Preliminary Programme
ECHT 2021 and QDE – 2nd International Conference on Quenching and Distortion Engineering
27/ 28 April 2021 - Online Conference
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
| Time | Title of the presentation | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:20 | 1. Opening Session | |
| Greetings IFHTSE | Eva Troell (IFHTSE president, Sweden) | |
| Greetings Chairmen | Jörg Kleff, Thomas Lübben (Chairmen, Germany) | |
| Organizational remarks | Jörg Kleff, Thomas Lübben | |
| 9:20-10:50 | 2. Gas Quenching | |
| Keynote lecture: Quenching processes in gases | Eva Troell (RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden) | |
| The Long-term Perspective – Distortion Capability of Advanced Case Hardening | Volker Heuer (ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH, Germany) | |
| Flexible and modular multiprocess installations | Pierre Bertoni (ECM Technologies, France) | |
| 10:50-11:05 | Break | |
| 11:05-13:00 | 3. Determination of heat transfer | |
| Developing Prototype of Container Elevator Type Test System Using a Small Ball Probe for Determination of Cooling Characteristics of Quenchants | Kyozo Arimoto (Arimotech Ltd., Japan) | |
| Experimental determination of heat transfer using a polymer solution shower during induction hardening | Maria Kadanik (University of Rostock, Germany) | |
| Instrumentation study for aspersion cooling experiments aiming optimal estimation of the heat flux dissipation by 2D inverse heat conduction problems | Arthur Olivera (IRT M2P, France) | |
| Investigation of Heat Transfer in Arrays of Water Jets and Sprays | Nithin Mohan Narayan (Leibniz-Insitute for Materials Engineering IWT, Germany) | |
| 13:00-14:00 | Break | |
| 13:45-15:40 | 4. New aspects of quenching in liquids | |
| Keynote lecture: Quenching processes in fluids | Scott Mackenzie (Quaker Houghton Inc., USA) | |
| Advanced developments in the field of liquid quenchants in order to the technological progress and the increased requirements for environmental protection. | Rainer Braun (Burgdorf GmbH & Co. KG, Germany) | |
| Applying of electric potential to control the quenching process of aluminium alloys | Peter Krug (TH Köln, Germany) | |
| Monitoring product temperature in a combined carburizing furnace and oil quench bath to identify and eliminate distortion problems | Steve Offley (PhoenixTM GmbH, Germany) | |
| 15:40-15:55 | Break | |
| 15:55-17:35 | 5. Quenching and partioning, quenching and tempering, austempering | |
| Investigation of the tempering/partitioning behaviour of a martensitic stainless steel at different quenching and tempering temperatures | Simona Kresser (FH-Wels, Austria) | |
| Q&T versus Q&P - a tough competition Comparison of the hardness-toughness relationship of medium-Mn steels after Q&T and Q&P treatments | Reinhold Schneider (FH-Wels, Austria) | |
| Experimental determination and modelling of tempering effects of martensite during quenching and annealing of a bearing steel EN 100Cr6 | Martin Hunkel (Leibniz-Institute for Materials Engineering IWT, Germany) | |
| Development of a prototype austempering plant with controlled spray cooling | Sven Wagner (Heess GmbH & Co. KG, Germany) |
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
| Time | Title of the presentation | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-10:40 | 6. Tools for distortion understanding and case studies on distortion problems | |
| Simulated Strains-Based Approach for Explaining Distortion and Residual Stress Due to Heat Treatment | Kyozo Arimoto (Arimotech Ltd., Japan) | |
| Advanced distortion analysis in the complex plane | Holger Surm (Leibniz-Institute for Materials Engineering IWT, Germany) | |
| Dimensional stability of low temperature surface hardened stainless steel components | Alexandra Bauer (Bodycote, Germany) | |
| Influence of the quenching process on the distortion behavior of a weight-reduced counter gear | Thomas Lübben (Leibniz-Institute for Materials Engineering IWT, Germany) | |
| 10:40-10:55 | Break | |
| 10:55-12:25 | 7. Distortion Enginering by controlled production processes | |
| Keynote lecture: Quenching and distortion | Rainer Fechte-Heinen (Leibniz-Institute for Materials Engineering IWT, Germany) | |
| Application of the Distortion Engineering Methodology to Quenched and Tempered Steam Turbine Blades | Giulio Lucacci (C*Blade S. p. A., Italy) | |
| Large-diameter Rolled Rings. Plant Engineering Techniques aimed to reduce the deformations during the heat treatment process. | Clara Chiurca (Hi-Tech Engineering srl., Italy) | |
| 12:25-13:25 | Break | |
| 13:25-15:05 | 8. Distortion Engineering by controlled quenching processes and TRIP | |
| Cost- and resource-saving gearbox production by the use of distortion controlled inductive fixture hardening | Michael Bergmeir (Aichelin Holding GmbH, Austria) | |
| Model-Based Distortion Reduction of Steering Racks | Frank Sarfert (Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany) | |
| Reducing Distortion during Quenching of Steel Components using a Controlled Cooling Method | Justin Sims (Dante Solutions, Italy) | |
| Transformation Plasticity in PM-Steels: Quantification of TRIP-effects in dependency of porosity | James Damon ( Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, Germany) | |
| 15:05-15:20 | Break | |
| 15:20-16:10 | 9. In-situ analysis of material behaviour during heat treatment processes | |
| Time-resolved investigations during low pressure carburizing by means of in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction. | Ogün Baris Tapar (Leibniz-Institute for Materials Engineering IWT, Germany) | |
| Effect of carbon and nitrogen enrichment in the austenitic field on the formation of microstructures and residual stresses in carburized and carbonitrided low-alloyed steel parts: experimental study and simulation | Julien Teixeira (Institute Jean Lamour, France) | |
| 16:10-16:30 | 10. Closing Session | |
| Aichelin Young Speaker Award | Klaus Buchner (Aichelin Holding GmbH, Austria) | |
| Announcement of next ECHT 2022 | N.N. | |
| Conclusions, closing ceremony | Jörg Kleff, Thomas Lübben (Chairmen, Germany) |