Alloy development

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Secat is a metallurgical research laboratory
specializing in aluminum technology.

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Secat Services

• Secat has the expertise to meet the needs of
  the industry in the following areas
• Plate, Sheet Foil Technology
• Billet/Extrusion Technology Casting
• Technology Materials Testing Failure
• Analysis Product Applications FEA/CFD
• Modeling Marketing Business Analysis
• Secat also provides services related to new
  product development, energy assessment, and
  marketing and business analysis.

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Metallurgical research

• 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 has a
  metallurgical research laboratory specializing in
  aluminum technology. We assist companies with
  materials testing, failure analysis, alloy
  development, and the refinement of processes
  properties.

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Aluminum technology

• Secat and UK maintain a strong, collaborative
  working relationship a benefit to both entities
  and the industry.  Secat and CAT are both housed
  in the same building on UKs Coldstream Research
  campus in Lexington, KY and they share common
  goals that support the growing aluminum industry.
  
• Secat scientists and engineers focus on issues
  and technology for the Aluminum industry. Our
  expertise includes microstructural analysis,
  mechanical and structural testing, process
  technology and efficiency, energy assessment, and
  new product research and development.

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 Alloy development

• A major sheet metal producer needed to determine
  how the heat treatment process should be modified
  based on the alloy being processed. An evaluation
  of tensile material properties at various
  temperatures for different materials enabled
  Secat to determine optimum heat treatment
  profiles for specified aluminum alloys.
• Sheet manufacturing process development and
  improvement
• Microstructural evaluation and material testing
  of sheet products, including texture, fatigue,
  etc.

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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
• Sheet manufacturing process development and
  improvement
• Microstructural evaluation and material testing
  of sheet products, including texture, fatigue,
  etc.
• Formability evaluation and forming process
  modeling, including forming limit diagrams

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Materials Testing Failure Analysis

• 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
• Secat's evaluation of the inclusions - using
  advanced Metallographic techniques - indicated
  that the inclusions were related to melt
  practices. Possible remedial actions were
  discussed with the customer.
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