ToughSteel nominated for CEN and CENELEC Standards+Innovation Awards 2023
ToughSteel has been nominated by the Spanish Association for Standardisation (UNE) at the CEN and CENELEC Standards + Innovation Awards…
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New methodologies for the design and application of high-strength steels in sectors such as automotive
Eurecat hosted today an event jointly organized by the coordinators of the European RFCS projects ToughSteel, Crystal and MiPre. Solutions…
A new ToughSteel industrial workshop on the potential of fracture toughness held in Bilbao
On June 15th, 2023, the Spanish Association of Companies Producing Steel and Primary Steel Processing Products (UNESID), in collaboration with…
Celebration of a ToughSteel industrial workshop with stakeholders from Andalusia
The Spanish Association of Companies Producing Steel and Primary Steel Processing Products (UNESID) organised the face-to-face ToughSteel industrial workshop “No…
Presentation of ToughSteel’s Open Call experimental results
The ToughSteel project celebrated the industrial workshop “Fracture toughness: an additional parameter to control sheet metal quality” in Ravenna (Italy)…
Faurecia presents the results of a fracture toughness assessment in a technical workshop
Faurecia, one of the companies benefited from ToughSteel’s Open Call, presented the results of their case study in the technical…
Workshop on how to carry out an experimental EWF campaign organised by UCLouvain
ToughSteel partners from the UCLouvain organised on February 10th the industrial workshop “How to assess the essential work of fracture:…
ToughSteel lecture on new fracture mechanics-based criteria part of steelTalks series
ToughSteel partners from Eurecat, UNESID and UNE have been part of an edition of the series of lectures steelTalks, aimed…
New tool to increase the competitiveness of European sheet metal industries: a fracture resistance database
The fracture resistance database, developed in the frame of the European ToughSteel project, aims at helping steel producers to position…
ToughSteel partners meet physically for the first time at AIM facilities
The ToughSteel project members celebrated the consortium meeting on the 14th of December, 2022. The meeting was celebrated physically at…
ToughSteel provides innovative fracture toughness characterisation tests to European companies in the metal sector
Six European companies in the metal industry applying to the ToughSteel Open Call have been selected to receive free services to characterise…
ToughSteel disseminated at CuttingEdge 4.0 project final workshop as part of clustering activity
ToughSteel project was disseminated during the final workshop “New Experimental and Modelling Approaches to Predict and Avoid Edge-cracking in the…
ToughSteel disseminates the Essential Work of Fracture method through its first academic workshop
The ToughSteel project has celebrated a workshop to present the latest advances made by the academic community on the understanding of the link between the…
ToughSteel industrial workshop with Spanish stakeholders at the MetalMadrid exhibition
The ToughSteel project has organised an industrial workshop targeted to local stakeholders of the metal manufacturing sector within the framework…
A ToughSteel workshop for the production of two CWAs kicks off
As part of its standardisation activities, the ToughSteel project has kick-started a CEN-CENELEC workshop on fracture toughness evaluation methodologies applied…
Eurecat highlights the importance of measuring fracture toughness for the safe implementation of high-performance sheet metals in the 30th testXpo – International Expo for Materials Testing
David Frómeta, ToughSteel coordinator and researcher from Eurecat’s Metallic and Ceramic Materials Unit, has carried out a ToughSteel industrial workshop…
ToughSteel presented at TGA4 meeting with other 14 RFCS projects
The ToughSteel project has been presented at the TGA4 Steel Applications and Solutions for Existing and New Markets meeting, taking…
Applications open for accessing to free innovative fracture characterisation tests to address cracking in metal components
Applications open for accessing to free innovative fracture characterisation tests to address cracking in metal components SMEs and companies in…
Innovations in fracture prediction and impact resistance in high-strength steels to step up production efficiency in sectors including the automotive industry
The ToughSteel project has drawn up a database and an industry user guide which compiles existing information on fracture toughness…
ToughSteel third industrial workshop for the steelmaking sector
On September 28th took place the industrial workshop “Disruptive technologies and their application to the steelmaking sector”, organised by UNESID, the…
New testing methodologies to evaluate the fracture toughness of metal sheets and case studies presented during the 39th National Conference of the AIM
Project partners David Frómeta (Eurecat), Michele Maria Tedesco (CRF) and Pär Jonsén (Luleå University of Technology) participated in a ToughSteel-dedicated…
New methods to model sheet metal failure presented in the International Automotive Body Congress 2022
ToughSteel partners from Eurecat (David Frómeta) and from CRF (Daniele de Caro) have delivered a presentation under the framework of…
ToughSteel partners participate in the CO2 Reduction for Transportation Systems Conference
Project partners Daniele de Caro and Michele Maria Tedesco, from CRF and David Frómeta, from Eurecat, have participated in the…
Edge-cracking prediction through novel modelling approach presented at the Materials in Car Body Engineering (MCBE) 2022 conference
ToughSteel partners David Frómeta, project coordinator and researcher from Eurecat’s Metallic and Ceramic Materials Unit, and Daniele de Caro, Sheet…
Novel Fracture Toughness assessment methodology presented in SCT 2022
The ToughSteel project has been disseminated at the 6th International Conference on Steels in Cars and Trucks (SCT 2022), celebrated…
ToughSteel papers presented during the CHS2 Conference in Barcelona
The ToughSteel project has been presented in the 8th International Conference on Hot Sheet Metal Forming of High-Performance Steel (CHS2),…
Innovative fracture toughness testing methodologies presented at the Italian Convention of Thermal Treatments
ToughSteel partners David Frómeta, coordinator of the ToughSteel project and researcher at Eurecat’s Metallic and Ceramic Materials Unit, and Michele Maria Tedesco,…
ToughSteel project kicks-off!
ToughSteel project kicks-off! The ToughSteel project has kicked off with the objective to valorise, disseminate and raise awareness about the…