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Industrial Materials Research Group

Ti & Al manufacturing & Products solutions
- Ti sheet manufacturing process & quality improvement
- Surface quality Enhancement of Ti products
- Titanium Cathode Plate for Copper Foil Making
- Ti alloys design & manufacturing for Aircraft
applications - Al alloys design and producing
- Casting technology for automotive parts
- Al alloys for EV battery housing and Aircraft

Mg & Cu alloys Manufacturing & Applications
- Mg alloys design & wide coil manufacturing
- Strip Casting of wide Mg sheet coil
- Mg refining technologies for high purity & alloying
- Application study of Mg sheet - Cu alloys for high strength & high conductivity
- Continuous casting & rolling of high purity Cu
alloys
- Rolling for high thickness accuracy & defects
reduction

Core Materials and Components for New Mobility
- Materials and applications for Eco-friendly vehicles
- High Mn steel for Hydrogen transportation piping
- Ti bipolar plate for FCEV
- High pressure H2 storage tank with Wire-wound
method - Development & application of soft magnetic materials for high performance motor
- Fabrication of high magnetic saturation & low core
loss thin plate
- Design and modularization of high performance
motor core

Metal powder manufacturing & 3D printing
- Metal powder mass production & applications
- Water Atomization: Fe powder, tool steel powder
- Gas Atomization: soft magnetic powder, High Mn
steel powder
- Metal powder applications: High Si electric steel
sheet, high performance Inductor/MLCC
Electrode - 3D Printing process & applications
- DfAM parts design for high productivity
- Service life extension for high Temp. applications
- Assessment of 3D printing parts properties & post
processing

Ni smelting and high purity technologies
- Pyro/Hydro metallurgical technology of Ni oxide ore
- Drying/Calcination and H2 reduction process
- Ni, Co leaching and cementation process - High purity technology of Ni, Co sulfate
- Solvent extraction and crystallization process - Ni, Co, Li recovery technology from various LiB scrap

Research on high value-added rare metals and resources
- Rare metal smelting and refining technology
- REE(Nd, Sc etc.) separation and refining process
- Fluidized bed chlorination of Ti
- Ferroalloy EAF refining process - High value-added technology of resources
- Manufacturing technology of mineral wool
- High purity silicate ore manufacturing technology
- Recycling technology of FeMn dust and PM scrap

Ceramic single crystal growth technologies
- SiC single crystal wafer manufacturing
- 100, 150mm SiC single crystal growth technology
for high power device applications
- Precise wafer processing technologies
- 150mm SiC epitaxial growth for high power device
- 100mm HPSI SiC single crystal growth technology
for 5G - AlN single crystal growth technology for UV_C LED

Amorphous metal manufacturing & applications
- Amorphous ribbon fabrication technology
- Casting of high purity Fe-base amorphous alloy and continuous coiling process
- Application of amorphous ribbon in core part of
transformer - Fabrication & application technology of bulk amorphous alloy
- Fe/Zr-based bulk amorphous alloy design and
development of rapid solidification process
- Application study on electric components(bezel,
hinge part of mobile phone)