Kick-Off Meeting

Stirtec had the pleasure of hosting the RFCS EU ORBISTIR Kick-Off meeting in June in Kalsdorf.

The ORBISTIR project focuses on unveiling factors governing the weldability by friction stir welding (FSW) of high-strength and cladded pipeline materials for applications under extreme operating conditions – such as high temperatures, high pressures and high wear. The project aims to develop knowledge-based technologies to ensure defect-free, high-performance girth welds, through real-time non-destructive testing (NDT) and real-time FSW tool monitoring. As a final step, an adaptive loop control will be developed to automatically adjust process parameters at the onset of defect formation. The results of the ORBISTIR project will be validated on an industrial FSW Orbital Welding System.

We sincerely appreciate and thank all project partners for the valuable discussions and their participation, both in person and online: Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon GmbH (HEREON), Institut de Soudure (IS), Acergy France SAS (SUBSEA7), Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE-CERCA), Element Six Ltd. (ELEMENT SIX), Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta S Coop (MGEP), Vallourec Tubes SAS (VALLOUREC).