International Conference on Thermo Mechanical Processing - TMP 2026

Session

TMP strategies, Modelling & Verification

21 Oct 2026, 13:30

Austria Trend Parkhotel Schönbrunn

75. Decarbonizing Steel Production through Niobium Microalloying: A Total Cost of Operation Perspective

Jose Britti Bacalhau (CBMM)

21/10/2026, 13:30

Relevance of TMP and Microalloying to Sustainable Production of Steel and Nonferrous Alloys

Oral Presentation

The steel industry is under simultaneous pressure to reduce costs and to decarburize, ideally without major capital investment. CBMM has developed a Total Cost of Operation (TCO) approach, and a supporting calculator, that reframes how alloy design decisions are made: shifting the focus from the narrow "price per tonne of ferroalloy" to the full economic and environmental cost across the...

17. Control and through process prediction of plate thermomechanical properties at JSW’s Anjar plate mill

Dr Ian Robinson (Primetals Technologies)

21/10/2026, 13:50

Technology and Product Development in TMP

Oral Presentation

In-line control of plate microstructure to achieve near-net mechanical properties requires a combination of the correct time temperature strain path during rolling and accelerated cooling strategy to control the grain size and final material phases. This paper firstly reviews the process routes available to produce thermo-mechanically control rolled steel products using the combination of...

24. Effect of edge masking on strip deformation in rapid cooling section during endless production

Michal Pohanka (Brno University of Technology)

21/10/2026, 14:10

Technology and Product Development in TMP

Oral Presentation

This work examines how edge masking and non‑uniform initial temperature profiles influence steel strip deformation during rapid cooling in endless production. The aim is to support industrial optimization of cooling sections by providing reliable data and validated numerical models. Material properties required for thermo‑mechanical simulations were measured experimentally over a wide...

49. Recrystallization and Texture Evolution of a Hot Rolled Nb Bearing Ferritic Stainless Steel

Mr Caio de Paula Camargo Pisano (CBMM | Niobium)

21/10/2026, 14:30

Technology and Product Development in TMP

Oral Presentation

The control of recrystallization in ferritic stainless steels is critical for tailoring grain size and optimizing toughness, specially for high thickness grades. While the role of niobium (Nb) in delaying recrystallization is well established in austenitic systems, primarily for carbon steels which are usually hot rolled in austenite, its effect in ferritic stainless steels, which can be...

3. Advanced Thermomechanical Processing for High-Strength Pipe Steels

Prof. Andreas Kern (thyssenkrupp Steel Europe)

21/10/2026, 15:20

Technology and Product Development in TMP

Oral Presentation

A very fine ferritic structure is important for achieving the required mechanical properties for high-strength pipe steels during hot strip rolling. Pipe steels are usually produced by thermomechanical rolling with low rolling temperatures during finishing. This rolling practice is demanding on capacity and equipment.
To overcome this problem, an advanced rolling strategy for high-strength...

41. Inline laser ultrasonics for microstructure verification of heat treatments and thermal processes (ILUMHEAT)

Hampus Wikmark Kreuger (Swerim AB)

21/10/2026, 15:40

Technology and Product Development in TMP

Oral Presentation

Using laser ultrasonic (LUS) measurements, the microstructure of metal can be determined directly in situ. The measurement is non-contact and nondestructive, meaning it can be used for hot and moving samples, meaning microstructure can be determined in many parts of the steelmaking process where other techniques are not viable. The feasibility of inline LUS grain size measurements [1] as well...

9. High-throughput Calphad-guided Design of OF Κ-Carbide -Strengthened Fe–Mn–Al–Ni–C Lightweight Steel with Processing-dependent Microstructural Validation

Mrs Mahsa Barati Mahyari (Materials and Mechanical Engineering, Centre for Advanced Steels Research, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland)

21/10/2026, 16:00

Metallurgical Fundamentals of TMP

Oral Presentation

Fe–Mn–Al–C lightweight steels offer an attractive combination of low density and high specific strength, where 𝜿-carbide precipitation provides an important strengthening mechanism. In this study, a CALPHAD-guided alloy-design strategy was employed to optimize the composition and aging treatment in order to maximize the probability of fine and intergranular 𝜿-carbide formation and...

16. The Effect of the Rolling Strategy on the Low-Temperature Toughness and Microstructure of Heavy Plate Material

Dr Charles Stallybrass (Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH)

21/10/2026, 16:20

Technology and Product Development in TMP

Oral Presentation

Within the present investigation, instrumented drop-weight tear tests were carried out on industrially produced heavy plate material that was thermomechanically rolled using two different strategies. In one case, the material was air-cooled from the final rolling temperature and in the other case it underwent accelerated cooling from above the austenite to ferrite transformation. Both rolling...

37. Optimized pass schedule design to influence the mechanical properties of hot rolled strips

Dr Thomas Haschke (SMS group GmbH)

21/10/2026, 16:40

Technology and Product Development in TMP

Oral Presentation

Austenite grain size is an important parameter for controlling the mechanical properties of microalloyed steels during hot strip rolling. With the installation of a laser-ultrasonic (LUS) measurement gauge at SSAB’s hot strip mill in Borlänge, a sensitive, non-contact inline method is available that allows the grain structure to be measured immediately after the final finishing stand.
This...