Title
Improving the competitiveness of the European stell fabrication industry using synchronised tandem wire welding technology
Acronym
SYNFAB
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The overall objective of SYNFAB is to explore and quantify the benefits to the European steel fabrication industry of replacing established arc welding technologies with state of the art synchronised tandem wire technologies. The main process proposed for investigation is synchronised tandem wire arc welding (STWAW). In additon , the feasibility of using this technology for synchronised tandem arc brazing (STWAB) is to be investigated and compared. The expected deliverables include the demonstration that this technology can 1) improve productivity, 2) improve the metallurgical and mechanical properties of weldments, 3) increase control over structural distortion, 4) reduce fabrication costs.
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| Start Date |
End Date |
Duration |
| September 2003 |
August 2006 |
36 months |
| EU-Programme Acronym and Subprogramme Area |
DG Research G, Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) |
| Project Type |
RTD |
| Contract Number |
RFS-CR-03049 |
| Co-ordinator |
CORUS UK Ltd (UK) |
| Total Eligible Costs (€) |
HZG Eligible Costs (€) |
EC Funding for HZG (€) |
| 1.460.000 |
203.155 |
121.892 |
| Contact Person at HZG |
Dr. Jorge dos Santos, Institute for Materials Research, WMF
Phone: +49 4152 87 1926, Fax : +49 4152 87 1927
e-mail Contact
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Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.P.A (IT),
CORUS UK Ltd. (GB),
Cranfield University (GB),
Institutet för Metallforskning AB (SE),
Stichting Netherlands Institute for Metals Research (NL)
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(completed August 2006)
| Last Update: 29. October 2010 |
