Research ExcellenceSustainable Future in Metals

Table of contents

02 The key to a sustainable future in metals

03 World class facilities in focus

05 RD&T at the heart of the company

07 Revolutionary ironmaking process cuts both carbon and costs

09 Silent running for rails around the world

10 Keeping up appearances

12 Super-armour steel that uses holes to smash bullets

13 Higher strength steel without penalties

14 Clean coal for green steel

16 Trials of innovative long-lasting track increase

17 Significant savings for strategic customers in India

18 Realising the potential of RD&T innovation

19 Thermal Technologies Centre

21 Key contacts

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The key To aSuSTainableFuTure inMeTalSDr Debashish Bhattacharjee, Group DirectorResearch, Development and Technology,(RD&T), gives his vision on the role of RD&Tin Tata Steel.

“The steel industry is a technology intensiveheavy industry where large-scale anddynamic high-temperature processes aremanaged accurately within narrowspecification ranges to produce the complexmicrostructures of today’s products.

“The performance requirements for modernsteel products are ever more stringent ascustomers and markets push the applicationboundaries. This drives us to develop newand innovative materials, with propertiestailored to our customers’ needs, and thenecessary manufacturing technologies toproduce them economically andsustainably.

“RD&T teams are located in five centresoperating in three countries: UnitedKingdom, the Netherlands and India.Through our knowledge of the long-termglobal trends impacting on steelmanufacture and steel-based products, wedevelop solutions in new products andtechnologies to enable Tata Steel worldwideto reach both current business targets andfuture strategic goals.

“Our research programme is closely alignedto the business needs and strategies, suchas raw materials, environment and energy,new products and markets, and costefficiency.

“Innovation provides competitive edge andwe work closely with our collaborativepartners in leading academic and researchinstitutes across the globe, including M2i inthe Netherlands, CRM in Belgium, VDEh inGermany, the Indian Institutes ofTechnology, our UK strategic partneruniversities including Cambridge Universityand many others. This enables us to createan environment where ideas can flourishand be implemented with speed.

“We place a significant emphasis ondeveloping our research capabilitiesthrough the nurturing of world-leadingexperts in steel manufacture, steel productand steel application-related fields.

“Indeed, our researchers, engineers andtechnicians, and their capabilities are ourgreatest assets.”

Dr Debashish BhattacharjeeGroup Director of RD&T

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Dr Debashish Bhattacharjee,Group Director of RD&T, said:

“We place a significant emphasison developing our researchcapabilities through thenurturing of world-leadingexperts.”

1. Teesside Technology Centre• Normanton pilot plant – electric arc furnace, basic oxygen furnace, secondary steelmaking, continuous casting,

ingot casting, twin roll strip casting• 350kg fully instrumented coke oven and extensive coke testing facilities• Pilot gasifier/tuyere rig• Thermodynamics laboratories• Fluid dynamics – water modelling, air modelling, laser imaging• Metallurgy – optical, macro and scanning electron microscopic laboratories• High temperature facilities - viscometry, compositional

analysis, melting behaviour• Materials testing laboratories• Modelling and simulation - computational fluid dynamics,

finite element modeling, MatLab, process design

2. Swinden Technology Centre• Pilot rolling mills• Mechanical testing• Welding processes• Fracture and fatigue testing• Analysis environmental impact• Advanced analysis including transmission electron microscopy and laser-induced

breakdown spectroscopy, surface roughness and infrared spectroscopy• Experimental melting and pilot re-heating facilities

3. Automotive Engineering• Automotive design and engineering • Value analysis and value engineering • Low carbon automotive technologies

4. IJmuiden Technology Centre• Ironmaking pilot plant and test facilities• Thermal mechanical treatment simulator• Can production and testing• Ceramics research• Accelerated corrosion testing• Pilot rolling mills• Water modelling• Automotive design and testing• Advanced analysis including x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, surface roughness and infra-red spectroscopy• Schuler – semi-industrial stamping and hot stamping press• Trumpf – laser welding equipment• Crash tower• Non-contact optical strain measurements

5. Research & Development and Scientific Services• Raw material beneficiation facilities• Coke making and testing facilities• Pilot rotary hearth furnace• Pot grate sintering unit• Refractory testing facilities• 1:10 scale blast furnace model• Water modelling• Microstructural characterisation (scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction image analysis)• Formability, Gleeble 1500• Welding laboratory• Corrosion and coating laboratory• Coal beneficiation pilot plant

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Tata Steel manufacturing, distribution and sales locations

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research, development and Technology operatesfrom five centres in three countries, providing aglobal capability for world-wide manufacturingand commercial operations.

