ICRF 2026 - 5th International Conference on INGOT CASTING, ROLLING & FORGING

Casting powders for ingot production have evolved from generic insulating materials to highly tailored products designed for specific steel and alloy families. Early powders, largely based on fly ash, provided basic thermal insulation and surface protection for ingot casting but offered limited control over melting behavior, viscosity, and steel–slag interactions.
The introduction of...

Additive Manufacturing (AM) has become a mainstream technique for layer-by-layer fabrication of parts with complex geometries directly from digital files. For metal parts, two primary limitations hinder widespread industrial adoption: low productivity and high cost, driven by the use of small-sized powder and wire feedstocks. As a result, AM is currently used mainly for critical parts in...

Vacuum ingot casting is experiencing a strong revival driven by rising demand for large, high-integrity forged components in critical applications such as power generation and heavy machinery. This paper outlines the metallurgical principles and modern technological developments of the process to enhance degassing and minimize reoxidation. Focus is placed on current plant concepts, such as...

Aluminum-based hybrid foams are emerging as advanced lightweight materials owing to their excellent energy absorption capability, corrosion resistance, and enhanced impact performance, making them highly suitable for aerospace, automotive, and defense applications. In the present study, the strain rate-dependent compressive behavior of in-house developed Novel Al–Cenosphere–MWCNT composite...