Total Materia by Key to Metals AG

Non-metallic material properties data for tens of thousands of plastic, ceramic and composite materials

• Thousands of both standard and proprietary materials
• Easily search advanced property data for non-metallic incl stress strain curves & cyclic properties
• Mechanical, physical, thermal electrical properties and much more
• Advanced property data – stress strain, fatigue etc
• One stop resource for all material properties data needs
• New opportunities in design by comparing the performance of completely diversified materials

Unrivaled material properties resource for advanced calculations

• Unique collection of advanced property data for critical design activities
• Effortless efficiency in finding reliable material property information, for advanced calculations
• Proprietary data acquisition methodology for experimental data from 1,800+ references/documents
• Avoid costly, dangerous errors and open new opportunities for optimized, cost-effective design
• Enhance accuracy and efficiency throughout the entire process chain
• Advanced Property Module for CAE simulation and advanced calculations
• Stress-strain curves: >5000 materials (>45,000 curves); Formability curves: >3900
• Fatigue: >8400 (>60,000 datasets); Fracture mechanics: >1000; Creep data: >9200

Corrosion data, dimensions, tolerances and coatings for 1000s of materials

• Covers wide range of information in 3 data subsets, a vital added resource for material selection
• Connects seamlessly to key info such as chemical composition, equivalent materials tables and more
• Provide insights into material behavior in real conditions, drives more accurate material selection
• Widen the scope of finding bulk material properties
• Corrosion data, dimensions and tolerances and coatings information for thousands of materials
• Corrosion: Rates and corrosion resistance specific
• Dimensions and Tolerances: Material measurements, their permissible variations
• Coatings: Coefficient of friction, maximum working temperature, micro hardness

Bridge the gap between data source and CAE software

• Export data for multiple design activities, from mechanical properties to stress-strain curves
• Simple process for selection, checking and importing data into a range of CAE solver formats
• Fast, accurate transfer of data without the need for data processing or retyping
• Tremendous time savings, whilst relieving you from tedious retyping
• Increases accuracy by eliminating data editing errors, streamlines/systemizes data acquisition work
• eXport data in multiple formats: XML file, Excel file
• CAE solver formats Abaqus, Altair Radioss, ANSYS, Autodesk Inventor, ESI, LS Dyna, MSC Nastran, etc

SmartComp^™ - Immediate unknown material identification from chemical composition obtained from spectrometer or other analytical sources

• Fast, multi-criteria material identification accelerates research time, increases efficiency
• Strengthen business quality functions, from vendor assurance to material testing
• Expert reasoning helps to make the right decisions – and quickly
• Patented algorithms for identification of similar and equivalent materials
• Finds possible matches based on the 320,000 alloys in the database
• For analysis, reverse engineering and quality control activities
• Integration with Total Materia allows material property details and cross-referencing to be viewed in seconds, and compared with other alternatives if needed

Tracker - Traceability of standard and material updates

• See exactly what has changed within the database and when from standard version updates to property data changes, including updates to version changes, material property changes, historical changes
• Track “favorite” materials and changes based on specific engineering needs
• Ensure data are the most up to date and most reliable information available
• Avoid unnecessary costs for standards acquisition
• Drive business excellence through an optimized information usage workflow

Suppliers - Supplier sourcing directory and search engine

• Find alternative suppliers from all over the world at the click of a button through seamless integration with all Total Materia packages
• Allows a global approach to purchasing and material sourcing in synergy with international cross-reference tables
• Open new opportunities for cost saving in material sourcing
• Bring engineering, procurement and manufacturing together
• Link materials with suppliers, helping avoiding costly errors in the decision making process