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Tata Steel’s overall strategy puts customers at the heart of everything it does. Research, Development andTechnology (RD&T) has an organisation and programme of work that is aligned to this strategy, whether it isworking on new, efficient processes or developing new products that will help customers to achieve theirgoals. Tata Steel has a global organisation, focused on achieving its vision: To maximise value creation forTata Steel Group by creating stakeholder delight through world-class differentiating research.

RD&T’s objectives are to:

• Have a global resource pool • Implement globally and efficiently with speed• Execute a balanced, aspirational portfolio of research projects• Attract, retain and develop high quality researchers• Measure the benefits of research

RD&T has a global management team structure to define and deliver the research programme together withover 600 researchers and support staff. The increasingly global research programme is planned, resourcedand delivered through topic-focused global resource teams.

The teams continue to improve the way they operate and deliver research through the support of a Directorfor Programme Research Excellence. An in-house intellectual property team provides expertise to ensurethe business stays at the forefront of technology development.

The key to success is to understand global trends, customers and markets in which Tata Steel operates.Researchers are encouraged to use their skills to develop innovative concepts that are reviewed through aphase-gate funnel so that the teams can focus on the most important developments and drive themthrough to implementation. It is RD&T’s aim to have 25 per cent of its work in the ‘Thrust Programme’ offuture developments; these are ideas that will have a step-change impact on the business.

All projects are progressed through several stages, ensuring that internal processes are robust and efficient,before delivering new products to customers in the wide range of market sectors in which Tata Steeloperates.

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Almost everything that supports the way of life and the fabric of society is either made of steel, or made with steel

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The projectThe HIsarna pilot plant at Tata Steel inIJmuiden uses groundbreaking technologyto convert iron ore fines and coal almostdirectly into liquid iron.

The furnace simplifies the blast furnaceprocess dramatically, because it can handlefine raw materials directly without the needfor agglomeration (collection into a clusteror mass) or coking.

The resultsThe potential environmental and financialrewards of HIsarna are high.

The energy efficient process route canreduce CO2 emissions by 20 per cent andthe process can use more economicallypriced raw materials than the blast furnace.

How it was achievedThe HIsarna plant was designed,constructed and put into operation by TataSteel’s RD&T and Engineering teams.

The project was part of the internationalULCOS (Ultra Low CO2 Steelmaking)programme, a joint initiative of theEuropean steel industry.

A former hot metal desulphurisation plantin IJmuiden was chosen for the pilot plantbecause of good rail connections and anexisting baghouse with suitable capacity. The two-year project was supervised by atechnical committee of ULCOS partners andRio Tinto.

In April 2011, the plant was pre-heated forthe first tests, where 50 tonnes of liquid hotmetal were poured into the furnace for aquick start-up.

Sixty per cent of the injection capacity wasachieved for a short period, and parameterssuch as cooling losses and gas compositionwere in the right range.

Two more trials have now been scheduled.

Project Coordinator KoenMeijer said:

“The pilot plant work has onlyjust started and there is still along way to go, but the firstresults are encouraging. Withcontinuing support of theinternational consortium we’resure the goals can be achieved.”

The HIsarna vessel is delivered HIsarna in construction

The HIsarna pilot plant at Tata Steel in IJmuiden

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The projectToday’s rail networks are under increasingpressure to reduce noise levels and luckilyfor them, Tata Steel anticipated this needmore than a decade ago.

The result was SilentTrack, a cost-effectivesolution that reduces excessive track noiseby between three and seven decibels.

The resultsSilentTrack was developed by Tata Steel’sResearch, Development and Technology(RD&T) working with Tata Steel’s Raildivision. It was launched in 2000 and wenton to win the 2001 noise abatement awardin the Netherlands.

Today, advanced acoustic modellingtechniques allow SilentTrack to beoptimised for major effectiveness, nomatter what the effectiveness of the track.

Further developments are also being madeto ensure the product is suitable for thedifferent track forms now being installedby infrastructure operators.

How it was achievedTo develop SilentTrack, Tata Steel teamedspecialist railway engineers with acousticexperts at the world-renowned Institute ofSound and Vibration Research at theUniversity of Southampton.

