Name: EUROPEAN STEEL TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION DAYS 2017 - ESTAD 2017
Start: 2017-06-26T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2017-06-29T18:30:00+02:00
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EUROPEAN STEEL TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION DAYS 2017 - ESTAD 2017

from Monday, 26 June 2017 (08:00) to Thursday, 29 June 2017 (18:30)

Monday, 26 June 2017

12:00 Registration open
Registration open
12:00 - 14:00
14:00 Plenary Session
14:00 - 15:20
Room: Room F
Contributions

14:00 Opening Session - Franz Rotter (President ASMET)

14:10 voestalpine Steel Research Award 2017 - Franz Androsch (Head of voestalpine Group Research, voestalpine Stahl GmbH)

14:20 Environment - climate - energy: Quo vadis industry? - Wolfgang Eder (CEO, voestalpine AG)

14:40 Political conditions for sustainable innovations in steel - Hans Jürgen Kerkhoff (Chairman Steel Institute VDEh and President German Steel Federation)

15:00 Initiative Carbon2Chem - Reinhold Achatz (Head of Corporate Function Technology, Innovation & Sustainability, thyssenkrupp AG)
15:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:20 - 15:50
15:50 Plenary Session
15:50 - 16:50
Room: Room F
Contributions

15:50 Pioneering technologies to optimize the assets of steel producers - Andreas Flick (Executive Vice President Casting, ESP, Mechatronics and Through-Process Know-How (TPKH), Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

16:10 Digitalization in the steel industry - Franz Rotter (CEO, voestalpine High Performance Metals)

16:30 Refractories 4.0 - Reinhold Steiner (Member of the Management Board-Division Steel, RHI AG)
16:50 Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
16:50 - 19:00
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
08:30 Advanced Rolling
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room K2
Contributions

08:30 Broadening the steel markets by direct application of high quality ESP strips - Bernd Linzer (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

08:50 Understanding scale defect in Si bearing automotive grades manufactured through the CSP route at Tata Steel, Jamshedpur - UDAY SHANKER GOEL (TATA STEEL INDIA)

09:10 HiPROFILE innovative defect detection package to increase production quality - Marco Appio (DANIELI AUTOMATION)

09:30 CEM® Process : the most efficient process for thin gauge products - Myung Jong Cho (POSCO)

09:50 Danieli Universal Endless (DUE®) The new evolution of Danieli thin slab casting and rolling plant - Mathias Knigge (Danieli Hi Tech GMBH KG)
Environmental
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room 2.32
Contributions

08:30 Challenges to the steel industry in the transformation process towards low-carbon economy at the example of voestalpine - Johann Prammer (voestalpine AG)

08:50 Improvement of environmental protection and energy savings by suitable material handling systems - Rainer Bertling (AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH)

09:10 Risk assessment for lubricants in use in steel plants. How fire resistant lubricants improve work safety and reduce fire hazard in steel plants - Ronald Knecht (Quaker Chemical B.V.) Tim Mattern (Quaker Chemicals B.V.)

09:30 A simulation assessment of modifications of the water network of an electric arc furnace steelworks to allow wastewater reuse - Ismael Matino (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - TeCIP Institute - ICT-COISP)

09:50 Explosions due to the entrapment of water by molten iron, steel, or slag - Tom Plikas (Hatch Ltd.)
New Ironmaking Technologies
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room G1
Contributions

08:30 Innovation in the steel industry by voestalpine - Franz Androsch (voestalpine Stahl GmbH)

08:50 Commissioning and first operation results of world largest voestalpine Texas Midrex HBI Plant - Robert Milner (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

09:10 Rotary kilns for direct reduction of iron ore: design, operational guidelines and troubleshooting based on complex mathematic modeling - Tobias Rothenfluh (Outotec GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)

09:30 Enhancing performance of integrated steel plant by combining FINEX® and blast furnace - Bernd Weiss (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

09:50 Research on injection of COG in middle-upper part of COREX melter gasifier - Shengli Wu (School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
Rolled Properties and Characterizations
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room 2.91
Contributions

08:30 Hot work tool steels strengthened by carbides and intermetallic phases - Wolfgang Bleck (RWTH Aachen University)

08:50 Real-time 3D reconstruction and defect detection on hot-rolled steel products based on the laser-light-section method - Philipp Paier (Nextsense Gmbh. Graz)

09:10 Influences of the changed chemical composition of modern AHSS-grades on the pickling process - Caesar Sasse (SMS group GmbH)

09:30 Inline measurement of electromagnetic parameters for characterization of material properties of steel strip with a focus on magnetic values - Alois Koppler (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

09:50 Review of CRM sensors usable for improved coated products - Genevieve Moreas (CRM Group)
Rolling
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room K1
Contributions

08:30 Challenges in the steel industry and consequences for rolling plant technologies - Bruno Buchmayr (Montanuniversität Leoben)

08:50 Opportunities of experimental and numerical simulation of steel rolling technologies at the Institute of Metal Forming of TU Bergakademie Freiberg - Matthias Schmidtchen (TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut for Metal Forming)

09:10 Numerical modelling and simulation of the rolling of large diameter bars - Damien CHEVALIER (ACM)

09:30 Advanced roll-gap lubrication solutions in hot and cold rolling - Martin Bergmann (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

09:50 Investigation of through-thickness texture of a 1.24% Si electrical steel - Pei-Ling Sun (National Sun Yat-sen University)
Secondary Metallurgy
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room G2
Contributions

08:30 Secondary Metallurgy No. 4 - The answer to the future quality demands at voestalpine Stahl GmbH - Andreas Gantner (voestalpine Stahl GmbH)

08:50 CFD simulation of multiphase melt flows in metallurgical reactors - Andreas Kemminger (SMS-group)

09:10 Improving the ingot quality by understanding the behavior of the mold flux during casting process using a 3D fluid/structure numerical simulation model - Olivier JAOUEN (TRANSVALOR S.A.)

