The innovation of materials is one of the pillars of the Industry 4.0 paradigm. Materials represent the core for the design and development of new products, which are obtained in an always growing percentage by means of advanced and innovative manufacturing techniques. Within this framework, this course is organized into two parts aimed at providing graduates with the scientific fundamentals of ferrous and non ferrous metals for industrial advanced applications. The first part of the course will deal with advanced engineering steels, providing graduates with the scientific fundamentals of their related primary manufacturing processes, considering how the production technology can influence the ultimate properties and service performance of materials. The current market steel product availability of materials chemistry and products (e.g. blocks, plates, wires, etc.) will be discussed as well as the trends for next future development. The second part of the course will deal with non ferrous metals alloys (based on the Al, Cu and Ti systems), covering the primary manufacturing processes and how materials chemistry impact onto the properties and performances of the final products. An application driven technology for non ferrous metals will be given to students, aiming at providing knowledge to define the technical requirements as function of the selected application. By the end of the course students will be able to: - evaluate the properties, related applications and relative added value with respect to the application for advanced steels; - understand the modern steelmaking in relation to the devoted market sector and to the environment impact; - analyse the role of heat treatment processes and related technologies on advanced steel properties; - evaluate the role of heat treatment processes on non ferrous materials properties; - understand the relationship between properties and applications for non ferrous metals alloys.

Knowledge and understanding: Through lectures, seminars, educational visits and experimental labs and team work , the student will learn the science and technology of ferrous and non ferrous metals alloys and their metallurgical processes. Applying knowledge and understanding: upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to apply his/her knowledge to: • Select and describe how to obtain ferrous and non ferrous metals with specific properties • Describe and distinguish between different processes for fabricating objects/components made in selected alloys. Making judgments: Through written reports and open presentation of the lab activities and team work, the student will be able to understand, discuss collectively and critically, as well as to expose, the results obtained in the experimental laboratories. Communication skills: Written reports improve the ability of presenting experimental data and general understanding in an effective and concise way; group presentations allow to express the acquired concepts with an appropriate language and to hold a discussion about the course topics. Learning skills: the activities described so far, allow the students to acquire the methodological tools that are necessary to continue their educational career and to become familiar with the ever-continuing update on scientific achievements that is required in cutting-edge technological fields

The following knowledge and skills are required for the correct use of the teaching: - Basic knowledge of material science and technology (acquired in Materials Science and Technology and Metallic Materials lectures, referring to PoliTO teaching paths). - Basic knowledge of characterization methods for metallic materials (acquired in Materials Science and Technology and Metallic Materials lectures, referring to PoliTO teaching paths) - Elementary physics (mechanics, thermodynamics, ...)

Part 1: Advanced ferrous alloys Recall on traditional steels, their application and relative economic values. - Advanced Steels: properties, related applications and relative added value with respect to the application. - Modern Steelmaking in relation to the devoted market sector. - Decarburization challenge for Steel. - Powder Metallurgy as manufacturing route for steel semi-products. - Advanced heat treatment processes: atmospheric, vacuum and low pressure technologies and processes. Part 2: Non ferrous alloys -Al Alloys: Recall on basic alloys and their properties. Advanced Al alloys: properties, applications and related added value. New applications and markets. Heat treatment processes and their influence on the final components properties -Cu Alloys: Recall on basic alloys and their properties. Metallurgy of Cu alloys: properties, applications and related added value. New applications and markets. Heat treatment processes and their influence on the final components properties -Ti and Ti Alloys: Chemical compositions, structure and properties. Main Sectors of applications Ti aluminides Lab will be organized on thermal and mechanical properties of the studied materials. Educational visits and seminars by industry representatives will be organized depending on the availability of companies.

The course includes: (i) frontal teaching activities supported by last-generation multimedia systems. The didactic material is uploaded before each lecture on the course platform; (ii) experimental labs (iii) educational visits; (iv) seminars.

- Seetharaman, S., Treatise on Process Metallurgy, Vol. 3, Industrial Processes. - C. Leyens and M. Peters, “Titanium and Titanium Alloys, Fundamentals and Applications”, Wiley

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Modalità di esame: Prova scritta (in aula);

Exam: Written test;

... The grading system includes: written test and optional oral test. The written test (2 hrs) is based on a questionnaire with multiple choice questions and open questions that are addressed to verify the students learning and knowledge of the course content. The optional oral test, that is also addressed to verify the students learning and knowledge of the course content, consists of an interview, approximately 15 minutes long, on the course program. Should the oral test be undertaken, the final mark is the average of the marks obtained in the two tests (written test + oral test), otherwise the score of the written test applies.

Gli studenti e le studentesse con disabilità o con Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento (DSA), oltre alla segnalazione tramite procedura informatizzata, sono invitati a comunicare anche direttamente al/la docente titolare dell'insegnamento, con un preavviso non inferiore ad una settimana dall'avvio della sessione d'esame, gli strumenti compensativi concordati con l'Unità Special Needs, al fine di permettere al/la docente la declinazione più idonea in riferimento alla specifica tipologia di esame.