CORDIS Database: PROJECTS
Title : On line structure monitoring by laser ultrasonics for process 
		control in rolling and heat treatment

Subject Index Code : Aerospace Technology, Industrial Manufacture, Materials Technology
General Information : The industrial objective is to improve yield and reduce processing 
		costs in rolling and heat treatment operations for a wide range of 
		ferrous and non ferrous alloy families by process control based on 
		on line metallurgical structure monitoring. This will increase the 
		competitiveness of the metal processing industry, decrease energy 
		use and improve the quality of products. 
		
		The main technical objective is to research, develop, demonstrate 
		and validate measurement instrumentation based on non contact, 
		laser ultrasonics for determining microstructural parameters 
		crucial to process control and product quality. These include grain 
		size, recrystallisation state, phase content and solution state. 
		The technical and economic feasibility of exploitation will be 
		assessed by kialsilot or production plant for hot and cold rolling 
		of steels and copper and solution treatment of nickel alloy 
		castings. These will be carried out by metal producers from 4 
		countries of the EU and will serve as demonstrators of the 
		feasibility of application to a wider range of processes and alloys.
		
		
		The end users will be supported by research organizations bringing 
		special skills in applied physics, microstructural characterization 
		and modeling, non destructive testing, and process metallurgy to 
		the interrelated tasks. The project brings together new scientific 
		and technical developments resulting from current national 
		investments, to provide the springboard for improved energy 
		efficient materials processing. 
		
		Prime deliverables will be the demonstration of innovative 
		microstructural monitoring hardware and software for the above 
		range of processes. Anticipated economic benefits are estimated to 
		be in the range 0.1 1 MECU/metallurgical plant/yr. Energy savings 
		from a 1% yield improvement in hot rolled steel products could be 
		30 PJ/yr with associated reduction in CO2 emissions of 2 Mte/yr for 
		the EU. 
		For exploiters within the consortium, the project will generate 
		sufficient know how for the industrial partners to make their own 
		installations, either using in house resources alone or with the 
		aid of subcontracted suppliers. For wider exploitation equipment 
		supply could be via one of the partners or by other suppliers 
		licensed by the project partners to use the relevant hardware or 
		software.
Start Date : 1997-01-01
End Date : 2000-12-31
Duration : 48 months
Project Status : Completed
Programme Type : 4th FWP (Fourth Framework Programme)
Programme Acronym : BRITE/EURAM 3
Project Reference : BRPR960359

Prime Contractor
  Organisation : AEA Technology Plc.
  Organisation Type : Research
  Department : Product Development Services Group
  Address : 552 Harwell 552
  Postcode : OX11 0RA
  City : Didcot - Oxfordshire
  Region: SOUTH EAST (UK)
BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE
Oxfordshire
  Country : UNITED KINGDOM
  Contact Person : Name:         ASTILL, Andy
		Tel:          +44-1235432268
		Fax:          +44-1235436322
		Email:        andy.astill@arat.co.uk


Other Contractors
  
  Organisation Name : Institut de Recherches de la Sidérurgie Française
  Organisation Type : Non Commercial 
  Contact Person : NOGUES, Michel
  Address : BP 30320
  City : Maiziâres les Metz
  Region : ÎLE DE FRANCE
Yvelines
  Org. Country : FRANCE
  Post Code : 57283
  Telephone : +33-87704191
  Fax : +33-87704105
  
  Organisation Name : Swedish Institute For Metals Research
  Organisation Type : Research 
  Contact Person : HUTCHINSON, Bevis (Prof.)
  Address : 48 Drottning Kristinas Vaeg 48
  City : STOCKHOLM
  Region : STOCKHOLM
  Org. Country : SWEDEN
  Post Code : 114 28
  Telephone : +46-8-243330
  Fax : +46-8-7230423
  
  Organisation Name : Outokumpu Porricopper OY
  Organisation Type : Industry 
  Contact Person : LARSSON, Stig
  Address : PO Box 60
  City : Pori
  Region : MANNER-SUOMI
ETELÄ-SUOMI
Satakunta
  Org. Country : FINLAND
  Post Code : 28101
  Telephone : +46-21-198648
  Fax : +46-21-198035
  
  Organisation Name : SSAB Tunnplat AB
  Organisation Type : Industry 
  Contact Person : ENGBERG, Goran
  City : Borlänge
  Org. Country : SWEDEN
  Post Code : 781 84
  Telephone : +46-24371566
  Fax : +46-24371548
  
  Organisation Name : Sollac SA
  Organisation Type : Industry 
  Contact Person : BACKELANDT, Bernard
  City : Paris La Défense
  Region : ÎLE DE FRANCE
Hauts-de-Seine
  Org. Country : FRANCE
  Post Code : 92072 Elys
  Telephone : +33-28295234
  Fax : +33-28295529
  
  Organisation Name : British Steel plc
  Organisation Type : Other 
  Contact Person : MORRIS, Peter Francis
  Department : Swindon Technological Centre	
  Address : Moorgate
  City : Rotherham
  Region : YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
  Org. Country : UNITED KINGDOM
  Post Code : S60 3AR
  Telephone : +44-1709-825327
  Fax : +44-1709-825337
  
  Organisation Name : Howmet Ltd
  Organisation Type : Industry 
  Contact Person : BELL, Michael
  Address : Kestrel Way
  City : Exeter
  Region : SOUTH WEST (UK)
CORNWALL, DEVON
Devon
  Org. Country : UNITED KINGDOM
  Post Code : EX2 7LG
  Telephone : +44-1392-429759
  Fax : +44-1392-429763 




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