09:30 Physical modeling of bottom gas injection in metallurgical ladles: Status and current challenges - Alberto Conejo (ITM)

09:50 Real time sensing, dynamic modelling and advanced control of melt temperature in liquid steelmaking - Bernd Kleimt (VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH)
10:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:10 - 10:40
10:40 Advanced Rolling
10:40 - 11:40
Room: Room K2
Contributions

10:40 Adjusting Hot Strip Mill Level2 Setup Using Tribological Approach to Eliminate Biting Refusal - Mohamed Abou Mossaed (EZZSTEEL)

11:00 Concept, reference and performance of the CEM® technology - Karl Hoen (SMS group GmbH)

11:20 ARVEDI ESP: The technological contribution for performance optimization - Andreas Jungbauer (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)
Applications & Galvanizing
10:40 - 12:00
Room: Room 2.91
Contributions

10:40 Proportional Oxygen Burner - A light, multipurpose burner for metallurgical applications - Lukas Voj (SMS Group)

11:00 Industrial applications of reliable topography measurements - Genevieve MOREAS (CRM Group)

11:20 Galvanizing of 3rd generation AHSS-grades with PrOBOX®-technology and flexible thermal treatment - Caesar Sasse (SMS group GmbH)

11:40 Optimisation of zinc coating using shape, position and vibrations high precision system - Genevieve MOREAS (CRM Group)
Environmental
10:40 - 11:20
Room: Room 2.32
Contributions

10:40 Future of direct reduction in Europe – Medium and long-term perspectives - Robert Millner (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

11:00 Sinter plant and basic oxygen furnace waste heat utilization – New configuration with ORC modules for power generation - Thomas Steinparzer (Primtetals Technologies Austria GmbH)
New Ironmaking Technologies
10:40 - 11:20
Room: Room G1
Contributions

10:40 DR plant process optimization with DRIpaxTM expert system - Dieter Bettinger (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

11:00 Yield improvement at direct reduction plant, module-E by modifying oxide screen-mesh - Mohammed SAMMAN (SABIC, Technology Management, Metals Business Unit)
Rolling
10:40 - 12:20
Room: Room K1
Contributions

10:40 Developing heat treat equipment for 3rd generation AHSS - Peter Seemann (EBNER Industrieofenbau GmbH)

11:00 Digital reheating technolgy - New developments and benefits - Hounliasso Dieudonne (FIVES Stein)

11:20 Process model development for reheating plants using simple numerical methods enhanced with CFD results - Christian Schubert (Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering of the RWTH Aachen University)

11:40 Advanced HSS grades – Key material for rolling of steel with high efficiency - Christian Zybill (WALZEN IRLE GmbH)

12:00 Measurements of contact, friction and heat transfer during rolling - Annika Nilsson (Swerea MEFOS)
Secondary Metallurgy
10:40 - 12:20
Room: Room G2
Contributions

10:40 Macroscopic texture examination of huge polished micrograph sections for validation of remelting simulations - Moritz Eickhoff (Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering of the RWTH Aachen University)

11:00 In situ measurement of silicon content in molten ferrochrome - Ville-Valtteri Visuri (University of Oulu, Process Metallurgy Research Unit)

11:20 Characteristics of ladle flow field by gas bubbling method - EUNJU JEONG (POSCO)

11:40 Automation of hot metal pouring in our steel plant - Hans Pronk (Tata Steel IJmuiden (Netherlands))

12:00 Development of high quality grades production techniques using a VOD plant at voestalpine Giesserei Linz - Andrea Pezza (Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH)
11:20 Cokemaking
11:20 - 12:20
Room: Room G1
Contributions

11:20 The modernization of a coking plant making use of “STATE-OF-THE-ART” technologies: A european case - Michela Bernardi (Paul Wurth)

11:40 New technique for coal size design based on unique thermoplasticity index - Yusuke Dohi (JFE Steel Corporation)

12:00 Control technique of coke rate in shaft furnace by controlling coke reactivity - Yuki Iwai (JFE steel)
Energy Management & Recovery
11:20 - 12:20
Room: Room 2.32
Contributions

11:20 Waste heat recovery for EAF – Innovative concepts & industrial implementation - Thomas Steinparzer (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

11:40 Energy balance of the integrated route - Marten Sprecher (Steel Institute VDEh)

12:00 i.Process/Steel-RHF: An adaptive algorithm aimed at online optimization of re-heating furnaces - Crescenzo Pepe (i.Process S.r.l.)
12:20 Lunch
Lunch
12:20 - 14:00
14:00 Cokemaking
14:00 - 15:40
Room: Room G1
Contributions

14:00 Detection of coal weathering - Tatiana ROZHKOVA (CPM)

14:20 3D numerical model for gas and pulverized coal injection optimization - Rodolfo Paulo Santos Ferreira (ArcelorMittal)

14:40 Briquetting of ferrous and coal fines – Saving resources, creating value - Alexander Fleischanderl (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

15:00 Influence of kind and particle size of semi-soft coking coals on dilatation of blended coal - Saori Konno (Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation)

15:20 Influence of pre-treated biomass on the microstructure of metallurgical coke - Alexander Babich (RWTH Aachen University)
Cost & Process Control
14:00 - 15:40
Room: Room 2.32
Contributions

14:00 An agent based approach for steel industries for exploitation of opportunities and challenges provided by energy markets - Francesca Marchiori (Centro Sviluppo Materiali)

14:20 TSL KPO BF 1 – Design, commissioning and start-up - Martin Schmith (Primetals Technologies Ltd.)

