Name: 13th International Tooling Conference - Tooling 2025
Start: 2025-03-24T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-03-26T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Grand Hotel Trento Piazza Dante

Monday, 24 March 2025

09:00 Registration
Registration
09:00 - 11:00

11:00

11:00 - 11:15
Room: Room 1
11:15
11:15 - 12:45
Room: Room 1
Contributions

11:15 Sustainable tool steel production - global challenges and solutions - Michael Ebner (voestalpine BÖHLER Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG, Head of Environment and Investments & Developments)

11:45 Sustainability of tool steels: PCF calculation of tool steels, the impact of tool steel PCF for the PCF of the products made with them and how to reduce tool steel PCF - Hans-Willi Raedt (FRED GmbH, prosimalys GmbH, Shareholder, CEO)

12:15 Die technology, sustainable materials, and smart industry at Volvo Cars - Johan Pilthammar (Volvo Cars, Technical Expert in the area of Simulation Driven Stamping Development & Blekinge Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor )
12:45 Business Lunch
Business Lunch
12:45 - 14:30
14:30
14:30 - 15:50
Room: Room 2
Contributions

14:30 Short process chain by additive manufacturing - Hans-Günter Krull (Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Witten Krefeld GmbH)

14:50 Sliding wear and nitriding behavior of HWTS 50 tool steel tailored for L-PBF process - Jonathan Hann (University of Wuppertal, Chair of New Manufacturing Technologies and Materials)

15:10 Additive manufacturing of hot-work tool steel by in-situ alloying using laser powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition – Strategies to improve chemical homogeneity - Felix Großwendt (Ruhr-universität Bochum)

15:30 Directed energy deposition - Arc vs. casting: Enhancements of mechanical and thermal properties of hot-work tool steels through additive manufacturing - Ulf Ziesing (Chair of Materials Technology, Institute for Materials, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
14:30 - 15:50
Room: Room 1
Contributions

14:30 Sustainable advancements in component adjustment and sliding surface production - Rebecca Strzelczyk (Diamant Polymer Solutions)

14:50 Increased sustainability through additive manufacturing and laser hardening of emission free tool steel – a case study. - Hanna Nilsson Åhman (SSAB Emea AB)

15:10 Effect of heating agent on scale formation of tool steels - Hans-Günter Krull (Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Witten Krefeld GmbH)

15:30 Sustainable PM high-speed steels: Options and challenges - Harald Leitner (voestalpine Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & CoKG)
15:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:50 - 16:20
16:20
16:20 - 17:40
Room: Room 1
Contributions

16:20 Digital transformation in fine blanking - Lucia Ortjohann (RWTH Aachen University, MTI – Manufacturing Technology Institute )

16:40 Carbide-related effects on the fatigue behavior of high-strength tool steels in the field of cold work applications - Alfred Hackl (voestalpine Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG)

17:00 The propagation of short cracks near individual microstructural features studied in situ - Lukas Walch (Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH)

17:20 ASP®2008, a new PM-HSS for high performance forming tools with improved wear and chipping resistance - Stefan Sundin (Erasteel)
16:20 - 17:40
Room: Room 2
Contributions

16:20 Mechanical properties and thermal fatigue behavior of a novel hot work tool steel SDH68 for die casting applications - Bingchen Li (Shanghai University)

16:40 Innovation in advanced and sustainable prehardened steels: introducing Toolox 46 for high performance hot work tooling applications - Hadi Torkamani (SSAB Special Steels)

17:00 Impact of retained austenite on the corrosion behavior of Martensitic stainless steels. - Krishnan Anantha (Uddeholms AB)
17:40 Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
17:40 - 19:50
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
08:30
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Room 1
Contributions

08:30 Sustainable and secure molybdenum supply for the European tool steel industry - Hardy Mohrbacher (NiobelCon bvba, Owner & Managing Director)
09:00
09:00 - 10:15
Contributions

09:00 Trends and developments in HPDC-tooling - Peter Hofer-Hauser (Montanuniversität Leoben, Chair of Casting Technology)

09:25 Sustainable production and service behaviour of extra-large die casting dies - John Stokes (IDRA S.R.L., General Manager)

09:50 Additivemanufacturing for tooling at SECO - Ingemar Bite (Seco Tools, R&D Manager )
10:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 - 10:45
10:45
10:45 - 12:05
Room: Room 1
Contributions

10:45 Effect of titanium carbide additivation on the microstructure and processability of H13 tool steel in PBF-LB/M - Oliver Bürgi (Institut für Werkstoffanwendungen im Maschinenbau / RWTH Aachen)

11:05 Increasing the service life of press hardening tools with the innovative EvolutionClad 58 coating solution using Laser Metal Deposition - Andreas Bartling (voestalpine Additive Manufacturing Center GmbH)

11:25 Design and manufacture a cost-effective, high-performance plastic injection mould using a hybrid additive-subtractive manufacturing strategy - Simon Chan (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

11:45 Influence of heat treatment and scan rotation on the microstructure of hot work steel manufactured using L-PBF - Negar Panahi (Uddeholm AB)
10:45 - 11:45
Room: Room 2
Contributions

10:45 Development of an active tool insert to improve the properties of aluminum parts in low-pressure die casting - Christoph Gayer (voestalpine Additive Manufacturing Center GmbH)

11:05 Effect of H13 coating thickness on the mechanical and thermal properties of copper alloy substrates deposited via laser cladding - Massimo Pellizzari (University of Trento)

