Springy and Stretchy – New materials for the next generation of springs and stampings

Space tourism, green energy, electric cars, robotic surgery are all in their infancy, one can only imagine the spring materials of tomorrow may not be what we know today.

Please join NESMA for a special evening on May 24^th with UConn Materials Scientist Dr. Rainer Hebert at Shuttle Meadow Country Club. Rainer will highlight new materials for spring and stamping applications. These materials range from new, yet mainly traditionally developed aluminum alloys to high-entropy and glassy alloys. These latter material classes gradually transition from the laboratory to “real-world” applications. Unusual atomic arrangements are responsible for some of the novel characteristics of some of these materials such as increase in elasticity with temperature, ultra-high superplasticity, and an ability to mold metals like plastic materials. The talk will include manufacturing aspects and the almost inevitable opportunities additive manufacturing promises.

More about Dr. Rainer Hebert

Dr. Hebert attended the University of Saarbrücken, Germany, and graduated in 1997 with a Diplom in physics. He then switched fields and graduated with a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003. Following stints as a post-doc at the Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Research Center, Germany, and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he joined the University of Connecticut in 2006.

Dr. Hebert’s research interest focuses on rapid solidification of metallic materials. Aside from a long-standing interest in metallic glasses, Dr. Hebert has more recently turned his attention to additive manufacturing of metallic materials. He spent a year on sabbatical in the additive manufacturing group at Pratt & Whitney and upon returning to UConn assumed the role of director of UConn’s Additive Manufacturing Center. In this position he oversees research and development projects with industry sponsors and expands the Center’s capabilities for additive manufacturing materials research.

For more info contact Cathy Savino: call 860-314-2101 or email c.savino@nesma-usa.com