Posted on 15 Feb 2013
Tata Steel Upgrades Research Facility
Tata Steel started up an advanced facility to develop crash-resistant
steels designed to make cars safer and more fuel-efficient. The
approximately $3 million investment at the company’s IJmuiden site in
the Netherlands will increase Tata Steel’s ability to develop
next-generation steels that are lighter, stronger and better able to
withstand crashes. The facility combines the characteristics of
commercial industrial lines alongside special research features to
control and measure atmosphere, temperature, speed, force, stress and
friction. It incorporates a hot-press forming line that presses heated
steel sheets into vehicle parts.
