Consortium in light-weighting for surface transportation

1. National Research Council Canada
ALTec
Industrial R&D Group
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2. ALTec Industrial R&D Group
A multi-client collaboration group where
industry members share the costs, risks and benefits
associated with aluminium R&D.
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3. Why choose
aluminium for
vehicle
lightweighting
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4. 1/3 the density of steel
Why choose
aluminium?
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5. Weather resistance
Why choose
aluminium?
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6. Excellent formability and
crashworthiness
Why choose
aluminium?
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7. Highly recyclable
Why choose
aluminium?
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8. What are the
challenges of
aluminium
manufacturing
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9. Cost-effective mass
production technologies
Challenges of
aluminium
manufacturing?
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10. Multimaterial assembly
Challenges of
aluminium
manufacturing?
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11. Galvanic corrosion
Challenges of
aluminium
manufacturing?
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12. Using aluminium for parts designed
with other materials in mind
Challenges of
aluminium
manufacturing?
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13. How can your organization
overcome these challenges?
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14. ALTec
Industrial R&D Group
Join the growing number of
leading-edge organizations in ALTec!
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15. How does
ALTec work
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R&D activities
in line with members’ priorities
Member contribution
$15K/year over 4 years
Face-to-face meetings 2 times/year
up to 3 delegates from each organization
How does ALTec
work?

17. Monthly WebEx sessions
presentation of research results
Confidentiality
information only shared with members
Non-exclusive license
for the use of new & existing technology
How does ALTec
work?
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18. Why join
ALTec
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19. Unique technologies & confidential R&D results
Cutting-edge R&D projects at an affordable cost
Skills & expertise that align with your priorities
Why join ALTec?
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20. Control, minimize & share the risks
Comprehensive, reliable results to fit your needs
Increase your technical capabilities &
become more competitive
Why join ALTec?
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21. Members
(as of May 2016)
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22. ALTec members
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23. Partners
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24. ALTec
partners
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25. Technology
Thrusts
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26. Manufacturing of
Advanced Aluminium
Components
Assembling of Aluminium
and
Multimaterial
Components
Corrosion control
and performance validation
of lightweight materials
and assemblies
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27. Cutting-edge
Projects
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Warm and hot forming of various aluminium
sheet alloys at high production rates
Heating coatings for multifunctional
intelligent moulds
Tribological coatings for multifunctional
intelligent moulds
Al/Steel friction stir welding (FSW):
strategies and reduction of forces and
moving toward a robotic solution
Weldability assessment of Al alloy AA7075
and the esthetic optimization of lap joints

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Development of durable structural adhesive
joints of minimally pretreated multimaterial
structures
Design and production of large hollow
extrusions with thin walls
Vacuum-assisted high pressure die casting
of hollow aluminium structural nodes
Evaluation of the in-service stress corrosion
cracking (SCC) performance of high
strength aluminium alloys
Mitigation of galvanic corrosion of
aluminium in dissimilar material assemblies

30. What do ALTec
members have to
say about NRC
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31. What are
ALTec
members
saying?
“…NRC is the added asset we use to
quickly respond to client needs…”
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32. “…That Canadian businesses can rely on you
to help them guard their global competitive edge
is an undeniable asset…”
What are
ALTec
members
saying?
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33. “…Concrete results supported by clear explanations
have enabled us to develop new,
lighter and less costly designs
while minimizing the risks
identified at the start of the project…”
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What are
ALTec
members
saying?

34. Want to join or
learn more
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35. Mathieu Boisclair
Client Relationship Leader
T : 1.450.641.5308
Mathieu.Boisclair@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca
ca.linkedin.com/in/mathieuboisclair
Contact
Marie-Christine Gagnon
Senior Project Manager
T : 1.418.545.5214
Marie-Christine.Gagnon@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca
ca.linkedin.com/in/mariechristinegagnon
www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/altec
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