OCAS nv Industry Research Center of Arcelor

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OCAS nvIndustry Research Center of Arcelor

• Visit to Professor Harry Bhadeshia on 25 November
  2004
• Presentation is given by Ali Ihsan KORUK

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Jan 2004 start of new I-RD structure in ARCELOR
Total 5 RD Institutions in ARCELOR
Industry 1 RD Centre on 2 sites ? Liège
(RDCS) and Ghent (OCAS)
Packaging 1 RD Centre ? in Lorraine
Automotive 1 RD Centre on 2 sites ? in
Lorraine (LEDEPP) and at Montataire (CED)
Manufacturing Operations 1 RD Centre ? in
Lorraine (IRSID) 1 satellite ? at Avilés
Artificial Intelligence 1 RD Centre ? in
Asturias
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General Structure of the Industry Research Center
in OCAS

• GENT OCAS Director Sven Vandeputte
• New substrates and metallic coatingsSerge
  Claessens
• Surface functionalisation (e.g. by CVD)Franz
  Hörzenberger
• Steel Solutions Design (GIDA/MC)Michel
  Vermeulen

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Activities of Industry Research Center Gent

• Product development for industry (substrate
  coatings )
• electrical steels, enamelling steels, plate
  steels, pipeline steels, surface treatments,
  metallic coatings, new surface functions by
  different techniques, other than PVD or thick
  organic coatings ( Solgel, CVD,... ). 
• CVD technology for all markets
• Welding for industry including evaluation of
  new technologies (such as electromagnetic
  welding, friction stir welding) 
• Laser cutting for industry
• Toxicology, including toxicology of welding fumes
  (all markets)
• Forming Joining for the industry market,
  independent of technology
• Steel solutions development and customer
  technical assistance for general industry,
  domestic appliances and mechanical construction
• CAD, including electromagnetic modelling
• Characterization of Metal / Polymer, especially
  of interface phenomena, adhesion and cross
  linking theories (Gen Research shared with
  Industry Liège)
• Process development for applying thin organic
  coatings in industry markets

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Service of OCAS
Metallurgy Substrate development Real thickness
lab processing simulations Thermodynamic
modelling Microstructure characterization Metallic
coatings
OCAS core activities
Welding 12kW CO2-Laser Arc welding Submerged arc
welding
Coating Protection Adhesion Surface
functionalisation
Application properties Mechanical
properties CVN BDWTT (instrumented) HIC
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Welding competence at OCAS

• Joining methods
• Manual metal arc welding
• TIG welding (manual and robotic)
• MIG/MAG welding (manual and robotic)
• Laser welding (12 kW)
• Laser hybrid welding (LHW)
• Submerged arc welding (SMAW)
• Stud welding
• Spot welding
• Brazing (MIG brazing)
• Plasma welding
• Mechanical joining (clinching and riveting)
• Adhesive bonding
• Flow drill-taping

• Thermal cutting methods
• Laser cutting (2.6 kW laser up to 14-mm
  thickness) ()
• Plasma cutting (robotic)
• Flame cutting
• EDM cutting

Heat treatment Pre and post heating of welds