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Prof. Vincenzo M. Sglavo (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento)01/09/2026, 10:51Ultra-fast High Temperature Sintering UHS2. Invited speaker (by invitation only)
Ultra-rapid high-temperature sintering has recently been proposed as a technique that enables the densification of ceramic materials in extremely short timeframes, thereby saving a considerable amount of energy. The process is based on the rapid heating of a carbon felt—in which the sample is placed—via Joule heating generated by an electric current. This approach is highly attractive for...
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71. Ultra-rapid, Pressureless, and Optically Instrumented Manufacturing of High-Performance CeramicsProf. Eugene Olevsky (San Diego State university)01/09/2026, 11:20Ultra-fast High Temperature Sintering UHS3. Oral presentation
A novel Pressureless Ultra-Fast Sintering (PLUFS) method has been developed through the integration of a dedicated tooling into Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) systems. This approach enables heating rates up to 200 °C/s and reaching 3000 °C, allowing full ceramic densification to be achieved within seconds under pressureless conditions. PLUFS has been used to demonstrate high efficiency in...
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Dr Laurent Boilet (CRIBC)01/09/2026, 11:40Ultra-fast High Temperature Sintering UHS3. Oral presentation
The growing demand for agile manufacturing of technical components—particularly in small series—calls for sintering solutions that are fast, flexible and energy-efficient, while remaining economically realistic.
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We present a patented current-assisted sintering approach developed at BCRC (WO2025/099305 A1). The process relies on resistive heating of a graphite powder bed in which the part is... -
Mr Joao L. Miranda (CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro)01/09/2026, 12:00Ultra-fast High Temperature Sintering UHS3. Oral presentation
The transition from lead-based to lead-free piezoelectrics is currently a key challenge in the electroceramics community, which aims to find suitable sustainable materials. In the last decade, the solid solution barium calcium zirconate titanate (BCZT) has received increased attention for room temperature applications due to high piezoelectric coefficient and remnant polarisation. The high...
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Natalia Daudt (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria)01/09/2026, 12:20Ultra-fast High Temperature Sintering UHS3. Oral presentation
Vat photopolymerization 3D printing has emerged as a promising additive manufacturing (AM) technology for producing high-precision ceramic components. However, long post-processing times remain a significant challenge for industrial implementation. To address this limitation, the present study systematically investigates the effects of Ultrafast High-Temperature Sintering (UHS) processing...
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Mattia Biesuz (University of Trento)01/09/2026, 13:40Ultra-fast High Temperature Sintering UHS2. Invited speaker (by invitation only)
Rapid heating is a cornerstone of modern sintering approaches like flash sintering, ultrafast high temperature sintering (UHS), fast firing, microwave sintering, or spark plasma sintering. Besides the technological interest, fundamental answers are emerging about how the heating rate can tailor the ceramic structure from the micro- to the nano-scale.
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Herein, we study the rapid consolidation... -
Lourenço Serra (Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC))01/09/2026, 14:10Ultra-fast High Temperature Sintering UHS3. Oral presentation
Sintering of functional ceramics remains a critical and cost-intensive step in the manufacturing of advanced electrochemical devices. This challenge is amplified in multilayer systems requiring different sintering temperatures, such as solid oxide cells (SOC). Conventional manufacturing relies on prolonged high-temperature exposure to promote particle connectivity; however, grain growth is...
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Alexander Ahrend01/09/2026, 14:30Ultra-fast High Temperature Sintering UHS3. Oral presentation
High-entropy alloys (HEA) are promising candidates as low-cost and precious metal-free catalysts for the alkaline exchange membrane (AEM) electrolysis. For this application, sputtering targets which require a pure phase composition, homogeneous microstructure, and high density, can be produced via FAST/SPS.
However, there is a challenge of sintering a single phased HEA without unwanted pore...
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Habib Ullah (Institute of Energy Materials and Devices, Material Synthesis and Processing (IMD-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich)01/09/2026, 14:50Ultra-fast High Temperature Sintering UHS3. Oral presentation
Ultra-fast high temperature sintering (UHS) has recently emerged as a promising approach for the densification of ceramic materials, offering significantly reduced processing times and energy consumption as compared to conventional sintering routes. In this work, reactive UHS of oxide solid electrolytes is investigated, with particular focus on Al and Ta-doped $Li_7La_3Zr_2O_{12}$...
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