ToughSteel Event
Industrial workshop - Fracture toughness: an additional parameter to control sheet metal quality
ToughSteel is a European project funded under the frame of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) programme. The main aim of ToughSteel is the dissemination and valorisation of fracture toughness as a material property to rationalise crack-related problems in Advanced High Strength Steels.
In this workshop, we will present some of the experimental results carried out in the frame of ToughSteel’s Open Call. The OpenCall was organized to collect relevant industrial case studies that can be addressed using a fracture toughness-based approach, such as edge cracking issues or fracture problems related to steel coil quality. A total of six case studies from different European companies of the sheet steel sector were selected.
The results of two of these studies will be presented in this workshop. The aim is to demonstrate how fracture toughness measurements can help to better understand the fracture behaviour of high-strength metal sheets and improve material selection in different industrial processes.
19th April 2023
9.30h – 16.00h CEST
HYBDRID EVENT
Via Baiona, 141, 48123 Ravenna (Italy) + TEAMS
Agenda
9:30 – 9:50 – Welcome and introductions
Stefano Pantarotto, Deputy Plant manager, Marcegaglia
Alessandro Ferraiuolo, Corporate R&D manager, Marcegaglia
9:50 – 10:20 – ToughSteel project introduction
Michele Tedesco, Global responsible for metals & anticorrosion, Stellantis CRF
10:20 – 10:40 -Fracture toughness to address the safe implementation of high-performance sheet steel products
David Frómeta Gutiérrez, Head of the Mechanical Behaviour Line, Metallic and Ceramic Materials Unit, Eurecat
10:40 – 11:10 – High Carbon Steel: Influence of tensile properties on HER properties
Alessandro Ferraiuolo, Corporate R&D manager, Marcegaglia
Laura Grifè. Researcher, Metallic and Ceramic Materials Unit, Eurecat
11:10 – 11:25 – Coffee break
11:25 – 11:55 – Essential Work of Fracture to understand the edge facture behaviour of cold formed components
Valerie Woimbee, Scientific Expert processing technologies TTH, Faurecia
Laura Grifè, Researcher, Metallic and Ceramic Materials Unit, Eurecat
11:55 – 12:25 – ToughSteel approach applied on chassis low control arm component
Michele Tedesco, Global responsible for metals & anticorrosion, Stellantis CRF
12:25 – 12:45 – Tensil-Pro: New Approach for Online Tensile and Work Hardening Properties Evaluation
Alessandro Ferraiuolo, Corporate R&D manager, Marcegaglia
12:45 – 13:00 – Closing
Marcegaglia
13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:15 – 16:00 – Plant tour