A significant AID4GREENEST project milestone was reached recently, as engineers from Reinosa Forgings & Castings (RFC) visited Siemens Energy’s Brno facilities to review the results of the thermal stability test performed on the experimental shaft prototype developed within the project.
Positive Results Confirm Structural and Thermal Performance
The test campaign delivered highly positive results, confirming both the structural integrity and thermal performance of the large-scale shaft.
The findings validate RFC’s capability to forge and heat treat energy shafts in line with the demanding requirements of high-temperature applications in steel turbines. This achievement represents the successful completion of the manufacturing and testing phase of the prototype, a major step forward for the project consortium.
The next phase will involve sectioning the shaft to examine its internal microstructure in detail. This analysis will generate high-value metallurgical data to support and refine the advanced simulation models currently under development by project partners.
These models are central to AID4GREENEST’s ambition to integrate AI-based tools for material process and structure modelling.
Collaboration at the Core
The AID4GREENEST consortium extends its sincere thanks to Siemens Energy for their close technical collaboration, access to its facilities, and the in-depth engineering discussions that followed the testing campaign.
Such industrial cooperation is essential to ensuring that research outcomes translate into real-world industrial impact. By combining advanced modelling with industrial validation, AID4GREENEST is contributing to more efficient production routes and lower-emission solutions for the energy and steel sectors.
This successful validation of the experimental shaft marks another concrete step towards smarter, greener and more competitive European manufacturing.