We are proud to announce a groundbreaking strategic partnership between VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH (BFI) and DSD Automation GmbH in Trier in the field of Blast Furnace and Electric Arc Furnace optimization!

This partnership marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of digital solutions for the iron and steel industry. The integration of BFI’s state-of-the-art blast furnace and electric arc furnace (EAF) process models into the Industream platform of DSD Automation will fundamentally change the way how steelmakers relying on this platform work in these strategic areas with high environmental impact.

There is no doubt about it! Our intelligent, efficient and sustainable solutions make a real difference.

The EAF process models of BFI are based on energy and mass balance and thermodynamic calculations and allow to monitor and predict the process behaviour and to optimise the energetic and metallurgical process performance. They have been developed and are continuously extended in European research projects and are already successfully applied at several industrial plants.