- Engineering & Technology
(+34) 946 430 850 (International calls)
CIRMETAL is a unique infrastructure at both the national and European levels, dedicated to the development and optimization of sustainable metallurgical processes, with a focus on the ecological transition, industrial decarbonization, recycling and the recovery of metallic raw materials.
It integrates capabilities to address the entire value chain, from eco-design and the simulation of new materials and processes to pilot-scale validation in an industrial facility equipped with furnaces, presses, shredders and advanced analysis and control systems.
Equipment
- Melting and casting furnaces with power outputs of up to 700 kW.
- Plasma, thermomechanical and heat treatment systems.
- Strip casting cell for direct strip casting.
- High-pressure die casting (HPDC) equipment.
- Industrial shredders, presses, mills, separators and mixers.
- WDXRF equipment for X-ray fluorescence analysis (high spectral resolution).
- Software and capabilities for computational simulation of processes and materials.
- Systems for testing hydrogen (H₂), syngas and biocarbon as renewable fuels.
- Material analysis capabilities for solid, powder and liquid samples without requiring reference standards.
- Development of new metallic alloys tailored to functional or sustainability requirements
- Substitution of critical materials and product design offering greater geometric freedom and lightweighting
- Electrification of high-temperature processes using induction, plasma and microwave technologies
- Assessment of the industrial use of hydrogen, syngas and biocarbon
- Design and validation of processes for the recovery and recycling of metallic waste
- Industrial-scale pilot testing for pre-commercialization and scale-up validation
- Technical consultancy and technology transfer for furnace and capital equipment manufacturers
- Support for companies transitioning towards circular and carbon-neutral business models
Aimed at:
- Metallurgical sector
- Metal alloy producers and processors
- Founders
- Manufacturers of metal components
- Refiners
- Recyclers
- Waste managers and waste processors
- Manufacturers of equipment and consumer goods
TECNALIA
Polígono Ventas, C/ Gabiria 82-84, E-20305, Irun (Gipuzkoa)
Metallurgical Processes:
- Circular Economy
- Advanced Materials
Application sectors
- Aeronautics and aerospace
- Automotive
- Capital goods and industrial equipment
- Energy and industrial thermal processes
- Metal component manufacturing
- Industrial furnace manufacturing
- Railways
- Foundries and steelmaking
- Waste recycling and recovery
Industry plan
- IRABAZI · Metallurgy
