MSIT Winter School

MSIT Winter Schools comprise lectures given by the MSIT members and invited experts on Phase diagrams, Classical and Computational Thermodynamics, and Crystallography and related applicational topics.


Programme

 

WEDNESDAY, November 22, 2023

09:00

Introduction/General Comments

Dr. Svitana Iljenko, MSI GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany

09:15

Raw Materials

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

10:00

REE Processing

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

11:00

COFFEE

Alloying NdFeB

11:15

   - Thermodynamics

Dr. Andrew Watson, Hampton Thermodynamics Ltd, Basingstoke, UK

11:45

   - Constitution & Microstructure

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

12:30

   - Grain Boundary Diffusion

   - Phase Stability Predictions of NdFeB-based Alloys using Thermo-Calc

Dr. Andre Schneider, Thermocalc 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

Magnets/Magnet Materials

   - Magnet Materials

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

16:00

COFFEE

16:30

Magnets/Magnet Materials

   - Sintered Magnets

   - Mechanical Processing

   - Bonded Magnets

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

18:00

   - New Technology for Injection Molding

Dr. Badrinath Veluri, REIA, Belgium and GRUNDFOS SA, Denmark

18:15

Global Magnet World

Dr. Badrinath Veluri, REIA, Belgium and GRUNDFOS SA, Denmark

18:45

GET TOGETHER

19:30

DINNER

 

 

THURSDAY, November 23, 2023

Magnetisation

 

08:45

   - Physics

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

09:15

   - Materials

   - Magnetising Technology

   - Measurement Equipment

   - Magnetising

   - Practical Demonstrations

Stefan Siebert, Brockhaus Messtechnik, Lüdenscheid, Germany

11:00

COFFEE

11:15

Soft Magnetics for Permanent Magnetics

   - Magnet Circuit

   - Sensors

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

12:00

Applications of Magnets

   - Motors

   - Generators

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

13:15

LUNCH

14:15

Recycling of Magnets

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

14:45

Market

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

15:15 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

   - Raw Materials in Asia

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

17:15

Open Discussion & Questions

 

17:45

End of the Seminar

 

 

 

SPEAKERS:

  • Dr. Bernd Grieb (chairman) - PPM Materials GmbH (Partner), Kirchheim/Teck, Germany
  • Prof. Dr. Dagmar Goll - Aalen University of Applied Sciences (Professor), Aalen, Germany
  • David Kennedy - HyProMag Ltd (Founding Director) and University of Birmingham (Honorary Research Fellow), Birmingham, UK 
  • Simha Kumar - Entellus Industries (Co-founder & President), London, UK/India 
  • Dr. Thomas Reininger - PPM Materials GmbH (Partner), Kirchheim/Teck, Germany
  • Kai Schmersahl - Magnequench (Managing Director), Tübingen, Germany
  • Dr. Andre Schneider - Thermo-Calc Software AB (Senior Application Specialist), Stockholm, Sweden
  • Stefan Siebert - Brockhaus Messtechnik (Managing Director), Lüdenscheid, Germany
  • Dr. Frank Stein - Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH (Group Leader), Germany
  • Dr. Stanley Trout - Spontaneous Materials, Denver, USA
  • Dr. Badrinath Veluri - REIA, Belgium (President) and GRUNDFOS SA (Senior Scientist), Denmark
  • Dr. Andrew Watson - Hampton Thermodynamics Ltd (Director), Basingstoke, UK