09:00

Welcome to the MSIT.
General Remarks on the Seminar.

Dr. Svitlana Iljenko, MSI GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany

09:15

Global Overview of Rare Earths and the Aspects of Sustainability

Dr. Badrinath Veluri, REIA, Belgium and GRUNDFOS SA, Denmark (online)

09:45

Raw Materials

Dr. Bernd Grieb, PPM Materials GmbH, Kirchheim/Teck, Germany

10:30

REE Processing

David Kennedy, HyProMag Ltd and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 

11:30

COFFEE

Alloying NdFeB

11:45

   - Constitution & Microstructure

Dr. Frank Stein, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany

12:45

   - Thermodynamic Calculations of Phase Equilibria of Nd-Fe-B Alloys using Thermo-Calc

   - Grain Boundary Diffusion

Dr. Andre Schneider, Thermo-Calc Software AB, Sweden

13:15

LUNCH

14:15

Alloying NdFeB

   - Standard Processes &

   - Alternative Processes

Dr. Bernd Grieb, PPM Materials GmbH, Kirchheim/Teck, Germany

14:45

   - Additive Processes

Prof. Dr. Dagmar Goll, Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Aalen, Germany

15:00

Basics of Magnetism

Prof. Dr. Dagmar Goll, Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Aalen, Germany

15:30

Magnet Materials & Magnets

   - Magnet Materials

Dr. Bernd Grieb, PPM Materials GmbH, Kirchheim/Teck, Germany

16:00

COFFEE

16:30

Magnet Materials & Magnets

   - Sintered Magnets

   - Mechanical Processing

   - Bonded Magnets

Dr. Bernd Grieb, PPM Materials GmbH, Kirchheim/Teck, Germany

18:00

The Global Supply Chain of Rare-Earth and Magnets
   - A critical view on future Chances, Challenges and Risks, seen through the Eyes of Strategic Procurement

Reinhold Schindler, Brain Cloud Networx UG, Nürnberg, Germany

18:30

OPEN DISCUSSION & QUESTIONS

GET TOGETHER

19:30

DINNER

8:45

Soft Magnets and Hard Magnets Combined in Applications

    - Magnetism

- Micromagnetic Equation - Basis for Properties

- Load Line - Basis for Applications

- Sensors using Soft- and Hard Magnets

Dr. Thomas Reininger, PPM Materials GmbH, Kirchheim/Teck, Germany

9:30

Basics in Magnetic Measurements and Magnetization Technology

Stefan Siebert, Brockhaus Messtechnik, Lüdenscheid, Germany

11:00

COFFEE

11:15

Practical Demonstrations
   - Magnetising

Stefan Siebert, Brockhaus Messtechnik, Lüdenscheid, Germany

12:00

Recycling of Magnets

David Kennedy, HyProMag Ltd and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

12:30

Magnet Market

Dr. Bernd Grieb, PPM Materials GmbH, Kirchheim/Teck, Germany 

13:00

LUNCH

14:00

Applications of Magnets

   - for Electric Traction Drives

Dr. David Schuller, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Schweinfurt, Germany

14:30

   - Generators for Windpower

Dr. Bernd Grieb, PPM Materials GmbH, Kirchheim/Teck, Germany 

15:00

New Magnet Production Activities in USA

Dr. Stanley Trout - Spontaneous Materials, Denver, USA (online)

15:45

COFFEE

16:15

Actual Global Activities

   - Magnet Production in Europe

Kai Schmersahl - Magnequench, Tübingen, Germany

16:45

   - Manufacturing in India

Simha Kumar, Entellus, London, UK/India (acting from Detroit, MI, USA (online)

17:15

Open Discussion & Questions

17:45

End of the Seminar