Objective
Sheet metal working is an essential technology for manufacturing goods in Europe. A specific part of this sector, targeted in this proposal, comprises ca. 500 SME's with a press shop and employs an estimated sixty five thousand people in the European Union. This sector experiences strong competition from low labour cost countries and a significant portion of these jobs are lost to non-EU countries each year. The only sustainable way to end this is permanent innovation, not only by developing new products but equally important: by adapting new production technologies.
This proposal addresses both. Reliability and cleanliness play an important role in sheet metal forming of stainless steel. The lack of these results in scrap and hazards for the environment and worker's condition. Because stainless steel is a relative costly sheet material (ten times more expensive than low carbon steel), a drop in production yield, for e.g. due to climate influences or variations in material batch properties, is a serious problem. At present, an improvement of reliability can only be realised at the cost of cleanliness and vice versa.
The technical limitations of the present state-of-the art and key barriers to growth of clean and reliable forming of stainless steel are:
1 .Clean processes lack forming reliability, since galling occurs after a few operations; and
2. Reliable processes involve chlorinated paraffin and solvents based on HFCs and involve controlled temperature forming, which are respectively non- sustainable or hardly assessable for SMEs.
The objective of the proposed research is to develop innovative solutions comprising of easy-to-clean ECO lubrication, optimised anti-galling tool surfaces and forming with active temperature control, that will increase the lifetime of the forming tools hundred fold. The proposed work will increase employability, increase workers safety, decrease harmful emissions to the environment and increase the quality of life of European citizens.
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- engineering and technology mechanical engineering tribology lubrication
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels renewable energy
- engineering and technology materials engineering coating and films
- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry halogens
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FP6-2004-SME-COOP
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6031 DELFT
Netherlands
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