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Die Materials Task Force Reports

The mission of the Die Materials Committee is to conduct, support and direct research activities and disseminate the resultant information in order to advance the state-of-the-art of dies and shot sleeves. These efforts are targeted to increase die and shot sleeve life, reduce machine downtime, produce higher quality castings and reduce cost.

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Four times a year NADCA's Die Material Committee meets to discuss and report on topics specific to die materials.  The meetings usually last one full day.  During that time task force committees present powerpoint slide presentations on the progress of their task force reports.  There are basically five task force committees.  This is leading edge technology and data.

• Case Western Projects for DOD and DOE

• Surface Engineering and Coatings Taskforce

• Die Materials Development Taskforce

• Die Materials Specifications and Heat Treat Taskforce

• Residual Stress Taskforce

The following are specific topics discussed in each DMC report. To the right is a short definition of the material discussed. These are all presented in PowerPoint pps or Adobe pdf format.
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Source	Doc Type	A dynamic and fluid table of information that is updated  frequently
	pps	31 Power Point presentation on the effect of Cavitation to Tool Steel
Case Western - joint w/ NADCA  DMC	pps xls	Residual Stress Baseline Study   Data Points 0-15,000 cycles (first view pps)
Processing substrate under subsequent treatments	pps	Effect of Compressive Stress Values after PVD Coating
Adhesion of coatings	link	Various coating adhesions after Applying Metallife and/or Thermallife
Badger Metal Tech 1 minute clip prevue	wmv avi	Future Technology using Lasers to induce Compressive Stress - Windows Media.   Future Technology using Lasers to induce Compressive Stress - large file
ACRC Consortium	pdf	Semi-Solid Processing - Progress Report
Badger Metal Tech	pps	FNC Discussion from 1900's to Today.
Badger Metal Tech	pdf	Article Die Casting Engineer Magazine - May 2003 - Major Advances in FNC
Case Western Reserve University	pdf	Die Materials for Critical Applications and Increased Production Rates
Case Western Reserve University	pdf	Effect of Die Design on Thermal Fatigue Cracking of Dies
Case Western Reserve University	pdf	Evaluation of Heat Checking, Soldering and Washout of Heat Resistant Die Inserts
Case Western Reserve University	pdf pps	Improved Design, Operation and Durability of Shot Sleeves
Case Western Reserve University	pdf	Rapid Tooling for Low Volume Die Casting
Case Western Reserve University	pdf	Evaluation of Bubblers and Baffles for Cooling of Die Casting Dies
Case Western Reserve University	pps	Behavior Analysis of 4 Die Steels
Case Western Reserve University	pps	Laser Peening for increased thermal fatigue resistance
Case Western Reserve University	pps	Advanced cooling study and lubricant effects
Case Western Reserve University St. Clair Die Casting	pps	In Plant Bench Marking of Die Steels
Colorado School of Mines ASCEL The Ohio State University Case Western Reserve University	pdf pps	Development of Surface Engineered Coatings for Die Casting Dies
Colorado School of Mines. ASCEL	pps	Wettability effects of coatings and surface features.
Copper Development Association	pps	Die casting copper. It is being done - copper rotors improve electric motor performace
Oak Ridge Nat. Labs	pdf	Control of Soldering & Thermal Fatigue During Die Casting
DMC Heat Treat Taskforce	pps	Preview New Heat Treat spec 207-2006 (April 2006)
POM group	pps	Direct Metal Deposition (DMD)- Clading H-13 and other materials.

Last Modified - Wednesday September 10, 2008