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The Bundesverband der Deutschen Gießerei-Industrie e. V. (BDG) and the Verein Deutscher Giessereifachleute e. V. (VDG) are jointly organising interesting forums for the foundry industry as part of GIFA/ NEWCAST 2023.

The focal points of this year‘s forums are topics that will make our industry fit for a climate-neutral future. For this transformation and the challenges associated with it special solutions are needed for our small and medium-sized industry. Concrete concepts and solutions will be presented in the course of our lectures at the BDG forums.

Program CAEF Forum

Hall 13 D07

Free of charge, no registration required.
(Subject to change | * Speaker)

11:30 Uhr

Introduction

Dr Fynn-Willem Lohe,
Secretary General of CAEF The European Foundry Association

Dick van Wageningen

12:00 Uhr

Green Energy for Foundries

M. Milanov,
TELEMAT, Sofia/Bulgaria

12:30 Uhr

New Iron Age

A. E. Kumangil,
KUTES METALL, Istanbul/Türkiye

Joachim Schäfer
Dr. Christian Schramm

13:00 Uhr

Raw materials in the conflicting areas of sustainability and security of supply

Dr. D. Quantz,
WirtschaftsVereinigung Metalle (WVMetalle), Berlin/Germany

Thorsten Kock

13:30 Uhr

Social climate in foundry: long term challenge for our HR management has become urgent

Elisa Lucchese,
Fonderie Ariotti, Adro (BS) /Italy

Thorsten Kock

14:00 Uhr

European Foundry Women´s Award

Dick van Wageningen

14:30 Uhr

End

Erik Volz

Program NEWCAST Forum

Hall 13 D07

Free of charge, no registration required.
(Subject to change | * Speaker)

10:30 h

Reprocessing is the first production step: Integration of shredding machines into foundry plants

Maximilian Gutmayr,
Erdwich Zerkleinerungs-Systeme GmbH

Joachim Schäfer
Dr. Christian Schramm

11:00 h

Kasandra: Nucleation and Solidification Modelization of Iron Alloys for Process Control in Real Time

Aitor Loizaga*, S. Mendez,
AZTERLAN

Thorsten Kock

11:30 h

Roadmap for CO₂-neutral aluminium casting alloys

Dr. Ing. Stuart Wiesner, Federico Zühlke,
Aluminium Rheinfelden Alloys GmbH

Dick van Wageningen

12:00 h

FORE-CASTING – innovative high pressure die casting, megacasting and future challenges in accordance with comprehensive sustainability

Dr. Katharina Faerber*, Sarah Steil,
Albert Handtmann Metallgusswerk GmbH & Co. KG
S. Steil MSc*,
Handtmann Service GmbH & Co. KG

12:30 h

Break

Joachim Schäfer
Dr. Christian Schramm

13:00 h

Efficient handling of technical changes on castings along the value chain. ImPaKT research project – How to investigate technical changes efficiently

Eckhard Winter*,
Eisengiesserei Baumgarte GmbH
D. Wiechel,
Universität Paderborn/Germany

Thorsten Kock

13:30 h

ecoCasting – the most sustainable foundry process, now available for HD applications

Thomas von Reth*, W. Steinberg
Fritz Winter Eisengießerei GmbH & Co. KG

Thorsten Kock

14:00 h

Digital solutions for the blasting process

Joachim Vianden,
Eisenwerk Würth GmbH

Dick van Wageningen

14:30 h

Prediction of the Weldability of Aluminium Die Casting Materials – Investigation in Simulation and Experiment

Sebastian Krischke,
Institut für Füge- und Schweißtechnik (ifs) der Technischen Universität Braunschweig

Erik Volz

16:30 h

NEWCAST Award

18:00 h

End

The GIFA Forum

addresses foundries and presents technological advances in the foundry supply industry
  • Decarbonisation and climate neutrality
  • Resource and energy efficiency
  • Recycling & secondary materials
  • Environmental technology
  • Automation and digitalisation
  • Process simulation and control
  • Process and product development
  • Melting and casting technology
  • Plant and production technology
  • Model and mould making
  • Mould and core production
  • Casting chemicals and auxiliaries
  • Additive manufacturing

The Newcast Forum

presents the advantages of cast components and and shows perspectives for the use of innovative casting products and casting materials. The contributions on the following topics will promote an active exchange between developers, designers, purchasers and foundrymen and facilitate the professional dialogue between research and practice
  • Sustainability
  • Decarbonisation and climate neutrality
  • Material and energy efficiency
  • Component sizing and design
  • Lightweight construction and bionics
  • Digitalisation & Industry 4.0
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