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We are pleased to announce that our Chair of Casting Technology has received new funding. The “MPDC” research project is developing a novel pressure-reduced die casting process with a focus on numerical optimization and fundamental casting tests for methodological description with the aim of cr...

The Chair of Casting Technology presents a new preprint: „Development and Experimental Validation of Novel Evaluation Criteria for Turbulent Two-Phase VOF Simulations in High-Pressure Die Casting“. In this article, we assess the feasibility of applying the VOF method within OpenFOAM to simulate com...

On December 17, 2025, shortly before the Christmas break, the initial project meeting with our project partners from the Department of Construction Materials and Construction Chemistry at the University of Kassel took place at the Chair of Casting Technology at FAU to launch the DFG-funded research...

On October 23, 2025, the Die Casting Committee of the Bundesverbands der Deutschen Gießerei-Industrie (BDG - German Casting Industry Association) met at the Chair of Casting Technology at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg in Fürth. Experts from industry, research, and associations ...

The Chair of Casting Technology presents a new preprint: “Fourier Neural Operators for Two-Phase, 2D Mold-Filling Problems Related to Metal Casting.” In this article, we demonstrate how mold filling processes can be predicted extremely quickly and accurately using Fourier-based neural operators. Th...

The Chair of Casting Technology is offering a varied range of courses in the 2025/26 winter semester, covering both classic fundamentals and modern methods. Casting Technology 1 (GTK1) teaches the physical and material fundamentals of casting technology – from alloys and heat treatment to sustai...

We are pleased to announce that our Chair of Casting Technology has received new funding. The “UHPC as molding material” research project is developing mineral-bound and reusable molding materials for the casting production of aluminum components. The project investigates mineral-bound moldin...

We are pleased to announce that our Chair of Casting Technology has received new funding. The “KI meets vhb” project is developing an AI-supported exercise and integrates it into our ongoing online course "Data Acquisition, Processing and Analysis in Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Scien...

The Chair of Casting Technology presents a new article which was published on MDPI: „Thermo-Mechanical Optimization of Die Casting Molds Using Topology Optimization and Numerical Simulations“. The study described therein proposes topology optimization as a novel approach. It involves designing cool...

We are pleased to announce that our Chair of Casting Technology has received new funding. The “FlexE” research project is reducting CO2 emissions in the casting industry by substituting natural gas with green hydrogen. The FlexE research project, carried out in cooperation between Promeos Gmb...