Publicly funded projects

Short titleFull titleDurationProject sponsor
PyRolLPyRolL validation project01.02.2024 – 31.05.2025SAB
Impact of preheating strategiesHydrogen-based, energy-efficient and CO₂-neutral preheating technologies – practical implications of the energy transition for preheating prior to hot forming of steel and non-ferrous alloys for long and flat products1 January 2024 – 31 December 2025Krüger Foundation
Accompanying elementsInvestigation into the suitability of CO₂-neutral steel with a high proportion of accompanying elements for the manufacture of high-quality springs1 January 2024 – 30 June 2026AiF
NitridAgeDevelopment of a cost-effective and energy-saving steel forming process with a shortened process chain112.2023 – 30.04.2026ZIM
LightForgeSustainable Forging Steels for Automotive Lightweighting01.07.2023 – 31 December 2026EU
TRIP/TWIP steelsLaminated composite materials made from TRIP/TWIP steels with tailor-made properties 15May 2023 – 14 May 2025DFG
Refrabund Phase 2Fast, physics-based algorithms for modelling the heat treatment of refractory composites and composite materials in relation to their properties 1March 2023 – 28 February 2026DFG
ModiPlantMODular hybrId technology in the Steel PLANT production101.2023 – 30.06.2027EU
iMATECH AltLegDevelopment of new alternative materials for musical instruments01.1 January 2023 – 31 December 2024I-Ma-Tech
GKZ (microstructural linearity)Experimental investigation and material-specific description of the effect of AC annealing of wire rod made from cold-flow-pressing steels on the degree of microstructural uniformity and its influence on processing-relevant mechanical and technological properties01.02 February 2023 – 31 July 2025AiF
Clean-MagCO₂-neutral production of lightweight components made of magnesium0112.2022 – 30.11.2025BMWK
Cold strip rolling standModernisation of a cold strip rolling stand01.10 December 2022 – 31 December 2023DFG
WZ73-TMBThermomechanical treatment of a cast-rolled, LPSO-containing WZ73 magnesium alloy for customised microstructure and property optimisation110.2022 – 30.09.2025DFG
Cu-Sn steel scrapCu/Sn steel scrap for cold extrusion parts01.07.2022 – 31.09.2024ZIM
SiPro
Resource-efficient comprehensive simulation of rolling and forging processes
01.01.2022 – 31.12.2024BMBF
Tailer Quenched FormingProduction of stress-optimised aluminium components by controlling local cooling rates as part of a combined forming, quenching and hardening process 18.10.2021 – 17.10.2023DFG
AUSTRONG
Development of new high-strength austenitic stainless steels for large lightweight storage applications
01.July 2021 – 31 December 2024RFCS
NanoBainControlAccelerated nanobainitic transformation in low-alloy steels processed by incremental forging. Accelerated nano-bainitic transformation in low-alloy steels for free-form forging1 June 2021 – 31 May 2024SAB
IMATECHPrevention of zinc pitting in the manufacture of brass wind instruments1 December 2020 – 31 October 2023I-Ma-Tech
PressbainiteMaterial and process development for partial bainitic press hardening using advanced bainite transformation models 112.2020 – 30.11.2023DFG
Phase morphology Integrative material and process model for the correlation of phase morphology and flow behaviour of spheroidisation-annealed low-alloy carbon steels1 December 2019 – 31 May 2024DFG
CircEcon-ReAlFormCircEcon-ReAlForm – Harnessing the potential of recycled aluminium through advanced forming techniques - Preparations for the CircEcon Innovation Centre in Lusatia9 January 2025 – 30 June 2027SAB