SilentTrack’s patented Tuned Rail Dampersare made up of two or three resonantmasses of steel embedded in elastomerwith a high damping factor.

The dampers are attached to the rail withsophisticated spring clips, reducing noiseacross the wide frequency spectrumassociated with rail noise.

SilentTrack is particularly useful in tacklingisolated noise hot spots – this approachhas been used in the UK, Netherlands,Germany and elsewhere in the world.

Knowledge Group Leader PaulKitson said:

“one of the most useful featuresof SilentTrack is that it can beadded where track is already inuse.

“it’s also very long-lasting. onceSilentTrack is fitted, it performsthroughout the life of the rail.it’s maintenance-free and doesnot interfere with normal trackmaintenance.”

SilentTrack has been installed in the UK atBlackfriars station in London

SilentTrack’s patented Tuned Rail Dampers are attached to the rail to reduce noise

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Silent running for railsaround the world

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The projectEvery product Tata Steel produces mustmeet stringent customer requirements, andthe finishing touch is increasingly thedemand for higher-quality surface for arange of applications including automotiveand consumer applications.

Steelmaking is a complex process requiringrigorous controls at each step. It is vital toeliminate opportunities for surfaceimperfections to occur, maintain the qualityof the product and ensure that customersare satisfied.

The RD&T Continuous SurfaceImprovement team works constantly, usingtheir wide-ranging expertise to identifypotential issues, root causes andcontinuously improve surface presentation.

The resultsManaging and controlling surface qualityon a continuous basis results in higher-quality products that keep customerssatisfied.

It is not only the customer that benefits this work can also lead to more efficientproduction processes, save costs and allowfaster launch of new products.

How it was achievedSurface quality is dependent on almostevery stage in the steel manufacturingprocess and solving the issues aretechnically complex, often requiringresearchers to identify features in steel thatare just fractions of a millimetre in size.Furthermore, each new grade of steel willhave new challenges to overcome.

The team works with cross-functional teamsin the manufacturing plants to identify rootcauses and develop solutions.

They use techniques and tools, includingthe development of surface inspectionsystems to collect data, using data miningand advanced surface characterisationtechniques to trace root causes anddevelop robust solutions.

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Lene Hviid, KnowledgeGroup Leader, ContinuousSurface Improvement, said:

“We used to talk about fightingdefects, but now we talk aboutmaking continuousimprovements.

“precise and detailed control ofsteel manufacturing processesenables higher surface qualitystandards to be achieved.

“consistently meetingcustomer specifications is thekey to happy customers!

“but what is a wish today is aneed tomorrow, and ademand in two years’ time. you have to improve yourperformance constantly if youdon’t want to fall behind.”

Types of product surface features identified throughsophisticated imaging systems

keeping upappearances

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The projectResearch, Development and Technology(RD&T), as part of a cross-functional team,has developed a lightweight, super-effective armour steel to protect thoseoperating in the front line.

The resultsPersonnel on active military duty can nowbe offered enhanced safety from a UK-madeproduct, thanks to Tata Steel’sSuperbainite ultra-high hardness armour.

Superbainite is an ultra-high hardnessarmour steel with life-protecting ballisticproperties at least twice as effective asconventional rolled homogenous steelarmour.

The high silicon steel is produced at hightemperature and perforations through itcause bullets to topple and shatter,spreading and reducing the force of theshot.

As a result, Tata Steel is now able to supplySuperbainite steel strip ready for processinginto perforated armour plates for use infront line armoured vehicles.

How it was achievedSuperbainite was first developed as aconcept by Cambridge University in the1990s. Research carried out by the Superbainite team included trialmanufacturing through a dedicated steelmaking and continouous casting pilot plantat Teesside laboratories. Further processingtrials were undertaken at Tata Steel’sStocksbridge and Brinsworth facilities.

Modelling work led to recommendations onthe feasibility of steelmaking and casting,handling the product after casting, andparameters for hot rolling and coiling theSuperbainite.

Extensive experimental work was carriedout to understand the metallurgy of theprocess and finished product, theimportance of the alloying elements usedand to determine a feasible chemistry andrecipe for commercial scale manufacture.

Characterisation of Superbainite producedby a full-scale production route confirmedthat it met the requirements of an armourplate.

Tata Steel has received a licence formanufacture and processingSuperbainite in the UK and for globalexport.

