New Test Methods and Standards on SMAs

Friday, May 10, 2024: 1:15 PM-3:15 PM
Meeting Room II (Hotel Cascais Miragem)
Dr. Matthias Frotscher, CORTRONIK GmbH (BIOTRONIK Group) and Mr. Dean Pick, P.Eng., Kinitics Automation Limited
1:15 PM
Effect of sample preparation and characterization methods on quantification of non-metallic inclusions in NiTinol products
Dr. Behnam Aminahmadi, Confluent Medical Technologies, Inc.; Mr. Christopher Huntley, Confluent Medical Technologies, Inc.; Ms. Christine Trépanier, Confluent Medical Technologies
1:30 PM
Localized deformation of NiTi wires loaded in tension
Dr. Lukas Kaderavek, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Dr. Petr Sittner, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Dr. Ludek Heller, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Dr. Orsolya Molnarova, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
1:45 PM
Method for an inline, non-destructive, fast and reliable measurement of Phase transformation temperatures of SMA in mass production processes.
Mr. Christoph Kellner, Ingpuls Dynamics GmbH; Dr. Burkhard Maass, Ingpuls GmbH; Mr. Sebastian Wehrenfennig, Ingpuls Dynamics GmbH
2:00 PM
On the formation of martensite bands in pseudoelastic NiTi
Prof. Martin F.-X. Wagner, Technische Universitaet Chemnitz, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Chair of Materials Science
2:15 PM
A Method for the design of Shape Memory alloy spring actuators
Mr. Fabian Franke, Ingpuls GmbH; Dr. Burkhard Maass, Ingpuls GmbH; Dr. Christian Grossmann, Ingpuls GmbH; Dr. André Kortmann, Ingpuls GmbH
2:30 PM
Effect of test variables on DSC and BFR techniques for phase transformation temperature measurements and implications to finished nitinol components
Dr. Andrew Pequegnat, Resonetics; Dr. Scott Robertson, Ph.D., Resonetics; Dr. Yixin Xu, Edwards Lifesciences; Dr. Dhiraj Catoor, Edwards Lifesciences; Mr. Kyle Chapman, Resonetics
2:45 PM
A new method for characterizing nanocrystalline NiTi wires using a dynamic mechanical analyzer
Dr. Elizaveta Iaparova, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Dr. Petr Sittner, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Dr. Ludek Heller, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Dr. Lukas Kaderavek, Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS; Mr. Ondrej Tyc, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
3:00 PM
Challenges of the transition from prototype systems to mass production processes of Shape Memory Alloy actuator systems
Dr. Harald Buchalla, Ingpuls Dynamics GmbH; Mr. Christoph Kellner, Ingpuls Dynamics GmbH; Dr. Christian Grossmann, Ingpuls GmbH; Dr. Burkhard Maass, Ingpuls GmbH
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