Initial situation Increased cost for raw materials and for landfilling have forced European steelmakers to look for new ways to […]
Initial situation Increased cost for raw materials and for landfilling have forced European steelmakers to look for new ways to […]
Situation: When pickling stainless steel large amounts of nickel-containing neutralization sludge are produced. Since 1970, approximately 1.2 million tons of […]
Initial situation Process related intake of scale, formation of hardness and salting (rolling mill cooling water) or metals in pickling […]
Initial situation In Europe about 10 Mio.t/year of BOF slag are produced at the steelmaking. A main part is reused […]
Initial situation: The heating of fine plates for hot-dip galvanizing and / or heat treatment takes place in continuous furnaces. […]
Initial situation: Burning of tuyeres is the most common cause of unplanned shutdowns of blast furnaces A total non-productive energy […]
This project is funded from the State of NRW and aims to technically investigate a new, modified blast furnace process. […]
Initial situation: Properties of scrap used as charge material for EAF steelmaking are changing with time regarding composition, yield, energy […]
Initial situation: The decreasing and fluctuating quality of raw materials and the aim to maximise PCI and decrease coke rates […]
Initial situation Economic pressure on European steel sector demands high flexible and favourable production Especially the pickling step is of […]
Initial situation: Stirring is often carried out on the basis of static pre-set parameters, without regard to the changing metallurgical […]
Initial situation Automation, networking and digital technologies are transformation drivers of process water treatment Coordination of production processes and process […]
Situation: Increasing number of cold rolling work rolls failures, induced through hydrogen. Damages and/or failures can also cause dangerous explosions […]
Initial situation: End-point control of the Oxygen Steelmaking Converter (BOF) process is mainly based on results of a static charge […]
Situation: In hot processing of steel, reactions of the metal surface with ambient air result in the formation of complex […]
Situation: The main requirements of wear components in hot strip mills are high resistance against: abrasive wear to increase lifetime, […]