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High-speed photography of bullet impact on Superbainite sheet

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Knowledge Group LeaderAndrew Smith said:

“The research project has madewhat was previously consideredimpossible, possible, andopened the way to furtherinvolvement with the Mod indeveloping other products inthis sector.”

Super-armour steel that usesholes to smash bullets

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The projectThe development of DP800 Hyperform® GIa new advanced high strength steel (AHSS)and a world’s first for Tata Steel, is asuccessful new product development.

There has always been a driver for improvedformability in high strength steels. The TRIPstrengthening mechanism is a well-knownconcept to provide formability superior tostraightforward dual phase steels. Yetautomotive customers are hesitant to useclassical TRIP steel compositions because oftheir very limited weldability. In manyautomotive applications DP800 Hyperform®GI can replace TRIP steels at a lower cost forthe customer.

The resultsTata Steel developed the first generationDP800 Hyperform® GI to avoid the typicalproblematic TRIP alloy concepts and provideformability at approximately the same levelas lower strength dual phase 600 MPa steel.Automotive customers appreciate thisinnovative concept and the benefits offeredby DP800 Hyperform® GI.

How it was achievedSuccessful new product developmentrequired knowledge of the metallurgy of thebase material, coating technology andmanufacturing capability (usually on linesnot designed for the new product) as well asconsideration of all application aspects forthe customer. Failure to pay attention tothese will result in the development beingnothing more than a nice idea.

Without the initial brilliant idea thedevelopment would never have started, butequally important is the spirit of cooperationbetween process experts, metallurgists andapplication experts that makes it happen.

The development does not stop at the firstgeneration DP800 Hyperform® GI. Thesecond generation is being developed dueto new insights in manufacturing options.The first generation required substantialprocess development and is a challengingmanufacturing route. Tata Steel’s customersrequest wider coil widths. This requires anew alloy concept retaining all previousadvantages and adding increased ease ofmanufacture. The journey continues toensure improvements are continually madeto meet customers’ needs.

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Manager Technology ProjectsRichard Mostert said:

“dp800 hyperform® Gi startedwith a brilliant concept. Thenthe hard work began.”

DP600 part pressed with DP800 Hyperform® GI

3Q91 microstructure showing high percentage ofmartensite/retained austenite

higher strength steelwithout penalties

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The projectFor efficient and sustainable steelproduction, steel plants across the worldneed coal with ash content below ten percent. The main problem persisting in India(the fourth largest steel producingcountry) is that indigenous coals containfinely disseminated minerals and high ashcontent of 30-35 per cent compared to theworldwide figure of less than 20 per cent.

Tata Steel’s washeries produce coal with anash level of 15 per cent at 39 per cent yieldusing physical beneficiation techniques.But when targeting the eight per cent ashlevel using the present method, it furthercuts down yield to ten per cent.

With this challenge Research,Development and Technology (RD&T),Jamshedpur, took a decision to make eight per cent ash clean coal withoutdiminishing yield through thedevelopment of a new technologyalternative to the existing physicalbeneficiation techniques.

The resultsThe chemical leaching process involvesadding chemicals that react with themineral matter locked inside the coalmatrix to allow it to be easily removed. Thepilot trial results show that the ash contentof Tata Steel’s captive coals can be reducedby about 60-65 per cent with more than 70per cent yield, without any deterioration incoking properties.

Through the implementation of thisprocess, Tata Steel can use low ash cleancoal produced in-house and avoiddependency on low ash imported coalfrom other countries.

How it was achievedAfter obtaining encouraging results inlaboratory and bench scale experiments,RD&T’s Raw Materials and Coke MakingResearch Group in Jamshedpur hasdesigned, erected and commissioned apilot plant with a capacity of 500kg perbatch.

The pilot plant includes a coal preparationsection, feed preparation area andproduction zone with two reactors andone filter each for alkali and acid leaching.It is also equipped with facilities toregenerate and recycle the chemicalreagents.

The coal slurry and reagents prepared atthe feed preparation tanks are processedinside two alkali reactors at atmosphericand elevated pressure followed bytreatment inside two acid reactors. Coalslurry is then filtered and washed withwater to produce low ash clean coal. Thefiltrate sample is recycled andconcentrated using a triple effectevaporator. The pilot plant is designed tobeneficiate the run of mines, middling andclean coal from West Bokaro washeries.

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P K Banerjee, Chief Researcher,Raw Materials and CokeMaking, said:

“This is a fantastic example ofinnovative thinking in rd&T. We have demonstrated how wecan really take on a seeminglyimpossible challenge and makeit work!

