Research and Review Journal of Nondestructive Testing (Aug 2023)

How the EU project “Online Microstructure Analytics” advances inline sensing of microstructure during steel manufacturing

  • Frenk Van Den Berg,
  • Frenk Van Den Berg,
  • Maxim Aarnts,
  • Haibing Yang,
  • F Fintelman,
  • Bernard Ennis,
  • L Gillgren,
  • Denis Jorge-Badiola,
  • Ane Martinez-de-Guerenu,
  • Claire Davis,
  • Graeme West,
  • Lei Zhou,
  • Mohsen Jolfaei,
  • Anthony J Peyton,
  • John W. Wilson,
  • Arno Volker,
  • Q Marina,
  • Arno Duijster,
  • Mikael Malmström,
  • Anton Jansson,
  • Bevis Hutchinson,
  • Claudio Mocci,
  • M. Vannucci,
  • Valentina Colla,
  • Christophe Reboud,
  • Anastassios Skarlatos,
  • Roberto Miorelli,
  • Patrick Lombard,
  • Olivier Hubert,
  • Julien Taurines,
  • I Lobanova,
  • S Despréaux,
  • Stéphane Labbé,
  • Carola Celada-Casero

DOI
https://doi.org/10.58286/28201
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1

Abstract

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Weight savings in mobility and transport are mandatory in order to reduce CO 2 emissions and energy consumption. The steel industry offers weight saving solutions by a growing portfolio of Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS) products. AHSS owe their strength to their largely refined and complex microstructures, containing multiple metallurgical phases. Optimal control of the thermo-mechanical processing of AHSS requires inline sensors for real-time monitoring of evolution and consistency of microstructure and material properties. To coordinate and accelerate European development activities in this domain, the project ”Online Microstructure Analytics (OMA)” was established in 2019, constituting of a consortium of 14 specialised research organisations. The EU-funded OMA project, with a total budget exceeding 6 MEU, focuses on inline sensing techniques to monitor the consistency and homogeneity of microstructure, texture and mechanical properties for automotive steels and in particular for AHSS.