The March ASM Meeting will be held March 27.
Location: Bravo
Address: 211 Summit Park Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275
Dinner: Choice of spaghetti and meatballs or eggplant parmesan.
ASM Member: $35.00
Non-Member: $40.00
Retired: $25.00
Agenda: 6:00 – 7:00 PM, Arrival and Social
7:00 Dinner
7:45 Presentation by Andrzej Wojcieszynski
Please RSVP with dinner choice by March 25 at either joemuha188@gmail.com or asmpittsburghchapter@asminternational.org
Hot Isostatic Pressing of Large-Scale Components”
Abstract:
Hot Isostatic Pressing technology has been known for many years and has been successfully used for manufacturing high-performance tooling materials, nickel-based superalloys for aerospace applications as well as near-net shape and HIP-Clad components to improve performance and service life. This technology has never achieved a broad acceptance by the industry due to concerns about the high cost and long production process.
In recent years the industrial landscape has been continuously changing. The forging and casting capacities, typically used for manufacturing large components, have significantly decreased and these methods are unable to meet the growing industry demand. New developments and improvements in ICME methods, computer modeling and simulation, and advanced manufacturing technologies provide new opportunities for advancing hot isostatic pressing technology. The effect of these new developments on hot isostatic pressing will be discussed and the application of these techniques to manufacturing of a large-scale impeller will be demonstrated.
Bio:
Andrzej Wojcieszynski, a Consultant with Wingens Consultants LLC, and an independent Metallurgical Consultant with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was previously Vice President, Director of Operation at Ampal, Inc., and a Technical Director and Senior Principal Engineer, Specialty Products and Alloys, at ATI Powder Metals, Pittsburgh PA. He began his professional career with Crucible Research as a Research Engineer.
His areas of expertise include powder metallurgy, gas atomization, powder processing, high performance alloys including iron-base, nickel-base, and titanium-base alloys. He is an inventor or co-inventor of six U.S. patents concerned with high-speed steels, cold work and hot work tool steels, valve alloys, wear and corrosion resistant tool steels and Ni-base alloys for wear resistant applications.
Andrzej received an ME Degree in Physical Metallurgy from University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland, and a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, PA. He has been an ASM member since 1991, a Fellow of ASM International, a Chair of IMAT Technical Programming Committee and a Past Chair of ASM Pittsburgh Chapter.