Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.A. technological offer covers all metallurgical aspects related to Light Alloys exploitation for new products development. This capability is empowered by the use of refined simulation tools allowing an easy prediction of the alloy phase composition and the assessment of its mechanical and surface properties.
These predictive models integrate the experimental contributions from several lab equipments in order to work out the metallurgical strategies optiziming the characteristics of the developed products.
The Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) has a primary role in putting the metallurgists in the optimal condition for selecting the best thermal treatment routes able to enhance the alloy mechanical properties.
These physical models also guide CSM researchers in defining the best deformation practices and recrystallisation kinetics aimed at maximising the strength, the strain to failure and the toughness of light alloys, also guaranteeing at the same time the demanded geometrical tolerances of the final product prototype either flat or 3-D.
CSM metallurgists has also gained a remarkable experience in designing light alloys microstructures devoted to successfully support heavy dynamic loads, like the ballistic ones, and the bulk and surface chemistry for the best resistance to operational environment conditions.
Centro Sviluppo Materiali has succeeded within a very short time in expanding its own capabilities to the world of superplasticity and diffusional bonding typical of aluminium, titanium and magnesium alloys, so becoming a reliable and solid partner for new boarder-edge products development.