R & D
Steel solutions for a competitive future
Located in Le Creusot, the CRMC (Centre de Recherche des Matériaux du Creusot), our Research Center is a world class partner to respond to new market requirements with innovative products and high value solutions, continuously improving the durability, fabricability and in-service performance of our products in process equipments, machinery and structural applications...
Innovation Processes is supported by a high level of expertise in the fields of:
- Metallurgy and materials development
- Corrosion and high temperature resistance
- Fracture mechanics, creep, fatigue...
- Hydrogen effects in steel
- Welding metallurgy
- Abrasion and wear resistance...
Based upon:
- Extensive laboratory testing, metallurgical investigation and field test performance
- Networking with universities and industrial materials research teams
- Expertise on material behaviour during service
Recently developed solutions include:
- Weldable supermartensitic steels for offshore applications: SUPERMAX
- Complete family of duplex stainless steels offering strength, corrosion resistance and other attractive properties : URANUS® 35N, 52 N+
- High strength steels for hydrogen service: SUPERELSO® 500 HR, CARELSO® 70 SOHIC
- Mould steels combining hardness, machinability, weldability and excellent surface finish : SUPERPLAST® 300 (P), SUPERPLAST® 400 (P)
- Abrasion resistant steels containing carbides and surface hardening:
CREUSABRO® 8000 (P) and CREUSABRO® 4800 (P)
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| Microstructures in weld, HAZ and base metal of a duplex stainless steel (Austenite is in white and ferrite in dark). | Bainitic microstructure of a 2 ¼ Cr steel observed by mean of EBSD. |
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