Stainless steels in bus constructions

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7210-PR-176

Project closed

Start date 1 July 1999

End date 30 June 2002

Funded under

• Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Total cost € 1 110 500,00

EU contribution € 666 300,00

Coordinated by

OUTOKUMPU POLARIT OY
Finland

Objective

Stainless steels could possibly make an entry in bus manufacturing. Their use could be based on their excellent corrosion properties. Longer lifetime with longer guarantee of corrosion protection is possible. This research intends to investigate the potentials of stainless steels as a possible structural material in the bus applications. It equally intends to develop new manufacturing and design solutions for the use of stainless steels in the bus construction by, amongst others, applying new joining and forming methods and by developing new stainless steel light structures.

Programme(s)

• ECSC-STEEL C - Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Topic(s)

• F3 - Special and alloy steels

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

OUTOKUMPU POLARIT OY

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 95400 TORNIO ; Finland
• Total cost: No data

Participants (4)

CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via di Castel Romano 100/102 ; 00128 ROMA EUR
• Total cost: No data

FACTORIA DE ACERINOX

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 11370 LOS BARRIOS (CADIZ)
• Total cost: No data

TNO INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

Netherlands

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Schoemakerstraat, 97 ; 2628 VK DELFT
• Total cost: No data

UGINE SAVOIE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Avenue Paul Girod ; 73403 UGINE CEDEX
• Total cost: No data