EUROPEAN STEEL TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION DAYS 2017 - ESTAD 2017

For every single final product you can get a carbon foot print, which is dominated by raw materials and production processes. The steel industry is looking to minimize its carbon footprint by self-defining reasons not only for environmental aspects, but also to cut own energy costs. There were significant results reached by optimizing each process step and also in trying to link single process steps. The Arvedi ESP technology is the first technology, reducing the energy consumption for the process of hot rolling itself by using all advantages of the fully endless production process. Furthermore it is possible to gain even higher energy reductions by either completely cutting the production route of cold rolling and annealing processes, or by optimized combination of them. This generic approach is leading to totally new production processes and concepts. This paper will give an overview of different processes and energy saving potentials oriented on final products and their applications.