XII International Die Casting Scientific and Technical Conference „Innovation in Pressure Die Casting”
May 13th–15th, 2019 – Nowy Adamów
On 13th–15th May this year. in the premises of the Czarny Staw Hotel in Adamów, the 12th Die Casting Conference took place. Its organizers were the Lodz Branch, the Main Board and the Die Casting Section of the Main Board of the Polish Foundrymen’s Association.
The conference was opened by the chairman of the Pressure Die-Casting Section of ZG STOP, the President of the Board of the Łódź Branch of STOP Mr. Wiesław Walczak, MSc Eng who welcomed more than 100 participants – practitioners and scientists from Polish and foreign companies specializing in the production of pressure castings, machines and equipment for this technology, tools, materials and universities.
The conference part of the event was divided into two sessions, the first of which was held on the first day of the Conference, and the second on the second day.
The first session was conducted by the presidium in the persons, Colleague Dorota Wilk-Kołodziejczyk PhD Eng and Collegue. Grzegorz Gumienny PhD Eng prof. of Lodz University of Technology. During this session nine presentations were given in sequence:
| The development of pressure machines from the classics to hybrids
prof. dr hab. inż. Jerzy J. Sobczak, AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland, dr inż. Piotr Dudek, Foundry Research Institute, Poland |
| Presentation of the Copromec Company
Compromec Die Casting s.r.l, Italy |
| Reducing operating costs by increasing the machine’s efficiency
Francesco Sauda, COLOSIO s.r.l., Italy |
| Influence of surface lubricants on adhesive qualities of structural components in high pressure die-casting
dr Tammo Lüβenhop, Petrofer Chemie H.R. Fischer GmbH + Co. KG, Germany |
| Mechanical properties of AlSi11 + SiC composites produced through die casting
prof. dr hab. inż. Zbigniew Konopka, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland |
| Innovative robot automation solutions in foundry and outlook 4.0
Steffen Guenther, KUKA CEE GmbH, Germany |
| Presentation of IDRA Company OLCS 2019
Paolo Milanese, IDRA s.r.l., Italy |
| Vaccum die casting quality control and data collection
Steve Schackemy, Fondarex SA, Switzerland |
| New requirements in die casting Multiple Zone. Temperature Control
Roland Luschtinetz ROBAMAT Automatisierungstechnik Gesellschaft GmbH, Austria |
In the second session, which was led by Collegue Tadeusz Pacyniak prof. from the Lodz Technical University and Zbigniew Konopka prof. from Częstochowa University of Technology held eight pressentations given in succession.
| Presentation of OMS PRESSE s.r.l. Company
Maciej Kronenberg, OMS Presse s.r.l., Italy |
| Analysis of the impact of high-melting additives in hypoeutectic silumins
dr hab. inż. Grzegorz Gumienny, prof. Łódź University of Technology, Poland |
| The latest casting technologies – Thixomolding
Piotr Biernat BM Trade, Guangdong Yizumi Precision Machinery Co. Ltd |
| Coating and regeneration of aluminum die-casting molds
Janusz Górecki, VÚHŽ a.s., Czech Republic |
| Material and technological conversion process support
dr inż. Dorota Wilk-Kołodziejczyk, mgr inż. Małgorzata Grudzień, Foundry Research Institute, Krakow, Poland |
| Meccanica Pi.Erre Trimm and Machining Technology Meccanica Pi.Erre
dr Stefania Calubini, Meccanica Pi.Erre, Włochy, Marek Czyżewski Gussgarden, Polska |
| The use of thixomolding technology for the production of nano-composites based on magnesium alloys
dr inż. Łukasz Rogal, Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland |
| Modern technologies in aluminum pressure casting
Industrial Solutions Group sp. z o.o., Poland |
| Improvement of the quality of pressure casting with the use of computer simulations
mgr inż. Marcin Małysza, Foundry Research Institute, Krakow, Poland |
A discussion was held after each session.
