Characterisation of micro-alloyed material for new industry applications
Metagra is a Bergara-based company dedicated to stamping or cold forging. With more than 60 years of history and 125 workers between Spain and Mexico, it supplies complex technical components to the automotive industry. The aim of the case was to find out the limitations of a material developed by...
Get to know the assets of the BDIH: Equipment/Techniques/Methodologies for the study and evaluation of corrosion
Cidetec offers Basque companies, through the BDIH, the possibility of testing their materials with in the order to know their corrosive capacity. For this purpose, the asset uses accelerated and cupro-acetic corrosión climatic chambers, as well as electrochemical and localized techniques for the corrosion studies.
Preliminary demonstration for data analysis, processing and visualisation for welding processes
Nippon Gases is a company whose main activity is the supply of industrial, medicinal and food gases. In Spain, we have several production plants, especially in Basque Country, where are very numerous.
Get to know the assets of the BDIH: Advanced systems for metallurgical characterization of metals in liquid and solid state in industrial plants
The node of New Materials of the BDIH assists and advises Basque companies in the selection, design and development of materials to meet the current challenges of the industry. AZTERLAN foundation is one of the agents of this node and has equipment and expertise for the metallurgical characterization of metal...
New materials for improving nodular iron foundry plant performance
Draxton Atxondo is a nodular iron foundry which manufactures security parts for automotive sector. Their main product is the disc brake fork. Currently, Draxton is the main European disc brake provider with an annual manufacturing of more than 30 million of disc brakes; a 45% of the European market.
The Closing word on…Advanced materials
Ibon Ocaña, European Business Development at CEIT. This month on advanced materials closes with some words from the coordinator of the Advanced Materials node of the BDIH, Ibon Ocaña. Ibon Ocaña holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Navarra, and has an extensive and applied research career in...
Materials 4.0: make your forging processes sustainable and energy efficient
In this article Grupo SPRI, together with the BDIH and its Advanced Materials Node, continues develop our knowledge and capacity to innovate metal manufacturing processes through forging technology, and in particular to the techniques and solutions that make them increasingly sustainable. In the previous article, we detailed how to use...
Materials 4.0: integrate composites into your design and manufacturing processes and drive the added value for your products
The SPRI Group, together with the BDIH and its Advanced Materials Node, describes in this article the technologies, solutions and services available for Basque companies to tackle the challenge inherent in replacing metal parts in their products with others made of composite or composite materials. Composites, as a term,...
Materials 4.0: Combine new and different materials to meet the challenge of manufacturing parts
In this article, SPRI Group, together with the BDIH and its Advanced Materials Node, shows manufacturing companies how to address the challenges of using different materials in the same part or structure and increase their product value, adapting both the processes of joining materials and the company’s own manufacturing...
Materials 4.0: Three state-of-the-art surface modification techniques for your industrial components
This article details 3 techniques for modifying leading surfaces, which make it possible to significantly improve the characteristics of manufactured parts in aspects such as resistance to external agents (oxidation, corrosion, etc.), optimisation of friction and durability, and resistance to wear and tear, among others.
Materials 4.0: producing better performing, more durable and more sustainable products in the Basque Country!
The SPRI Group, together with the BDIH, makes the Advanced Materials Node available to Basque SMEs. The Node is a network of assets and experts working to show the opportunities for companies and demonstrating the value that advanced materials can provide to the Basque industry, especially in the automotive, metal...