On February 25th, the members of the Safe&Clean project, coordinated by Eurecat’s Metallic and Ceramic Materials Unit, met at the Istituto Italiano della Saldatura (IIS) in Genoa (Italy) to present and evaluate the progress made during the first six months of the project.
The Safe&Clean project will analyse the influence of impurities present on steel grades processed by low-CO2 production routes on critical aspects related to steel manufacturability and safety performance. Special focus will be put on key safety factors such as crash performance, fatigue behaviour, weldability, and structural integrity of assembled components. Additionally, Safe&Clean will provide efficient testing methodologies to accelerate the validation and acceptance of scrap-based high-performance steels for automotive applications.
The project, coordinated by Eurecat Technology Centre of Catalonia, is participated by nine entities, including actors from the steel industry, the automotive safety sector and research organisations: Autotech Engineering Deutschland, Centro Ricerche Fiat, I2M, IDIADA, Istituto Italiano della Saldatura (IIS), the University of Mondragon, SSAB, Salzgitter AG and the University of Siegen.
