The Action focuses on the substitution of CRMs (like Cr, Co, Nb, W, Y) in high value alloys and metal-matrix composites used under extreme conditions of temperature, loading, friction, wear, corrosion, in Energy, Transportation and Machinery manufacturing industries.
The Action aims to set up a network of expertise to define the state of knowledge and gaps in multi-scale modelling, synthesis, characterization, engineering design and recycling, that could find viable alternatives to CRMs and promote the industrial exploitation of substituted materials.
The Action envisions a fully Sustainable Value Chain approach for:
- Machinery manufacturing industry
- Alternatives for Co and W in WC/Co cemented carbide wear resistant tool materials (Hard Metals and Cutting Tools)
- Alternatives for chromium- and tungsten-alloyed tool steels
- Energy Industry
- Reduction of Cr and Y in high-strength steel alloys
- Alternatives for Cr and other CRMs by hard, wear and corrosion resistant surface coatings
- Transportation Industry
- Alternatives for Nb in high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steel (Automotive)
- Alternatives for high-temperature Ni-based superalloys (Aerospace)