Metalcasting Industry Roadmap


May 2015 Roadmapping Workshop ʹ Key Issues Identified by Participants


The AMC Roadmapping Development Workshop was conducted on May 12-13, 2015. Participants presented and discussed the important metalcasting issues and the required R&D / technologies / resources needed in small breakout groups consisting of six to eight people per group. The information below lists the key issues identified by participants prior to the breakout group sessions.


x Higher integrity, higher performance cast products x Porosity reduction x Higher strength, thin wall, porosity free, aluminum die casting x Structural aluminum die cast alloy technology o Alloys o Fluidity o Refractory metal shot sleeves o Pressurized solution heat treat for T6 heat treating


x How to integrate advancing next generation of metalcasting employees via relevant real- world activities


x Increased performance x How to speed up casting parts by a factor of 10 by 2025 x To develop disruptive technoloJLHV WR HQVXUH 86 PHWDO FDVWLQJ LQGXVWU\¶V FRPSHWLWLYHQHVV via knowledge creation and knowledge workers


x Thin wall castings and lightweighting x Knowledge transfer, growing technology through education x Sustainability (as the) key driver of molding materials innovation x Workforce succession plan x Design approach technically sound / accessible to next generation x Transfer of knowledge, experiment ± model, teaching, identify gaps x Effective workforce recruitment and development x Implementation of new technology additive manufacturing x Improved alloys x Key industry technical concerns for DoD x Improve industrial base, promote competition, and reduce costs (faster, better, cheaper) x Technology transfer to non-believers x Transfer new technologies to practical application in industry x Get best / brightest to foundry floor x 0DQXIDFWXULQJ V\VWHP ZKRVH SULPDU\ PHWULF LVQ¶W WRQV SURGXFHG x Integrated digital casting design and production x Design for performance-based reliability in a digital world x Process control systems x Environmentally benign casting processes (mid-term)


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