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12
Okt

HYBRIT: New hydrogenreduced iron with superior properties

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Metallurgy | Research & Development

New research within the HYBRIT project, driven by SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall, shows superior results on the properties and quality of the hydrogen direct reduced sponge iron (H-DRI) made using HYBRIT technology. Test ...

13
Sep

SSAB presents GreenCoat RWS for sustainable rainwater systems

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Metallurgy | Research & Development | Sustainability

To meet the global demand for sustainable and durable building materials, SSAB enlarges its GreenCoat® color coated steel rainwater system product range by introducing GreenCoat RWS Pural BT. It features a Bio-based ...

01
Sep

Primetals Technologies and POSCO: new Green Steel Demonstration Plant

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Industrial Furnaces | Markets & Economy | Plant Engineering | Sustainability

On July 26th, Primetals Technologies and South Korean leading steel producer POSCO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a demonstration plant for hydrogen-based hot metal production in South Korea. ...

20
Jul

IMS control and regulation software wins iF Design Award

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Digitalisation | Plant Engineering | Research & Development

To win the world-renowned iF Design Award is a very special distinction, of which IMS Messsysteme GmbH can now also be proud. Already crowned with the Red Dot Design Award in 2021, the MEVIweb human machine interface ...

13
Jul

Tenova presents Pomini Digital Texturing™

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Digitalisation | Metallurgy | Research & Development | Sustainability

Tenova has taken a further step to reinforce its commitment to a more sustainable industry. Pomini Tenova defined the Product Category Rules (PCR) to standardize the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of metal finishing ...

11
Jul

bp and thyssenkrupp Steel decarbonize steel production

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Hydrogen | Markets & Economy | Metallurgy | Research & Development | Sustainability

bp and thyssenkrupp Steel announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding on the development of long-term supply of low carbon hydrogen and renewable power in steel production. Both want to accelerate the steel ...

15
Jun

Wuppermann receives the “German Award for Sustainability Projects 2022”

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Markets & Economy | Metallurgy | Sustainability

Wuppermann is one of the winners of the “German Award for Sustainability Projects 2022” in the category “Production”. The prize was awarded by the news channel ntv, the DUP UNTERNEHMER magazine ...

13
Jun

ABP: Modernization at Vonroll Casting with Retrofit

ABP Induction has been awarded the contract for the extensive modernization of a foundry at Vonroll Casting. The order shows how retrofits can upgrade existing plants and what advantages they have in terms of plant ...

31
Mai

SSAB and Alfa Laval produce heat exchanger using fossil-free steel

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Heat Treatment | Hydrogen | Markets & Economy | Research & Development | Sustainability

SSAB and Alfa Laval have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development and commercialization of the world’s first heat exchanger to be made using fossil-free steel. The goal is to have the first unit made with ...

30
Mai

SMS group presents new products at the wire & Tube

From June 20 to 24, 2022, SMS group will be showcasing its products and services at the Tube & wire trade fair in Düsseldorf, hall 7, booth B04. With an exhibition area of 400 m2, SMS will be presenting its latest ...

18
Mai

ESF-Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi optimizes Steel Production

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Digitalisation | Metallurgy | Research & Development

ESF Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi, one of Europe’s leading steel manufacturers, contracted the AI company Smart Steel Technologies to implement the SST Temperature AI package at its site in Riesa, Germany. The AI-based ...

03
Mai

JUMO best measurement technology training company according to FOCUS

Category: Research & Development
Topic: Research & Development

In cooperation with the “Institut für Management- und Wirtschaftsforschung” (Institute for Management and Economic Research), the magazine FOCUS has investigated the quality of training in the 20,000 ...

21
Apr

Groundbreaking ceremony at thyssenkrupp for processing plant

Categories: Events | Research & Development
Topics: Burner & Combustion | Sustainability

At the recycling site in Duisburg’s inland port, TSR Recycling GmbH broke ground this week for the construction of a steel scrap processing plant. The processing plant is part of the REDERS project (Reduced CO2 ...

13
Apr

Fully automatic inline PMI also for black steel

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Industrial Furnaces | Research & Development

At the wire & tube trade fair, Secopta is going to present its new LIBS system which, for the first time, enables fully automatic inline Positive Material Identification (PMI) testing of long steel products in black ...

08
Apr

ABP helps Siempelkamp become digital

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Digitalisation | Melting & Casting | Research & Development

Siempelkamp Giesserei GmbH, together with its partners ABP Induction Systems GmbH and Zorc Technology GmbH, has completed the first complete digitalization of a melting plant in Germany. This is a reaction to the ...

07
Apr

Wickert: high demand for vacuum insulation panel presses

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Energy Efficiency | Research & Development

Wickert is currently experiencing a boom in the demand for special powder presses used in the production of vacuum insulation panels (VIP). It has been spurred by the increased demand in insulation materials for ...

06
Apr

Primobius battery recycling plant officially opened

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Plant Engineering | Research & Development | Sustainability

The recycling system currently established at SMS group’s Hilchenbach location is the first plant built by Primobius. It enables the company to give live demonstrations of the process. The system will generate ...

29
Mrz

Andritz successfully starts up galvanizing line at Nucor Arkansas, USA

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Markets & Economy | Metallurgy | Plant Engineering

International technology group Andritz has successfully started up the new galvanizing line supplied to Nucor Steel Arkansas in Hickman, Arkansas, USA. The first galvanized coil was produced on schedule on December 16, ...

03
Jan

Heavy plate from Dillinger for effective flood protection in the UK

Categories: Products & Services | Research & Development
Topics: Research & Development | Sustainability

Steel from Dillinger was used to build the gigantic Boston Flood Barrier protection system recently commissioned in Boston (Lincolnshire), UK. The commissioning of the Boston Flood Barrier in late fall 2021 is a major ...

09
Nov

Climeworks begins operations of Orca, the world’s largest direct air capture and CO₂ storage plant

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Plant Engineering | Research & Development | Sustainability

Unprecedented extreme weather events have dominated the news headlines since early this year. The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change cautions that the world will see more of this in years to ...

06
Okt

Dillinger to continue successful cooperation for steel research

Category: Research & Development
Topics: Metallurgy | Research & Development

Dillinger is continuing its strategic partnership with the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Saarland University and the Steinbeis Research Center for Materials Science (MECS). With this Steel Development ...

17
Sep

Decarbonisation: MMK and SMS group sign Memorandum of Understanding

Categories: Research & Development | Trade & Industry
Topics: Hydrogen | Markets & Economy | Research & Development | Sustainability

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), Russia, and SMS group, Germany, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This MoU states the intention of both companies to cooperate in the development and use of ...

16
Sep

Pomini Digital Texturing obtains a life cycle assessment certification

Categories: Products & Services | Research & Development | Trade & Industry
Topics: Markets & Economy | Plant Engineering

Pomini Tenova, a worldwide leader in the production of roll grinders, has successfully concluded the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) analysis of Pomini Digital Texturing™ (PDT™) – a breakthrough technology ...