Objective Scale is a perennial cause of defects on rolled products, either directly or as a result of persistent ghost marks. This project builds on previous work to determine optimum processing conditions for special steels (notably ferritic and austenitic stainless steels, micro-alloy strip steels and plate grades), by characterising furnace scale, residual scale after hydraulic de-scaling and scale present after primary rolling.A simplified empirical scale growth model will facilitate interpolation between different steel types and furnace atmospheres. An FE model of scale growth and deformation will predict scale development during reheating, de-scaling and rolling. The model work will be tested against laboratory and pilot plant trials. Programme(s) ECSC-COAL-STEEL-RTD C - Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator CORUS UK LTD EU contribution No data Address 30 Millbank LONDON United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BETRIEBSFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT VDEH-INSTITUT FUR ANGEWANDTE FORSCHUNG GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Sohnstrasse 65 40237 DUSSELDORF See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via di Castel Romano 100/102 ROMA See on map Total cost No data MEFOS- METALLURGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AB Sweden EU contribution No data Address 97125 LULEA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF OULU Finland EU contribution No data Address Pentti Kaiterankatu 1 90014 OULU See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data