14:40 Off the beaten path: New condition monitoring applications in steel making - Anna Mayrhofer (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

15:00 Optimizing OPEX for steel plants – Improve process control and energy efficiency - Wolfgang Linden (SMS group)

15:20 Cleanliness measurement and control using innovative LIBS method - GUY MONFORT (CRM Group)
Hot Plate Mill
14:00 - 15:20
Room: Room K2
Contributions

14:00 FE analysis of influence of edge wave length on roller leveling effect - Jun Negami (Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal)

14:20 Recent applications of the MULPIC® plate cooling technology - Ian Robinson (Primetals Technologies Ltd.)

14:40 Product driven project methodology put into practice – how to implement a production management system for a plate mill line within 6 months - Myriam Mensing (PSI Metals)

15:00 Flatness characterisation of hot plates for plate levelling - Marvin Laugwitz (Institute of Metal Forming, RWTH Aachen University)
Rolling
14:00 - 15:40
Room: Room K1
Contributions

14:00 Hot forming of a low-carbon steel AISI 1005 for fashion accessories - Greta Piccolo (University of Padova)

14:20 Muffle tubes: choose the right material for longer service life - Eduardo Perea (Sandvik)

14:40 A training framework for i.Process/Steel-RHF APC system - Crescenzo Pepe (i.Process S.r.l.)

15:00 Improving reliability for steel mill furnace rolls - Jeremy Rydberg (Atlas Machine & Supply, Inc.)

15:20 Topographic surface inspection system for slabs - Christian Mittag (IMS Messsysteme GmbH)
Secondary Metallurgy
14:00 - 15:40
Room: Room G2
Contributions

14:00 Study of large size Ds type inclusions in bearing steel - Zhaoping Chen (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.)

14:20 Steel vacuum degassing mechanical pumping system without process gas filter: latest technical developments for reduction in CAPEX and OPEX - Mauro Milocco (SMS group SpA)

14:40 Assessing the effect of two different deoxidation practices on non-metallic inclusions and mechanical properties and their evolution with thermomechanical processing. - Jose Manuel Naranjo-Espinosa (Sheffield University)

15:00 Identification of peritectic grades of steel using high temperature phase transformation studies - P P Sahoo (Tata Steel Ltd)

15:20 Analysis of multi component oxides by calibration-free laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy - Roman Rössler (voestalpine Stahl GmbH)
Surface Technologies
14:00 - 15:20
Room: Room 2.91
Contributions

14:00 Performance supervision of automatic surface inspection systems - Jens Brandenburger (VDEH-Betriebsforschungsinstitut)

14:20 Process parameters for the production of steel roll-bonded multilayer plates and strips - Matteo Caruso (CRM Group)

14:40 Hot flat product surface inspection - Latest developments - Afchine Nasserian (Primetals Technologies France SAS)

15:00 Automatic surface inspection in steel products ensures safe, cost efficient and timely defect detection in production - Marco Appio (Danieli Automation)
15:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10 Cokemaking
16:10 - 16:30
Room: Room G1
Contributions

16:10 Steel plant integrated charcoal production from wood and kraft lignin – Feasible market conditions - Thomas Kohl (Aalto University)
Cost & Process Control
16:10 - 16:50
Room: Room 2.32
Contributions

16:10 Comprehensive competence in beneficiation technologies – from the raw materials to steel - Jan Martens (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

16:30 Integrated steel plant optimization in flow sheeting process integration platform - Bernd Weiss (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)
Gas Cleaning
16:10 - 17:50
Room: Room 2.91
Contributions

16:10 Towards a cleaner future - Trends in gas cleaning technology for ironmaking - Andreas Steinwandter (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

16:30 Gas odorization technology for toxic gas leaks detection in the steel industry - Marta Santorroman (ARKEMA)

16:50 Information on carcinogenic substances in steel casting ladles - Alexey Kotchin (MAPEKO Feuer GmbH & Co. KG)

17:10 Advantages of Axial Cyclone Vs inertial spark arresters along the EAF secondary ducts: field experience and future developments through CFD analysis - Marco Peter Cudicio (SMS group SpA)

17:30 Enhancement of the EAF dust recycling in self-reducing briquettes by controlling their hydration behaviour - Marcel Dormann (CRM Group)
Industry 4.0
16:10 - 17:50
Room: Room K2
Contributions

16:10 The BFI-I4.0 solution modules for fully exploiting the digitization efforts of the European steel industry - Marcus J. Neuer (VDEH Betriebsforschungsinstitut)

16:30 Danieli intelligent system: a leap forward towards the intelligent plant - Antonio Comelli (Danieli Automation SpA)

16:50 The digitalization of steel production - Kurt Herzog (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

17:10 Know-how based root-cause analysis tool to ensure high product quality and process stability - Lukas Pichler (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

17:30 Custom fitted order dressing for metals industries - Gunther Schober (PSI Metals)
Rolling
16:10 - 17:10
Room: Room K1
Contributions

16:10 i Box pickling tanks for production improvement of advanced high strength steel upgraded from deep bath tank - Takafumi Nakaya (Primetals Technologies Japan, Ltd.)

