WMM’14: Magnetism and Metallurgy Conference

Third Announcement

17th – 19th June 2014

Cardiff, UK

www.imf.tu-freiberg.de/wmm2014

Deadlines

Pre-registration and payment: 10th May 2014

Poster Applications: 14th March 2014

Exhibitors Applications: 14th March 2014

The 6th International Conference WMM’14 Magnetism and Metallurgy will take place at Cardiff University, UK, hosted by the Wolfson Centre for Magnetics.

The WMM series of was established in 2004 by the Institute of Metal Forming at the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg. The 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012 conferences were held in cooperation with the Department of Material Science and Engineering at Ghent University.

Scope of the Conference

The aim of this series of international conferences is to bring together scientists from universities and research groups working on the development of magnetic materials, as well as electrical engineers from universities and industry, who are engaged in applications of magnetic materials.

WMM’14 will, like previous meetings, provide a general overview of the status, trends and recent developments in the field of magnetism and magnetic materials and their application. Invited papers will be presented by experts from industry and universities. In addition, a restricted number of exhibits or poster presentations will be included in the programme.

The conference will focus on the improvement of understanding microstructure evolution along the processing route, the use of improved techniques, the status of material grades, applications in the fields of energy generation, higher energy efficient electrical machines and electrical machines operating at higher frequencies or under distorted voltage conditions, as well as improved models for the evaluation of material effects in electrical machines.

WMM’14 will cover the latest developments and demonstrate the progress with respect to status, trends and recent developments in the field. International experts from Europe, Japan, China, and USA will be again invited to cover the proposed topics of the 6th International Conference WMM’14.

Expected Participants

We expect the same kind of audience as at the previous conferences. More than 110 participants from 21 countries were present at the 5th International Conference on Magnetism and Metallurgy, WMM’12, in Gent. In addition to delegates from the academic world and from research institutions, participants from producers of magnetic materials attended the meeting.

These included Arnold Magnetic Technologies, ThyssenKrupp Stahl,  Voestalpine, Tempel Steel, Magnequench, Vacuumschmelze,  ArcelorMittal, Aperam, Tata Steel, AK Steel Corporation, CD Wälzholz, NLMK, US Steel, Baosteel, Hoeganes, China Steel, Cogent

Producers and users of electrical machines or electromagnetic components represented at the meeting included Roberg Bosch, Vaöeo, Alstom, ABB, Cogent Power, Schneider Electric, Daimler, Elesa Transformadoes SA, LCD Laser Cut, WISCO.

Topics

Presentations from  28 invited speakers from 14 countries demonstrated:

• driving forces of new developments are energy saving and environmental aspects as well as new process techniques for metallic materials,
• the complexity of the topic and the need for a more extensive cooperation between partners
• new or improved materials for power and electronic applications
• new rare earth magnets based on NdFeB
• alternative materials to electrical steels
• the status and further challenges in modelling the evolution of the microstructure along magnetic material processing routes,
• progress in modelling losses.

Specific topics include:

• Advances in process techniques: metallurgical routes
• Application of new techniques for casting and hot rolling to electrical steels
• Progresses in electrical steel grades and other soft magnetic materials as well as hard magnetic materials
• Thin electrical steel grades
• Electrical steels with cube or other textures
• Electrical steels for energy efficient electrical machines and variable speed drives
• Improved material characterisation and progress on modelling the effects of magnetic materials in electrical machines
• Progress in modelling the evolution of microstructure and texture along the metallurgical processing route

Organisers

Chairpersons:

• Prof R Kawalla, Freiberg (kawalla@imf.tu-freiberg.de)
• Prof Y Houbaert, Gent (yvan.houbaert@ugent.be)
• Prof A Moses, Cardiff( mosesAJ@cardiff.ac.uk)

Programme Chairman:

• Prof J Schneider, Freiberg and Dresden (schneider.juergen@t-online.de)

Local Organizing Committee:

