Objetivo Although a significant amount of work has already been undertaken to understand the initiation and propagation of cracks on the surface of the continuous casting strand and develop casting equipment and practices to reduce the problem, cracks remain a major concern for steel producers, especially for sensitive steel grades like Al grain refined, micro-alloyed and peritectic steels. This research aims to reduce the cracking proneness of sensitive steel grades by applying, during secondary cooling, a thermal treatment (intense cooling and self-tempering) to the strand in order to modify in-line its surface and sub-surface microstructure with the purpose of improving hot ductility and, in so doing, the surface quality. Modification to be brought to the secondary cooling systems will be investigated by means of numerical modelling and laboratory simulations. Plant trials will be performed for assessing the achievable surface quality improvements. Programa(s) ECSC-STEEL C - Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002 Tema(s) C3 - Casting and solidification Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Rue Ernest Solvay, 11 4000 LIEGE Bélgica Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (3) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo BRITISH STEEL Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 15, Marlebone Road NW1 5JD LONDON Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos PROFILARBED-RECHERCHES Luxemburgo Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 66, rue de Luxembourg 4221 ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos VOEST-ALPINE STAHL DONAWITZ Austria Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Kerpelystrasse 199 8700 LEOBEN-DONAWITZ Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos