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An industry-university alliance with 90 corporate partners dedicated to advance the frontiers of net shape manufacturing through knowledge creation and dissemination, and through education. Our Partners
Abbott Furnace Company · AFC Holcroft LLC · Aichelin America · Air Liquide America Corporation · Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. · Alcan International Limited · Alfred Heller Heat Treating Company · Almet, Inc. · Aluminum Company of America · Aluminum Pechiney · Amcast Industrial Corporation · American Heat Treating, Inc. · Ametek, Inc. · ASM International · Bodycote · Borg Warner Automotive · Braddock Metallurgical · Briggs & Stratton Corporation · Buhler, Inc. · Can-Eng Furnaces Ltd. · Caterpiller Inc. · Center for Induction Technology · Chem Trend, Inc. · Cincinnati Steel Treating Company · Citation Corporation · Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. · Consolidated Metco · Daimler Chrysler Corporation · Deere & Company · Dorst America, Inc. · Eclipse Combustion, Inc. · Elkem Aluminum· Federal-Mogul Corporation · The Flame Treating & Engineering Company · Ford Motor Company · Formcast, Inc. · Foseco, Inc. · The Foxboro Company · GE Aircraft Engines · General Motors Corporation · Gibralter Steel Corporation · GKN Sintered Metals, Inc. · Harley-Davidson Motor Company · Hauck Manufacturing Company · Hayes Lemmerz International · Heraeus Electro- Nite Company · Hitchcock Industries, Inc. · Hoeganaes Corporation · Hot Metal Molding · Houghton International, Inc. · Howmet Corporation · Hudapack Metal Treating, Inc. · Husky IMS, Inc. · Hydro Aluminum · IdraPrince · Industrial Heating Magazine · Industronics Service Company · Ingersoll Rand Company · Intermet Corporation · Ipsen International, Inc. · Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation · Kennedy Die Castings Inc. · Kolene Corporation · Leggett & Platt Aluminum Group · Madison-Kipp Corporation · Mahle Metal Leve S.A. · Mercury Marine · Metabolix Inc. · Metal Powder Products Company · Metal Treating Institute · Metallurg Aluminum · Metallurgical Processing, Inc. · Metroplex Heat Treat · National Metal Processing, Inc. · NEMAK· Nichols Portland · Nitrex Metal, Inc. · North American Die Casting Association · North American Höganäs Holding, Inc. · Northwest Aluminum · Ohio Metallurgical Service, Inc. · OMG Americas · Ormet Corporation · Osterwalder AG · Palmer Foundry, Inc. · Praxair Inc. · Pratt & Whitney · Quebec Metal Powders, Ltd. · Queen City Steel Treating Company · Salzburger Aluminum AG · Seco/Warwick Corporation · Selee Corporation · Sinterstahl G.m.b.H · The Sousa Corporation · SPX Contech Division · Stahl Specialty Company · The Stanley P. Rockwell Company · Superior Industries International, Inc. · Surface Combustion, Inc. · Teksid SPA, Inc. · Therma Fab Alloy, Inc. · THT Presses · Thixomat · The Timken Company · The Torrington Company · TRW · Union Carbide Corporation · VAW, Inc. · Visteon Chassis Systems · Wabash Alloys · Williams Industrial Service, Inc. · Wyman-Gordon Investment Castings Mission
To be the premiere industry-university alliance serving the metal processing industry by serving consortium members’ needs, by establishing the needed knowledge base, and by educating future leaders of the industry. Metal Processing Institute
Advanced Casting Research Center (ACRC)
Consortium established in 1984
Center for Heat Treating Excellence (CHTE)
Consortium established in 1991
Resource Recovery and Recycling Center (CR3)
Consortium established in 2010
Laboratory for Imaging and Sensing MPI Vision
Member driven Multidisciplinary in scope Virtual enterprise in framework Cost effective pooling resources/leveraging University research fundamentals with deliverables Workforce /students/interns MPI Inter-disciplinary Approach
• Materials Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Chemical Engineering • Management/Marketing • Other Universities • Government Laboratories Fundamental Research
BUT... Context / applications are well defined
BY WHOM ?... The marketplace - the industry MPI: Industry-University Alliance in Action Research Programs
• Pre-competitive fundamental research funded by the members
• Large-scale projects funded by the federal government or foundations leveraging the research agenda of the centers
• Specific and proprietary research conducted for the consortium members Advanced Casting Research
Center (ACRC) ACRC RESEARCH PORTFOLIO
Fundamental Studies (Pre-Competitive)
Characterization of Alloy Castability – Hot Tearing S. Li and D. Apelian
Characterization of Alloy Castability – Fluidity B. Dewhirst and D. Apelian
Microstructure Evolution during Friction Stir Processing of Aluminum Casting Alloys N. Sun and D. Apelian
Improving Aluminum Casting Alloy and Process Competitiveness Mandal and M.M. Makhlouf
13 ACRC RESEARCH PORTFOLIO
Fundamental Studies (Pre-Competitive) - continued
Evaluation of Distortion and Residual Stresses During Heat Treatment of Aluminum Alloys W. Chang-Kai (Lance), and M.M. Makhlouf
Controlled Diffusion Solidification – Fundamentals and Mechanisms K. Symeonidis, D. Apelian, and M.M. Makhlouf
Casting Aluminum Alloys in Helium M.Q. Saleem, and M.M. Makhlouf
Aluminum Nano-Composites for Elevated Temperature Applications Cecilia Bogonova, Hao Yu, and D. Apelian 14 ACRC RESEARCH PORTFOLIO Leveraged Projects – Large Scale
Innovative Semi-Solid Metal Processing D. Apelian, Q. Xu and M.M. Makhlouf (funded by DOE)
High Integrity Magnesium Auto Castings J. Keist, Y. Li, and D. Apelian (funded by US CAR)
Aluminum Die Casting Alloy Studies High Performance Die Cas ng Alloys L. Wang, D. Apelian, and M.M. Makhlouf (funded by DLA)
15 MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Intellectual Capital
Consortium members guide and select research projects Proprietary research projects at reduced cost Intellectual property developed is available to member companies (royalty free) Member-driven research program on diverse and practical projects
Human Capital
Access to faculty, students, industrial interns and future employees Educate young adults for future careers and leadership positions Provides human capital and intellect for the 21st century Industrial Internships MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS Valuable Source of R&D data
Asset to the metals industry for more than 20 years Research Project Reports –two Reports a year Participation and discussion through focus groups and steering committees Cost- effective : facilities and human capital are shared by MPI centers
Meetings & Events
Two annual meetings (June and December) Symposia on Innovation in Materials Processing Workshops on topical themes Diran Apelian Howmet Professor of Engineering Director of Metal Processing Ins tute WPI – Worcester, MA 01609 USA
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