Objective The overall project aims are to optimise product quality, reheating furnace operation and material yield by improved monitoring and control of the reheating furnace and rolling mill.This will be achieved by heating according to new heating curves optimised with respect to the microstructure of the steel, handling of stops and changes of steel grades in the rolling mill. The new heating curve will be developed through a combination of laboratory experiments, industrial trials and theoretical modelling approach for the microstructure, stock temperature and energy consumption.The new heating strategies will be implemented in four partner countries to optimise the furnace and rolling mill operation. Thus, the competitiveness and efficiency of the EU steel industry will be improved. Programme(s) ECSC-COAL-STEEL-RTD C - Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator BETRIEBSFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT VDEH-INSTITUT FUR ANGEWANDTE FORSCHUNG GMBH EU contribution No data Address Sohnstrasse 65 40237 DUSSELDORF Germany See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AB SANDVIK MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY Sweden EU contribution No data Address 2 Storgatan 81181 SANDVIKEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ACERIA COMPACTA DE BIZAKAIA SA Spain EU contribution No data Address Calle Chavarri 6 48910 SESTAO (BIZAKAIA) See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FUNDACION LABEIN Spain EU contribution No data Address Parque Tecnologico de Bizkaia 48160 DERIO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FUNDACIÓN INASMET Spain EU contribution No data Address Paseo Mikeletegui 2 20009 SAN SEBASTIAN- GUIPUZCOA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT ZA KOVINSKE MATERIALE IN TEHNOLOGIJE Slovenia EU contribution No data Address Lepi pot 11 1000 LJUBLJANA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MEFOS- METALLURGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AB Sweden EU contribution No data Address 97125 LULEA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SIDENOR INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address Barrio Ugarte s/n 48970 BASAURI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data