Objective The production of high alloyed steel plates and sheets bears several problems of shape control during and after hot rolling. Many shape defects result from the behaviour of the solidification microstructure during hot rolling. This microstructure and the chemical segregation depend strongly on the solidification conditions. This leads to an anisotropy of the material at least during the first rolling passes, before re-crystallisation. The project aims at the control of the dimensions of flat products, the generation of savings in metal, energy and processing costs and the increase of the homogeneity of the delivered products. The research will look for an accurate understanding of the relationship between the chemical composition of the material and its initial microstructure in the as-solidified state as well as the microstructure and the shape after hot rolling. Programme(s) ECSC-STEEL C - Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002 Topic(s) D3 - Physical metallurgy of rolling and finishing Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator CREUSOT-LOIRE INDUSTRIE EU contribution No data Address Immeuble Pacific, TSA 4004 92070 LA DEFENSE CEDEX France See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via di Castel Romano 100/102 00128 ROMA EUR See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES DE LA SIDERURGIE FRANÇAISE France EU contribution No data Address Immeuble "PACIFIC", La Défense 7 11/13 Cours Valmy 92800 PUTEAUX See on map Total cost No data Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH) Germany EU contribution No data Address Templergraben 55 52062 Aachen See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THYSSEN KRUPP NIROSTA Germany EU contribution No data Address Alleestrasse 165 44793 BOCHUM See on map Total cost No data
