06 May 19
9:30 AM
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10:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Mario Fabro ; Ralf Kremer ; Ulrich Svejkovsky
Market competitiveness requires steel producers to check the finished or intermediate products as soon as possible to get rapid feedback about size...
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06 May 19
10:00 AM
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10:30 AM
Speaker(s):
Michael Kruse
Accepted for profile measurement, laser triangulation technology is increasingly being used to detect surface defects. These defects can either be ...
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06 May 19
10:30 AM
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11:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Bruno Chedal-Anglay ; Jose Ignacio Diaz ; José Ignacio Lucas Fuentes
Periodic defects in hot rolling are some of the most critical ones. Timely detection may dramatically reduce the number of bad coils to be delivere...
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06 May 19
11:00 AM
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11:30 AM
Speaker(s):
Howard Huang ; Jianjun Shi ; Tzyy-shuh Chang
The development of on-line inspection technologies is gaining focus in the rolling mills due to the new trend of digitization. Imaging-based appro...
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06 May 19
2:30 PM
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3:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Alberto Voltolina
Grupo Simec and Danieli have installed a state-of-the-art greenfield mini-mill facility in Apizaco, Mexico. This 600,000-tpy plant produces special...
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06 May 19
3:00 PM
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3:30 PM
Speaker(s):
Aldo Tellatin ; Andrea De Luca ; Jozi Shuli
The Danieli Endless Casting and Rolling (ECR) process is a reliable and cost-effective way to produce rebar. The latest developments of Danieli mic...
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06 May 19
3:30 PM
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4:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Vangelis Papadimitriou
Homogeneous product temperature is paramount for wire rod producers to achieve the desired metallurgical and mechanical properties, such as tensile...
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07 May 19
10:00 AM
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10:30 AM
Speaker(s):
Ernani Lima ; Helder Ferreira ; Joaquim Costa ; Leticia Barbosa ; Roney Lino
A new approach was presented concerning a method for calculating mechanical properties for microalloyed, medium-carbon wire rods and bars. The prop...
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07 May 19
10:30 AM
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11:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Ahmet Saglam ; D. Özyigit ; Erdi Gönülalan ; Erhan Sakalli ; Hamdi Gül ; Oguz Gündüz ; Serdar Günbay
In this study, the design and improvement of welding wire rod grade for gas metal arc welding wire applications that are all covered by imports in ...
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07 May 19
11:00 AM
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11:30 AM
Speaker(s):
Beatriz Lopez ; Beatriz Pereda ; Felipe Bastos ; Jose M. Rodriguez-Ibabe ; Marcelo Rebellato
Microalloying has been widely studied in flat products, but not so much in medium-carbon long products. Multi-pass torsion tests were performed, si...
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07 May 19
11:30 AM
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12:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Cao Jianchun ; Guo Aimin ; Jose M. Rodriguez-Ibabe ; Marcelo Rebellato ; Zhang Weiqiang ; Zhang Yongqing
The strengthening effects of Nb on low-carbon coil and plate have been widely studied and recognized, but strengthening effects of Nb on high-stren...
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07 May 19
2:00 PM
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2:30 PM
Speaker(s):
Jason Zelle ; Matthew Palfreman ; Sudhakar Teegavarapu ; William Shen
One requirement in wire rod production is head and tail coil trimming to remove rings with property variations. In-line shears prior to coiling at...
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07 May 19
2:30 PM
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3:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Antonio Ambra
Robotic tagging applications can be utilized to reduce manpower costs, and improve the safety and quality of final end products. This paper present...
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07 May 19
3:00 PM
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3:30 PM
Speaker(s):
Riccardo Masini ; S.M. Shore
A new combination bar, bar-in-coil and wire rod mill has recently been commissioned at YongXing Special Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. in China, for prod...
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07 May 19
3:30 PM
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4:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Enrico Mozzi ; Fabrizio Pere
The latest trends in premium steel market aim to fulfill the highest quality standards requested by End-Users. The key to reaching these targets is...
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07 May 19
4:00 PM
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4:30 PM
Speaker(s):
Fermin De La Maza
Steel mill automation investments are focused on the modernization and upgrade of existing electrical and process control systems due to equipment ...
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08 May 19
8:30 AM
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9:00 AM
Speaker(s):
George Burnet
This paper provides a practical engineering and design overview for anyone considering a new drawbench. This paper identifies key equipment config...
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