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  • 2025-12-05

NetCastPL4.0 Seminars Series – December 8, 2025

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NetCastPL4.0 Seminars Series –December 8, 2025, 02:00 – 03:15 pm CET

Aims of the seminars

Today’s seminar presentations offer a view on both science and business related to lightweight castings.

 

Adrian Boccardo

  • Computational modelling of thermal processing: Application to microstructure tailoring of metal-based alloys

The mechanical response of materials can be modified by changing their microstructure features, and heat treatments is one way to do it. Heat treatments have different processing parameters, related to the thermal path, that affect the microstructure. Computational modelling helps to understand the effect of those parameters and allows to design heat treatments for complex parts for specific applications. This seminar will address different modelling techniques used to simulate heat treatments of metallic alloys such as Ti64 and ductile iron.

Dr. Adrian Boccardo got his PhD in Engineering Science in 2017 at UNC (Argentina). Regarding his scientific career, he was a Predoctoral Researcher at GIDMA-UTN (Argentina), Postdoctoral Researcher at IDIT-UNC (Argentina), National University of Galway (Ireland), IMDEA Materials (Spain), and an Assistant Researcher at CONICET (Argentina). Currently, he is a Tenure Researcher and professor at URJC (Spain). His area of interest is computational material science, focused on the development of numerical models applied to simulations of material transformation and mechanical properties. https://servicios.urjc.es/pdi/ver/adrian.boccardo

Kalle Jalava

  • Results: Market analysis, needs and the future in the area of light-weighting castings for Foundry 4.0

The presentation showcases a market analysis in terms of light-weighting castings for Foundry 4.0 in Poland. Market needs in the area of light-weighting castings production in Poland has been assessed from the main viewpoints of the NetCastPL4.0-project. The task was conducted in cooperation with Polish Foundrymen’s Association and Foundry Chamber of Commerce in Poland. A future outlook on the topic is also presented.

Dr. Kalle Jalava has a Master’s and Doctor of Science degrees in the field of Mechanical Engineering from Aalto University, with specializations in Foundry Technology and Engineering Materials. His research interests encompass moulding processes and shaping methods, metallurgy and materials, and how the future of those can be developed to be more sustainable.