NAMTEC Special Metals Forums - News

Review of materials requirement for UK Energy Sector

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:29:04 +0000

As part of the development of MatUK's Energy Materials 'Strategic Research Agenda', the Energy Materials Working Group has commissioned a review which, following a competitive tender, is being carried out on our behalf by the National Metals Technology Centre (NAMTEC).

The purpose of the review is to quantify the size, markets, strengths & opportunities of the UK Energy materials supply chain in order to support the EMWG recommendations to Government bodies and funding agencies.

This will include identification of the UK energy materials supply chain for fossil, nuclear and renewable power generation. Covering aspects of raw materials supply, materials processing, production & manufacture and end user requirements.

For more information follow the link to the Materials UK website
http://www.matuk.co.uk/energy.htm

2007 Titanium Symposium

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:04:05 +0000

The Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP), in association with NAMTEC and the Titanium Information Group (TIG) held the inaugural Titanium Symposium on 20th November.

The symposium featured high profile speakers from Titanium producers and end users. It presented an opportunity to learn about the Titanium industry from the perspective of various industry stakeholders. In addition it enabled attendees to share information and network.

In closing the Symposium, Tony Pedder (Chairman, AMP Advisory Group and Special Metals Forum) thanked the speakers for their excellent contributions to a very interesting day. He felt they had conveyed the exciting future prospects for the titanium industry.

He also thanked NAMTEC for their excellent organisation of the event.

He went on to refer to the benefits, for all participants, which can be derived by taking advantage of the networking possibilities being developed in the sector, whether this is through the Yorkshire Forward cluster work, lead by Richard Wright, or through the Titanium Information Group or the Special Metals Forum, both of which are being facilitated by NAMTEC. He urged those who were not already participants to sign up for one or both of these as a way of keeping their company in the forefront of industry developments.

Finally, he drew attention to the Symposium location on the Advanced Manufacturing Park. He pointed out the growing reputation of the Park as the premier location for companies who are keen to be located alongside of some of the most respected innovators in manufacturing and special metals applications. He urged anybody thinking of establishing a manufacturing/research presence or relocating one, to give the Park serious consideration and to contact Renaissance South Yorkshire to explore possibilities.

Official Launch

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:35:32 +0000

We are delighted to announce that Stephen Timms MP, the Minister of State for Competitiveness, for the Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, officially launched the Special Metals Forum on the 6th December 2007. The launch was held at the National Metals Technology Centre, Swinden House, Rotherham.

We would like to thank everyone who joined us for this high profile event.

REACH Information

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:36:30 +0000

Representatives from TIG attended a seminar on REACH held at Rolls Royce in Derby. As a part of the day a CD with a variety of useful information was obtained. This information may be very useful to certain members of the TIG group and to vistors to the TIG website. The presentations have been converted to PDFs and can be accessed via the TIG website using the following link:

http://www.titaniuminfogroup.co.uk/reach-information.html

Enterprise Strategy

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:25:48 +0000

New initiatives and support schemes by the government are being brought into place to increase peoples entrepreneurial aspirations. Information on this can be viewed via the following links.

Enterprise Strategy- General

Enterprise Strategy- Women

Enterprise Strategy- Joint Banks Statement

Business Growth

Simple Support Document

Oil and Gas Market Report Launch - Presentations

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:37:39 +0000

On the 16thJjune 2009, SMF lauched it's first Annual Market sector report; ''Materials' supply Chains in the UK's Oil and Gas Market''

Presentations from the event are given below:

Oil and Gas: The future is Bright?

Alastair Lang, NAMTEC

NOF Energy: Role and Services

George Rafferty, NOF Energy

Oil and Gas Supply Chain: Value Opportunities

Lance Whitehouse, Cameron

Bohler Uddeholm UK LTD. Materializing Visions for the Oil & Gas Supply Chain

Kevin McCann, Bohler Uddeholm

Steering your Oil Well

Gareth Roberts, Darron-SPO

INCOLOY Alloy 945 Development

Ray Stone, Special Metals Wiggin

Advances in Thermal and Cold Spray Technology

David Harvey, TWI

Selected Welding Applications in the Offshore Industry

Gunter Hammer, Bohler Welding Group

European Titanium Conference 2009 - Presentations

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:52:47 +0000

The Titanium Information Group, in association with the Special Metals Forum and NAMTEC, hosted a European Titanium Conference at the Belfry Golf Club and Conference Centre, in Birmingham. Selected presentations from the conference can be downloaded below.

