Upscaling and Engineering
Supported by our engineering department, we are capable of bringing a new product or process to industrialization, hence contributing to a more resource and energy efficient performance. Our home-made pilot lines available for testing at different TRL levels ensure that your solution is oriented in the right direction.
Complementary support through modelling, on-line measurement technology and full-scale prototyping ensures achieving unparalleled results directly on the industrial lines.
Our semi-industrial pilot lines encompass the entire spectrum of iron- and steelmaking processes, from iron ore to coated steel sheets. These facilities provide the steel industry with a significant strategic advantage, enabling the introduction and optimization of new industrial projects. By testing innovative approaches in a controlled environment, potential variations in processes can be efficiently screened, accelerating the implementation of both incremental and breakthrough solutions.
CRM Group's infrastructure includes a sinter plant test bench, a continuous casting pilot, and a hot rolling pilot line equipped with cooling and lubrication installations. Additionally, we operate a surface pre-treatment line, an annealing and galvanization line, multiple organic coating lines, and specialized coating deposition lines in vacuum and clean room conditions. Several additional facilities are under development as part of ongoing projects, further enhancing our capabilities.
Our engineering service offers competences such as prototyping, design and creation of simulation test benches both to our projects and external partners. Depending on the application this service ranges from basic design all the way to detailed engineering specifications and even execution of industrial tests with prototypes on site.
Through this approach the MULPIC® process (MULti-Purpose Interrupted Cooling), a cooling process dedicated to plates from 10 to 120mm thickness, was developed by CRM Group and is commercialized by PRIMETALS Technologies with more than 20 installations currently operated around the world.
Within its philosophy of full industrialization, CRM Group invented and developed the TEMPCORE® process—a quench and self-tempering process designed for manufacturing high-quality concrete reinforced bars. CRM Group holds the global ownership of the TEMPCORE® brand name, which can only be used with proper licensing and agreement from CRM Group.
To date, the engineering department of CRM Group has successfully designed and commissioned 68 high-performance TEMPCORE® plants worldwide. Additionally, 40 mills in India have been granted the TEMPCORE® agreement following a detailed technical audit of their operations and products.
Interested in using our trademark or learning more about cooling processes? Feel free to get in touch.
One of our specialized engineering services focuses on dedicated sensors integrated with digitalization approaches, including artificial intelligence. By combining home-made (visual) measurement techniques with calculation tools or digital twins, we can unravel complex physical phenomena. Thanks to our deep knowledge of industrial processes, we ensure the implementation of these new digital solutions is done responsibly, with data validated against actual measured values.
Applications such as ISYRoll® (work roll surface degradation), SRM and WMS (Surface Roughness Measurement and Waviness Surface Measurement, both licensed to Amepa), CBM (Cross Bow Meter), and Cleanex (licensed to Sarclad as the Contamination Monitoring System) were all developed under this scope.
Curious to see if one of our pilot lines or home-made measurement technologies is suitable for your project? Challenge us with your problem and get in touch.
