KTUAS, technology, R&D Research areas and projects in Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences Materials usability division Presentation 12.10.2010 MetNet- seminar Poznan University of Technology Timo Kauppi, Rauno Toppila 2010 1
Introduction research activities since 1987 first public TEKES funding funding by KTUAS, public funding agencys, enterprises focused on the applied research of usability on new stainless steels and AHS structural, wear resistant and armour steels materials testing laboratory and separate production technology studio for stainless steel budget for personnel costs 2010 0,7 Milj., appr. 14 manyears research, materials testing and educational services 1 Lic. (tech.), 4 M.Sc., 3 B.Sc., lab.tech., students total18 persons 2
training stainless steels, properties, manufacturing, applications AHS structural, wear resistant, armour steels, properties, applications cutting, forming, welding technologies cutting and machining technologies with low heat generation deep drawing, bending welding, hybrid laser, mechanical joints hydroforming usability of steels ferritic stainless steels, strain hardened SS, duplex SS AHS structural, wear resistant and armour steels
Customers Steel producers Outokumpu (Tornio) Rautaruukki (Raahe) - Rautaruukki (Hämeenlinna) SME s Lappset Oy (Rovaniemi) Marttiini Oy (Rovaniemi) Paakkola Conveyors Oy (Tervola) Torstec Oy (Tornio) Tormets Oy (Tornio) TL-tuotanto Oy (Keminmaa) Suomen hyötymurskaus Oy (Kemi) Vekas Oy (Oulu) Betamet Oy (Oulu) Ocotec Oy (Haukipudas) Celermec Oy (Sievi) NT-Cap Oy (Sievi Edustusliike K. Karjalainen (Kajaani) Kantojärven metalli (Arpela) Leinolat Oy (Vaasa) Stalatube Oy (Lahti) Rannikon konetekniikka (Raahe) Suomen Unit Oy (Kemi) Mikko Jurvelin Oy (Haukipudas) Arctichrome Oy (Tornio) Corrotech Oy (Tornio, Haaparanta) Pro-Hydro Oy (Tornio) Lappland Steel Oy (Tornio) Euran hydrauliikka ja metalli Heiskarin teräspaja (Rovaniemi) Eventum Oy (Kemi) Jarrco Oy (Tornio) SLP Ab (Övertorneå) 4
Projects JALOSÄRMÄ: Investigation on Bending Behavior of Stainless Steel Materials and Using Machine Vision System for Springback Detection ; 2008-2010, 7 enterprises participating (Rauno Toppila) FERRAK: confidentially, res. service for Outokumpu, 2008-2010 (Heidi Kalliosalo) RAUTARUUKKI: Wear resistance CASE testing for RAEX plate steel, confidentially, res. service for Rautaruukki, 2009 2010 (Marko Ylitolva) MARTTIINI Oy: metallurgical survey on knife materials (Tiina Rissanen) 5
KuURak Investigation on the Usability of Ultra High Strength Structural and Wear Resistant Steels financing approved by TEKES 10.9.2009 project schedule: 1.9.2009-28.2.2012 project budget: 440 000 (Rauno Toppila) the main topic on this research project is to discover new applications for the steels under investigation and test usability in practical conditions steels are tested in 12 SME s participating the project know how related to the use of these steels is also transferred to planning divisions participating the project 6
Jalosauma Investigation on the Usability of Ferritic Stainless Steels: Weldability, 1.1.2010 31.12.2011 (MSK, HKa) financing approved by TEKES 10.9.2009 project schedule: 1.1.2010-28.2.2012 project budget: 287 000 the main topic on this research project is to study weldability of Ferritic Stainless Steels and test usability in practical conditions steels are tested in SME s participating the project know how related to the use of these steels is also transferred to planning divisions participating the project 7
ASA: ASA (Advanced Strain Analysis), KTUAS/HUAS/Outokumpu/Rautaruukki (JJo), 1.1.2010 31.12.2011 project schedule: 1.5.2010-30.4.2012 project budget: 292 000 the main topic on this research project is to find applications to use GOM (Aramis, Argus, Atos) system for measure strains (true stress true strain curves), reverseengineering, roping- characterization, FEM- model evaluations, etc. 8
ASA: EN-14016-2mm-FLC-tokem 9
Research in applied sciences the aim of the research is to produce new statistically reliable data one important goal is to apply results to industrial scale production in CASE studies; this is performed in reasonable time schedule is targetting to transfer the theory related to core competences into practice Boxplot of s1_3.; s1h_4.; s1h_5.; s1h_6.; s1_7.; k1_1.; k1_2.;... Profiilit 40x40x3 (18 kpl) HV10 400 390 380 370 360 350 340 330 320 310 300 290 280 270 260 250 240 230 220 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 s1_3. s1h_4. s1h_5. s1h_6. s1_7. k1_1. k1_2. k1_3. k1_4. k1_5. s2_1. s2_2. s2_3. k2_1. k2_2. k2_3. k2_4. k2_5. s3_1. s3_2. s3_3. k3_1. k3_2. k3_3. k3_4. k3_5. s4_1. s4_2. s4_3. k4_1. k4_2. k4_3. k4_4. k4_5. Hardness profile Springback detection 10
Services The following services are available: Materials Testing (Tensile, Charpy-V, hardness,...) Research Services Heat Treatment Metallography (Failure Analysis 2011) Technology Feasibility Studies Educational services in materials science 11
Education research results are also exploited in material science related education CDIO is applied in learning processes PBL is also used close co-operation between student s and enterprises Open cell structure, test piece for tensile test machine 12
M-Lab machine resources Universal Tensile Testing Machine Sheet Metal Testing Machine 600kN (Erichsen & Swift tests, FLC) Charpy V Instrumented Impact Pendulum machine (max. 750J) Optical Macroscope & Microscope, image-analysis Sample Preparation Unit FESEM & EDS (1/ 2011) Universal Hardness Testing Machine & Microhardness Tester (HB, HV, HRC), fully automated Surface Roughness Meter, Laserprofilometer 3D X-Ray Equipment Furnaces 13
StainlessSteelStudio machine resources Trumpf true laser 5020 3D laser + MIG/MAG equipped with a industrial robot Tandem MIG/MAG on track Amada IFP 130-3 press brake 10 pcs MIG/MAG welding cells for effective training Spot welding machine Plasma cutting, laser cutting, sheet metal punching machine, 5 axis milling machine 5000bar Hydroforming machine, 30 000 kn closing force 14
International R&D&I
Project portfolio National/regional projects > 50 projects (mainly Objective 2 funding) running (9/2010) International projects 15 projects running (9/2010) Funding programmes (international) EU Framework Programmes 1995 FP4 (5 projects) telematics FP5 (2 projects) telematics FP6 (1 project, coordinator) regional innovation systems FP7 in preparation phase for call 2011 Other Kolarctic ENPI CBC (starting with 2 projects) Interreg IV A North Interreg IV B Northern Periphery Programme Interreg IV C Life Long Learning programme (Leonardo, Erasmus, Socrates) Employment, Media, Culture, Equal, Tacis, URB-AL, EU Canada,
Contact Research Manager Lic. (tech.) Timo Kauppi tel. +358(50) 438 1287 Project Manager M.Sc. Rauno Toppila tel. +358(50) 310 9542 Email: firstname.lastname@tokem.fi 17
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Thank You! 19