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CO2 issue is addressed

• Integrating new energy sourcesand the steel industry

• The sustainable use ofenergy andresources

• Macro economic level• Micro economic level

• Redefine methodology forLife Cycle Assessment

• Data collection & verification • Dynamic material assessment

model

• Macro economic level• Micro economic level

• Redefine methodology forLife Cycle Assessment

• Data collection & verification • Dynamic material assessment

model

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ULCOS, Ultra Low CO2 Steelmaking :a CO2 Breakthrough Program

C-based steel production + CO2 Capture & Storage

Natural Gas-based steel production

Hydrogen-based steel production

Biomass-based steel production

Electrolysis steel production

A joint RFCS/FP6 initiative

48 partners55 M€

(including IDEOGAS)

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Program content – phase II

TGR-BF

with CCS

Pre-reduction

Smelting Rreduction

Electricty-based

steelmaking

charcoal

charcoal

CCSCCS

CCS

biomass

hydrogen prepreduction

Electrolysis

alkaline

pyroelectrolysis

Isarna

RHF

plasma

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Energy issues & societal impact of materials are addressed as well…

• Integrating new energy sourcesand the steel industry

• The sustainable use ofenergy andresources

• Macro economic level• Micro economic level

• Redefine methodology forLife Cycle Assessment

• Data collection & verification • Dynamic material assessment

model

• Macro economic level• Micro economic level

• Redefine methodology forLife Cycle Assessment

• Data collection & verification • Dynamic material assessment

model

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Steel

Construc-tion

Energy

Automotive

Appealing steel solutions for end users : Vision 2030

Appealing steel solutions for end users : Vision 2030

• Competitive production sites in Europe embedded in global markets

• Strong partnership by within the supply chains

• Efficient production processes and innovative products by collaborative R&D

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Car of the Future

New Steel Grades(fundamentals, process development)

New Surface Technologies

Forming and Joining

Construction and Design

Recycling

(lightweight, use of new mate-rials)

(fundamentals, process development)

Environmental Sustainable

Safe

Reliable

Cost Effective

Comfortable

Contribution of „Steel“

Flexible in Production

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• Body solutions for lightweightand improved safety

• Power train solutions forimproved efficiency

• Chassis solutions for improveddrive dynamics

• Dismantling andrecycling ofcars with complex components

from new steels• Steel solutions fornew car concepts

• New Zn-alloys for superiorcorrosionresistance

• New combined surfacetechnologies

for highly functional materials• Predictable interface engineering

based on simulation tools• Long-term stability of

multi-material automotivein joint areas onstructions

New steel grades andinnovative manufacturing

methods forcomplex components

Surface technology onsteel sheets for

automotive applications

Innovative steel solutions for maintening our leadership in the world market

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New Steel Grades and Innovative ManufacturingMethods for Complex Components

New Steel Grades and Innovative ManufacturingMethods for Complex Components

R&D areas Priority Frame TermBudget in

M€

• Advanced high strength steels for inner, outer and structural parts

 1 RFCS/FP7

Short, Medium,

Long

13(9/4)

• Manufacturing techno- logies for part production in optimised biw

1RFCS/

FP7Medium

19(10/9)

• Multi-material solutions 1 FP7 Medium 2

• Design methods and simulation tools

1 FP7Medium to Long

3

1. Body solutions for lightweight and improved safety

Σ 37 M€

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200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600

Tensile strength Rm in MPa

ComplexPhase Steels

Bake-Hardening (BH) andRephosphorized Steels

High strength IF-Steels

Conventional Deep Drawing Steels

Interstitial Free (IF)-Steels

IsotropicSteels

Fe-Al-Alloys

Micro-Alloyed Steels

Mg-AlloysMartensite-PhaseSteels

hot-StampedB-alloyed Steels

Conventional TRIP-SteelsDual-Phase Steels

Al-Alloys

New generation of AdvancedHigh-Strength Steels includingStainless Steels(to be developed)

Challenging Weight reduction

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Volkswagen AG

Adam Opel AG

DaimlerChrysler AG

Porsche Engineering Group GmbH

Institut für Kraftfahrwesen Aachen – IKA

IVM Automotive

DLR

TU Darmstadt

Fraunhofer FhG-ICT

Fraunhofer FhG-LBF Darmstadt

PE Europe

Laser Zentrum Hannover – LZH

DieffenbacherHEATform

Sispra

Politecnico di Torino

University of Perugia University of West Bohimia

SuperLightCar – Multidisciplinary PartnershipSuperLightCar – Multidisciplinary Partnership

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Forming Research Clusters for FP7 Forming Research Clusters for FP7

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Steel: one of the most important construction materials

Steel based systems for residential construction

Steel based systemsfor residentialconstruction

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Steel construction : Millau Viaduct (France)