Objective
The process consists in carrying out the heat treatment on rounds at the exit from the hot rolling mill in such a way as to make it: (1) automatic and repetitive, (2) uniform from the point of view results, (3) does not impair the output of the rolling mill. The TEMPCORE technique will be transposed to the production of high strength rails so as to avoid having to have recourse to the simplistic solution of changing the composition (addition of Cr.) with the associated risk of reducing weldability. It is the intention also to avoid recourse to heat treatment outside the normal rolling cycle.
The main stages in this development to be covered by this phase are as follows: (1) finalisation of the theoretical study of heat treatment, (2) engineering development, ordering, installation and commissioning of the pilot plant. Subsequent phases are also envisaged.
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4801 RODANGE
Luxembourg