Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS
Symposium "High Entropy Alloys: Potential for industrial applications"
May 12, 2022 | Dresden & Online (Hybrid Event)
High entropy alloys (HEA) are a group of novel metallic materials that offer superior mechanical and functional performance and display huge potentials for future applications especially at high operating temperatures. Fundamental investigations on this group of alloys revealed a variety of outstanding properties such as a high strength and wear resistance as well as a high resistance against corrosion and oxidation. Due to these exciting properties HEA will enable new high performance products in applications like aerospace, energy, tool making and different fields of engineering.
Major challenges for the industrial application of HEA are currently material availability, material synthesis and processing routes. Moreover, due to an almost infinite variety of possible material compositions alloy identification is a challenging task. For these reasons HEA have been exclusively processed in small quantities and at a laboratory scale. Additive manufacturing and coating technologies serve as powerful tools for the development and synthesis of HEA.
The symposium will provide insight into the international state of the art of research and development on HEA. It will present fundamental findings as well as potentials of these alloys for future applications. A major goal is to give an inside into the possibilities and challenges of the industrialization of HEA to potential users. We are looking forward to your participation and the lively exchange of experiences on the potentials and future applications of HEA.
Dr. Jörg Kaspar1, Prof. Dr. Christoph Leyens2, Prof. Dr. Martina Zimmermann2
Symposium Organizers
1) Fraunhofer IWS, 2) Fraunhofer IWS & TU Dresden