“This new method will allow usto exploit the use of coals withfinely disseminated minerals andash contents as high as 35 percent compared to less than 20per cent worldwide.”

The pilot plant commissioned by RD&T’s RawMaterials and Coke Making research group inJamshedpur

RD&T team in Jamshedpur

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The projectHPrail® is a metallurgically-engineered railsteel developed by Tata Steel to tackle threemajor issues for European mixed trafficrailways: wear, plastic flow and rollingcontact fatigue.

The resultsHPrail® was launched in 2011 and isundergoing long term performancemonitoring at challenging Network Rail sitesaround the UK.

Demand for this high performance rail ishigh with the prime focus being the re-railing of curved portions of track and forswitches and crossings.

How it was achievedDuring a five-year project, a team fromResearch, Development and Technology(RD&T) took inspiration from wire rodgrades, which were modified specifically tosuit exacting rail requirements.

Laboratory development involved acomprehensive test programme to confirmthe significant property enhancements. Pilotfive-tonne casts were made and evaluatedbefore production of commercial BOS casts.

Selected rails from these casts were installedin the works track at Scunthorpe’sSteelplant. However, the only real place totest such products is on the public networkand so a development partnership withmajor customer Network Rail led toinstallation in track trials.

By developing the manufacturing capabilityalongside the technical and marketdevelopment streams, the team was able toreduce the time to commercialisation byseveral years. Using the world-leadingtechnical expertise in Research,Development and Technology (RD&T),unexpected manufacturing challenges wereovercome, resulting in efficientmanufacturing and a product that is fullycompliant with demanding specifications.

Key to the success of the developmentprogramme is that HPrail® is an as-rolledproduct, thereby eliminating the need forcostly heat treatment. This innovativetechnology, coupled with a grantedEuropean patent, will ensure that Tata Steelremains a world-leader in the supply ofpremium grade rail.

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Research Metallurgist HowardSmith said:

“We are continually increasingthe number of track trial sites, allof which are closely monitoredto assess the performance ofthe product.”

HPrail® profile

Diagram showing the position of therail between the sleeper and the wheel

Trials of innovative long-lastingtrack increase

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The projectTata Steel was approached by two ofIndia’s leading automotive manufacturersto participate in cost saving exercises on anumber of their current models.

Early Vendor Involvement (EVI) is a processof working together with strategiccustomers to gain mutual benefit fromeither a new vehicle programme or acost/weight saving on an existing vehicle.Engineers with materials expertise advisecustomers on the best specification of steelgrades. Early knowledge of customermaterial requirements enables strategicproduct development for Research,Development and Technology (RD&T).

Working together, Tata Steel’s Global RD&Tand Sales & Marketing teams, and thecustomers’ engineering teams, organisedand carried out two value analysis/valueengineering (VA/VE) studies at thecustomers’ facilities in India. Engineersmade a detailed study of the vehiclestructure and looked for cost/weightreduction opportunities in a controlledand systematic way.

The resultsThe results achieved on the two exerciseswere extremely beneficial to both TataSteel and its customers. The VA/VEachieved 175 feasible new ideas resultingin potential savings to the customer ofapproximately £7 million.

Following these two successful examples,Global RD&T teams continue to work with Sales & Marketing teams from Tata Steel tohelp its customers implement the newideas. This is a clear demonstration of TataSteel’s commitment to being a preferredsupplier to its customers and helping intheir success.

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Peter Jones, CustomerEngineering Manager, Tata Steel AutomotiveEngineering, said:

“undertaking a Va/Ve study isan ideal vehicle for workingwith our customers to quantifyopportunities for cost andweight savings.

“Studies like this allow ourengineers, metallurgists andsales teams to share andexchange knowledge with theircounterparts at the vehiclemanufacturers.”

Global RD&T and Sales & Marketing teams workedwith customers on value analysis/value engineeringstudies

Significant savings for strategiccustomers in india

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The projectZinc coatings are used to protect steel fromcorrosion. Tata Steel uses galvanised steelsubstrate to produce Organic Coated Steels(OCS) for construction and specifically theBuilding Envelope sector.

These steels are attractive coated productsproduced to eliminate the need for paintingon a construction site thereby saving timeand cost, and the associated risk topersonnel working at height duringconstruction of a new building.