Day 1:

Plenary Session I

Titanium demand in an uncertain World

Titanium in Future A/C structures - Unavailable

Titanium for aeroengine applications - Unavailable

Overview of titanium industry and research in China - Unavailable

Russian aerospace and titanium markets

Parallel Session A

CRP state-of-the-art titanium casting work (1996-2008) with laser sintered polystyrene patterns

The prospective pros and cons of Direct Laser Deposition and other net shape manufacturing technologies in industrial applications - Unavailable

Production and characterisation of PM net-shape parts in titanium base alloys

Direct laser fabrication of titanium alloys - Unavailable

Titanium composites UK industrial status - Unavailable

State of the art titanium extrusion manufacture, forming technologies and practice - Unavailable

MIM of titanium alloys - Unavailable

Parallel Session B

Welding and Joining

Overview of welding and joining of titanium

Microstructure and texture in static shoulder friction stir welds of Ti-6Al-4V - Unavailable

Welding titanium alloys using the advanced interpulse GTCAW power source

Electron beam welding developments

High quality laser welding of titanium alloys

Advanced titanium welding processes for inproved materials utilisation in aerospace manufacturing- Unavailable

Linear friction welding of titanium

Day 2

Plenary Session II

Titanium in the service of defence

Titanium in biomedical applications

Parallel Session C

Crystallographic texture in forged titanium billet - Unavailable

Dwell sensitive fatigue - a mechanistic assessment

Cold dwell and facet fatigue crack nucleation: a crystal plasticity approach

Titanium components in the service environment

Observations of fatigue crack initiation and early stages of growth in alpha and beta titanium alloys - Unavailable

Fundamental of variant selection - Unavailable

Microstructure - property relationships in beta titanium alloys - Unavailable

Parallel Session D

Recycling of titanium and titanium alloy scrap by means of the skull melting furnace at TiFast plant - Unavailable

Superplastic forming of titanium alloys

The importance of twinning during the thermo-mechanical processing of titanium alloys - Unavailable

Advanced titanium alloy properties for applications of the future

Low cost near net shape forgings from Ti-6-4 - Unavailable

Vacuum arc remelting of titanium alloys: modelling and simulation - Unavailable

Plenary Session III

Near net shape casting of titanium aluminides for automotive and aero-engine applications - Unavailable

New titanium alloys for aerospace applications from VSMPO

Future titanium needs for aerospace - Unavailable

Advanced Manufacturing – Building Britain's Future

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:46:30 +0000

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING - BUILDING BRITAIN'S FUTURE

TSB - Technology Inspired Competition

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:51:57 +0000

The Technology Strategy Board proposes to stimulate innovation across its core technology areas to help ensure that UK businesses are well-equipped to respond to the challenges presented by the current downturn. We have allocated up to £1m to invest in feasibility studies lasting up to three months and each costing no more than £33,000 in total. We will fund 75% of the project cost (up to around £25,000).

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Oil and Gas Sector Report Feedback

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:28:12 +0000

Please click the LINK to download the Oil and Gas sector report feedback form.

Please fill in the form return by email or post.

alan.catchpole@namtec.co.uk

Dr. Alan Catchpole

Swinden House

Moorgate Road

Rotherham

S60 3AR

Titanium Conference a Major Success

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:49:01 +0000

Over 150 delegates from 17 countries attended the European Titanium Conference organised by NAMTEC (the National Metals Technology Centre) that was held recently at the Belfry Golf Club & Conference Centre in Birmingham.

The event, which was held in partnership with the Special Metals Forum and the Titanium Information Group (TIG), was designed to cover the latest innovations and developments in this valuable material and provide an insight into the Titanium industry and the opportunities for component manufacturers and suppliers to contribute to this large growth market.

The conference also covered details of technical developments, academic research and market reviews on the industry from across the world and featured keynote speakers from world leading organisations and renowned academic institutions. Dr Alan Partridge, Chief Executive of NAMTEC opened the event, followed by a market overview of general markets for Titanium, as well as the aerospace market, provided by David Hall from RTI International Metals Inc, Dr Laurent Pinto from Airbus and Dr David Rugg from Rolls Royce. The event then took on a global flavour, with an overview of the Russian markets and their aerospace industry along with an overview of the Chinese market for Titanium. Later sessions looked at the welding and joining of Titanium, Titanium in the service of defence, Titanium in biomedical applications, forging techniques and thermo-mechanical processing.

