1. Technology and Product Development in ThermoMechanical Processing

Steel:

- Hot strips and hot plates refer to the control of rolling and cooling

- Compact Strip Production (CSP) / Endless Strip Production (ESP)

- Continuous strip casting and related short process technology

- Hot stamping and forging

Non-Ferrous alloys (Al, Cu, Mg, Ti and other alloys):

- Rolling, forging, extrusion and drawing

2. Physical Metallurgy of ThermoMechanical Processing

- Computation and modelling

- Microstructure and property

- Recrystallization, precipitation and phase transformation

- Solidification mechanism of continuous casting

- On-line heat treatment

- Oxidation of steel

- Hot rolling based on the control of oxidation behavior

3. Intelligent Manufacturing

- Industrial big data analytics based on ThermoMechanical Processing

- Establishment of industrial internet platform and cyber-physical system

- Development of digital twin system on key processes

- In process quality control and intelligent optimization decision of ThermoMechanical Processing