INVITATION Conference location SPONSORS: Kongredni center Hotel Slovenija Large number of experts in the foundry industry and foundry activities shall Obala 33, 6320 Portorož gather at this year International Foundry Conference in Portorož, taking T : +0386 (0)5 692 9001 place from 9th to 11th September 2009. Organised Foundry Conference F: + 0386 (5) 692 9055 is one of the most traditional foundry conferences and is accompanied by Email: [email protected] the corresponding foundry exhibition, presenting the achievements and CALDERYS AUSTRIA GmbH (A) results of the companies from Slovenia and abroad. Participation of scientific experts of the universities, research institutes, business enterprises and national foundry associations shall be a quality EKW-KREMEN d.o.o. (SLO) assurance for all presentations. Attendance of the representatives of the SLOVENIAN FOUNDRYMEN SOCIETY World Foundry Organization (WFO), the European Foundry Association (CAEF) and the Central European Initiative (MEGI) additionally prove the EXOTERM HOLDING d.d. (SLO) international reputation and high standing of the Conference. and This year motto of the Conference shall be: GOSTOL TST d.o.o. (SLO) UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA “RESEARCH PROJECTS Faculty of Natural Sciences and AND DEVELOPMENT +HAGI+ GIESEREITECHNIK (A) Engineering FOR THE FUTURE OF FOUNDRIES” The following professional topics shall be the main issue of this year 49th and Conference: situation and standing of the foundry industry and prognosis HEINRICH WAGNER SINTO GmbH (D) for the development of foundries; development of cast components; physical modelling and simulations; planning of new cast alloys and UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR materials; correlation between the structure and properties; nucleation and ISTRABENZ PLINI d.o.o. (SLO) nucleation potential; modern methods of controlling foundry processes; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering process parameters for achieving higher quality of castings; development of measurement techniques; production of thin-walled castings; foundry innovation centres. GENERAL SPONSOR LOTRIČ d.o.o. (SLO) organize PROGRAMME COMMITEE ORGANIZING COMMITEE MECAS ESI s.r.o. (CZ) INTERNATIONAL Prof. dr. Alojz Križman – chair mag. Mirjam Jan-Blažič– chair th Prof. dr. Vasilij Prešern Mag. Martin Debelak 49 FOUNDRY CONFERENCE Prof. dr. Primož Mrvar Mag. Miroslav Gnamuš PORTOROŽ 2009 Prof. dr. Franc Zupanič Janko Čevka MEDIA SPONSORS MESSER SLOVENIJA d.o.o. (SLO) Doc. dr. Jožef Medved Peter Janežič Dr. Gorazd Lojen Mitja Petrič with collaboration of Dr. Rebeka Rudolf Darja Tomanič Srakar RWP GmbH (D) Dr. Marko Tandler Lidija Košljar MEGI countries SIAPRO d.o.o. (SLO) 9th – 11th September 2009 SLOVENIAN FOUNDRYMEN SOCIETY TERMIT d.d. (SLO) Lepi pot 6, P.B. 424, SI – 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia, Motto: Phone: +386 1 25 22 488, Fax: +386 1 42 69 934, BY THE SLOVENIAN RESEARCH AGENCY TERMOVENTILTECNICA ( I) “RESEARCH PROJECTS AND E-mail: [email protected] CO-FINANCING Website: www.drustvo-livarjev.si DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF ID NR.: SI42649116 TRAMET d.o.o. (CRO) FOUNDRIES” PROGRAMME Section A: Cast iron and casting technology Friday, 11. 09. 2009 10.35 – 10.55: F. ZUPANIČ, Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za strojništvo, (SI): Wednesday, 09. 09. 2009 15.00 – 15.20: R. DÖPP, Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal, (D): Development of novel Al-casting alloys AIMS of development and application of our phase diagram Section A: Cast iron and casting technology 10.55 – 11.15: M. VONČINA, J. MEDVED, P. MRVAR, I. BRATUŠ, 17.30 – 19.30: Registration of Conference and Exhibition Participants and for iron castings I. KOSMAČ, M. ZDOVC, Univerza v Ljubljani, access to the exhibition area 15.20 – 15.40: H. RÖDTER, M. GAGNE, 9.00 – 9.20: M. HOLMGREN, MD Swedish Foundry Association: Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Hydria inštitut za materiale 18.00: Reception at the Municipality of Piran Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium GmbH,(D): Casting innovation centre – a swedish r&d project for the in tehnologije, (SI): Microstructure defects in heavy section ductile iron Castings truck, car and windpower industry The influence of adition of recycle material on alloy quality – formation and effect on properties 9.20 – 9.40: A. KOWALSKI, D. MYSZKA , K. GLOWNIA, Foundry 11.15 - 11.30: Break 15.40 – 16.00: M. SCHNEIDER*, C. HEISSER**, A.SERGINI***,A. Research Institute Krakow, (PL): Thursday, 10. 09. 