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Sessions (20)

Customized Solutions for Dimension Control and Surface Analysis of Hot-Rolled Products Ready for Industry 4.0 (Room 308)

06 May 19
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Long Products

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... More...

Results of Using Laser Triangulation for Measuring Surface Defects in Long Products (Room 308)

06 May 19
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Tracks: Long Products

Speaker(s): Michael Kruse
Accepted for profile measurement, laser triangulation technology is increasingly being used to detect surface defects. These defects can either be ... More...

Improving Periodic Defect Detection in Hot-Rolled Long Products by Means of a Combination Between Eddy Current and Vision (Room 308)

06 May 19
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Long Products

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... More...

Synergy in surface inspection and profile measurement for bar and rod rolling facilities (Room 308)

06 May 19
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Long Products

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... More...

Selecting the Right Abrasive Cutoff System (Room 308)

06 May 19
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Long Products

This paper provides a practical engineering and design overview for anyone considering a new, large-diameter abrasive cutoff machine. This paper a... More...

The Most Advanced Minimill in the Americas for SBQ Products (Room 308)

06 May 19
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Long Products

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... More...

Endless Casting and Rolling of Long Products: The Competitive Substitute of Conventional Minimills (Room 308)

06 May 19
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tracks: Long Products

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... More...

Advancements in High Speed Water Cooling (Room 308)

06 May 19
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Long Products

Speaker(s): Vangelis Papadimitriou
Homogeneous product temperature is paramount for wire rod producers to achieve the desired metallurgical and mechanical properties, such as tensile... More...

Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Microalloyed Medium-Carbon Wire Rods and Bars (Room 308)

07 May 19
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Tracks: Long Products

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... More...

Study on Removal of Brittle Phases by Optimizing the Process Parameters of Welding Wire Rod Grade for Gas-Metal Arc Welding Applications (Room 308)

07 May 19
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Long Products

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 ... More...

Understanding the Role of Nb in Hot-Rolled Rebar: Influence of Final Geometry and Process Parameters (Room 308)

07 May 19
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Long Products

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... More...

Strengthening Effects and Processing Optimization of Niobium on High-Strength Rebar (Room 308)

07 May 19
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Long Products

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... More...

Automated Coil Trimming System for Wire Rod Mills in the Digital Era (Room 308)

07 May 19
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Long Products

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... More...

Robotic Tagging Applications (Room 308)

07 May 19
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Long Products

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... More...

High-Quality Wire Rod and Bar Production at YongXing Special Stainless Steel (Room 308)

07 May 19
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tracks: Long Products

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... More...

Advanced industrial furnace technologies for bar and wire-rod coil treatment (Room 308)

07 May 19
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Long Products

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... More...

Multi-phase Revamp Approach at Nucor Steel Reduced Production Impact (Room 308)

07 May 19
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Tracks: Long Products

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 ... More...

Danieli Equipment Boosts Uptime in Bars Peeling (Room 308)

08 May 19
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Tracks: Long Products

Speaker(s): Mauro Zamolo
The peeling process removes surface defects and decarburized skin from round bars, while guaranteeing the dimensional tolerance and surface roughne... More...

Selecting the Right Drawbench (Room 308)

08 May 19
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Long Products

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... More...

High-Speed Drawing of Wire Coils With Chain Track Technology (Room 308)

08 May 19
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Tracks: Long Products

Speaker(s): Mauro Zamolo
Combined drawing lines have existed for many years to enhance the dimensional tolerance of hot-rolled wire rod in coil. The drawing speed of this s... More...