16:30 Development of new mash seam welder (Cross Seam Welder, CSW) for carbon steel pickling line - Motoaki Sakumoto (JFE Steel Corporation Ltd.) Soichiro Uehara (JFE Steel Corporation Ltd.) Takafumi Nakaya (Primetals Technologies Japan, Ltd.)

16:50 Economic impact maximization and throughput increase by decentral self-optimization of a pickling line - Marcus J. Neuer (VDEH Betriebsforschungsinstitut)
Secondary Metallurgy
16:10 - 17:10
Room: Room G2
Contributions

16:10 Upgrade of stainless and special steel production by implementation of AOD process at ACRONI - Bernhard Voraberger (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

16:30 Improvement of productivity for ultra-low carbon grade of Cr base ferrite stainless steel - Wataru Todo (JFE Steel Corporation, Steelmaking Dept., East Japan Works(Chiba))

16:50 Vacuum converter – Producing special steels and ferroalloys - Stefan Lemke (SMS group GmbH)
17:10 Electric Arc Furnace: Electric Arc Furnace
Electric Arc Furnace
17:10 - 17:50
Room: Room G2
Contributions

17:10 EAF double probe extraction system for off-gas analysis: the SMS group’s cornerstone for EAF process optimization solutions – The synergy program - Mauro Milocco (SMS group SpA)

17:30 Analysis of time delay in heat transfer caused by slag accumulated on EAF side panels - Matti Aula (University of Oulu)
Long Products
17:10 - 17:50
Room: Room K1
Contributions

17:10 Forging-like rolling with high reduction of SBQ long products - Francesco Toschi (Primetals Technologies Italy S.r.l.)

17:30 Dynamic cooling control system of high strength steel wire rod - Shih-Chuan Yu (China Steel Corporation)
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
08:30 Blast Furnace Ironmaking
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room G1
Contributions

08:30 Holistic optimization models – recent developments in ironmaking process control - Dieter Bettinger (Primetals Technologies Austria)

08:50 Hot blast superheating – A scalable technology to reduce coke consumption - Ian Cameron (Hatch Ltd.)

09:10 Blast furnace smelting of the titaniferous magnetite ores with the various content of titanium dioxide and quality of the agglomerated raw materials - Andrey Dmitriev (Institute of Metallurgy of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences)

09:30 Mathematical model to simulate liquid metal & slag accumulation, drainage and heat transfer in blast furnace hearth - Hemant Upadhyay (Jindal Steel & Power Ltd, Raigarh, India)

09:50 Influence of injection of pre-reduced iron ores on the processes in the blast furnace raceway - Alexander Babich (RWTH Aachen University)
Byproducts
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room K2
Contributions

08:30 Carbon recycling at its best – Utilization of by-products from process-gas fermentation - Wim VAN DER STRICHT (ArcelorMittal)

08:50 Water process integration: Assessment of an ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis based treatment to regenerate coke-making area wastewater - Ismael Matino (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - TeCIP Institute - ICT-COISP)

09:10 Utilization of olefin plants waste coke as carbon additive in steel making - Yousif ALDHAFEERY (SABIC - METALS)

09:30 Combined PtL and Use of by-product H2 in an integrated steel mill - Industrial symbiosis between chemical and steel industry - Guenter Harp (Harp Process Chemictry Consulting)

09:50 Zinc oxide from steel mill dust - A wide range of opportunities - Caterina Benigni (Montanuniversitaet Leoben)
Electric Arc Furnace
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room G2
Contributions

08:30 Latest modernization developments for electric arc furnaces - Hannes Beile (Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH)

08:50 CFD modeling of standard and shaft-type Electric Arc Furnaces - Andreas Kemminger (SMS-Group)

09:10 SmartFurnace system and ZoloSCAN off gas monitoring integration in Vallourec Star - Carlos De Los Santos (AMIGE)

09:30 Behaviour of Cs and Sr radionuclides during the electric arc re-melting of contaminated scraps - Ian Cameron (Hatch Ltd.)

09:50 Soft sensors for improved control of electric arc furnaces - Erik Sandberg (Swerea MEFOS AB)
Industry 4.0
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room 2.32
Contributions

08:30 Using numerical simulation and virtual reality visualization for steelmaking applications - Chenn Zhou (Purdue University Northwest)

08:50 How-to optimize steel quality by applying Industry 4.0 techniques in real-world practical examples - Marcus J. Neuer (VDEH Betriebsforschungsinstitut)

09:10 Data mining continuous sensor data for training plant wide defect models - gabriel fricout (arcelormittal)

09:30 Manufacturing execution systems MES 4.0 from SMS group - Wilfried Runde (SMS group GmbH)

09:50 How technological advancements in proactive and predictive maintenance can increase the lifecycle of plant equipment - Werner Klein (Primetals Technologies)
Long Products
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room K1
Contributions

08:30 Modernization of the Kroman wire rod mill to increase productivity, utilization and product quality - Wade Krejdovsky (Primetals Technologies USA LLC)

08:50 LLR Rolls - New design concept for composite rolls and innovative ring locking system - Matteo Tomba (PERT srl)

09:10 New sizing stands for bar and wire rod mills, to achieve tighter tollerances - the BSS stands - Matteo Tomba (PERT srl)

09:30 The production of railway rails in modern and efficient plants - The new ARBZ rail mill - Francesco Toschi (Primetals Technologies Italy S.r.l.)

