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The Sixth "Steel in Vehicle Construction" Conference In close cooperation with the Steel Institute VDEh and the Research Association for
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The 6th International Conference on Steels in Cars and Trucks will take place in Milan (Italy) from 10 to 14 January 2021.
Steel Application (Fosta), Düsseldorf, the international conference “Steels in Cars and Trucks” (SCT 2021) will be held for the sixth time. The conference with an accompanying exhibition opens its doors from 10 to 14 January 2021 in Milan under the motto: “Bringing the automotive, supplier and steel industries together”. The Call for Papers was a complete success with more than 190 submissions. The conference will focus on the research, application and behaviour of steel in vehicle construction. Steel is one of the most important materials in automotive engineering; around 60 percent of a modern car is made of steel. Among other things, highstrength and ultra-high-strength steels are
and applications” covers topics such as
powertrain, as well as new forming methods
used, the use of which enables new designs,
crash behaviour of modern steels, new
and simulation processes as used in the
maximum crash safety and lower vehicle
joining technologies as well as results of
design and manufacture of modern vehicles.
weight.
current materials research. Other topics
The main topics:
The second motto of SCT 2021: “Future trends
include new steels with specific properties
- Steel Components in Cars and Trucks
in steel development, processing technologies
for e.g. lightweight body construction or
- Manufacturing of Components
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- New Steels - Modelling, Simulation and Testing - Special Topic: LIGHTWEIGHT forging. The SCT 2021 is supported by ArcelorMittal as a platinum sponsor, Georgsmarienhütte, SSAB and Saarstahl as gold sponsors, Outokumpu as silver sponsor as well as national and international exhibitors and associations. Online registration is already open, and an initial program overview will be published shortly. For further information: www.sct-2021.com
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