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Advanced Material

Topics

• What is Advanced Material 

• Properties of Advanced Materials 

• Some examples of Advanced materials 

• What are their place in manufacturing Industry? 

• Benefits of advanced materials 

• Advantages 

What is Advanced Material?

An Advanced material can be said to be a material which has engineered properties created through the development of specialized process and synthesis technology.

Properties of Advanced Materials

• Generally they are:

• Novel

• Improved properties over its replacement

• Weight

• Strength

• Formability

• Conductivity

• Etc..

Some examples of Advanced materials

• Light Metals

• Titanium

• Magnesium

• Aluminium

• Composites

• Carbon Fiber

• Kevlar

• Nano Composites

• Metal laminates

• Steels

• Dual phase steels

• Trip steels

• Bake hardening steels

• But, there are many more with very specific applications.

Why their place in manufacturing Industry

• Advanced Materials have improved properties over its replacement.

• Example :

• −Weight 

• −Strength

• −Formability

• −Conductivity

• −Etc..

• (However, the cost/benefit ratio of utilizing advanced materials often swing a decision in their favor.)

• Currently both the Automotive and Aerospace industries are facing similar challenges:

• Needs for:

• Improved fuel economy

• Improved Performance

• Reduced emissions

• (Current body structure designs using “standard” materials are also nearing peak optimization.)

• Body structure weight reductions

Benefits of some advanced materials

• Magnesium

• −22% the weight of iron, and 65% of aluminium.

• −magnesium alloys are around 50% the strength of steel,

• −Stiffer than most plastics,

• −are subject to corrosion.

• The world market for magnesium currently at 450,000 tones per year and is increasing by 5%

• Titanium

• Titanium is as strong as steel, and is half the weight.

• Its also very corrosion resistant,

• has a high melting point.

• Requires specialized machining and annealing processes

• Titanium market growth is extremely cyclical, depending on the aerospace industry activity.

• Carbon Fibre

• light weight (75 percent lighter than steel),

• High stiffness Youngsmodulus of up to 300 GPa(12 times that of steel)

• more durable (infinite fatigue life within design parameters)

• Nano composites

• up to 98% stiffness improvement,

• higher Heat Deformation Temp .

• same impact strength

• Improved fire resistance

• Example: 

• Football (22 cm), Pet flea (1mm), Human hair (80 µm), Red blood cells (7µm),Virus particles (150nm)

Advantages

• Understand the opportunities.

• Add value to your company

• Develop knowledge your global competitor does not have.

• Develop experience with working with Advanced Materials to lead your customer.

• Value Add to you current products −Improved tool life, etc..