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R&D

R&D projects

We participate in many R&D projects together with different technical institutes and universities. The results from these R&D projects can then be used by our customers and in this way makes our customers more competitive.

At the moment we participate in the following R&D projects:

Project leader SSAB
ROBDES (robust design of automotive structures) Joachim Larsson
Adaptive automotive structures Joachim Larsson
FAIL (material failure in high-strength steels)

Jonas Gozzi

COST/LOST (optimized light weight welded designs) Mats Gustafsson
QFAB (Quality and costs of fabricated advanced welded structures) Mats Gustafsson
FE modelling of load capacity Eva Pétursson
SAFECOLL (collision safety for ships) Rikard Svärd
Modelling of continous welds Rikard Svärd
Energy effective timber transports Linda Petersson
Fatigue properties of laser hybrid welds Leif Bäckman
Gröna tåget (light weight structures in a new high speed train) Linda Petersson
Local heat (forming of UHS) Björn Carlsson
Local heat II (forming of UHS)
Björn Carlsson

Forming limit diagram - evaluation of new standard

Lars Troive
Hi-Prof - Rollforming (RFCS) Lars Troive
Hi-Prof II Lars Troive
Cost- and manufacturing time reduction in tool production (MERA) Lars Troive

Light weigth products in UHS Lars Troive
Fe-simulation of deep drawing (MERA) Lars Troive
3D-roll forming IVF (VINNOVA) Lars Troive
FE-simulation of punching (Tema 3) Lars Troive
Spot-welding of UHS (MERA) Tony Nilsson
Properties of continuous welds in torsion Tony Nilsson
Laser and arc brazing of galvanised steels Tony Nilsson
NORHYB - laser hybrid welding
Tony Nilsson
Properties of MIG / MAG weldments Mikael Reinberth
Optimum joint preparation (laser hybrid, tandem MAG)
Mikael Reinberth
Arc brazing - deep study Sven Jansson
Quality assured brazing
Sven Jansson
Laser twin-spot & laser hybrid welding II Tony Nilsson
Spot welding of mixtures of carbon steels Tony Nilsson
Spot welding + adhesive bending of AHSS Tony Nilsson
Reduced weight with UHS Tony Nilsson
Improved properties for resistance spot welding applications Tony Nilsson