The manager of the project “Innovative quenching and partitioning medium-manganese...
Project
INNOQPTECHNOL
The idea of the project is the development of novel technological concepts for ultra-high strength and ductile automotive sheets and plates made of economical medium manganese steels such as Quenching and Partitioning, combining high strength, plasticity, fracture resistance and showing beneficial technological properties with high application potential in the automotive industry.
Structural materials for automotive industry - project background
Advanced structural materials for the automotive industry must combine:
high strength
high plasticity
fracture resistance
ability to absorb energy released during crush events
Moreover, they should provide an opportunity for the development of cost-effective and light-weight parts with improved safety and optimized environmental performance.
What is the priority of the modern automotive industry?
It is an improvement in the passive safety of car users and the reduction of car body weight related directly to the reduction of fuel consumption and emission of harmful gasses to the environment. This will significantly improve the quality of life of vehicle users and reduce their negative impact on the environment.
Lightweight steel
Lightweight steel It’s also very important to ensure adequate:
formability
weldability
susceptibility to galvanization
…with a minimum cost determined by the concentration of alloying elements added into the alloy. Many of these properties require a different material approach because their simultaneous combining is a very difficult challenge. The fundamental problem of conventional steels is to provide a required strength without a significant reduction of plasticity.
M-MnS
+
M-MnS
ultra-high-strength martensitic steels
What are the goals of the project?
Two innovative medium Mn steel grades will be developed.
Two innovative, cost-effective high-efficient thermomechanical processing and Quenching and Partitioning heat treatment technologies will be designed, the aim of which is to produce ultra-high-strength martensitic steels with retained austenite showing the desired stability and morphological homogeneity, which will allow obtaining sheets and plates with unattainable so far mechanical properties.
Scheme of Quenching and Partitioning. Thermomechanical processing and heat treatment technology.
Why it matters? Potential benefits
WORK PACKAGES - roadmap of project execution
The implementation of the research project requires using a wide range of comprehensive research techniques and simulation methods. Achieving the project goal requires the implementation of the following 5 work packages:
Work Package
1
1. Obtaining 2 model steels in the form of flat bars
2. Designing optimal conditions for heat treatment and thermomechanical processing
2. Designing optimal conditions for heat treatment and thermomechanical processing
Work Package
2
Obtaining optimal time and temperature parameters of heat-treatment and thermomechanical processing
Work Package
3
Development of optimal technological assumptions for the semi-industrial tests of heat treatment and themomechanical processing
Work Package
4
Obtaining the necessary parameters of the technological process in conditions similar to industrial conditions
Work Package
5
Obtaining the necessary parameters of the technological process in conditions similar to industrial conditions
INNOQPTECHNOL project schedule and budget
24 months January 1st, 2022 – January 1st, 2024
Total budget granted
0
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