Equipment
The following processing techniques and machines are available in the Department of Functional Magnesium Materials (MBF):
- Melting facilities for Mg-, Al- and Zn-based materials between 50g - 150 kg with the emphasis on magnesium
- Heat treatment furnaces with protective atmosphere
- Thermal analyses
- Methods to investigate the solidification behavior of metals and alloys
- Chemical analyses (spectrophotometry, absorption spectrometry, spark spectrometry, ICP, glow mass discharge spectrometry, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, wet chemical methods)
- Microstructure characterization incl. phase analyses
- In situ characterization with synchrotron radiation (diffraction and tomography)
- Simulation for the prediction of phases and microstructures (Thermodynamics, Calphad, Phase-field methods)
| Machine | Description |
| Dosing furnace | Rauch MDO 70, melting and dosing furnace |
| Melting furnace | 0.05-100 kg |
| Vacuum furnace | ALD VIM6 II Mg, max. 30 kW |
| High Shear Rotor/Stator Mixer | ZYOMAX, for shearing of and particle dispersion in magnesium melt |
| Wire-drawing machine | Müller Engineering EZ6.01; Wire diameter: Ø6,0 - Ø2,0 mm; |
| Wire-drawing machine | Müller Engineering EZ2.01; Wire diameter: Ø2,0 - Ø0,2 mm |
| Alloy analysis | Spectrolab M, analysis of metallic materials via spark emission spectrum analysis, spectrophotrometry, wet-chemical analysis, X-rayfluorescence-analyser Bruker Explorer S4 |
| Viscosymeter, Rheometer | Analysis of melt flow |
| Permanent mould direct chill casting equipment | Several shapes |
| Casting spirals, chills | Solidification analysis under different circumstances |
Further manufacturing processes and the characterisation of materials are implemented together with other research groups at Hereon, as well as in cooperation with research and industrial partners.