09:50 The journey of one square millimeter wire surface - Raimund Fritz (Montanuniversitaet Leoben)
10:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:10 - 10:40
10:40 Blast Furnace Ironmaking
10:40 - 12:20
Room: Room G1
Contributions

10:40 Identifying the blast furnace salamander position by using non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques - Afshin Sadri (Hatch Global Director of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Group)

11:00 New designed long-life copper stave cooling system for blast furnace - Jungil Kim (POSCO)

11:20 New discrete element simulation for trickle flow in blast furnace - Shungo Natsui (Hokkaido University)

11:40 Ironmaking in Western Europe - Hans Bodo Lüngen (Director Technology VDEh)

12:00 Analysis of copper stave breakage and restoration technology in Pohang no.4 Blast Furnace - Keun Young KIM (Iron & Steel Making Technology Group, Steel Planning Department, POSCO)
Electric Arc Furnace
10:40 - 12:20
Room: Room G2
Contributions

10:40 Improved power quality and production benefits in EAF steel making by the use of modern MMC STATCOM - Christian Payerl (ABB)

11:00 Extended new overview of chemical injection systems at the EAF - Hannes Beile (Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH)

11:20 SHARC - Shaft arc furnace - Minimized energy consumption, efficient scrap preheating and low conversion costs - Andreas Metzen (Hellenic Halyvourgia)

11:40 Adaptation of CRM EAF model for 100% DRI charging and implementation at Lazaro-Cardenas plant - Jean-Christophe Pierret (CRM Group)

12:00 Adaptive EAF online control based on innovative sensors and comprehensive models - Tim Rekersdrees (Georgsmarienhütte GmbH)
Hot Strip Mill
10:40 - 12:20
Room: Room K1
Contributions

10:40 Energy saving and process optimization in a conventional hot strip mill by application of the latest high-efficient descaling technology - Jochen Munz (Lechler GmbH)

11:00 The most unique hot strip mill in the world - Franz Xaver Schmoller (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

11:20 Radar solutions for harsh environmental conditions - Bettina Fischer (IMS Messsysteme GmbH)

11:40 Robust control of the lubrication in a hot rolling process - Loïc Bertrand (Arcelormittal Maizières R&D)

12:00 Performance Modules – a convenient and sophisticated way for hot rolling mills - Christopher Klein (SMS group GmbH)
Industry 4.0
10:40 - 12:20
Room: Room 2.32
Contributions

10:40 The KPI-driven and agile metals supply chain - Robert Jäger (PSI Metals)

11:00 Improving operational efficiency and cost competiveness of steel plants - A case study for electric furnace melt shop and hot rolling mill - Yakov Gordon (Hatch, Canada)

11:20 Valuable principles for effective planning & scheduling: A holistic approach - Werner Klein (Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH)

11:40 Advanced data-driven prediction models for BOF end-point detection - Norbert Uebber (SMS group GmbH)

12:00 Practical user experience with an Industrie 4.0 electrode control system - Christoph Sedivy (Primtetals Technologies Austria GmbH)
Oxygen Steelmaking
10:40 - 12:20
Room: Room K2
Contributions

10:40 Fully automatic converter steelmaking - Gerald Wimmer (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

11:00 BOF process improvements by modern gas purging strategy and technology - Marcus Kirschen (RHI AG) Matthäus Haider (RHI AG)

11:20 Slagless technology - New BOF performances at GERDAU OURO BRANCO - Breno Totti Maia (Lumar Metals Ltda)

11:40 BOF pressure effects over jet penetration at TKCSA - Breno Totti Maia (Lumar Metals Ltda) Daniel Carvalho (thyssenkrupp CSA)

12:00 Optimization of converter design with CFD – Practical application for converter revamp - Gerald Wimmer (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)
12:20 Lunch
Lunch
12:20 - 14:00
14:00 Blast Furnace Ironmaking
14:00 - 15:40
Room: Room G1
Contributions

14:00 Improvement of overall blast furnace performance after the revamping of the top charging system at ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine BF-2 - Jérôme DAULMERIE (ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine) Thiago RABELO NUNES CAMPOS (ArcelorMittal Global R&D)

14:20 Mathematical model dedicated to the diagnosis and optimization of blast furnace hot stove battery operation - Thibault Quatravaux (ArcelorMittal R&D Maizières Process)

14:40 New hearth design for blast furnace no. 3 at DK - Reinoud Van Laar (Danieli Corus)

15:00 New top charging unit for Zaporizhstal - Jan Bak (Danieli Corus)

15:20 Industrial application of blast furnace liquid levels measurements using strain gauges - Raffael Mancini (TMT Tapping Measuring Technology)
Electric Arc Furnace
14:00 - 15:40
Room: Room G2
Contributions

14:00 Modeling of steel bar melting process in an experimental induction furnace - Chenn Zhou (Purdue University Northwest)

14:20 Results in EAF Process optimization with AMIGE SmartFurnace system - Guillermo Fernandez (AMIGE)

14:40 Bypassing problems related to water cooling – Case study for applying ILTEC in an 100t EAF - Martina Hanel (Mettop GmbH)

15:00 Robotic guided tap hole maintenance on EAF, a major increase of worker safety - Andreas Priesner (Primetals Austria Technologies GmbH)

15:20 Technical update on the SMS group automatic slag door condoor: lessons learned and results achieved in 7 years of experience - Mauro Milocco (SMS group SpA)
Hot Strip Mill
14:00 - 15:40
Room: Room K1
Contributions

14:00 Early roll defects detection in roughing mill - Olivier Herbiet (CRM Group)

14:20 A pioneering HSM side guide system eliminating strip defects at tremendously extended service life - Klaus Stohl (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

14:40 Mill stabilizing device for reduction of mill vibration in hot rolling - Jiro Hasai (Primetals Technologies Japan, Ltd.)

