Time Monday 4 May 2026 Presenter Organisation
12:00-13.00 Lunch TUW
13:00-13:15 Welcome & Introduction of TUW Raquel de Oro Calderon TUW
13:15-13:45 Advances in hardmetal coatings Paul Mayerhofer TUW
13:45-14:15 Putting hard metals to the test: Current challenges in machining applications Markus Priessnitz TUW
14:15-14:45 Microstructural Influences on the Fatigue Behaviour of Cemented Carbides Ralph Useldinger Luxembourg University
14:45-15:15 RESQTOOL HE Project: Current Status and Technical Updates Johannes Pötschke Fraunhofer-IKTS
15:15-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:30 Developments in raw materials and recycling Thomas Zimmerl Wolfram AG
16:30-17:00 Reliability of brittle materials: role of surface and bulk defects and the statistical characterisation of relaibility Alexander Bezold IWM- Aachen
17:00-17:30 Introduction of laser-shaped small-flaws for evaluating microstructural effects on fracture and fatigue behavior of cemented carbides Luis Llanes UPC-Barcelona
19:00 Dinner at Heuriger Schübel‑Auer
Time Tuesday 5 May 2026 Presenter Organisation
8:45-9:00 Welcome day 2 TUW
9:00-9:30 Design of Novel Binders for High-Temperature Applications Aurel Dvorak TUW
9:30-10:00 Neutron and synchrotron X-Ray diffraction techniques for hardmetals Ahmet Yildiz Scatterin AB
10:00-10:30 Alternative binders and synchrotron measurements of binders Lisa Toller-Nordström KTH- Royal institute of technology
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:15 Connecting research to application for novel binders Susanne Norgren Sandvik & Lund University
11:15-11:45 Some Effects of the Binder Composition on Sintering and Grain Growth of Hardmetals
Sadrul Islam / Jean-Michel Missiaen
 INP-SIMAP-Grenoble
11:45-12:15
Correlative SEM-EBSD approaches for microstructure and crack fracture characterization in cermets
Angel Biedma Trillo
 UC3M-Madrid
12:15 Closing & lunch buffet