11:25 Design and application of novel hot work die steel with high strength, high toughness and high heat conduction coefficient - Jialong Tian (Northeastern University)
12:05 Business Lunch
Business Lunch
12:05 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:20
Room: Room 1
Contributions

14:00 Influence of cleanliness, carbide size and hardness on HCF strength and fatigue mechanisms in carbide-rich cold-work tool steels - Lennart Mirko Scholl (RWTH Aachen University - IWM)

14:20 Fatigue and life-time prediction resistance of low-alloy mould steels - Marine Lachal (ArcelorMittal Industeel)

14:40 Effect of surface condition on high-cycle fatigue behavior of PM-HIPed high-nitrogen martensitic tool steel - Faezeh Javadzadeh Kalahroudi (Karlstad University)

15:00 Influence of microstructure on fatigue life of cryogenically treated AISI H13 steel - Dr. Tarang Shinde (Yashoda Technical Campus, Satara, India)
14:00 - 15:20
Room: Room 2
Contributions

14:00 Decoating of cutting tools exploiting vacuum and liquid plasma technologies - Andrea Lucchini Huspek (Politecnico di Milano)

14:20 Effect of aluminum content on ion nitriding and nitriding kinetics of new SDAH13 extrusion die steel - Jie Ji (ShangHai University)

14:40 Laser surface modification of CrVN coatings for self-lubricating performance - Bojan Podgornik (Institute of Metals and Technology)

15:00 Wear performance of EDM-machined cermet substrates with different surface finishes - Francesco Sordetti (University of Udine)
15:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:20 - 15:50
15:50
15:50 - 16:50
Room: Room 1
Contributions

15:50 Microstructure, defects and fatigue response of high strength tool steels - Katerina Chantziara (Karlstad University)

16:10 Fatigue strength in Additive Toolmaking: A study of Metal Binder Jetting and Electron Beam Melting for processing carbide-rich cold-work tool steels - Frederik Tegeder (RWTH Aachen University - IWM)

16:30 Mean stress sensitivity for carbide-rich PM tool steels under axial and torsional loading - Lennart Mirko Scholl (RWTH Aachen University)
15:50 - 16:50
Room: Room 2
Contributions

15:50 Tribological and microstructural characterization of Coatings used on C75 tool steel - Niki Picco (University of Udine)

16:10 Comparative study of conventional and nano-diamond coated wire drawing dies - Joakim Larsson (Örebro University)

16:30 Surface induction hardening of a hot work tool steel for aircraft applications - Clémence Tafani-Maitre (Safran Transmission Systems)
17:30 Conference Dinner incl. Wine Tasting at Cantina Rotari in San Michelle all'Adige - Departure by bus
Conference Dinner incl. Wine Tasting at Cantina Rotari in San Michelle all'Adige - Departure by bus
17:30 - 22:30
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
09:00
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Room 1
Contributions

09:00 What's ahead for remelted Tool steels and update on PM & AM Tool steels - Benedikt Blitz (SMR Premium GmbH)
09:30
09:30 - 09:50
Contributions

09:30 Research and development program as a solution for competitiveness of the Brazilian toolmaking sector - Ana Paola Villalva Braga (Institute for Technological Research)
09:50
09:50 - 10:30
Room: Room 1
Contributions

09:50 High-quality refurbishing of high pressure die casting tools with Laser Metal Deposition of the hot-work tool steel Dievar - Christian Mutke (voestalpine Additive Manufacturing Center GmbH)

10:10 The potentials of using directed energy deposition (DED) to process a cold work tool steel for repairing purposes - Mohammad Saleh Kenevisi (Politecnico di Torino)
09:50 - 10:30
Room: Room 2
Contributions

09:50 Investigation of microscopic non-metallic inclusions in powder metallurgical high-speed steels - Manuel Schickbichler (Montanuniversitaet Leoben)

10:10 Low temperature reversed austenite in the AISI D2 matrix - Paula Fernanda da Silva Farina (Unicamp)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:20
Room: Room 1
Contributions

11:00 Multi-material steel assemblies by EB-PBF - Carlos Botero (Mid Sweden University)

11:20 Microstructural analysis and wear resistance of Osprey® MAR 55 tool steel produced via Laser Powder Bed Fusion - Lorena Emanuelli (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento)

11:40 New dual-hardening AM alloy for tooling in HPDC - Miloslav Ognianov (voestalpine Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG)

12:00 Direct energy deposition of chromium-molybdenum-vanadium LMD Vanadis 4 Extra© cold work tool steel - Dominic Bartels (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
11:00 - 12:20
Room: Room 2
Contributions

11:00 Effect of carbide precipitation along grain boundaries on the high-temperature service performance of 4Cr5Mo2V steel - Boya Wu (Shanghai University)

11:20 Influence of viscous dissipation on the wear behaviour of plastic mold steels in injection molding - David Zidar (Montanuniversität Leoben, Institute of Polymer Processing)

11:40 Investigation of factors influencing crack formation in cooling channels of injection moulds - Horst Zunko (voestalpine Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG)

12:00 Martensitic stainless steel as coatings for continuous caster rolls - Lucia De Bortoli (Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A.)
12:20

12:20 - 12:30
Room: Room 1

12:30 Business Lunch
Business Lunch
12:30 - 14:00

14:00

14:00 - 18:00