15:00 A fast model to evaluate threading refusal risk in hot rolling process - Eliette Mathey (ArcelorMittal Maizières R&D)

15:20 Hot strip mill roll gap lubrication with low cost green oils and waste oils - Bart Vervaet (CRMGroup)
Industry 4.0
14:00 - 15:40
Room: Room 2.32
Contributions

14:00 Indoor positioning of steel ladles using beacons - Lukas Voj (SMS group GmbH)

14:20 Introduction of tablets for work roll evaluation - Jurgen Malbrancke (CRM Group)

14:40 PQA-the success factor to reach next performance level in hot and cold rolling - Jens Kempken (SMS Group)

15:00 Industry 4.0 in rolling mills enabled by proactive quality assurance - Hans Peintinger (QuinLogic GmbH)

15:20 Newly developed combined abrasive cut-off and cold circular sawing machines for flexible applications in the steel and special metals industry - Gerhard Richter (BRAUN Maschinenfabrik GmbH)
Oxygen Steelmaking
14:00 - 15:40
Room: Room K2
Contributions

14:00 TIP ance nozzle wear study at VALLOUREC BRAZIL BOF - Breno Totti Maia (Lumar Metals Ltda)

14:20 Influence of interfacial tension and viscosity on the formation of metal emulsion by rising gas bubble. - Sun-Joong Kim (Chosun University)

14:40 BOF lance TIP mult nozzles coalescence trigonometric study - Alenisio Alexandre Alves Nogueira (Lumar Metals Ltda.)

15:00 Innovative solutions for BOF dedusting systems – Achieving minimum emission levels - Herbert Pasteiner (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

15:20 BOF cold model - Metal slag bath mass movement determination by supersonic blow from multi nozzles - Breno Totti Maia (Lumar Metals Ltda)
15:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10 Blast Furnace Ironmaking
16:10 - 17:30
Room: Room G1
Contributions

16:10 Hot blast stove campaign extension repairs at operating temperature - Jan Bak (Danieli Corus)

16:30 Importance of thermocouple layout in blast furnace hearth refractory wear monitoring - Hamid Ghorbani (Hatch)

16:50 Temperature fluctuation impact on structural behavior of blast furnace hearth refractory system - Hamid Ghorbani (Hatch)

17:10 Mathematical model and stabilization system for slag mode of blast furnace operation - Yakov Gordon (Technical Director, I & S, Hatch. Canada)
Electric Arc Furnace
16:10 - 18:10
Room: Room G2
Contributions

16:10 Power system analysis of direct current electric arc funaces - SGL PRO ARC DC - Neil Beever (SGL GE GmbH)

16:30 Operation of a DC EAF based meltshop connected to a weak electrical network: A feasibility study - Giuseppe Simioli (Weidmann Electrical Technology)

16:50 Dunite patch for slagdoor and hearth lining EAF - ESTEBAN RUISANCHEZ (PASEK)

17:10 Activities for EAF Process Improvement to Acciaierie di Calvisano including KPI's approach for process monitoring and implementation of lime injection - Piero Frittella (Feralpi Siderurgica S.p.A.)

17:30 Activities for through process modelling and monitoring of steelmaking process to estimate and improve process performances and steel qualities - Piero Frittella (Feralpi Siderurgica)
Hot Strip Mill
16:10 - 17:10
Room: Room K1
Contributions

16:10 Characterizations, modelling and lab trials assisting the development of a graphitic HSS work roll for rear finishing stands - Sebastien Flament (CRMGroup)

16:30 Development of looper shape meter in hot rolling - Naoto Migakida (Primetals Technologies Japan, Ltd.)

16:50 New strip tension control for better thickness performance at finishing mills - Daniel Kotzian (Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH)
Industry 4.0
16:10 - 16:50
Room: Room 2.32
Contributions

16:10 Rolling into the future by digitalization - Paul Riches (Primetals Technologies USA LLC)

16:30 Machine intelligence for meltshop 4.0 - Michele Vezzola (Polytec S.r.l.)
Oxygen Steelmaking
16:10 - 17:30
Room: Room K2
Contributions

16:10 Dynamic on-line monitoring and end point control of dephosphorisation in the BOF converter - Martin Schlautmann (VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH)

16:30 TBM tuyeres arrangements and flow – comparison between BOF thyssenkrupp CSA and cold model - Daniel Carvalho (thyssenkrupp CSA)

16:50 Analysis of geometrical aspects of BOF coverters and correlations with process parameters - Alenisio A. Alves Nogueira (Lumar Metals Ltda)

17:10 Dynamic modeling of the converter off gas composition in the cooling stack - Yuriy Lytvynyuk (Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche Spa)
17:10 Cold Rolling Mill
17:10 - 17:50
Room: Room K1
Contributions

17:10 Danieli cold mill complexes for automotive applications - Michele Turchetto (Danieli & C. Spa)

