Descrizione del progetto
Una tecnologia innovativa genera componenti metallici cavi con pressofusione
La pressofusione è un processo di produzione comune utilizzato per produrre parti metalliche sagomate forzando il metallo fuso ad alta pressione in stampi di metallo riutilizzabili. L’industria automobilistica utilizza già la pressofusione per produrre una varietà di componenti metallici solidi. La produzione di componenti cavi richiede attualmente ulteriori processi a monte e a valle. Gli ingegneri che stanno dietro al progetto MAGIT, finanziato dall’UE, hanno sviluppato una nuova tecnologia di iniezione di gas per la pressofusione ad alta pressione di parti cave in alluminio e magnesio. Promette un notevole risparmio di tempo, denaro e materiali, oltre ad accogliere forme inedite come i componenti integrati dei condotti dei fluidi per il raffreddamento dell’elettronica e dei motori elettrici o delle batterie dei veicoli. Con il sostegno dell’UE, la tecnologia è sulla buona strada per l’adozione e la diffusione sul mercato.
Obiettivo
The MAGIT consortium comprises a German engineering company for product and process development (TiK), a Swiss
aluminium die casting foundry (ALUWAG), a Belgium tool manufacturer (surtechno) (all SMEs) as well as a German Foundry
Institute (Aalen University of Applied Sciences). Thus, the consortium has all necessary competences to achieve the
objectives of the FTI project.
The European automotive industry is faced with wide-ranging challenges in the common years. Especially electric mobility,
lightweight design and intelligent use of materials is essential for current and future car development. In modern cars, many
components are already produced in die casting, which is the most promising technology regarding cost-effective large-scale
production. To extend the application possibilities of this technology, a new and disrupting process was developed, which
enables the use of gas injection in aluminium or magnesium high pressure die casting and the production of components
with hollow structures. Through this, significant cost savings can be achieved by the elimination of upstream and
downstream manufacturing processes and weight can be reduced drastically by using lighter materials, but also new
constructional possibilities for complex, hollow and thin-walled components with a load-adjusted design. By MAGIT,
integrated fluid duct components can be realised. These can be used for cooling of power electronics and electric motors or
temperature controlling of vehicle batteries.
While the complex hollow components primarily address the European automotive industry, the new technology and the
MAGIT device primarily addresses the European die casting industry for non-ferrous metals. By the innovative technology,
the MAGIT consortium expects to generate additional cumulative turnover of 40 million € and an increase in staff headcount
of 55 in 2024.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryalkaline earth metals
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineering
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrypost-transition metals
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Meccanismo di finanziamento
IA - Innovation actionCoordinatore
79331 Teningen
Germania
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