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BFI scientist receives the Heinz-Leuze award

The publication by Dr. Andreas Bán "electropolishing of stainless steel and medical special materials in ionic liquids and non-aquous electrolytes" has received the Award sponsored by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Galvano- und Oberflächentechnik e.V. (DGO).
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BFI is founding member of the Association Zuse

The Association Zuse is the organisation representing the interests of the German private non-profit research institutes, an important element of Germany's innovation landscape.

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BFI recieves environment award

In a recently completed research project BFI and its partners successfully implemented the first power production from the waste heat of forging furnaces. Due to its innovative nature the project was included into the initiative of the KlimaExpo.NRW.

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Welcome to BFI

VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut (BFI) is a leading European provider of application-focused R&D in the field of steelmaking technology. It provides the steel industry with top-level research and development meeting the most exacting international standards. BFI's field of activities covers the entire steelmaking process chain, from charge materials to the final product. Our core competences lie in the field of measuring technology, process engineering and process automation. BFI cooperates very closely with similar institutes all over Europe.

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A BFI-innovation received the Efficiency Award NRW 2015

The high-level jury of the Efficiency Agency NRW has conferred its Award to Dörken MKS-Systeme for its newly developed high-temperature coating for corrosion protection in the steel processing. This new coating system has been developed in cooperation with BFI and Walzwerken Einsal.

This innovation is a result of the project TempKorroSchu, which has been supported by the European Fund for Regional Development of the EU and by the Land North Rhine Westphalia, in the frame of the programme Ziel2.NRW
Material tracking, technical Data Warehouse
Customers have increasingly high expectations of steel producers regarding production costs and product quality. Alongside many other criteria, a main focus is the demand to reduce the amount of defective products delivered. The following approaches may be taken to achieve this goal: Recording and monitoring product quality features to the greatest possible ...>>>
Model predictive control for heating and heat-treating furnaces
Heating furnaces are frequently controlled by means of manual operator actions, particularly if the furnace regime is non-steady, in which respect the know-how of the personnel is of inestimable value. Significantly better furnace operation is possible through precise prediction of the expected charge material temperature and rule-based monitoring of how the furnace is controlled.>>>