Stahlinstitut VDEh https://vdeh.de/en/steel-academy/seminars/programme/ – 01.07.2025

Programme and Registration

Programme and Registration

September02

Secondary Metallurgy of Steel

IntercityHotel Duisburg

Sep 2nd, 2025 – Sep 4th, 2025seminar in english

CONTENT
• Tasks of modern secondary metallurgy
• Materials technologies impact on process metallurgy
• Chemistry crash course: How to read phase diagrams
• Thermodynamic and kinetics for secondary metallurgy
• Fluid dynamics in the ladle
• Temperature control using self-learning AI
• Mechanism and kinetics of special reactions
• Deoxidation and calcium metallurgy
• Metallurgy of: ladle furnace, ladle degassing plant, RH plant, VOD and AOD process and of special melting processes
• Special melting processes, especially ESR
• Inclusions and their reduction
• Hydrogen-based CO2-neutral steel production
• Discussion: Does hydrogen-based steel production pose new challenges for secondary metallurgy?
• Teamwork exercise: Steel plant layouts for different types/grades of steel

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September09

Continuous Casting of Steel

Sep 9th, 2025 – Sep 11th, 2025seminar in english

This Continuous Casting Course is designed to train persons in continuous casting of steel. In three days the essential topics of CC are explained in detail. The course is suitable to give an overview to newcomers and to train operating engineers in theoretical fundamentals

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November23

Refractory Technology

Applications, Wear Mechanism and Failures

Nov 23rd, 2025 – Nov 26th, 2025seminar in english

A recent seminar gathered industry experts and professionals to discuss critical topics related to steel manufacturing, with a focus on the vital role of refractory materials in various processes. Here are the key highlights from the seminar:
Steel Manufacturing Process, Wear Mechanisms and Methods for Examination of Refractory Materials, Refractory Lining and Wear Mechanism in Blast Furnaces, Refractory Materials for Direct Reduction Plants, Process Conditions Affecting Refractory Lining Life, Refractory Technology in Oxygen Blowing Converters, Steel Teeming Ladles: Metallurgical Treatment and Refractory Stress, Refractory Lining and Wear in AC and DC Furnaces, Economics in Refractory Usage

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