17:30 A feed-forward control for roller levelers using FE based process models and fast meta-models - Markus Grüber (Institute of Metal Forming, RWTH Aachen University)
19:00 Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:00 - 22:00
Thursday, 29 June 2017
08:30 Blast Furnace Ironmaking
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room G1
Contributions

08:30 Influence of sinter and pellets proportion and quality on blast furnaces operation - Yakov Gordon (Technical Director, II & S, Hatch, Canada)

08:50 Implementation and results of non-destructive testing method for cooling staves thicknesses at NLMK - Winnie Ying (Hatch)

09:10 AU-E control of blast furnace refractory lining at NTMK-EVRAZ ensures intensive operation and prediction of the end of campaign of titania blast furnace. - Yakov Gordon (Technical Director, I & S, Hatch, Canada)

09:30 Reactive PCI® technology - the next milestone in Küttner's comprehensive PCI know-how - Franz Reufer (Küttner GmbH & Co. KG)

09:50 A combined data processing approach to improve blast furnace raceway blockage detection - Stefan Puttinger (Department of Particulate Flow Modelling, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)
Cold Rolling Mill
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room K1
Contributions

08:30 Tangshan new #2 cold rolling mill complex to produce advanced high strength steels for automotive market - Christian Westermayer (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

08:50 Performance Modules – a convenient and sophisticated way for cold rolling mills - Klaus Lazzaro (SMS group GmbH)

09:10 An active actuator to eliminate chatter marks caused by self-exited vibrations in rolling mills without speed losses - Jan Polzer (VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH)

09:30 Wear generation during cold strip rolling - a model based analysis - Daniel Strasser (Institute of Mechatronic Design and Production, Johannes Kepler University Linz)

09:50 Latest PL-TCM technologies for advanced high strength steel applications - Frank Beddings (Primetals Technologies USA LLC)
Oxygen Steelmaking
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room K2
Contributions

08:30 State of the art gas cleaning and utilization for BOF gases: operational results and benefits - Volker Trappmann (SMS group GmbH)

08:50 Nitrogen behavior during steelmaking of high Al TRIP steels - Hongbin Yin (ArcelorMittal Global R&D)

09:10 Impact of carbon, silicon and manganese contents on the dissolution and melting behaviour of scrap in a dynamic BOF model - Florian Markus Penz (K1-MET GmbH)

09:30 Aplication of the similarity method for cold modeling a 330 tons BOF converter in laboratory - Breno Totti Maia (Lumar Metals Ltda)

09:50 Successful revamping of sublancemanipulators for the LD-converters at voestalpine Stahl Gmbh – safe of process time and availability - Martin W. Egger (voestalpine Stahl GmbH & ASMET Member)
Sintering & Pelletizing
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room 2.32
Contributions

08:30 Investigating the oxidation kinetics of magnetite pellet - Kamesh Sandeep Telkicherla (Lulea University of Technology)

08:50 Technology for improvement sinter productivity and sinter strength in the sintering process by gas fuel and oxygen injection technology ―Development of gas fuel and oxygen injection technology in iron ore sintering - Shunsuke OURA (JFE steel Corporation,Ironmaking Dept.)

09:10 Modelling and simulation of ignition hoods for iron ore sintering - David Rodriguez (Paul Wurth)

09:30 Outotec Solution for Pelletizing Plant Low Nox emission - Adreas Munko (Outotec)

09:50 Efficient and environmental friendly sinter-cooling based on the counter flow principle - Michaela Boeberl (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)
Slags
08:30 - 10:10
Room: Room G2
Contributions

08:30 Boosting the value of your steelmaking slag and dust - Gerald Wimmer (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

08:50 Valorisation of slag and by products from EAF-metallurgy – NoWASTE a feasible way to go? - Henning Schliephake (Georgsmarienhütte GmbH)

09:10 Factors of influence during and after the electric steel making process: Characterization and optimization of electric arc furnace slag - Dirk Mudersbach (Max Aicher Umwelt GmbH)

09:30 Influence of basicity on chromium leaching of low alloy EAF slag - Ida Strandkvist (Luleå University of Technology)

09:50 Modelling of basic oxygen furnace slag treatment and processing in order to evaluate possibility of their reuse - Ismael Matino (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - TeCIP Institute - ICT-COISP)
10:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:10 - 10:40
10:40 Blast Furnace Ironmaking
10:40 - 12:20
Room: Room G1
Contributions

10:40 Evaluation of bio-coke strength and reactivity for blast furnace use - Hannu Suopajärvi (Process Metallurgy, University of Oulu)

11:00 Hot blast stoves – Latest developments, assessment and lifetime extension - Eric Schaub (Paul Wurth)

11:20 Unconventional reducing agents for sustainable blast furnace ironmaking - Hesham Ahmed (MiMeR-Luleå University of Technology)

11:40 Installation of a dry slag granulation pilot plant at blast furnace A of voestalpine - Alexander Fleischanderl (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

12:00 Operation and maintenance technology for prolong campaign life of large blast furnace hearth - Wanren Xu (Baosteel Group Corporation,China)
Cold Rolling Mill
10:40 - 12:20
Room: Room K1
Contributions

10:40 Newly developed universal crown control mill “HYPER UCM” for rolling of high-hardness and thinner steel - Hajime Higuchi (Primetals Technologies Japan Ltd.)

