Heat Treat Today is partnering with two international publications: heat processing, a Vulkan-Verlag GmbH publication that serves mostly the European and Asian heat treat markets, and Furnaces International, a Quartz Business Media publication that primarily serves the English-speaking globe. Through these partnerships, we are sharing the latest news, tech tips, and cutting-edge articles that will serve our audience — manufacturers with in-house heat treat.
In this installment, explore important company partnerships with wide-spread industry effects as well as innovative new technologies from abroad.
TECHMO CAR Welcomes Anthony Tropeano as New Senior Advisor
"Anthony Tropeano of TT CONSULTING INC. has joined TECHMO CAR as a Senior Advisor for the US and Mexico market. Mr. Tropeano has spent over 40 years in the primary, secondary and downstream aluminum and metals worldwide market.”
Read more: “Anthony Tropeano has joined TECHMO CAR” at Furnaces International
New Tin Plate Complex from Partnership Between Danieli and Habaş Group
"The facility, with a capacity of 900,000 tons per year, will produce a diverse range of steel grades, including T1 to T4 and DR7 to DR10. Among its offerings are 250,000 tons of tinplate, 150,000 tons of thin, continuous annealed cold-rolled coil, and 500,000 tons of semi-finished products. The complex comprises four crucial process areas: electrolytic cleaning, cold rolling and tempering, electrolytic tinning, and continuous annealing.”
Read more: “Danieli and Habaş Group Forge Future with New Tin-Plate Complex” at heat processing.com
SMS Group Partners with Turkish Plant Operator Kardemir to Digitize Blast Furnace 5
"The Paul Wurth BFXpert system is a comprehensive package of systems for the chemical and thermal control of blast furnaces. It is an integrated level-2 process control and operator guidance system for superior blast furnace operation, utilizing the benefits of artificial intelligence to take process optimization to the next level and towards a fully autonomous blast furnace."
Read more: "SMS group successfully digitalizes Kardemir’s blast furnace 5 with BFXpert solution from Paul Wurth” at Furnaces International
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Develops New Process for Sustainable Pig Iron Production
"Around eight percent of global CO₂ emissions are caused by the steel industry. Professor Olaf Deutschmann from the Institute for Technical Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP) at KIT is of the opinion that this must change quickly. In the long term, thanks to new hydrogen technologies, there is a climate-neutral perspective, but it will still be a few years before sufficient green hydrogen is available worldwide and newly built plants go into operation.”
Read more: “KIT: New process for sustainable pig iron production” at heat processing.com
