Karin Exner-Wöhrer: The topics of research and further development have always been very important to SAG. We have been carrying out intensive research and testing in the field of rheocasting over the last few years. As a result, we were the first to establish ourselves as a series producer on the market. Now our aim is to further expand our technological leadership in this area and to give research even more room - in the literal sense of the word.
Karin Exner-Wöhrer: There are always new challenges when scaling up, which means we are researching new correlations and can continuously understand and optimise the process even better. We are working on refinements and improvements, such as the shot weight, and we are expanding our range of alloys.
Karin Exner-Wöhrer: We are thinking very broadly here. For example, we are focussing on chassis components for many types of vehicles - from electric cars and motorbikes to aircraft. CO2 cooling systems are also an issue. These have high requirements in terms of tightness and pressure resistance. Rheocasting can be a good solution for manufacturing the components here.
Karin Exner-Wöhrer: We already have an in-depth research partnership with the Montanuni Leoben and are in the process of establishing partnerships with other institutions. The transfer of expertise is important and profitable in terms of the depth of the research results.
