1. Southern Ontario Defence Association Summer Social & BBQ Welcome to CanmetMATERIALS

2. Who We Are
A national laboratory within the Minerals and Metals Sector of Natural Resources Canada
Manage a national user facility for materials and manufacturing (processing, performance assessment, microstructural characterization and computational engineering)
Science for understanding and optimizing structure-property- processing relationships
Facilities in Hamilton, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta

3. Core Competencies: Material Science
Pilot-scale, start-to-finish materials processing:
Materials production: alloy development, casting, rolling, forming (forging, extrusion, stamping)
Enabling technologies: joining, surface treatment
Scientific knowledge of the correlations between materials processing and the resulting microstructure / properties
Design and produce improved products and develop codes and standards for their use.

4. Current Research Themes: 2013-18
Materials for Energy End-Use (Transportation, Industry and Buildings)
Lightweight structures for vehicles
Materials for efficient power-trains and heat / energy management
Materials for energy efficient buildings and industry
Materials for Clean Energy Production
Materials for next generation nuclear reactors and cleaner fossil power production
Materials for renewable energy: wind, support structures for solar energy
Materials for Pipelines and Energy Distribution
Pipeline steels, coatings, integrity prediction, crack propagation, other oil country goods, transport of CO2, advanced high-strength steels
Emerging and Defence Materials
Defence materials (naval, light armoured vehicles)
Shipbuilding

5. Non-Destructive Testing
NDT is a highly valuable tool as it does not permanently alter the article being inspected
Used to detect flaws in critical structures and components for industries such as:
Infrastructures for Energy Production and Transmission
Nuclear Power Plants
Oil and Gas Pipelines
Refineries
Civil Structures
Bridges
Cranes
Manufacturing & Transportation
Aerospace
Automotive
Advanced, High-End/High-Precision Products
Quality Control
Etc.