Innerspec recently visited Sidenor’s and Valji’s facilities to carry out the final tests of the STEELAR system as part of Work Packages 5 and 6.
Innerspec team first visited Sidenor’s facilities in Spain. The primary objective of these trials was to measure residual stress after critical manufacturing steps. This is a crucial aspect of ensuring the structural integrity and performance of steel products. The tests aimed to validate the accuracy and reliability of the STEELAR system in detecting and analyzing residual stress, which is pivotal for improving the quality and durability of steel components.
The Innerspec team has also traveled recently to Valji’s facilities in Slovenia to perform the last tests of the STEELAR system during the manufacturing of rolls. These trials were particularly intensive, as the STEELAR technology was tested on real rolls at various stages of their manufacturing process. The focus here was to ensure that the system could provide precise measurements and maintain high performance under different manufacturing conditions.
These tests achieved an important milestone for the STEELAR project. The STEELAR project has been funded by the European Commission under the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) Programme, aiming to develop and validate an innovative non-destructive solution based on ultrasonic EMAT technology to measure residual stress levels on steel components, providing decision-aiding information to manufacturers.
The STEELAR consortium consists of five experts within the steel sector: Innerspec, a world leader in the development of high-power ultrasonic instrumentation for NDT applications; Valji, a rolling roll manufacturer; Sidenor, a leader in the European steel industry for the production of special steel long products and one of the main producers of forged and cast pieces; DBV, a mechanical integrator expert; and MMV, a research center specializing in metallurgy engineering.
