Metallic and Ceramic Materials

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European FlexCrash project which has developed an online platform for simulating mixed traffic scenarios with autonomous and human-driven vehicles in real time to help identify critical situations and improve road safety. The FlexCrash platform enables interaction between human drivers and autonomous vehicles in realistic simulations and provides [...]

The European project CiSMA, coordinated by the technology centre Eurecat and with a budget of nearly €4.5 million, is to develop 100 percent recycled steel made from scrap and produced in an electric arc furnace to help cut CO2 footprint, boost circular economy and reduce EU’s dependency to critical raw materials in the automotive, [...]

Researchers at the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and the technological centre Eurecat, proposed novel material solutions based on high-strength steels, composites and hybrid materials with the objective to reduce the weight of electric car chassis components by 40%. The research was conducted as part [...]

The Eurecat technology centre is leading three European projects with a total budget of €6.9 million which optimise a range of steel qualities to improve its properties and uses in the automotive, aeronautics and other sectors while seeking to reduce defects, manufacturing costs and carbon dioxide emissions during manufacture to further decarbonise industry. The initiatives [...]