11:00 Numerical investigations of oil film thickness formation inside the roll-bite during cold rolling - Trong Son Cao (ArcelorMittal Global R&D)

11:20 Industrial results obtained with the new generation of laser welder - Afchine Nasserian (Primetals Technologies France SAS)

11:40 Severstal's revamp of their four stand flat cold tandem line in Cherepovets - Wolfgang Spies (SMS group GmbH)

12:00 Introduction of cold rolling complex for tin plate - Ichiro Maeno (Primetals Technologies Japan Ltd.)
Oxygen Steelmaking
10:40 - 12:20
Room: Room K2
Contributions

10:40 Value in use of pasek dunite in the BOF process - ESTEBAN RUISANCHEZ (PASEK MINERALES (BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER))

11:00 BOF blowing process challenges for high rate of iron ore pellet addition - Process development and results at TKCSA - Daniel Carvalho (thyssenkrupp CSA)

11:20 Continuous improvements in BOF at Arcelor Mittal João Monlevade by technology slagless lance - Breno Totti Maia (Lumar Metals Ltda)

11:40 First operating experiences with post-combustion lances at BOF shop LD3 - Joachim Lehner (voestalpine Stahl Gmbh)

12:00 Optimization of ferroalloy use in the BOF process using machine learning methods - Viktor A. Lobachev (Yandex Data Factory)
Sintering & Pelletizing
10:40 - 12:20
Room: Room 2.32
Contributions

10:40 Numerical simulation of sinter process and optimization of top burner system by CFD simulation - Michaela Böberl (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

11:00 Value in use of Pasek dunite improving the return sinter fines - Aitor Elorriaga (PASEK MINERALES (BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER))

11:20 OUTOTEC performance services for iron ore agglomeration plants - Tobias Stefan (Outotec)

11:40 Investigation of the specific surface area and pore structure of blast furnace sinters - Anrin Bhattacharyya (Montanuniversität Leoben)

12:00 Sinter-cooler process CFD modeling - Maxime Moreau (ArcelorMittal)
Slags
10:40 - 11:00
Room: Room G2
Contributions

10:40 Recycling of blast furnace sludge by hydrometallurgy process - ANA-MARIA IOSIF (ArcelorMittal)
12:20 Lunch
Lunch
12:20 - 14:00
14:00 Blast Furnace Ironmaking
14:00 - 15:00
Room: Room G1
Contributions

14:00 Improved production efficiency with material selection for steel making - Alessandra Spaghetti (Sandvik)

14:20 GRANSHOT turns logistic challenge into valuable product in integrated steel making - Kristina Beskow (Uvån Hagfors Teknologi AB)

14:40 A new practical engineering approach to improving the service sustainablility of copper staves in blast furnaces - Henk Reimink (World Steel Association)
Cold Rolling Mill
14:00 - 15:40
Room: Room K1
Contributions

14:00 Development of advanced 20Hi split housing ZR-mill (HZ-mill) for stainless and electrical steel - Hajime Higuchi (Primetals Technologies Japan Ltd.)

14:20 Stainless steel endless continuous cold rolling with X-HI® stands technology - Stephane Gouttebroze (Primetals Technologies France SAS)

14:40 Chatter management today at cold rolling mills. Theoretical background, integration into Genius CM condition monitoring, link to plant automation - Christoph Häusler (SMS group GmbH) Matthias Krüger (SMS group GmbH)

15:00 Multi-target optimization of batch annealing bays - Geert Paulussen (Tata Steel)

15:20 X-Shape – high precision and cost-efficient flatness measurement and control - Reinhard Schmidhuber (SMS group GmbH)
Measurement technologies in Secondary metallurgy - Dissemination of results from European research projects (DissTec): Seminar
Seminar
14:00 - 16:00
Room: Room G2
Contributions

14:00 Overview on DissTec project and introduction into topic "Measurement technologies in Secondary Metallurgy" - Bernd Kleimt (VDEh-BFI)

14:20 SecMet Measurement technologies in ECSC and RFCS research projects - an overview - Tobias Kordel (VDEh-BFI)

14:40 Measuring of liquid steel temperature in secondary metallurgy - Torsten Lamp (Minkon GmbH)

15:00 Online Measurement of dissolved gasses in secondary metallurgy - Bartek Wisniewski (MINKON GmbH)

15:20 Fast analysis of slag chemistry during secondary metallurgy - Jean-Christophe Pierret (CRM asbl)

15:40 On-line measurement of steel cleanness using rapid inclusion characterisation techniques - Stuart Millman (Materiasl Processing Institute (MPI))
Refractories Steelmaking
14:00 - 14:40
Room: Room K2
Contributions

14:00 Torpedo ladle: Monolithic lining improvements - David Garcia (Pasek)

14:20 Introduction of a 3D-laserprofile-measurement-system that is immersed in to a hot steel casting ladle to measure and evaluate the entire conditions of the refractory lining including optimization of lining and ladle treatment, gap and crack detection, lining surface temperature and automated sand filling of the ladle-taphole. - Rolf Lamm (Minteq International GmbH)
Sintering & Pelletizing: Sintering & Pelletizing
Sintering & Pelletizing
14:00 - 15:00
Room: Room 2.32
Contributions

14:00 Granulation of ultra-fine ores for utilization in iron ore sintering - Gabriel Steindorf (Department of Ferrous Metallurgy, RWTH Aachen University)

14:20 Design and optimization of iron ore pelletizing plants based on coupled numerical simulations - Roland Eisl (ENRAG GmbH)

14:40 Optimal mixing and granulation process for fine utilization in sinterplants - Gergö Rimaszéki (Outotec)