News & events
Updates, related projects and news related to the OptiQPAP initiative
2nd review meeting
TU Delft (Delft, The Netherlands) has hosted the 2nd OptiQPAP progress meeting on 26th of June, 2017, at the headquarters (Manresa, Spain). The meeting was organized by Dr. Carola Celada. Project partners presented and discussed their research activities in frame of the OptiQPAP project within last 6 months, as well as the outcomes of the evaluation of the first project year by RFCS. The research plans for the next 6 months were updated.
1st review meeting
The 1st OptiQPAP progress meeting was held on 24th of January at the CSM headquarters (Rome, Italy). The meeting was organized by Dr. Ali Smith. Project partners presented and discussed their research activities in frame of the OptiQPAP project within first 6 months. The research plans for the next 6 months were updated.
Symposium “Third Generation Advanced High Strength Steels by Quenching and Partitioning”, MSE 2016 Congress
The Symposium ‘Third generation advanced high strength steels by quenching and partitioning’ organized by the OptiQPAP consortium members was held in frame of the MSE 2016 Congress (Darmstadt, Germany) on September 27. The main objective of this Symposium was to disseminate the recent developments in the application and modelling of quenching and partitioning heat treatment to production of third generation advanced high strength steels and to facilitate a more intense development in this field of research. The Symposium has attracted a significant interest of both steel industry and academia, and favored networking and international collaboration in this exciting field of science and technology. The keynote and invited talks were given by researchers from the world largest steel manufacturing companies and Colorado School of Mines (USA). Dr. Stefan Van Bohemen (Tata Steel, The Netherlands) presented his key-note talk on annealing strategies for fabrication of ultra-high strength steels with enhanced formability. Prof. Emmanuel De Moor (Colorado School of Mines, USA) devoted his talk to chemistry design in Q&P steels with special emphasis on Mn. The lecture by Dr. Dorien De Knijf (Arcelor Mittal Gent, Belgium) was focused on Nb and Nb+Mo alloying of Q&P steels to improve their properties. The effect of Si on microstructure and mechanical properties of press hardening steels subjected to Q&P treatment was considered in the talk of Bernd Linke (ThyssenKrupp AG, Germany). Dr. Irene De Diego Calderon (Arcelor Mittal Metz, France) discussed the microstructure – fatigue properties relationship in Q&P treated steels and mechanisms governing their fatigue behavior. Dr. Jai Hyun Kwak (POSCO, South Korea) gave a talk on the development of highly formable Giga strength steels by Q&P processing at POSCO. Exciting presentations on various aspects of quenched and partitioned steels were made by researchers from other leading universities and research organizations, such as TU Delft (The Netherlands), University of Gent (Belgium), Max Planck Institute for Iron Research (Germany), University of Oulu (Finland), SWEREA KIMAB AB (Sweden), etc. The organizers thank all the presenters and attendees for participation in the Symposium and hope to meet again at the next MSE Congress in Darmstadt.
Pictures below (from left to right and top to bottom) show Dr. Stefan Van Bohemen (Tata Steel, The Netherlands), Prof. Emmanuel De Moor (Colorado School of Mines, USA), Dr. Irene De Diego Calderon (Arcelor Mittal Metz, France), Dr. Dorin De Knijf (Arcelor Mittal Gent, Belgium), Dr. Zhuangming Li (Max Planck Institute for Iron Research, Germany), Prof. Roumen Petrov (University of Gent, Belgium), Dr. Bij-Na Kim Lee (TU Delft, The Netherlands), Bernd Linke (ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, Germany), Dr. Jai-Hyun Kwak (POSCO, South Korea), Prof. Mahesh Somani (University of Oulu, Finland), Dr. Alfonso Navarro-Lopez (TU Delft, The Netherlands), Dr. David Martin (SWEREA KIMAB AB, Sweden), Dr. Carola Alonso de Celada Casero (TU Delft, The Netherlands) and a group photo during the workshop at the MSE 2016 Congress.
Symposium “Third Generation Advanced High Strength Steels by Quenching and Partitioning”, MSE 2016 Congress
The OptiQPAP consortium members are organizing a Symposium ‘Third Generation Advanced High Strength Steels by Quenching and Partitioning’ in frame of the MSE 2016 Congress which will be held on September 27-29, 2016 in Darmstadt, Germany. This Symposium aims to disseminate the recent developments in the application and modelling of quenching and partitioning heat treatment to production of third generation advanced high strength steels (AHSS). Following topics will be considered and discussed at the Symposium:
1. Production of quenched and partitioned steels. Alloying strategy, hot rolling, cold rolling, industrial implementation of quenching and partitioning process;
2. Microstructure and texture characterization;
3. Mechanical properties, formability and energy absorption, processing – microstructure – properties relationship;
4. Fatigue and fracture of Q&P steels.
The symposium is oriented to researchers from universities and industrial research centers and to steel producers directly involved in the production and product development. The lectures will be given by researchers from the large steel manufacturing companies, such as Tata Steel, Arcelor Mittal, ThyssenKrupp, POSCO, and researchers from leading universities, such as the Colorado School of Mines, TU Delft, University of Gent, Schanghai Jiao Tong University, etc.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Darmstadt !
Kick-off meeting
The kick-off meeting for the OptiQPAP project will take place next 5th of July 2016 at IMDEA Materials Institute headquarters. The main goal of the kick-off meeting will be to align partners understandings of project objectives, work procedures and timelines, roles and responsibilities. A detailed schedule for next 6 months will also be agreed.