Chief executive of NAMTEC Alan Partridge explains: "The event was a huge success and it was great to see such a breadth of international businesses which are all involved in the Titanium industry. The feedback we had was very positive with many delegates immediately recognising opportunities within the market and benefiting from the chance to network with senior figures from the industry."

To maximise the range of topics available to delegates, the two day programme was split into a combination of plenary and parallel sessions, providing plenty of opportunity for delegates to attend a variety of presentations.

Ni Research Day - Presentations

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:22:37 +0000

Following on from the great success of the Titanium Research Day in 2008, NAMTEC hosted a Nickel Research Day. The day included presentations from the UK's leading universities, such as Swansea, Birmingham, Manchester and Loughborough as well as Industrial participation from e.on, Doosan Babcock, Goodwin Group and Special Metals Corporation. This event provided an opportunity for industry and academia to come together and discuss current research into nickel and nickel alloys - their development and applications.

Presentations:

Ni Developments for Advanced Super Critical Boilers
Pete Barnard, Doosan Babcock Energy

Microstructural Evolution in Coated Nickel-based Superalloys
Geoff West, Loughborough University

Deformation Mechanisms in Polycrystalline Nickel-base Superalloys
Elizabeth Knoche, University of Manchester

Plain and Notched Fatigue in Nickel Single Crystal Alloys
Rob Lancaster, Swansea University

INCOLOY Alloy 945 Development
Ray Stone, Special Metals Wiggin

Phase Field Simulations of Microstructure Evolution During
the Processing of Superalloys
Nils Warnken, University of Birmingham

The Materials Challenge for 700°C Power Plants - Will We Crack It?
David Allen, E.ON Engineering

Developments in Ni Alloy Castings for Ultra Super Critical Power Plants
Stephen Roberts, Goodwin Group

Two-stage Inertia Friction Welding of RR1000
Benedict Grant, University of Manchester

Influence of HIPping Condition on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a Powder HIPped High Temperature Cast Ni Alloy
Qinqin Zhang, University of Birmingham

Nickel Alloy Development for Aerospace Application
Liz Sackett, Swansea University

Nuclear Accreditation Seminar 2009

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:36:57 +0000

A new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK has been given formal backing by the government, which offers considerable opportunities for the UK's manufacturing sector. One of the challenges facing new entrants into the nuclear supply chain is the issue of accreditation and qualification.

The Special Metals Forum (SMF), in partnership with Bureau Veritas UK held the Nuclear Accreditation Seminar at NAMTEC on the 24th November to describe the quality assurance landscape relevant to supplying into the nuclear sector.

Presentations

Bureau Veritas Presentations - Colin Pimley and Graeme McLeish, Bureau Veritas UK

Update on UK Nuclear Supply Chain Activity - Dr Stephen Court, NAMTEC

SMF Council meeting Jan'10

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:09:38 +0000

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SMF Questionnaire

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:56:45 +0000

To accompany this year's end of year report, SMF is collecting feedback on the 2009 programme. The information collected will be invaluable to us in developing the 2010 programme based on the most sort-after benefits to members. SMF strives to be lead by its members and we rely on feedback from members in order to achieve this.
Please complete this form and return by fax to +44 (0)1709 724999.
Please return by 29th January 2010.

Understanding Standards

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:17:38 +0000

Members of the Special Metals Forum and Titanium Information Group understand the importance of National and International Standards but not how they are developed and how companies can influence their formulation. In response to their request, the National Metals Technology Centre offered a chance to hear an expert from the British Standards Institute (BSI) describing the work of the BSI and how standards are developed.

In February Karen Border of BSI presented on the Ferrous Sector and Standardisation; she also advised on how companies can be involved in the Standardisation process.

Susanne Knight from the World Metal Index also explained about the MI-21 database. The database has over 200,000 standards, equivalents and mechanical properties for a wide variety of individual metal grades

Introducing BSI

BS Sector Standards Activity - Ferrous Metals

Materials and Healthcare - Metals Sector

MI-21

Oil and Gas Report Press Release and Editorial

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:40:03 +0000

As oil prices continues to rise, there has never been a better time to be more informed on opportunities for those materials manufacturers and engineering companies interested in supplying the oil and gas industry. The Special Metals Forum, managed by NAMTEC, launched their comprehensive report on this industry last year, specifically for its members. The report was well received and companies, not already members of the Special Metals Forum, were given the opportunity to obtain the report at the Offshore Europe exhibition in Aberdeen in September last year, where we exhibited with our members.

