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Call for Papers
EICF 31st International Conference 2022
EICF 31st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
Lectures, Exhibition & Industry visit
Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos
Santander, Spain
Materials & Supplies - Challenges for the Investment Casting Industry
Conference Dates : 15 - 18, May 2022
Abstract Deadline : 15 December 2021
EICF 31ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - SANTANDER
www.eicf.org
EICF 31st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & AUTHOR ABSTRACT DEADLINE
EXHIBITION, SANTANDER 2022 Abstract Deadline: 15th December 2021 (please
Europe’s Investment Casting International note that abstracts submitted after the deadline will
Conference & Exhibition is set to come to not be accepted).
Santander in the green north of Spain. The event
will represent the come back to the physical CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
encounter among Investment Casting stakeholders Presentations from the Conference technical
following two cancellations due to the pandemic sessions shall be published in the Conference
and a lot of expectation is associated to it. The Proceedings File and these will be made available
EICF 31st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
theme selected for the conference is “Materials & to delegates through registration in digital format.
Supplies - Challenges for the Investment Casting
Industry”. Past seminar & conferences proceedings are also
The post pandemic, economic turnout is defining a available through www.eicf.org
new scenario where materials, supplies and
logistics behave differently as previously
experienced representing new challenges for the
Investment Casting Industry. These new
challenges together with their impact on technology
manufacturing and service shall be reviewed at the
conference.
The EICF reserves the right to modify the
Conference date to a later date within 2022 should
the evolution of Covid-19 crisis advises so
CONFERENCE ORGANISERS TO PRESENT A PAPER
The conference is organized by the European Authors are invited to submit abstracts of papers
Investment Casters’ Federation (EICF). EICF is the for presentation in the Technical Sessions of the
leading trade association for Investment Casting in Conference based on the event theme “Material &
Europe. Its key functions are to represent the Supplies - Challenges for the Investment
interests of the European IC community, and to Casting Industry”. These should be of original and
promote IC technology throughout the world. unpublished work. Commercialism in presentations,
will not be permitted.
Further information about services and
membership can be found at www.eicf.org Papers shall be allocated to the session by the
TCC (Technical Conference Committee). It is
planned that technical sessions will each contain
LANGUAGE three or four presentations, with 20/25 minutes
English will be the official language of the scheduled for each paper, plus 10/5 minutes for
conference questions & discussion.
VENUE When assessing submitted papers, the TCC will
Santander, Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos consider:
i. the originality and novelty of the subject
ii. process or product improvement
iii.scientific outcome of R&D
iv. progress in manufacturing improvements
v. comparisons with competitive processes and
cast products
vi. the standard of the paper and its consistency
with the conference theme
Presentations shall be submitted in PowerPoint
format (*.pptx).
CONFERENCE THEME :
MATERIALS & SUPPLIES - CHALLENGES FOR THE INVESTMENT CASTING
INDUSTRY
Abstracts can be submitted on the following topics :
- The Impact of NEW status (materials & supplies) on all aspects of the Investment Casting.
- Investment Casting Market segments - Challenges and recovery path
- Strategic Materials - Status, trends and substitutive research
EICF 31st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
- Impact & Applications of AM vs Investment Casting
- IC Industries Market Portfolio & reshoring initiatives
- Energy and their impact to IC industry.
- Supply chain & risk transfer
- IC applications. Prospectives for the future
- Impact of complexity of component design abilities into IC manufacturing
- Evolution and applications of Industry 4.0 on the Investment Casting process
- The manufacture of tooling including 3D printing for prototype and fast make manufacture.
- Pattern assembly and new solutions
- Optimized gating design based on digital process analysis.
- Process control and quality analysis for high performance castings – including wax pattern, shell build,
melting/casting processes.
- Application of robot technology to reduce process times, costs, and enhanced quality consistency.
- Material developments – pattern, shell, alloy etc.
- Casting furnace design and operation.
- Advances on Dimensional and metallurgical inspection techniques.
- Advanced Management practices and their impact on Cost, Scrap & reduced Time to Market.
- Advances in competitor industries including MIM, 3D printing etc.
- Advance in Special processes (i.e Heat Treatment, NDT , Welding , Optical scanning, X Ray metrological
inspection, Contact inspection…)
- Ceramic Cores technologies and applications
Author Deadlines
Abstract Submission Deadline 15 December 2021
Programme Publication 25 January 2022
Presentation Submission Deadline 28 February 2022
Author Registration & Licence to Publish
Agreement Deadline 31 March 2022
Abstracts Structure
Abstracts Structure in the following format:
1. Abstracts should be no more than 250 words in length—not including Title, Author’s name, or Company &
Institution's name. This limit includes all text, spaces, and punctuation.
2. The text of the abstract should consist of a single paragraph. The abstract should be factual and informative.
It should adequately summarize the work to be presented, including results and conclusions.
3.Take care to make sure that all italics, superscript, subscript, and any special characters are in place before
submitting an abstract.
Conditions
The content of all abstracts will be refereed by the Technical Conference Committee, who reserve the right to
reject a paper that does not meet its evaluation criteria. The inclusion of a paper in the final programme will
also be dependent upon:
i. the submission of the abstract and final presentation in requested format (*.pptx) by the official deadlines
ii. the receipt of the Licence to Publish Agreement by the deadline
iii. the presenting author completing his/her delegate Conference registration and payment by fixed deadline.
Note to Authors:
All costs relating to Conference participation, including registration (special rate for authors), travel accommodation and
subsistence expenses, to be covered by the author.
EICF 31st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
CALL FOR PAPERS
The EICF invites the community of INVESTMENT CASTING, Foundries, Suppliers, Design Offices and
OEM Customers, Universities, Research and Technology Organizations, to contribute, by submitting
their Abstracts Proposals for the EICF 30th International Conference & Exhibition, that will take place
from 15 to 28 of May 2022 at Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos venue in Santander (Spain)
Appreciation is given to all contributors
Abstracts to be sent to colabe@eicf.org
The EICF reserves the right to modify the Conference date to a later date within 2022 should the evolution of Covid-19 crisis advises so
About Santander
Santander is the capital of the autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of Spain. It is a port
city with a population of 172,000 (2017). Its remaining old town, beach and other attractions are popular with tourists and other visitors and
its economy is mainly service & some industry based. The port is still very active. Fish and seafood dominate the local cuisine.
Activities related to culture, leisure and tourism are an important part of the city's economy, due to the summer tourist. Additional offerings,
including conventions, conferences, cultural festivals and cruises. Banco Santander, Spain's largest bank and corporation, has had its legal
headquarters located in the city since its foundation.
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