Results of the European collaborative project “Product Uniformity Control“ to improve the inline sensing of mechanical properties and microstructure of automotive steels
Paper in proceeding, 2018

A European consortium consisting of four major steel manufacturers and ten academic technology institutes has conducted a research and development project, called “Product Uniformity Control“ (PUC) in the period 2013 to 2017. This project aimed to develop and improve non-destructive (inline) measurement techniques to characterise the (uniformity of the) microstructure of steel strip products.

In this project, a multitude of strip steel samples from various stages of production have been collected from the four participating steel manufacturers. The samples have been characterised in various ways, namely on their (1) non-destructive measurement parameters using different techniques suited for inline evaluation, (2) fundamental ultrasonic and electromagnetic properties (wave speed, ultrasonic attenuation, magnetisation loops, coercive field), (3) tensile properties (stress-strain curves) and (4) microstructure (by optical micrographs and EBSD images). The correlations between these different characterisations will be addressed.

Besides the experimental characterisation, a strong accent has been on modelling activities: during the project, fundamental models have been developed to describe, starting from 2D and 3D microstructures, the ultrasonic and magnetic properties, which are next used as input to sensor models that predict the output of the inline measurement systems.

This contribution will present the recent results of both the experimental and the modelling work, and underline their mutual importance in the interpretation of the measured data for the benefit of inline characterisation of the mechanical properties complementary to traditional destructive tensile testing.

Author

F. D. Van Den Berg

Tata Steel, Netherlands

Piet Kok

Tata Steel, Netherlands

Haibing Yang

Tata Steel, Netherlands

Maxim AARNTS

Tata Steel, Netherlands

Philip Meilland

ArcelorMittal Maizières Research SA

Thomas KEBE

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG

Martin Stolzenberg

Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung

David KRIX

Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung

Wenqian ZHU

University of Manchester

A. J. Peyton

University of Manchester

A. Martinez-De-Guerenu

CEIT - Centre of Studies and Technical Research

Isabel GUTIERREZ

CEIT - Centre of Studies and Technical Research

D. Jorge-Badiola

CEIT - Centre of Studies and Technical Research

Mikael Malmström

Swerea

A. Volker

Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)

A. Duijster

Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)

Håkan Wirdelius

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Engineering Materials

Anders E Boström

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Dynamics

Claudio MOCCI

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSUP)

M. Vannucci

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSUP)

V. Colla

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSUP)

Claire DAVIS

The University of Warwick

Lei ZHOU

The University of Warwick

René SCHMIDT

ArcelorMittal Maizières Research SA

S. Labbé

Grenoble Alpes University

C. Reboud

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

A. Skarlatos

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

V. Leconte

Altair Engineering

Patrick LOMBARD

Altair Engineering

12th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (ECNDT 2018), Gothenburg 2018, June 11-15 (ECNDT 2018)


978-91-639-6217-2 (ISBN)

12th European Conference on Non-destructive Testing
Göteborg, Sweden,

Product Uniformity Control (PUC)

European Commission (EC) (NoRFSR-CT-2013-00031PUC), 2013-07-01 -- 2017-12-31.

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Subject Categories

Applied Mechanics

Other Materials Engineering

Metallurgy and Metallic Materials

Areas of Advance

Production

Materials Science

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