Fraunhofer ISC, Center for High Temperature Materials and Design HTL, BayreuthCompleted funded project
Motivation
Value chain of the HIPERMAT use case
Technical concept for HIPERMAT
The process and plant industry is one of the most important industries in Europe. It comprises 450,000 companies with a total turnover of 1,600 billion euros and 6.8 million employees. In order to achieve the EU goals of a low-carbon or carbon-neutral economy, approaches must be pursued that consider the entire value chain. This is where the HIPERMAT project comes in: in a holistic approach, new materials and manufacturing processes are to be developed that lead to significant CO2 savings along the selected value chain.
Objective
Entrance of a continuous furnace in the steel industry: Demonstrators for the furnace shown are developed in HIPERMAT and tested in close proximity to the application
Kiln components with clear traces of wear
The overall objective of HIPERMAT is to establish low-CO2 future technologies through the development of more environmentally friendly high-performance materials and components along the entire value chain. Significant CO2 savings are to be achieved through the sum of various measures: Increasing the service life of components, reducing the need for spare parts, reducing production downtimes, designing more energy-efficient thermal processes for the production of components.
Results
SEM cross-sectional image of HVOF-coated substrate
The following results were achieved in the HIPERMAT project:
- Successful application of ceramic-based coatings on austenitic steel rings to reduce high-temperature wear of steel rings in hot forming furnaces
- Coatings are resistant to thermal shock
- Successful reduction of high-temperature wear due to the coating
- Test of the coating directly in hot forming furnaces by mid-2025
Project Data
| Project Duration | 01.11.2020 - 30.04.2024 |
| Sponsor |
European Union - Horizon 2020 |
| Funding Amount | 456,000 Euro |
Project Partners
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Fraunhofer-Zentrum HTL Azterlan Ghi Hornos Industriales Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan Questek Europe AB ESI Software Germany GmbH SVÚM AS Ampo, S. Coop Fundació Eurecat Asociacion Centro Tecnologico Ceit Rina Consulting - Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.A. Advanced Coatings & Construction Solutions scrl Gestamp Louny s.r.o. Calcom ESI SA |
| Project Coordination |
Fundacion Azterlan (Spain) |
| Project Management at the HTL | Dr. Andreas Nöth |
