Objective
Metal consumption and environmental pollution, an integral part of any conventional metallurgical production, can be substantially reduced using powder metallurgy and, in particular, hot isostatic pressing (HIP) which makes it possible to produce large-sized and complex-shaped parts with desired properties and complex geometry. In developing parts with complex geometries using HIP it is essential to replace the expensive trial and error HIP experiments by modern numerical simulation methods.
However, industrial application of this technology has made slow progress due to the complexity of the numerical methods for the theoretical simulation of powder densification and lack of appreciation of the potential for a substantial reduction in development period and costs.
There is a great potential need for such parts and components for the chemical, gas and oil industries and in metal working and power generation systems, where the compromise between reliability and ecological safety, on the one hand, and manufacturing costs on the other has not been solved because of insufficient scientific background on the technology for civil application.
The objective of the proposed project is to define a practical method for the manufacture of functionally sophisticated as well as geometrically complex parts by HIP, which have been until now either impossible or not economical enough to produce.
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28717 Bremen
Germany