Thursday, September 23

Session 19: Processing/Novel Processes III

Session Chair: Antonio Forn

• 8:00 - 8:30 am: Damper Cooling Tube Method to Manufacture Semi-Solid Slurry of Magnesium Alloy
  Shuisheng Xie, Haoqiang Yang, Hao Wang, Xinggang Li, Lei Li
• 8:30 - 9:00 am: Semi-Solid Casting of AZ91D Magnesium Alloy from Extruded Billets
  Chee-Ang Loong, C.Q. Zheng, M.Pruneau, E. Hsu, J.D. Hwang
• 9:00 - 9:30 am: Powder Making and Powder Forming through Mushy Processings
  Manabu Kiuchi
• 9:30 - 10:00 am: A Novel Powder Preparation Technology Using Semi-Solid Rotational Coaxial-Cylinders
  Tao Li, Xin Lin, Lei Xue, Lei Wei, Weidong Huang

Session 20: Microstructures and Properties V

Session Chair: David Browne

• 8:00 - 8:30 am: Thixoforming: "As Good As Gold"
  Plato Kapranos, A. Taylor, J. Grice, M. Dobby
• 8:30 - 9:00 am: Fatigue Behaviour of Rheocast Parts
  Mario Rosso, S.Guelfo
• 9:00 - 9:30 am: : Si Coarsening of Spray-Formed Hypereutectic Al-Si Alloys in the Semisolid State
  C. H. Chiang, Chi Y. A. Tsao
• 9:30 - 10:00 am: Characterisation of Thermophysical Properties of Semi-Solid Steels for Thixoforming
  Jacqueline Lecomte-Beckers, Ahmed Rassili, M. Carton, Marc Robelet

10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Session 21: Microstructures and Properties VI

Session Chair: Makhlouf Makhlouf

• 10:15 - 10:45 am: Kinetic of Structural Changes in Semi Solid Alloys by Shear and Oscillation Experiments
  Michael Modigell, Markus Hufschmidt, Lars Pape
• 10:45 - 11:15 am: Fatigue Crack Growth Mechanisms During Dynamic Loading of Conventionally and SSM Cast Aluminum Components
  Diana Lados, Diran Apelian
• 11:15 - 11:45 am: Microstructure and Mechanical Behaviour of Cast Aluminium Components Obtained by Thixocasting and Traditional Processes
  A. Pola, Roberto Roberti, F. Frerini
• 11:45 am - 12:15 pm: Influence of Pouring Conditions in the Inclined Plate Process and Reheating on the Microstructure of the Semi-Solid A356 Aluminum Alloy
  Sahar Salarfar, F. Akhlaghi, Mahmoud Nili-Ahmadabadi

Session 22: Processing/Novel Processes IV

Session Chair: Manabu Kiuchi

• 10:15 - 10:45 am: SSM Processing of Hypereutetcic Al-Si Alloys - An Overview
  Deepak Saha, Diran Apelian, Rathindra DasGupta
• 10:45 - 11:15 am: Coarse Metal Particulates as a Unique Feedstock for Semisolid Processing
  Frank Czerwinski
• 11:15 - 11:45 am: Investigations of Basic Data for the Semi-Solid Forging of Steels
  Hideki Shimahara, Reiner Kopp
• 11:45 am - 12:15 pm: Kinetics of Precipitation and Mechanical Properties of a Semi-Liquid A357 Aluminium Alloy Subjected to T5 and T6
  Marcello Cabibbo, Enrico Evangelista, Renzo Moschini. G. Scampuddu

Session 23: Microstructures and Properties VII

Session Chair: Jean Collot

• 10:15 - 10:45 am: Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Property of Semi-Solid Steel by Rheorolling Process
  Yonglin Kang, Jiguang Li, Aimin Zhao, Renbo Song
• 10:45 - 11:15 am: Aluminium-Lithium Alloy Development for Thixoforming
  Roger Sauermann, B. Friedrich, W. Püettgen, W. Bleck, E. Balitchev, B. Hallstedt, J.M. Schneider, Horst Bramann, Andreas Bührig-Polaczek, P.J. Uggowitzer
• 11:15 - 11:45 am: Thixo-Forging of Continuous Fiber Reinforced AlSi/AlMg-Alloys
  Klaus Siegert, Rainer Gadow, Konstantin von Niessen, Peter Unseld, Marcus Speicher
• 11:45 am - 12:15 pm: Development of Aluminium Alloys for the Thixoforming Process
  Zigor Azpilgain, I. Hurtado, G. Basterrechea, E. Gandarias, J. Goñi, P. Eguizabal, M. Lakehal, I. Sarriés, I. Landa, L. Wielanek