The resultsIn 1998, work began on improving metalliccoatings in IJmuiden. The idea was to look atadditions to the existing zinc layer toimprove performance. A significantimprovement in effectiveness was found byadding magnesium. A patent (EP1763591)was filed in 2004 for this ‘magic’ newMagiZinc® coating.

The value of this Research, Developmentand Technology (RD&T) innovation is beingrealised by reducing the cost of producingTata Steel’s OCS products. A product withthe same corrosion performance can beproduced using less zinc.

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Byron Tucker, RD&TProgramme Manager, said:

“Success has many fathers. Valuefor our company can only berealised from technology whenwe work together.

“The introduction of MagiZinc®based ocS involves commercialleadership from the buildingenvelope sector, innovation inmanufacturing to cope with thechallenges of producing newproducts and continuing rd&Tinput on product integrity andcorrosion performance tomaintain the highest quality ofour products.”

MagiZinc® for construction applications

A microscopic image of MagiZinc® metallic coating

MagiZinc® can be used in major construction projects

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TherMal TechnoloGieScenTreA unique collaboration and £5 million ofinvestment are behind the opening of thepioneering Thermal Technologies Centre atTeesside.

The centre is an innovative open-accessinnovation and research facility with pilot-scale pyrolysis and gasification equipment. It’s the first of its kind in the UK and onlyone of a few such facilities worldwide.

The centre will provide its customers withexpertise and assets to turn innovations intonew and improved products and processesthrough access to high-temperaturetechnologies.

Customers will be able to pay a daily rate toconduct development work on their ideasand innovations, so they can scale upresearch activities and prove concepts on anindustrial scale.

The centre bridges the gap between theuniversities and laboratory research and fulltechnology commercialisation.

The centre is the result of a uniquecollaboration between the Centre forProcess Innovation (CPI) and Tata Steel inEurope.

CPI has expertise in the commercialisationof innovation, including gaining access tofunding and consortium-building, whileTata Steel brings thermal manufacturingcapability and expertise, as well asexperience in operating demonstrationscale high-temperature pilot plants.

Two Research, Development andTechnology (RD&T) teams are working atthe centre: Steelmaking and ContinuousCasting, and Coal and Coke Group.

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Colin Atkinson, KnowledgeGroup Leader for Coal andCoke, said:

“We’ll have a team of fourworking at the centre, which willincrease as the centre grows.

“coal and coke already has anumber of close collaborationswith uk universities (notablyimperial college, nottingham,newcastle and Greenwich), thecoal research Forum andseveral eu partners incollaborative projects throughthe european research Fund forcoal and Steel.

“The development of theThermal Technologies centrewill also allow us to foster widercontact with companies seekingsolutions to processing wastematerial and creating addedvalue for their processes.

“running the centre also allowsrd&T to maintain and build itsknowledge base by attractinginvestment from external (to thesteel industry) organisations,which will feed into futureprogrammes to benefit thewhole Tata Steel Group.”

Chris McDonald, Department Manager of Steelmaking andContinuous Casting, said:

“one of the most important aspects of the work we’ll be doing atthe Thermal Technologies centre is working with such a wide rangeof universities and organisations.

“Similarly, the expertise cpi brings to the centre is verycomplementary to our skills. This kind of cross-fertilisation of ideas isextremely beneficial and hard to get under normal circumstances.

“Meeting the challenges of the environment and reducing co2 arevery important for the steel industry, and bringing together researchand development from multiple industries will help us find thesolutions.”

The pioneering Thermal Technologies Centre at Teesside

Pioneering Technology

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Teesside Technology CentrePO Box 11Eston RoadGrangetownMiddlesbrough TS6 6UST: +44 (0)1642 382 000rdt-europe@tatasteel.com

Swinden Technology CentreMoorgateRotherhamSouth Yorkshire S60 3ART: +44 (0)1709 820 166rdt-europe@tatasteel.com

IJmuiden Technology CentrePO Box 10.0001970 CA IJmuidenThe NetherlandsT: +31 (0)251 499 000rdt-europe@tatasteel.com

research, development and Technology operates from fivecentres in three countries, providing a global capability forworld-wide manufacturing and commercial operations.

Automotive EngineeringIARC Building Warwick UniversityCoventry CV4 7ALT: +44 (0)2476 241 200rdt-europe@tatasteel.com

Research & Development and Scientific ServicesTata Steel LimitedJamshedpur-831 001, IndiaT: +91-657-2345405r&dssoffice@tatasteel.com

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