Warm Press-Formed Zinc-Coated Third Generation Advanced High Strength Steels with High Crash and Corrosion Resistance and Minimized Microcracking.
The project will develop end-to-end processing of warm press-formed parts for lightweight automobiles from zinc-coated novel ultrahigh strength Medium Manganese Steels (MMnS).
Besides ultrahigh strength, the ductility, energy absorption capacity and the corrosion resistance of warm-pressed parts will also improve compared to conventional AlSi-coated hot-pressed boron steel parts. The MMnS will significantly reduce the reheating and warm press-forming temperatures, making the process greener and energy-efficient, and allowing the use of zinc-coated sheets without liquid metal embrittlement-induced micro-cracking during warm-pressing. Prototype parts will be produced by warm-pressing of zinc-coated MMnS and mechanical properties, crashworthiness, corrosion resistance, hydrogen embrittlement and weldability will be investigated.
Participants
| TATA STEEL NEDERLAND TECHNOLOGY BV (Netherlands) | RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN (Germany) |
| VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (Germany) | RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN (Sweden) |
| AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (Spain) | INSTITUT DE LA CORROSION (France) |
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Project website: https://www.warp-ahss.eu/
This project is co-funded by the European Union in the frame of the RFCS (Research Fund for Coal and Steel) program
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