• Dr Phil Anderson – Cardiff University (Chair)
• Dr Jeremy Hall – Cardiff University
• Prof Keith Jenkins – Cogent Power
• Dr Hugh Stanbury – Cardiff University
• Mr Roger Allcock – UK Magnetics Society
• Mr Alastair Stewart – UK Magnetics Society

International Advisory Committee:

• B Grieb, Germany
• G H Johnston, USA
• S Siebert, Germany
• S Constantinides, USA
• G Ombach, Germany
• S Fortunati, Italy
• Ye Feng, China
• F Landgraf, Brazil

Programme

The programme comprises 26 invited presentations from experts from Europe, Japan, China, and the USA, a poster session as well as an exhibition. A complete programme is attached to this email.

The list of speakers currently includes:

*    FeSi Materials and Fabrication

• Guo Deng Wang – University of Shenyang, China
• K Jenkins – Tata Steel Europe
• T Okubo – JFE, Japan
• B Linzer – SVAI, Austria
• Feng Zhang – Baosteel, China
• K Satzinger – Voestalpine, Austria
• Chen Lingfeng – Shougang Qian`an Iron & Steel, China
• Takeru Ichie – Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

*    Alternative Materials

• B Grieb – Magnequench GmbH, Germany
• A Schoppa – PMG Füssen, Germany
• T Strache – Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co KG, Germany
• T Iriyama – Daido Steel Co, Japan

*    Fundamentals and Material Characterisation

• A Moses – Cardiff University, UK
• S Fortunati – CSM, Italy
• Ping Yang – University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China
• B Ponick – Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
• G Johnston – Tempel Steel, USA
• L Suarez Fernandez – CTM, Spain

*    Applications

• G Pasquarella – LCD Laser Cut, Switzerland
• M Villani – University of L`Aquila, Italy
• S Constantinides – Arnold Magnetic Technologies, USA
• B B Jensen – University of Denmark
• S Sprague – Proto Laminations, USA
• K F Rasmussen – Grundfos Holding, Denmark

The conference language is English. The presentation time of invited papers will be 30 minutes including a short discussion.

WMM’14 will start at 1.00 pm on Tuesday, 17th June, 2014 and end at 4.00 pm on Thursday, 19th June, 2014.

On Tuesday, 17th June, 2014 there will be an opportunity to visit the research facilities at the Institute of Energy, Cardiff University. The visit will be followed by a welcome party at the School of Engineering, Cardiff University. A conference dinner will be held on the evening of Wednesday, 18th June, 2014.

Registration

If you wish to attend WMM’14, please complete a registration form at www.imf.tu-freiberg.de/wmm2014 and return it to the Conference Secretary, Alastair Stewart, details below.

The early registration fee of GBP400.00 is payable until 10th May 2014, when the registration fee rises to GBP450.00. The fee is increased by GBP50.00 for an additional conference dinner

Posters and Exhibition

WMM’14 will include a restricted number of exhibits or poster papers.

Preference will be given to posters which give an overview of R&D and the development of materials and / or devices. The programme manager will inform the candidates immediately on their acceptance. There is no additional fee for posters.

Exhibitors (presentation of equipment, measuring devices, special materials, etc) will be required to pay an additional fee of GBP200.00.

The application forms for posters and exhibitors are given in the appendix or on the internet, see www.imf.tu-freiberg.de/wmm2014.

Proceedings

All participants will receive the workshop proceedings published in cooperation the TU BAF and University of Gent. This will include all invited and poster presentations.

Deadlines

Pre-registration and payment: 10th May 2014

Poster Applications: 14th March 2014

Exhibitors Applications: 14th March 2014

Contacts

Programme Chairman (programme queries)

Prof J Schneider, Freiberg and Dresden

schneider.juergen@t-online.de

Conference Secretary (registration, posters, exhibitors)

Mr Alastair Stewart

+44 (0)2920 626643 (Tel & Fax; please call before faxing)

wmm14@cardiff.ac.uk

Conference website:  www.imf.tu-freiberg.de/wmm2014 

We look forward to seeing you in Cardiff later this year.