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Heat treatment oven

The Centre for Heat Treatment turns 10

The Centre for Heat Treatment is hub for research and development within the field of heat treatment.

Steel manufacturing

Lower energy consumption when gas is used in a new way

Swerim has developed and tested two new methods for improving the use of process gases from the steel industry.

Timber rolling

Wood rolling may increase value of Swedish forest products

New research indicates that pine can be made as hard as oak through rolling.

voestalpine valve steel for white goods

Sustainable cooling for our food

Flap-X is a new strip steel that makes it possible to make refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners quieter and more energy effici

Gold-plated tungsten wire

Cooperation develops small companies

Many small companies are innovative and driven but may not possess necessary resources.

SSAB Merox slambassäng

Stored sludge is recirculated to the blast furnace

A system study for SSAB in Luleå shows that stored blast furnace sludge can be recirculated to the process.

Weld

Better weld quality with new online method

The Onweld project is like a Kinder Egg – it has many benefits simultaneously.

Masugn

The route to a green blast furnace

With the aid of advanced modelling Swerim has assessed several process concepts which, according to previous research, can potentially

Värmebehandling av plåt

Image analysis enables temperature control for improved quality

A convenient, easy-to-use image analysis system developed by Swerim provides a rapid overview of temperature uniformity in the heat tr

Mobile flatness gauge

New flatness gauge developed

New equipment to measure the flatness of rolled, flat products has been developed by Swerim.

Seminar on 3D-printing for metals

Arena for additive manufacturing

In 2016, Sweden's first arena for the additive manufacturing of metals was launched.

Dynamisk bildanalys

A new generation of particle analyses for metal powder

Swerim combines dynamic image analysis and measurement of powder rheology, enabling understanding of how metal powder characteristics

Reference materials at Swerea KIMAB

Extensive experience assure accurate analyses

Swerim has produced certified reference material for the steel industry for nearly 80 years.

Study reveals cause of increased dusting from slag handling

Swerim and SSAB have studied the cause of increased dusting during 2013, as compared to previous years.

Continuous casting simulator

Simulator creates complete overview of continuous casting

Although extensive research concerning the behaviour of molten steel in the mould during casting has been conducted, not all flow rela

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