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Capacities
GERDAU R&D EUROPE
University Technology Center Other SME Large company
characterization nanocomposites nanosensors synthesis/funct nanophotonics
nanobiotechnology nanoadditives nanometrology nanosimulation nanoencapsulates
Address
B. Ugarte s/n
Tel.: +3494487
Fax: +34944871844
Webpage: www.gerdau.es
Contact information
Zuriñe Idoyaga
Senior Researcher
e-mail: zurine.idoyaga@gerdau.es
Organization profile
Gerdau I+D Europa is the Research Company of Gerdau Special Steel Europe, which is the main Spanish
special steel producer (capacity 1.000.000 tonnes/year). Gerdau I+D Europa is a non-profit subsidiary
company of Gerdau dedicated to the Research and Development of products and processes in the fields of:
Engineering Steel Long Products
Stainless Steel Long Products
Steel Castings and Forgings
It has forty-six employees; most of them research engineers and scientists devoted to research divided in
four departments (Steelmaking-CC, Rolling, Product and Laboratory) and has its own Research Laboratory,
which is equipped with modern test facilities. The Centre has extensive experience of carrying out former
ECSC and present RFCS projects over a number of years, and currently there are about 22 projects under
study.
Gerdau I+D Europa has access to production plants to carry out the required experimental work and to
obtain the required process data with wide experience in investigations on the area of steelmaking, casting,
rolling and finishing.
Main capacities in nanotechnology / nanoscience
-Capacity of working with nanoparticles (TiO 2, CeO 2) in microalloyed and carburizing steels in experimental
scale.
-Development of new steel grades with improved mechanical properties by the addition of nanoparticles
-Development of the appropriate addition technique during casting for nanoparticle dispersion in the steel.
Main related relevant activities / projects
Generación de aceros de automoción mediante dispersión inducida de nanopartículas (DISAUTO)
Proyecto Estratégico de Investigación Industrial – ETORGAI 2010
Nanoparticle addition into molten steel (NAMOS). RFCS-PR10057
Other information
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