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News from Abroad: From AM and Electrode Regulation to Industrial Systems

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 issue, we look at updates on industry events around the globe such as electric furnaces in Finland and new technology to accommodate additive manufacturing advances.


Electrode Regulation System Gets an Upgrade

“AMI Automation supplies steel producer with DigitARC® PX3 ERS”
(Source: Furnaces International)

“After the decision taken by Stahl Gerlafingen to upgrade its Electrode Regulation System as part of its secondary steelmaking process, AMI supplied the DigitARC® PX3 ERS which was delivered in May 2022, with all onsite commissioning work finished in mid-2022.”

Read More: “AMI Automation supplies steel producer with DigitARC® PX3 ERS” at furnaces-international.com

 

Reducing CO2 Emissions with Electric Furnace in Finland

“Iittala to receive €10 million electric furnace investment”
(Source: Furnaces International)

“Fiskars Group will replace the Iittala factory’s existing, natural gas-powered furnaces with electricity-powered furnaces. The investment will reduce the factory’s CO2 emissions by approximately 10,000 tons a year (74%) and decrease nitrogen oxide and fine particle emissions.”

Read More: "“Iittala to receive €10 million electric furnace investment” at furnaces-international.com

 

Integrated Steel Making Facility for Bangladesh

From right to left: Mr. Safwan Sobhan, Vice Chairman Bashundhara Group shaking hands with Mr. Burkhard Dahmen, Chairman of the Managing Board & CEO, SMS group. BMSIL & SMS Group team members during contract signing at Dhaka.
(Source: SMS group)

“Bashundhara Multisteel Industries Limited, the Steel Division of Bashundhara Group, one of the largest business conglomerates in Bangladesh, signed a contract with SMS group to install an integrated facility to produce more than two million tons of hot rolled coils annually with the goal of filling the gap in demand for flat products in Bangladesh. The plant will be located at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN), Mirsharai, Chattogram. In the future, this plant can be expanded to produce four million tons annually.”

Read More: “Bashundhara Multisteel and SMS group sign contract for integrated CSP® plant” at heat-processing.com

New Tech Accelerates Material Deposition and Alloys in AM Advancements

Dr.-Ing. Tobias Stittgen (right) and
Thomas Horr, the two Managing
Directors of ponticon GmbH, are standing next to a pE3D system.
(Source: ponticon)

“At Formnext, ponticon GmbH will introduce its new pE3D system for Dynamic Material Deposition (DMD), a process developed for additive manufacturing, coating and repairing complex-shaped metallic workpieces. The new system combines high process speed with utmost precision and high flexibility in terms of the choice of alloying elements. With the [DMD] process developed by ponticon, alloys of any elemental compositions can be deposited on metallic and ceramic components.”

Read More: “High-precision laser cladding with short process times” at heat-processing.com


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Where in the World are Heat Treaters Going?

Source: heatprocessing

Today’s shared content is provided by the global information partnership between leading European heat treat news provider heat processing and the team at Heat Treat Today.

After the slowdowns in industry last year, do you have the travel bug yet? Our European media partner over at heat processing  has the latest international events at your fingertips. Check out this brief article based on their Diary of events for a run-down of what you can expect.

Evolution and New Trends in Electrothermal Processes

Looking for some R&D in central Europe? With the themes of electrothermal processing and thermprocess, UIE 2021 on September 1st though 3rd will take place in the Czech Republic at the University of West Bohemia. Here is more on the history of the event from the event’s main page:

“The first International UIE Congress took place in La Haye, Netherlands, in 1936. Then, World War II interrupted all scientific meetings in Europe, so that the second Congress took place only in 1947, symbolically at the same place. Since this year, a series of 16 events of this kind were organized worldwide in 3–6-year intervals. The last ones took place in Durban/South Africa 2004, Krakow/Poland 2008, St. Petersburg/Russia 2012 and Hannover/Germany 2017. Now, the Czech committee of Electroheat and the University of West Bohemia organize the XIX International UIE Congress on Electrotechnologies for Material Processing.”

e-SEMINAR 4.1 Heat Treatment & Metallurgy

In this second digital annual industry event, SECO/WARWICK will be hosting a webinar/seminar with lectures and sessions all day on September 30th. If you were at the event last year, you know that the R&D, digitization, and heat treat fundamentals all worked their way into the schedule, and this year looks like it will be no different. Here is an excerpt from the heat processing website:

“Seco/Warwick and partners will be sharing their knowledge and experience – worldwide and for free! Acknowledged technology leaders and [professionals] will share their knowledge, expertise and experience online. You can be part of this virtual forum!”

Formnext

At least check out the pictures. While you may not be considering this heat treat solution at this time, this event will be held in a hybrid online-and-in-person way. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, the additive manufacturing event will occur mid-November from the 16th to the 19th. Here is what the event page has to say:

“As the leading industry platform for additive manufacturing and industrial 3D printing, Formnext is the international meeting point for the next generation of intelligent industrial production . . . There's nothing like a live event. That was also your summary at the end of last year. And for us there was no better news. A cure for the virus has been found, vaccination campaigns and testing has picked up speed, and we too are ready for whatever may come.”

Read more at: “Diary

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