Objective Thixoforming is a young technology of shaping metals in the semi-solid state which provides combined advantages of both, shapability (thixoforging) and quality (thixocasting) compared to conventional processing. The advantages of thixoforming offer the possibility to produce complex structural parts with lower forming energies and less process steps which lead to higher economical processes and effective use of materials. Thixoforming can be used to produce parts which are highly charged during usage with a complex structure, experience has already been obtained in the field of aluminium alloys. By transferring this process to steels a much broader application will be made available. Due to higher requirements for the thixoforming process fundamental investigations have to be made to produce complex structural parts by thixoforming. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrypost-transition metals Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-5. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : materials and their technologies for production and transformation and new and improved materials and production technologies in the steel field Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator SIDENOR INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO S.A. EU contribution No data Address Barrio Ugarte s/n 48970 BASAURI Spain See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Germany EU contribution No data Address Intzestrasse 1/2 52074 AACHEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BOEHLER EDELSTAHL GMBH & CO KG Austria EU contribution No data Address Mariazellerstrasse 25 8605 KAPFENBERG See on map Total cost No data CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via di Castel Romano 100/102 00128 ROMA See on map Total cost No data COPEM DESIGN SNC Italy EU contribution No data Address Via dei Peschi, 7 00040 ARDEA See on map Total cost No data EPIRUS FOUNDRIES S.A. Greece EU contribution No data Address Lykotrychi 45110 IOANNINA See on map Total cost No data MEFOS - THE FOUNDATION FOR METALLURGICAL RESEARCH Sweden EU contribution No data Address Metallvaegen 2 971 25 LULEA See on map Total cost No data OVAKO STEEL AB Sweden EU contribution No data Address 813 82 HOFORS See on map Total cost No data ROBERT BOSCH GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address 2,Robert-Bosch-Strasse 2 70442 STUTTGART See on map Total cost No data University of Patras Greece EU contribution No data Address Caratheodory St. 1 26500 PATRAS See on map Total cost No data
