Metallic and Ceramic Materials

We investigate the relationship between microstructure and properties, as well as the optimisation of industrial processes.

European consortium to invest €4 million in developing safer, lighter and greener vehicle structures

2023-01-26T16:11:51+01:00January 25th, 2023|Automotive, Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

The European Flexcrash project, funded with €4 million by the European Union under its Horizon Europe programme, is to develop flexible and hybrid manufacturing technology using high-strength green aluminium alloys to produce adaptive crash-tolerant vehicle structures. The project addresses the main challenges facing the automotive industry including compliance with greenhouse gas emission regulations and [...]

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New system enabling human-robot collaboration in industry rolled out

2023-05-18T14:24:07+02:00October 19th, 2022|Automotive, Autonomous and professional robotics, Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

Barcelona has today hosted the closing event in the European Sharework project, coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre, which has rolled out a new smart system for safe and ergonomic collaboration between robots and workers in industrial manufacturing processes by tapping artificial intelligence and process data analysis. The project has developed flexible software made up [...]

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Eurecat studies new nutritional strategies to prevent menopause symptoms

2023-05-18T14:26:14+02:00October 17th, 2022|Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre’s Reus-based Biotechnology Division is running a study with post-menopausal women to better shape future nutritional strategies which help to prevent menopause-associated symptoms and illnesses. The hormonal changes which take place at this stage lead to vulnerability to serious illnesses such as an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, cognitive impairment and [...]

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Key advances in the manufacture of sheet metal components to design safer electric vehicles presented in Barcelona

2022-10-17T14:44:18+02:00June 2nd, 2022|Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

The new requirements of electric mobility ‘are changing the way to design cars to resist collision’, and hot stamping technology for the manufacture of light sheet metal components with high mechanical performance ‘means that in the event of an accident, there’s no intrusion towards the passengers and the battery’, explained Daniel Casellas the Eurecat technology [...]

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Barcelona hosts the CHS2 conference, the leading international event on hot sheet metal forming of high-performance steel, with a prominent role in new mobility

2022-10-17T14:45:26+02:00May 30th, 2022|Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is organising, together with Luleå University of Technology in Sweden, the biannual CHS2 conference, the leading international event in hot stamping technology for the manufacture of lightweight sheet metal components with high mechanical performance, with special interest for industries such as automotive to reduce vehicle weight, in light of the challenges arising [...]

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Eurecat patents two technologies to predict formability and assess fracture toughness and fatigue strength in sheet metal more quickly and cost-effectively

2022-04-17T17:35:40+02:00February 4th, 2022|Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has developed and patented two innovative technologies to predict the behaviour of sheet metal in the forming process and in use and also to evaluate its fatigue strength and fracture toughness more quickly and cost-effectively. This is especially significant when it comes to high-strength steels and aluminium alloys used to build lighter vehicles. [...]

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Testing an alternative source of critical raw materials for aluminium alloys for electric vehicles

2022-04-17T23:10:04+02:00November 25th, 2021|Automotive, Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the Salema project which draws on a circular economy model using waste and scrap as an alternative source of critical raw materials while also replacing them with aluminium alloy components for electric vehicles. The project is to run four industrial pilot schemes to validate new aluminium alloys with five demonstrations of [...]

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Eurecat tests a new system to predict corrosion evolution

2022-07-25T12:11:44+02:00September 17th, 2021|Autonomous and professional robotics, Events, Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has developed a new system to predict the evolution of corrosion and meticulously schedule maintenance tasks. This has involved combining its expertise in identifying corrosion mechanisms with regular monitoring of hard-to-reach areas using drones and data analytics powered by Artificial Intelligence. Corrosion monitoring is a “crucial aspect for selecting the most suitable materials [...]

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Eurecat involved in €5.5 million project to lighten electric vehicle chassis weight

2022-07-25T17:28:07+02:00February 24th, 2021|Automotive, Metallic and Ceramic Materials, New Manufacturing Processes, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the Fatigue4Light (Fatigue modelling and fast testing methodologies to optimise part design and to boost lightweight materials deployment in chassis parts) project. Drawing on a €5,530,292 budget, it is to develop new tests and new computer simulation methods to better estimate the fatigue life of chassis components and select the optimal [...]

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European consortium to deliver innovative characterisation and modelling services for the sheet metal forming industry

2021-03-12T11:39:07+01:00January 28th, 2021|Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

A European consortium, coordinated by Eurecat technology centre, has started to deliver new innovative services to SMEs and large companies in the sheet metal forming industry under an open call by the European FormPlanet project. The aim is to enhance characterisation of sheet metal properties, estimate the final properties of manufactured parts and anticipate the [...]

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