Field of Expertise

Field of Expertise

Metallic materials

  • R&D in casting technologies of wide variety of metallic alloys
  • R&D in plastic forming processes (extrusion, forging, rolling) of wide variety of metallic alloys
  • R&D of new families alloys: High Entropy Alloys, Light Weight High Aluminum Steel
  • R&D of new coating processes (thermal diffusion galvanization)
  • R&D of advanced powders metallurgy assisted technologies (blending, mechanical alloying, consolidation, pressureless and hot pressing sintering, reactive sintering, etc.)

Ceramics and ceramic containing materials

  • R&D of advanced ceramic powders technologies (blending, mechanical alloying, consolidation, pressureless and hot pressing sintering, reactive sintering, etc.) 
  • R&D in processing of Metal Matrix Composites (MMC) and Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC)
  • R&D in thermal management application of MMC & CMC
  • R&D in 3D printing (Binder Jetting assisted Printing) and post-processing (sintering, impregnation, infiltration, isostatic pressing) processing of Metal Matrix Composites (MMC) and Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC)

Materials characterization methods

  • Chemical analysis of metals by Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) under ISO 17025 accreditation
  • Optical microscopy
  • Scanning electron microscopy
  • Transmission microscopy
  • X-rays diffracrion (phase and residual stresses analysis)
  • Thermal analysis
  • Mechanical properties

Failure analysis

  • Cast parts
  • Plastic formed parts
  • Machnied parts
  • Additively manufactured parts