Key information Project in the Spotlight: T23004 Market: Materials production Written by M2i Program Manager: Jeroen van Beeck Together with Tata Steel, the University of Groningen will develop a multi-scale approach to study and prevent wear of zinc-based anti-corrosion coatings used in the steel industry. Steel plays a key role in society,

Project in the Spotlight: Sealing and closing of plastic packaging
Marcella Klouwens2023-08-31T11:58:55+02:00Key information Project in the Spotlight: A21017a Market: Packaging Researcher: Ilhan Ilknur Written by M2i Program Manager: Yulia Fischer Introduction This research project is part of a wider Topsector Agri & Food project named “Innovative Smart Materials and Sensors for Packaging of Raw and Processed Food Products”. It is a multidisciplinary project

Project in the Spotlight: Celebrating the Remarkable Recognition of AiM2XL at the 2023 TEKNOWLOGY festival of NWO
Andrea Conrad2023-08-10T07:56:26+02:00Key information Project in the Spotlight: Perspectief programme AiM2XL Market: Additive Manufacturing Written by M2i Program Manager: Viktoria Savran We are thrilled to share an exhilarating recap of the Perspectief programme AiM2XL, which took the spotlight at the 2023 TEKNOWLOGY festival organized by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). As we

Project in the Spotlight: Scale prediction and control of residual stresses and distortion in additively manufactured components
Marcella Klouwens2023-05-02T12:36:32+02:00Key information Project in the Spotlight: S17024k/P16-46 Market: Additive Manufacturing Written by M2i Program Manager: Viktoria Savran Introduction The demand for high-quality large-scale products increased significantly in the last few years. Products of considerable size are often heavy and cumbersome and require longer setups and larger tools to be produced. This leads

Project in the Spotlight: Computational Design for Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing
Marcella Klouwens2023-03-28T09:23:38+02:00Key information Project in the Spotlight: S17024a/P16-46 Market: Additive Manufacturing Written by M2i Program Manager: Viktoria Savran Introduction Large engineering structures like turbines, metallic bridges, or industrial machinery are generally still manufactured by traditional processes such as forging, casting, welding, bolting, or machining them from solid blocks. Additional manufacturing steps will be

Project in the Spotlight: Fire safety of innovative geopolymer-based building materials (FisIngMat)
Marcella Klouwens2023-01-17T15:12:17+01:00Key information Project in the Spotlight: S17013a/16347 Market: Civil Written by Kinga Klima and M2i Program Manager: Viktoria Savran Introduction Today great attention is paid to the increased energy efficiency in buildings. This has resulted in the application of many new synthetic materials for thermal insulation. Often these synthetic

Project in the Spotlight: DEPMAT: Data Enhanced Physical models to reduce Materials use
Marcella Klouwens2023-04-28T14:32:45+02:00Key information Project in the Spotlight: N21022 Market: Circularity Written by the project team: Jeroen van Beeck (M2i) Introduction In May of 2022, NWO granted the program Data Enhanced Physical models to reduce Materials use (DEPMAT) under the Perspectief call. This five years research program is led by Prof. dr. ir. Ton van

Project in the Spotlight: REFRAME: RE-design for Circular Eyewear FRAMEs
Marcella Klouwens2023-08-29T15:14:33+02:00Key information Project in the Spotlight: T20017 Market: Hybrid and composite materials Written by the project team: Femme van Gils (Ace & Tate), Fan-Hsuan Liu and Shashan Abrahimi (TU Delft), M2i manager: Viktoria Savran Background Ace & Tate, as a sustainability front-runner in the eyewear market, is dedicated to reducing its environmental

Project in the Spotlight: The effect of microstructure on micro- and macro-scale corrosion and passivation of low-alloyed ferrous materials (MICROCORR)
Project in the Spotlight: The effect of microstructure on micro- and macro-scale corrosion and passivation of low-alloyed ferrous materials (MICROCORR)
Andrea Conrad2022-10-27T11:30:05+02:00Key information Project in the Spotlight: F41.3.14546a Market: Advanced Metals Written by: dr.ir. Aytac Yilmaz, dr. Yaiza Gonzalez-Garcia, dr. Viktoria Savran Introduction Corrosion is a tremendously important issue in the use of metals. It is estimated that the global cost of corrosion is around €2.37 trillion, equivalent to roughly 3.4 percent of

Project in the Spotlight: Predictive modelling of Pinching in Cold Rolling of Advanced High Strength Steels PiMP_CR
Andrea Conrad2022-09-28T14:24:40+02:00Key information Project in the Spotlight: S16039 Market: Applied Mechanical Behaviour Written by: Viktoria Savran Introduction Steel strip is the base material for products you see every day: the can of your soft drink, the doors of a car, or your galvanized steel cupboard. The requirements to the strip material are ever