Development of aluminum metallurgy and innovative transformation

加拿大是世界上主要的铝生产国，出口大量的原铝金属，将大量出口的原铝转化为高附加值的最终产品，将对国家和地区经济产生重大推动作用。铝的生产和转化是一个关键的工业部门，特别是在魁北克。随着其他国家在铝生产和转化方面的迅速崛起，加拿大迫切需要拿出创新的转化工艺和附加值产品。大学和行业在创新铝转化技术的研究、开发和应用方面的协同是实现这一目标的重要途径。UQAC在铝冶金方面的长期发展，加上行业合作伙伴的大力支持，构成了在未来多年继续支持铝转化研究活动的良好基础。在广泛咨询行业合作伙伴后，该计划重点研究四个领域：1)提高薄板钢锭冶金的产品质量和性能；2)铝合金的热变形和高温相变；3)附加值产品的凝固和铸造工艺；4)先进的铝材料和加工。在每个研究领域，根据行业驱动的优先顺序选择了一些明确的项目。研究团队与几位教授、工业科学家和专家合作，拥有广泛的跨学科专业知识来支持所有研究项目。拟议计划的长期目标是：i)增进铝冶金及其新兴转化技术的知识，ii)为加拿大铝及其相关行业培养高素质的冶金专家和材料工程师。

Canada is a major aluminum producer in the world and exports a great amount of primary aluminum metal.Transforming a significant amount of this exported primary metal into value-added final products would inject a major drive to national and regional economy. Aluminum production and transformation represent a key industry sector, particularly in Québec. With the rapid emergence of other countries in both aluminum production and transformation, there is a pressing need for Canada to come up with innovative transformation processes and value-added products. A synergy between universities and industries concerning the research, development and application of innovative aluminum transformation technologies is an essential avenue for achieving this goal. UQAC's long-term development on aluminum metallurgy, combined with strong support of industrial partners, constitutes a sound basis to continue supporting the research activities in aluminum transformation for many years to come. After extensive consulting with industrial partners, the proposed program focuses on four areas of research: 1) improvement of product quality and performance in the sheet ingot metallurgy; 2) hot deformation and high temperature phase transformation of aluminum alloys; 3) solidification and casting processes of valued-added products; 4) advanced aluminum materials and processing. In each research area, a number of well-defined projects are selected based on the industry-driven priority. Collaborated with several professors and industrial scientists and experts, the research team has a wide range of the interdisciplinary expertise to support all research projects. The long-term objectives of the proposed program are: i) to advance the knowledge of aluminum metallurgy and its emerging transformation technologies, and ii) to train highly qualified metallurgists and material engineers for Canadian aluminum and its related industries.