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• SUMMSEED, a new European project funded by the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, has launched to develop medium manganese steels for mining and heavy industry using industrial casting and laser-wire directed energy deposition. Coordinated by the Technical University of Catalonia · BarcelonaTech, a public university in Spain, the project brings together partners across the…
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SUMMSEED, a new European project funded by the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, has launched to develop medium manganese steels for mining and heavy industry using industrial casting and laser-wire directed energy deposition. Coordinated by the Technical University of Catalonia · BarcelonaTech, a public university in Spain, the project brings together partners across the manufacturing chain, including Sandvik, a company specialized in mining products; Sidenor, a steel producer; Meltio, a Spanish multinational manufacturer of metal 3D printing systems based on wire-laser metal deposition; Delft University of Technology; CIM UPC; and TU Bergakademie Freiberg.
Companies in the mining and heavy machinery sectors have long sought steels that are more environmentally sustainable, offer propert