRVAR**, * TC Livarstvo Ljubljana, ** Univerza v Ljubljani, Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in Metalurgijo, (SI):
Characterisation of nucleation potential and degree of graphitization by Thermal analysis and numerical Simulation
S. KASTELIC*, D. KLOBÈAR**, J.TUŠEK**, P. MRVAR***, *Inštitut za livarstvo in toplotne obdelave, **Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za strojništvo,*** Univerza v Ljubljani, Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo, (SI):
FSW of cast Aluminium Alloys
M. STEINACHER, J. MEDVED, P. MRVAR, Univerza v Ljubljani,
Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo (SI):
Fluidity of Aluminium casting Alloys
G.KLANÈNIK, J. MEDVED, M. VONÈINA, Univerza v Ljubljani,
Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo (SI) :
Simulation of solidification under equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions in Aluminium-based Alloys
M. PETRIÈ, J. MEDVED, S. KASTELIC, P. MRVAR, Univerza v Ljubljani , Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za materiale in metalurgijo (SI):
Electrical resistivity Measurement of pure Aluminium during solidification
P. HAFNER*, I. ŠOLAR **, *Lotriè d.o.o., ** LTH Ulitki d.o.o., (SI):
Technical cleanliness in the automotive industry (ISO 16232)
L. TOMEK, B. LÁNÍK, J. SEDLÁÈEK, V. VINTER, LANIK s.r.o., (CZ)
Water soluble cores for Aluminium investment castings
W. LESNIEWSKI, A. KARWIÑSKI, P. WIELICZKO, S. PYSZ, Foundry Research Institute (PL): Simulation of Centrifugal casting process in the ceramic moulds
