The IOB at the MAGMAacademy

From Sep­tem­ber 4 to 5, 2025, our col­le­ague Moritz Eick­hoff took part in the “Direct Chill Cas­ting of Alu­mi­num” semi­nar at the MAG­MAa­ca­de­my in Aachen. The focus was on the prac­ti­cal appli­ca­ti­on of simu­la­ti­on tech­no­lo­gies in con­ti­nuous cas­ting processes.

On the first day of the semi­nar, the basics and prac­ti­cal chal­lenges of DC cas­ting were dis­cus­sed. After the ope­ning pre­sen­ta­ti­on by Erik Hepp (MAGMA GmbH), which pro­vi­ded an over­view of prin­ci­ples and pro­ces­ses, various pre­sen­ta­ti­ons on con­ti­nuous cas­ting pro­ces­ses took place. Dr. Johan­nes Mor­sch­eiser (NOVELIS Koblenz GmbH) con­tri­bu­ted inte­res­t­ing per­spec­ti­ves on direct chill cas­ting, its cas­ting defects, and forming technologies.

The first day of the semi­nar ended with a joint din­ner at the Eli­sen­brun­nen restau­rant, which pro­vi­ded an oppor­tu­ni­ty for plea­sant con­ver­sa­ti­on and pro­fes­sio­nal exchange.

The second day of the semi­nar focu­sed on for­ward-loo­king deve­lo­p­ments and simu­la­ti­on tech­no­lo­gies. Dr. Even­gii Shvyd­kii (MAGMA GmbH) pre­sen­ted cur­rent rese­arch on the heat tre­at­ment of alu­mi­num and pos­si­bi­li­ties of ther­mo­me­cha­ni­cal cou­pling in simulations.

During lunch, par­ti­ci­pan­ts had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to dis­cuss the topics of the semi­nar in grea­ter depth and net­work with each other.

The MAG­MAa­ca­de­my’s Direct Chill Cas­ting semi­nar pro­vi­ded inte­res­t­ing insights into the ope­ra­ti­on and, at the same time, faci­li­ta­ted exch­an­ge bet­ween users of simu­la­ti­on tech­no­lo­gies and inte­res­ted par­ties. The IOB was able to deve­lop ide­as for joint pro­ject work.

We would like to express our sin­ce­re thanks to Erik Hepp for orga­ni­zing and sup­port­ing the semi­nar and to the MAG­MAa­ca­de­my for the inte­res­t­ing presentations.