EAF slag is a by-product of electric steelmaking, the annual quantity in Europe is around 10 M tonnes, 8 M tonnes from carbon steelmaking and 2 M tonnes from high alloyed steelmaking. The objective of this project is to increase the utilisation of EAF slag by improving the quality of this slag....

The aim of this project was to develop an advanced product quality supervisory system for flat steel production based on high resolution (HR) measuring data. To achieve this ambitious target new methods have been developed, employing innovative software technologies and modern computation...

The basic idea of the project was to investigate, if it is possible to enhance the current practice at the control stations at the steel production plants to take additionally environmental aspects into account, to automatically monitor the consideration of manufacturing specifications by the...

The objective of this project was to improve the reliability of vacuum degassing and ladle furnace treatment by joint application of new thermal imaging-based evaluation of stirring efficiency and improved dynamic process models. Enhanced online monitoring and control systems were developed and...

SUPSYSCC project has been focused on the development of concepts and methods for an integrated plant, process and quality supervisory system for continuous casting by means of the intelligent analysis of results from process and quality measurement devices combined with higher level supervisory...

This collaborative project was coordinated by Tata Steel UK. It involved Gerdau- Sidenor I+D, voestalpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH (VASD), BFI, ArcelorMittal Research and Aalto University (TKK). The objective of this research was to improve steel cleanness, including improvement of the size and...

The objective of the project is an enhanced mastering of the pickling process and more precisely gaining high productivity and quality standards. This objective is to be attained via intensive monitoring of the process and the treated strip and via deep knowledge and process modelling. It is...

This was a cooperative project involving Betriebsforschungsinstitut, Comdicast AB, Voestalpine Stahl, RIVA Acciaio, Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna, RWTH Aachen, Arcelor España and Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan. The focus was to develop innovative...

The main aim is to develop and apply deep cryogenic treatments (DCT) in order to improve wear resistance and fatigue life of: - automotive products (gears, transmission parts, bearings, engine components, etc.). This may lead to weight reduction, - metal cutting tooling (punches, dies, moulds,...

A PGNAA test device was developed and installed to measure the sinter raw mixture composition in situ at TKSE. Based on the results of the measurement a limestone dosing control (LDSC) was implemented into the sinter process control. PGNAA and LSDC are working very well and the basicity level is...