OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Breakthrough Projects 1999
Mould metallurgy
On-line microscopy (GASCOPE)
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Breakthrough Projects 2000
Feed - head casting for flat products
Liquid metal cushion
Breakthrough Projects 2001
Bar cooling
Howaq- twice
Reactive annealing
Breakthrough Projects 2003
"Zero-Waste" Process
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On-line roughness measurement
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Examples of Commercial Developments
Thermomechanical treatment during hot
rolling of : bars (Tempcore), wire rod
(EDC), rails (CHHR) shapes (QST),
plates (Mulpic), strip (UFC)
Thermal treatment in continuous lines :
annealing (Howaq), galvannealing
(Square Cycle)
Roll texturing (Lasertex)
New coating (Galfan)
Sensors : strip shape (Rometer),
roll surface (Rollscope)
Roll parallelism (
GYROLL)
>Breakthrough Projects 2004
Application of Intensive Cooling
The Ultra Fast Cooling Technology (UFC) makes it possible to substantially decrease the strip coiling temperature after hot rolling. The process results in increased strength, reduced alloying costs, more stable mechanical properties and much less adherent scale.
The Air Cushion can Stabilise galvanised
strips
The air cushion system has been tested on an industrial scale and proved to reduce the strip oscillations by a factor 2.
Validation of the Dynamic EAF Model
The dynamic arc furnace control model has been implemented at the Esch-Belval works, where it confirmed its suitability to predict operating parameters
Other Important Events in 2004
The RIM Project has gone through with a
grant from the ERDF
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TMP2004: The Second International
Conference on the Thermomechanical
Processing of Steels
Proceedings can still be obtained from
Mrs. Jacqueline DARCHAMBEAU
Phone: +32-4-2546 250