Solving welding problems by the use of friction stir

General Information

SOLVSTIR will provide friction stir welded based solutions for weldability problems in steel materials and improved productivity in shipbuilding. The major six objectives of this project are related to friction stir welding (FSW) as follows: (1) to select and/or develop alternative FSW tool materials with improved performance compared to W-Re based tools, (2) to implement local pre-heat to be used in conjunction with FSW, (3) to establish a relationship between welding procedure and distortion in FSW of shipbuilding steel, (4) to develop FSW process technology allowing joining of steels with non-ferrous materials, (5) to elaborate a catalogue of metallurgical, mechanical and corrosion resistance properties of FSW welds in modern high strength and creep resistance steels, (6) to develop a dedicated computer code predicting microstructure formation across the weld zone.

EU-Programme Acronym and Subprogramme Area	DG Research G, Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS)
Project Type	RTD
Contract Number	RFS-CR-04033
Co-ordinator	Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (DE)

Total Eligible Costs (€)	HZG Eligible Costs (€)	EC Funding for HZG (€)
1.055.107	270.578	162.347

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

Participants

CORUS UK Ltd. (GB), Danish Stir Welding Technology (DK), Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. (IT), OCAS Onderzoekscentrum voor Aanwending van Staal N.V. (BE), Universität Duisburg-Essen (DE)

Last Update: 15. May 2017