2009 11.30 – 11.50: M. PERZYK, Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty KESSLER****, M.BODENBURG* , *MAGMA The issues of thin-walled ADI castings of Production, Engineering,Institute of Manufacturing Giessereitechnologie GmbH, Aachen, **MAGMA Foundry 8.00 – 9.30: Registration of Conference and Exhibition Participants 9.40 – 10.00: A. NOFAL, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Technologies, Warszawa, (PL): Technology Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois, ***Huttenes-Albertus Institute, Kairo, Egipt: Data mining as a tool for improvement of quality and 9.30 – 9.45: MIRJAM JAN-BLAŽIČ, President Chemische Werke GmbH, Dusseldorf,****IfG Institut fur ADI - the new horizons economics of foundry production Društvo livarjev Slovenije: The Opening Address Giesserei-Tecnik GmbH,Düsseldorf, (D): 10.00 – 10.15: Break 11.50 – 12.10: A. DEŽJOT, A. RECANATI, Istrabenz plini d.o.o., Koper, (SI): Experimental investigation, physical modeling and simulation Tehnologije zgorevanja s čistim kisikom: povečanje of core production processes 10.15 – 10.35: J. SZAJNAR, M. STAWARZ, T. WROBEL, W. SEBZDA, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, (PL): termičnega izkoristka z uporabo čistega kisika v procesih Plenary Lectures 16.00 – 16.15: Break Inoculation of grey cast iron with use of electromagnetic field zgorevanja / Technologies of burning with pure oxygen: 16.15 – 16.35: F. JEZERŠEK, SIAPRO d.o.o., Cerkno, (SI): increasing thermal yield with use of pure oxygen in process 9.45 – 10.15: M. SCHUMACHER, 10.35 – 10.55: F. UNKIĆ, Z. GLAVAŠ, K.TERZIĆ, Faculty of Metallurgy, Equipment and process for regeneration of foundry sand of burning CAEF – The European Foundry Association: Sisak, (CRO): mixtures European casting markets today and tomorrow – a longtime The influence of microstructure characteristics and 12.10 – 12.30: M. PETRIČ, P. MRVAR, J. MEDVED, Univerza v forecast 16.35 – 16.55: B. METELKO*, J. MEDVED**, P. MRVAR**, *Livar Ivančna temperatures on the toughness of ferritic ductile iron Ljubljani,Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta (SI): Gorica, **Univerza v Ljubljani, (SI): Vpliv modificiranja na krčenje Al-zlitin / Effect of modification 10.15 – 10.45: A. BÜHRIG POLACZEK, M. MATHES, E. SCHABERGER- 10.55 – 11.15: O. SCHMITZ, Koinc Co. Ltd, Iserlohn, (D): Determination of nucleation potential in spheroidal graphite on shrinkage of Al-alloys ZIMMERMANN, Non-heated ductile pouring with full quality control Gießerei-Institut, RWTH Aachen University, (D): cast iron with in situ thermal analysis 11.15 – 11.30: Break Modern analysis methods for process control and 16.55 – 17.15: D. PIHURA, DŽ. NOVIĆ, Bosnia Foundrymen`s Association, development of cast components Fakultet za metalurgiju i materijale, Zenica, (BiH): 11.30 – 11.50: V. ILIJESKI, T. BARZOV, MZT Learnica AD Skopje, 10.45 – 11.15: A.TURNER, The Foundry Organization, Winton House, On the transfer pilot plant research work on ductile iron into Makedonija: Posters Lyonshal, (UK): industrial scale Implementation of bentonite from company bentomak-r. The foundry industry – casting its net into a wider work macedonia in foundry industry and its use in automatic 1. J. ROUČKA, J. ODLOŽIL, M. KOVAČ, K. HRBAČEK, Brno University of process technology 11.15 – 11.45: A. KRIŽMAN*, M. DEBELAK**, V. PIRIH**, M. JAN- Section B: Non-ferrous alloys Technology, (CZ): BLAŽIČ***, *Univerza v Mariboru, **Gospodarska zbornica 11.50 – 12.10: G. PAVLIN, A. STRMOLE, Termit d.d., Moravče, (SI): Prediction of solidification pattern and structure of inconel nickel alloys, Slovenije, ***Društvo livarjev Slovenije, (SI): 15.00 – 15.20: K. WEISS, C. HONSEL, R. VOMHOF, RWP GMBH, (D): Influence of coating on a properties of cold box cores using numerical simulation New material design leads to another castings quality- Slovenian foundry industry and research and development 2. S. NESTOROVIĆ, D. MARKOVIĆ, L. IVANIĆ, I. RANGELOV, University of in year 2008 solidification, stress, mechanical properties Section B: Non-ferrous alloys Belgrade, Technical faculty Bor(SER): 11.45 – 12.00: Break 15.20 – 15.40: M. HORAČEK, Brno University of Technology, Department of Influence of Thermocyclic Treatment on the Anneal Hardening Effect of Foundry Engineering, Brno, (CZ): 9.00 – 9.20: F. KLEIN, Aage GmbH, Entwicklungsgiesserei, Aalen, (D): CuAl10 Research activities at the Brno University of technology Process parameters for aluminium castings with a low Invited Lectures related to investment casting technology porosity 3. A. LIKHITE, D.R. PESHWE, S. U. PATHAK, Visvesvesvaraya National 15.40 – 16.00 G. PODLIPNIK, TCG UNITECH LTH-OL d.o.o., Škofja Loka, Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, (INDIA): 12.15 – 12.35: P. SCHUMACHER, Oesterreichischer Giessereiinstitut 9.20 – 9.40: J. PAVLOVIC-KRSTIC*, M. DJURDJEVIC**, R. BÄHR*, Structure – property correlations of graphite nodule morphology with (SI): G. KRSTIC*, Z. ODANOVIC***, *Institute for Manifacturing Leoben, (A): Control of Nucleation phenomena in cast alloys dynamic elasticity modulus in inoculated low carbon equivalent irons Complete master of high pressure die casting process on an Technology and Quality Assurance,University of Magdeburg, 12.35 – 12.55: B.