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Program 2025

Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 12:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

  • Lectures and networking
  • Panel discussion
  • Social event (at Location) starting 6:30 p.m.

     

Thursday, March 6, 2025, 08:30 a.m. - 03:30 p.m.

  • Lectures and networking

What do the colorful eights actually stand for?

Each eight is assigned to a specific topic in the field of cast components: The four InCeight Casting disciplines.

Full Program

(As of December 2024 – subject to change)

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12:00 a.m.: Arrival / Registration / Lunch

01:00 p.m.: Welcome & Introduction to the Conference

Session 1, 01:15 p.m. - 02:45 p.m.

Keynote

Designing the reliability and fatigue strength of cast components

Dr. Christoph Bleicher
Division Director Structural Durability | Fraunhofer LBF

Determination of Local Fatigue Strength in Heavy-Section Castings using Simulative Synthetic S-N Curves
Felix Weber | Institute for Materials Applications in Mechanical Engineering

Deformation Behavior of Aluminum Alloy Lattice Structures Produced by Hybrid Investment Casting
Mahan Firoozbakht | RWTH Aachen University, Foundry Institute  

02:45 p.m.: Networking Coffee Break

Session 2, 03:15 p.m. - 04:45 p.m.

MiDAcLifecast – A lifetime prediction method for heavy-section castings based on non-destructive measurements 
Fabian Weber | University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern

Optimization of local cooling conditions for thin-walled ductile iron by controlling the thermal balance in the mold using specific casting parameters
Johannes Schüssler | RWTH Aachen University, Foundry Institute

Title - tbd
Wolfgang Baumgart | ZORC Technology GmbH

04:45 p.m.: Short Coffee Break

Session 3, 05:00 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.

The diversity of nodular graphite iron: From optimized material for thick-walled cast components to standardized toothing-specific strength values 
Dr. Jochen Lohmiller | SEW-EURODRIVE

Panel discussion: Casting a New Future for Foundries: Digitalization, Sustainability, and Economic Resilience

06:15 p.m.: Review of the first conference day 

06:30 p.m.: Get-Together

7:30 p.m.: Joint Dinner at the COREUM

08:30 a.m.: Welcome Conference Day 2

Session 4, 09:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Keynote

Die casting tool design for the development of a production-ready aluminum-steel compound casting process
Jan Clausen | Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM

Modular system for fast and flexible inline X-ray inspection systems
Christian Abt | HEITEC PTS GmbH

11:15 a.m.: Networking Coffee Break

Session 5, 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Fatigue assessment of hot-chamber zinc die-casting components in relation to the casting process and casting process simulation
Christian Pittel | Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF

A CFD-based meta-model for horizontal continuous casting of cast iron
Ashish Chawla | Technical University of Denmark

12:45 p.m.: Lunch break

Session 6, 01:45 p.m. - 03:00 p.m.

Metallurgical observations from repair welding of EN-GJS-400-18 and EN-GJS-450-18
Dr. Rian Holdstock | FORCE Technology

03:00 p.m.: Closing words and subsequent snack

Structural durability

Foundry technology and simulation

Product development

Non-destructive testing

Group activities, social events and networking