M3TC MINERALS, METALS & MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE

Metal Group

Alloy Processing
Technical Areas :

    1. Alloy design and consumable formulation.
    2. Ferrous Alloys.
    3. Heat treatment of alloy metals.
    4. Joining of multiple alloy material.

Continuous Casting Technology
Technical Areas :

    1. Casting and solid metal forming.
    2. Cast iron related research.
    3. Extraction of iron from iron sand.
    4. Enhancement of casting speed in conventional continuous slab casting.
    5. Refractor wearing ladles.

Development of high value metals ( Mg, Al, Sn, Ni, Ti, Mn and Cu alloy)
Technical Areas :

    1. Production and Processing of wrought magnesium, aluminum, tin, nickel, and copper alloys.
    2. Development of Die Castings of these metals.
    3. Development of a Low Creep magnesium alloy.
    4. Control of hot deformation behavior for aluminum alloy.
    5. Precipitation hardening technology for aluminum alloy.
    6. Recycling and purification of tin and copper alloy.
    7. Treatment of nickel alloy for battery Applications.
    8. Extraction of Titanium from heavy sands and its applications (Strong, light and high temperature resistance).
    9. Sea-bed manganese extraction and its applications.