metallurgical research

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Welcome

• Secat is a metallurgical research laboratory
  specializing in aluminum technology. We assist
  companies with materials testing, failure
  analysis, alloy development, and the enhancement
  of processes and properties.
• Secat also provides services related to new
  product development, energy assessment, and
  marketing and business analysis.
• The expertise of industry consultants and the
  national laboratories are available to supplement
  Secats onsite capabilities. Visit our
  store(http//www.secat.net/) today to see for
  yourself.

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Plate, Sheet Foil Technology

• Sheet product selection and development for
  specific applications Can and Can Lids
• Common Alloys
• Aerospace Applications
• Automotive Applications
• Foils for Packaging and Capacitor Applications

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Billet/Extrusion Technology

• Secat offers the following services
• Extruded product selection and development for
  specific applications
• Extrusion process development
• Microstructural evaluation and material testing
  of extruded products, including texture, failure
  analysis, etc.
• Pilot scale extrusion capabilities
• Extrusion billet casthouse improvement and
  quality assessment
• Evaluation of Billet Microstructure
• Metal Quality
• Energy Audits

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Casting Technology

• Secat offers the following services
• Molten metal quality assessment and improvement,
  including Prefil and Alscan
• Casthouse safety assessment
• DC ingot casting modeling using ProCast
• Ingot microstructural evaluation

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Materials Testing Failure Analysis

• Secat offers the following services
• Microstructural evaluation, including optical,
  SEM, TEM, etc.
• Material testing and evaluation
• Failure analysis
• Metal quality assessment
• Formability evaluation and forming process
  modeling, including forming limit diagrams

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Product Applications

• Secat offers the following services
• Market surveys prior to introduction of new
  products
• Substitution of aluminum for other metals
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA) studies
• Alloy selection
• Manufacturing mode such as casting, extrusion,
  fabrication, etc.
• New alloy development
• Evaluation of new and competing process
  technologies
• Melting technologies

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FEA/CFD Modeling

• Process Modeling
• ABAQUS Modeling Software
• ProCAST Modeling Software
• Star CCM
• JMatPro
• Thermo-Calc
• DICTRA

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Marketing Business Analysis

• Secat offers Marketing and Business Analysis
  Services to solve customer problems and/or
  identify new growth opportunities. These services
  are performed by experts to solve complex
  business problems and identify business
  opportunities for growth and improved
  profitability.