WMM' 22 Program

Discover the program below.

12,00 - 19,00: Secretary office is open for partecipants registration and exhibitors set up

08,30 - 09,00: Welcoming & opening remarks - Stefano Fortunati, Conference Chairman and Donatella Sciuto, Prorettrice Politecnico di Milano

Session 1 Chairman: Stefano Cicalè

09,00 - 09,30: Topology optimization of Synchronous Reluctance motor for electric vehicles with different NGO electrical steels - Marco Villani, University of L’Aquila
09,30 - 10,00: Next generation ferromagnetic materials for reduced critical rare earth electrical traction machine topologies - Sigrid Jacobs, Arcelor Mittal global R&D
10,00 - 10,30: Influence of grain structure on the accuracy of computational electromagnetics in electrical machine core loss predictions - Anthony Moses, Cardiff University
10,30 - 11,00: Basic investigation of magnetic properties of hybrid stacks made from CoFe and SiFe - Niklas Volbers, VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co
11,00 - 11,30: Tooling effects on electrical steels: correlation between simulated and experimental results in inverter fed induction motors - Mircea Popescu, Motor Design Limited, UK
11,30 - 12,30: Brunch

Session 2 Chairman: Stefan Siebert

12,30 - 13,00: Higher strength NGO steels for application in motors - Bevis Hutchinson, Swerim Kista
13,00 - 13,30: Considerations for xEV Motor Core Production from a Lamination Stamper - Erik Hilinski, Tempel Steel Company
13,30 - 14,00: Effect of B(H) curve extrapolation at high saturation levels on calculation of no-load operating conditions of IPM motors - Antonino Di Gerlando, Politecnico di Milano
14,00 - 14,30: Evolution of Grain Size and Texture at Final Annealing of Ferritic Non-oriented FeSi Steels - Juergen Schneider, Stahlzentrum Freiberg e.V.
14,30 - 15,00: Comparative analysis between conventional fastenings, annealing and glue bonding effect on electric motor stator acoustic noise and core loss - Mario Villalon, Eurotranciatura Mexico

1st day session closure

15,00 - 15,30: Meeting point for BUS
15,30 - 16,30: BUS transfer to Eurogroup Baranzate
16,30 - 19,30: Welcome cocktail and visit to facilities and plants of EUROGROUP Laminations
19,30 - 20,30: BUS transfer to POLIMI

Session 3 Chairman: Bevis Hutchinson

08,30 - 09,00: Effect mechanism of trace Nb on characteristics of inclusion in grain-oriented silicon steel - Li Guangqiang, Wuhan University of Science and Technology
09,00 - 09,30: Improving magnetic properties of non-oriented electrical steels by annealing - Seil Lee, Posco
09,30 - 10,00: Use of metallurgical models to predict GOES magnetic properties and to design new production technologies - Giuseppe Carlo Abbruzzese, Spires Srl
10,00 - 10,30: Coffee Break
10,30 - 11,00: Posters & Exhibitors session

Session 4 Chairman: Gwynne Johnston

11,00 - 11,30: Electric motors and xEV NOES: future demand outlook for the automotive sector - Claudio Vittori, IHS Markit
11,30 - 12,00: The Recrystallization Texture Component of Non-Oriented Electrical Steels - Leo Kestens, University of Gent
12,00 - 12,30: On the Grain Size distribution in decarburized strips of HGO ES grades. Large scale heterogeneity - Stefano Fortunati, RINA
12,30 - 13,30: Lunch

Session 5 Chairman: Sigrid Jacobs

13,30 - 14,00: It is more than metallurgy - a look to the future of High-Frequency NGO production - Mike Grimmet & Kate Wasem, Big River Steel
14,00 - 14,30: Powerful plant technologies for cold rolling on NGO and GO electrical steels - Konrad Krimpelstaetter, Primetals
14,30 - 15,00: Recent trends in the production of Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets - David Brown, University of Birmingham
15,00 - 15,30: Coffee Break
15,30 - 16,00: Posters & Exhibitors session

Session 6 Chairman: Giuseppe Carlo Abbruzzese

16,00 - 16,30: Recrystillization model for final annealing of non-grain oriented electrical steel - Christian Wuppermann, LOI Thermprocess GmbH
16,30 - 17,00: Si-Cr-Al-Mn Alloys for high specific resistivity and application to Grain Oriented and Non-GrainOriented electrical steels - Garrett Angus, Cleveland-Cliffs
17,00 - 17,30: Comprehensive study of heating and drying rates after the GO and NGO electrical steel coating - Nicolas Even, Solaronics

2nd day session closure

17,30 - 18,00: Meeting point for BUS
18,00 - 19,00: BUS transfer to Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica Leonardo da Vinci
19,00 - 23,00: Leasure visit and Gala dinner at Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica Leonardo da Vinci: during the Evening event Dr. Alexander Krick, Senior Director Technical Development E-Drives, Power Electronics and Transmissions - Volkswagen Group Components, will give a speech on the “Electrification Strategy of Volkswagen Group”
23,00 - 23,30: BUS transfer to POLIMI

Session 7 Chairman: Eric Hilinsky

08,30 - 09,00: Recent development of grain-oriented electrical steel sheets and their texture control - Kenichi Murakami, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
09,00 - 09,30: Influence of Oxidizing and Nitriding Parameters on Nitrogen Concentration of Fe-3%Si Electrical Steels - Mihaela Teodorescu, ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel
09,30 - 10,00: Continuous monitoring of local variations in magnetic properties across the material width and length of electrical steel coils - Stefan Siebert, Brockhaus Measurements
10,00 - 10,30: New developments in soft magnetic materials alternative to Fe-Si alloys and their magnetic characterization techniques - Luca Ferraris, Politecnico di Torino
10,30 - 11,00: Coffee Break
11,00 - 11,30: Posters & Exhibitors session

Session 8 Chairman: Luca Ferraris

11,30 - 12,00: Efficiency or affordability in EV? Thickness matters - Gwynne Johnston, Metals Technology Consulting Inc
12,00 - 12,30: An integrated and holistic approach for measurement and validation of electric machine - Govind Bisht, Laboratorio Elettrofisico
12,30 - 13,00: Benefits of laser scribing process on the magnetic power loss of grain-oriented electrical steel - Simone Peli, Castellini Solutions
13,00 - 13,30: Finite element modelling of the magnetic property behaviours of electrical steels in complex electromagnetic fields considering their crystallographic textures - Jun Liu, University of Cardiff
13,30 - 14,30: Lunch

Session 9 Chairwoman: Cristina Forzanti

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