The industry and its supply chain have been through tough times in the last two years and, in recognition of this, the price of the report has been reduced from £595 to £250.

Titanium in Biomedical Applications

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:59:22 +0000

The Titanium Information Group as part of its technical program held a technical seminar on the 1st April at The National Metals Technology Centre, Swinden House in Rotherham entitled "Titanium in Biomedical Applications".

The event was a great success attracting delegates from overseas from both industry and academia.

The event will featured presentations from JRI, Huddersfield University, Sheffield University, Electro Optical Systems and The Design Modelling and Simulation Centre. Presentations will focus on subjects including market overview and opportunities for the supply chain, joint replacement and design, the use of rapid manufacture in biomedical applications, surgery and the use of titanium in dentistry.

Presentations

Titanium in Biomedical Applications - Dr Anita Clark, JRI

The texture and surface profile of hip implant stems - Dr Phil Harrison, Huddersfield University

The digital dental laboratory - Dr Ric Van Noort, Sheffield University

DMLS, Its place in the medical industry - Phil Kilburn, 3T RPD Ltd

Optical vibration and topography measurements in biology and medicine - Joe Armstrong, Polytec

Finite element modelling at NAMTEC - Nick Granville, DMS Centre

Metal Price Drivers

Thu, 06 May 2010 09:03:41 +0000

The subject of metal price drivers is generally of interest to all those affected by variations in the prices of constituent elements of the alloys. Interest has been further generated by the addition of Cobalt and Molybdenum to the London Metal Exchange on 22nd February 2010.

The purpose of this event on the 5th May, 2010 was to inform attendees with the implications of the addition of Cobalt and Molybdenum to the London Metal Exchange. There was also an update on the drivers of metal prices including Co, MO, Ni and Cr.

Tony Southgate of Standard Bank gave the main presentation; he is a specialist in Cobalt, Nickel and Molybdenum. Standard Bank's long-standing experience in base metals positions allows them to provide price risk management solutions across the base metals spectrum, including Copper, Aluminium, Lead, Zinc, Nickel, Tin and Steel. They are a global leader in commodity-related financial services, and a leading market maker of all London Metal Exchange contracts.

Carbon Capture and Storage Opportunities - May 25th, Harrogate International Centre

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:06:40 +0000

Presentations from the Carbon Capture and Storage Opportunities Seminar at Harrogate International Centre, 25th May

Carbon Capture & Storage Association - Jeff Chapman

Overview of capture technologies for pulverised coal-Oxyfuel and post combustion capture - Mike Farley, Doosan Power Systems

Pre-Combustion & Carbon Capture: A Key Technology Solution for a Low Carbon Economy - Terry Raddings, GE

Impact of Oxy-fuel Operation on Corrosion in Coal Fired Power Plant - Colin Davis, E.On

Scaling up of Amine Scrubbing for Carbon Capture : Implications for Corrosion Prevention Strategies, Doosan Babcock

Carbon Capture & Advanced Technologies - Dr. Kumar Patchigolla, Professor John Oakey, Cranfield University

Developing a Carbon Capture and Storage Cluster in Yorkshire and Humber - Stephen Brown, CO2 Sense

Geological Storage of CO2: Principles and Options - David S Hughes, Senergy

The Hatfield Project:Carbon, Power and Best Available Technique (BAT) - Grant Budge, Powerfuel Power Ltd

SMF/TIG Members News

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:44:37 +0000

Click here for July's edition of SMF/TIG Member News.

13th Edition Specification Book

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:26:32 +0000

UK Steel launches the 13th Edition of the Steel Specifications Book
All the latest steel standards you need - all in one place Steel Specifications is the essential reference tool for engineers, architects, designers and material scientists. With 40% of the 207 principal standards updated
and 13 new standards added since the last edition was published it contains the information you need for specifying, procuring or supplying steel.
Published by UK Steel, this comprehensive catalogue is cross-referenced by
application, property and supplier.

The guide includes:

* The data you need with notes providing qualification and explanation and
an index to help you find the standard in which a steel grade appears.
* The chemical and mechanical composition as well as the physical
properties of British/European standard steels and most of the popular US
steel standards.
* Essential contact details of UK Steel producers and organisations that
can provide advice on "equivalents" and on steel usage in particular
applications.
* Helpful and easy-to-follow information on steel designation systems
and the steel standards process in general.
The Steel specifications 13th edition costs £100 (£90 to SMF and TIG members)
To order your copy today or to find out more information visit http://www.eef.org.uk or call UK Steel on 020 7654 1518.