CiSMA project to produce 100% recycled steels to boost the circular economy in the automotive, professional laundry equipment and engineering industries
- Post by: Tobias Larsson
- 12th December 2024
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- The European CiSMA project, with a budget of nearly €4.5 million, is set to develop high-performance steels recycled from scrap and produced in an electric arc furnace.
- The developments will be tested in components for Volvo Cars vehicle and Electrolux Professional industrial washing machine.
- Steel production with electric arc furnace cuts down CO2 emissions by more than 75 percent and uses up to 100 percent scrap in steel grades.
- The project involves the development of tools to facilitate industrial acceptance of these novel, more sustainable products and contributes to the reduction of European Union’s dependency to foreign critical raw materials.
- Read press release here (PDF 160 kB)
The EU-funded CiSMA (Circular Steel for Mass Market Application) project was launched at the EURECAT facilities in Manresa, Spain with a kick-off meeting on the 7th of November. The kick-off meeting brought all 12 partners together to discuss the first steps of the project that will run until 2028.
During the project, the team at BTH will focus on developing Data-Driven Modelling Tools for rapid deployment and acceptance of recycled steel with high quality requirements. The aim of this focus is to establish a control agent for production lines using Finite Element model and in-line production data in Machine Learning based meta-models. As part of the CiSMA project, the team at BTH will get the chance to test out these control agents in industrial demonstrators at Volvo Cars and Electrolux Professional with recycled steel produced by Voestalpine and TATA Steel.
“It is critical to stay within the specification of the material when producing sheet metal formed parts, but this goal becomes challenging with material property variability in the recycled steels. At PDRL/BTH, we will develop predictive models using accurate finite element simulation and machine learning to compute the effect of high variability in steel that would help mass adoption of recycled steel in automotive component and white goods market.” | BTH project leader Senior Lecturer Md. Shafiqul Islam
BTH participates with a team from Product Development Research Lab / Mechanical Engineering consisting of Senior Lecturer Md. Shafiqul Islam and Adjunct Lecturer Johan Pilthammar together with PhD student Alexander Barlo.
“The CiSMA project is a highly interesting and society relevant project focusing on the circular economy of the automotive and white goods industries. We have built a strong project consortium with industry leaders from various disciplines making the foundation to generate good results beneficial for the European consumers. I really look forward to working with the industrial partners to figure out how we can ensure a seamless transition between conventional and recycled steel grades in high-demanding production processes.” | PhD candidate Alexander Barlo
More info
- EU CORDIS info: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101177798
- BTH project info: https://www.productdevelopment.se/cisma-circular-steel-for-mass-market-applications-2024-2028/
- Project web page (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/company/cisma-project/