HOT-WIRE

"System to significantly increase the effective yield of Calcium (and other alloying elements) in the treatment of specialty steels, while reducing impurities in the melt."

Coordinatore	INJECTION ALLOYS GERMANY GMBH    more  Organization address address: NEUE WARNSTEDTER STRASSE 13A city: THALE OT WEDDERSLEBEN postcode: 6502 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Christopher Cognome: Jackson Email: send email Telefono: 441300000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Germany [DE]
Totale costo	1˙596˙459 €
EC contributo	1˙211˙998 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2012
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-01-01   -   2014-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	INJECTION ALLOYS GERMANY GMBH  Organization address address: NEUE WARNSTEDTER STRASSE 13A city: THALE OT WEDDERSLEBEN postcode: 6502 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Christopher Cognome: Jackson Email: send email Telefono: 441300000000	DE (THALE OT WEDDERSLEBEN)	coordinator	561˙068.00
2	ALTEK EUROPE LIMITED  Organization address address: LAKESIDE HOUSE TURNOAKS BUSINESS PARK - BURLEY CLOSE city: CHESTERFIELD postcode: S40 2UB contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Stephen Cognome: Pearson Email: send email Telefono: 441246000000	UK (CHESTERFIELD)	participant	288˙548.00
3	INDESTRUCTIBLE PAINT LTD  Organization address address: PENTOS DRIVE 25 SPARKHILL city: BIRMINGHAM postcode: B11 3TA contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Brian Cognome: Norton Email: send email Telefono: 441218000000	UK (BIRMINGHAM)	participant	128˙870.00
4	NANOLAYER COATING TECHNOLOGIES LDA  Organization address address: RUA FERNANDO MESQUITA 2785 city: VILA NOVA DE FAMALICAO postcode: 4760-034 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Olivia Vanessa Afonso Cognome: Rocha Email: send email Telefono: 351252000000	PT (VILA NOVA DE FAMALICAO)	participant	117˙994.00
5	THE UK INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED  Organization address address: MIDDLE ASTON HOUSE city: OXFORDSHIRE postcode: OX25 5PT contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Orlando Cognome: Davy Email: send email Telefono: +44 1664 501501 Fax: +44 1664 501423	UK (OXFORDSHIRE)	participant	46˙372.00
6	WELDING ALLOYS FRANCE SAS  Organization address address: RUE DES AMERICAINS 22 city: HOLTZWIHR postcode: 68320 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Victor Cognome: Stekly Email: send email Telefono: 441763000000	FR (HOLTZWIHR)	participant	42˙036.00
7	SIRRIS HET COLLECTIEF CENTRUM VAN TECHNOLOGISCHE INDUSTRIE VZW  Organization address address: BOULEVARD AUGUSTE REYERS 80 city: BRUXELLES postcode: 1030 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Brenda Cognome: Criel Email: send email Telefono: +324 98919315 Fax: +329 3451378	BE (BRUXELLES)	participant	27˙110.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Hotwire aims to develop a new, specially coated feed wire and dispensing system that is able to delay initial Ca core exposure from current duration of only 1.5 seconds to ~5 seconds, extend the Ca melt time (once exposed) from <1 second to ~3 seconds, through the application of thin, nano-particle enhanced heat resistant/intumescent coatings. To further increase the yield of the Calcium by enabling a wider dispersion area in the ladle by developing a novel, articulating feed head to allow wire feed across the entire ladle cross-section.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Molten steel contains inclusions that clog casting but adding calcium prevents this. An EU project is making the process more efficient and cost effective by developing and testing a calcium wire for addition to the melt.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Steel production uses light, easily oxidised metallic elements to change the melting point of insoluble materials in molten steel and thus improve flow properties. Calcium is ideal, but current methods of adding it to the melt result in evaporation and inefficient reactions, representing high costs.

The EU-funded http://www.injectionhotwire.com (HOT-WIRE) project aims to find ways of slowing calcium melting, thereby lessening evaporation, during the injection process. The method will involve a calcium wire clad in steel, which can be fed into the melt. The seven-member consortium will run through the entirety of 2013 and 2014.

Work during the first reporting period involved research into controlling the evaporation of calcium, first via literature review and then experiment. Testing determined whether evaporation time can be extended, and explored techniques for retarding melting of the calcium wire. Additional experiments determined optimum methods of injecting the wire into liquid steel.

As a result, the best techniques have been selected. Outcomes included documentation of the most effective combinations of wire-coating materials, and methods for applying the system industrially. Preliminary designs are nearly complete. The project also developed detailed designs for injection mechanisms.

The legacy of the HOT-WIRE project will be methods for reducing loss of calcium during the steelmaking process. Thus, less calcium will be needed, meaning a more profitable process and greater international competitiveness for European business.