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Two Spanish companies nominated for the Swedish Steel Prize
21/11/2007
November 21, 2007
The Spanish Serviplem-Baryval, S.A. and Vossloh Spain, S.L. are among the four nominated for international award Swedish Steel Prize 2007. Their applications, a cement mixer on semitrailer and a locomotive respectively, have been of great interest to the jury by the advantages for both the advanced high-strength steel has been.
The four nominees this year are from Spain, Belgium and Australia. This year will be granted for the ninth time the Swedish Steel Prize international award. It aims to recognize the merit of innovative designs in which high-strength steel is used. The night of November 29, unveiled the winner of the Swedish Steel Prize of this year. The four nominees designs contribute to improve the environment and security and to offer clear economic benefits to users.
"High-strength steels help that products around the world are more resistant and light," says the President of the jury Göran Carlsson, director of the Division of flat products from SSAB. A lighter weight and higher resistance make products safer and more profitable and to help improve the environment, something that the nominees of this year show clearly. The range of possibilities offered by the high-strength steel is enormous. The four finalists for this year designs range from light poles of road to a locomotive of train weighing over 100 tonnes. The evolution that has taken place in recent years shows that the use of these steels is in clear growth in virtually all areas.
Baryval Serviplem, S.A., Spain, which has manufactured a new cement mixer on semitrailer that advantage cleverly both resistance and the durability of advanced high strength steels. This company has reduced the weight of the drum as the chassis, which translates into an improvement in the economy of transport and the environmental benefits through the increase of the load carrying capacity and the reduction of fuel consumption. The drum is made of high-strength wear-resistant steel, which increases their useful life despite the significant reduction in the thickness of the steel plate.
Vossloh Spain, which has manufactured a locomotive for freight rail traffic. Its designers have managed to reduce the weight of the chassis by 25 percent using high-strength steel, which allows to achieve a weight on axles more uniform, a better transport economy and a lower wear of the rail at the same time that improves the safety of the driver. The combination of new solutions anti-collision using advanced high-strength steel has led to improved and more controlled in the event of collision deformation.
