AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Mobility Department. AIT, Dieter Horwatitsch

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1 AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Mobility Department AIT, Dieter Horwatitsch

2 over 1260 Employees Infrastructure Systems Applied Research System Competence 5 Departments 2 Subsidary Enterprises 8 Locations 131 MIO TOTAL REVENUE NG Solutions VFFI BMVIT INDUSTRY 2

3 AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Ownership structure 50.46% Republic of Austria (through the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology) 49.54% Federation of Austrian Industries Employees: 1261(931,5 FTE PhD/freelancer) Total revenues: 131,4 mill., of which Contract research revenues (incl. grants): 69.8 mill. Euros BMVIT funding : 42,9 mill. Other operating income: 18,7 mill. incl. NES LKR Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen GmbH 100% subsidiary of AIT 1 of 4 business units of AIT s Mobility Department: Light Metals Technologies 45 employees main site: Ranshofen (60km north of Salzburg, at the German border) 3

4 AIT Mobility Research and Development Approach In accordance with (inter-)national transport policies, AIT Mobility uses a holistic approach and high-end research environment to tackle unmet needs towards safe, efficient and ecologically sustainable mobility solutions

5 Best-pratices of AirTN transnational cooperation funded projects Austrian Supply Chain for Aluminium Fuselage Components OscAR Oesterreichische supply chain für Aluminium-Rumpfkomponenten 2nd AirTN NextGen Network Meeting ACARE MSG/AirTN NG joint workshop on aviation transnational cooperation June 30 th 2015, OEFSE, Sensengasse 3, 1090 Vienna Rudolf Gradinger AIT Austrian Institute of Technology LKR Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen GmbH 5

6 OscAR consortium members & their main tasks 1) LKR Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen GmbH focus on metallurgy & strip casting of AlMgScZr alloys; coordinator 2) Institute of Materials Science and Welding, Technische Universität Graz indepth analysis of forming & welding properties 3) Miba Gleitlager GmbH casting of strips (~10mm) & rolling of sheets (~1,5mm) 4) Welser Profile Austria GmbH roll forming of sheets to stringer profiles 5) Airbus Group Innovations long term experiences with AlMgScZr-metallurgy, global mointoring of Scandium resource, link to LuFo 6) Airbus Operations GmbH aircraft engineering, specifications on stringers in the LuFo context 6

7 OscAR main goals The reduction in structural weight plays an important role in aircraft efficiency. The family of AlMgSc alloys which has been investigated for some years, offers increased strength by adding sufficient Scandium content and then offers the ideal condition for laser welded fuselage shells. The deep knowledge about the material behaviour in elastic (static) and plastic (forming) regimes is necessary in order to develop parts with superior properties. Part of the OscAR consortium are two well-known Austrian companies, which will get the option to put them in place of aircraft manufacturing industries. Enhanced understanding of fundamental metallurgical effects of AlMgScZr alloys along the value chain from melting, strip casting, coiling, cold/hot rolling, cold/hot roll forming, welding Setup of optimal process parameters in single steps in order to derive the optimum fuselage shell performance taking advantage of novel stringer types (1-3mm, Rp0.2>400MPa, A>10%) Introduction of two Austrian family-owned companies as potential suppliers to European aircraft industry 7

8 OscAR main challenges Keeping the most amount of Sc and Zr content in solution by very fast solidification (from melt to strip) Further processing of AlMgScZr semi-finished products in such a way that the nanoscaled precipitates (responsible for high strength and hardness values) only form at the end of the value chain AlMg4Sc0.4Zr0.12 cast alloy 8mm thickness * Scandium content nominal 0.4wt.% * Scandium in solution 0.12wt.% Sources: J. Tändl; F. Palm; K. Anders; R. Gradinger; M. Poletti, Investigation of the precipitation kinetics of a new Al-Mg-Sc-Zr alloy, 14th International Conference on Aluminum Alloys - ICAA14 type: Contributed, Trondheim, ; J. Tändl; M. Dikovits; M. Poletti, Investigation of the hot deformation behavior of an AlMgScZr alloy under plane strain condition, ESAFORM

9 OscAR in transnational cooperation OscAR establishing a transnational combination of 2 nationally funded projects OscAR funded by FFG (project nr ) in call TakeOff 2012, designed in close context to NEXXT, a LuFoIV-4 funded project running from , aiming at weight and cost optimised metallic fuselage architecture with a focus on skin-stringer-frame components based on innovative AlMgSc, AlMgScZr as well as AlLi alloys Source: 9

10 Follow up approaches OscAR: planned until NEXXT: already at the end of its duration Follow up funding needed to reach further than TRL4 Funding opportunity for additional than only Austrian & German partners CEA²SAR consortium planned with 10 partners (3 AT, 2 DE, 1 NL, 4 CA) missed an opportunity in 2015 due to the limited time between the upcoming of technical results (opening the door to Canada) to the deadline of MG International cooperation in aeronautics with Canada, under the constraints of filing 3 proposals: 2 different templates in Canada 1 to EC We are still open to next funding opportunities for an transnational European or even transatlantic project..!

11 Other examples for transnational cooperation CoJEC (TakeOff) & TransHybrid (BMWI) TiZ & TiZ² (TakeOff) ReTTz (PdZ) & LuFo. Mini-MASS & OpThix (CION) & EUREKA-Slovenia + DE & UK contrib. AAP3 (CION) & AiF / EraSME

12 AIT Austrian Institute of Technology your ingenious partner AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH Giefinggasse 2, 1210 Wien, Österreich T , F