The main goal of the MARTINA program was to strengthen the position and role of the Slovenian industry in the field of materials, especially special steels and aluminium, and to raise competitiveness in the global market by moving from standard to development suppliers in international value chains and networks. In the context of the S4 smart specialization strategy, the MARTINA program focused on the priority area "Development of materials as end products", as it addressed the areas of steel, aluminum and multicomponent materials, while also linking the use of materials in industry with focus in automotive industry, which is for Slovene economy of strategic character, both in terms of volume, added value, potential and level of exports. IMT was the managing consortium partner and leader of the consortium that implemented the “Materials and Technologies for New Applications” program: MARTINA. The head of the entire MARTINA program was Matjaž Godec. There were 16 partners in the consortium. The project took place with the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport. The value of the project was € 9,632,333.33. The project started on 01.08.2016 and lasted until 31.7.2019, ie a total of three years. The project was successfully completed. As part of the project, Lot 1: “Promotion of the implementation of research and development programs (TRL 3-6) published in the Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, no. 6/16 and 24/2015. In the field of steels for hot work, we have developed a new quality of steel with increased thermal conductivity, which is 50 % higher than the existing one and much better than the competition. Better thermal conductivity allows greater resistance to thermal fatigue and shortening of manufacturing cycles. The project modified the high-strength aluminium alloy 6082, which is categorized as the new 6086 alloy and is registered with the American Aluminum Association, which is a great success. Based on 3D printing of metals, we have shown the extraordinary potential of making tool inserts by designing conformal channels and thus better control of cooling.
D.01 Chairing over/coordinating (international and national) projects
COBISS.SI-ID: 1538218IMT is a partner of the project "Modeling of thermomechanical processing of aluminum alloys for premium products": MARTIN, led by the company Impol d.o.o .. The project leader from IMT is Assoc. prof. dr. Matjaž Godec. There are 5 partners in the consortium. The value of the project is € 2,911,122.00, of which own funds will amount to € 911,122.00 and co-financing will amount to € 2,000,000.00. The project started on January 1, 2019 and will last until December 31, 2021, ie a total of three years. The project was successfully obtained in the Public Tender "Promoting the implementation of research and development projects (TRL 3-6) in 2018. The main goal of the project is to strengthen the position and role of Slovenian industry in the field of aluminum and its alloys and to raise competitiveness in the global market by moving from standard to development suppliers in international value chains and networks. In doing so, this industry is aware that modern computer simulation is essential for success in international competition because the tests are often too expensive, time consuming, dangerous or even unfeasible. In modern research and development, the aluminum industry is increasingly using modeling, simulation and visualization using high-performance computers. The aim of the project is to model the thermomechanical processing of aluminum alloys for premium products. In doing so, we will develop new microstructural models, integrate them into a simulation system, experimentally laboratory confirm and install and validate them in the production of semi-finished products.
D.01 Chairing over/coordinating (international and national) projects
Scientific journal entitled Materials and Technologies with an impact factor of 0.697, published by the Institute of Metals and Technologies. Materials and Technologies. McGuiness, Paul J. (Editor-in-Chief 2016-), Godec, Matjaž (Deputy Editor-in-Chief 2012-). [Printed ed.]. Ljubljana: Institute of Metalss and Technology, 2000-. ISSN 1580-2949. http://mit.imt.si/Revija/index-slo.html, http://www.dlib.si/details/urn:nbn:si:spr-ihg6vo21, http://mit.imt.si/ The members of the program group are the editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief, as well as members of the program editorial board. The Institute is the publisher of an international scientific journal with an impact factor, which is extremely important for domestic and foreign researchers, as well as for industry experts.
C.04 Editorial board of an international magazine
COBISS.SI-ID: 106193664Purpose of the Study is evaluation and industry implementation possibility of the Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Concept (HAM), which is a novel hybrid additive manufacturing process and in one commons step combines two different Additive Manufacturing Technologies; Powder Bed Fusion Technology (PBF) and Direct Energy Deposition Technology (DED). Implementation of HAM for Space Industry is foreseen for metal applications, where the total mass reduction of the part can be 30% or more, at maintaining the same strength characteristics of the part in its working environment as when the part is manufactured using classical manufacturing processes. Special potential of HAM is in effective joining of subparts with specific geometry into the final AM part, which has characteristics of high-quality, large AM metallic structures in the 1-5 meter range, made of Titan, Nickel based alloys or similar metal alloys. In addition to the research we are conducting together with the European Space Agency, the postdoctoral student dr. Simon Malej has been seconded for one year at ESTEC (European Space Research and Technology Center) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. ESA (European space agency) has locations in several European countries, the largest being the European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. ESTEC is the incubator of European space efforts, where most ESA projects are born. The connection of the program group with ESO is extremely important both because of the most advanced research carried out there and for the transfer of knowledge to the institute and further to Slovenian industry.
D.06 Final report on a foreign/international project
COBISS.SI-ID: 47354371Organization and implementation of the 27th International Conference on Materials and Technologies. The main organizer of the conference was Matjaž Godec. In addition, members of the program group were on the editorial and organizing committee. IMT, co-organized by JSI, KI, organized the 27th International Conference on Materials and Technologies, which took place from 16-18. October 2019 in Portorož. The significance of the conference is that it combines the scientific research sphere with industry and thus basic research with the transfer of knowledge to industry by connecting the academic sphere with the industry through lectures and other informal gatherings within the conference. In 2019, the conference was attended by 175 researchers, professors and industry representatives from Slovenia and abroad. In the section of young researchers, 45 young researchers competed for the best research work. The conference included 5 plenary and 20 invited lectures, 25 lectures by young researchers and 30 lectures by established researchers. The conference was truly international, with participants from 17 countries around the world. The conference was attended by a large number of top plenary and invited speakers. We were able to attract all the important directors and development engineers of the companies, that are the most important partners for IMT, to the conference. The conference represents an excellent opportunity to connect the public research institutes with the companies. In the frame of the conference tgether with SRIP MATPRO we argonised "Posvet" entitled "Connection - the key to competitiveness and human resources". Representatives of all SRIPs in Slovenia, directors of all major institutes, ARRS and MIZŠ actively participated in the conference. The last day of the conference was dedicated to the third workshop of 3D printing of metals, where technologies and the latest findings in the field of 3D printing of metallic materials were presented. Laurent Pambaguian - Head of Additive manufacturing department at ESA, Wolfgang Waldhauser - JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Institute for Surface Technologies and Photonics (JR), Matjaž Godec - director of IMT, Elena Lopez Alonso - Fraunhofer IWS presemted their research results. For the seventh year in a row, the conference is paying special attention to innovations in Slovenian industry. The Strategic Council for Metallurgy, established in 2014, has chosen the area of ??integration as the key to competitiveness and human resources as the central theme of this year's conference. In order to carry out basic and industrial research and to introduce the next generation of advanced technological processes and materials, it will be necessary to train and train the workforce, for which it will be necessary to further encourage both academic institutions and industrial companies. We expect policy support in formulating policies and a positive, stimulating socio-economic environment, which will be the basis for growth and long-term success of the metal processing industry as a whole.
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
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