Stahlinstitut VDEh https://vdeh.de/en/steel-academy/seminars/programme/seminar/ – 17.11.2025

Directed by

Dr. Patrick Tassot, Bonn
Dr.-Ing. Helmut Lachmund, Dillingen

Target Group

Maintenance and operating personnel, supervisors responsible for plant and unit operations, and managers responsible for decisions on refractory problems will learn about new materials and installation methods.

Content

• Basics on chemical and mineralogical composition
• Testing and evaluation
• Synthetic alumina raw material and high alumina cement
• Insulating materials
• The world of monolithics
• Machines for processing and delivering refractory concretes and sprayable refractories
• Basic bricks
• Recycling of refractory materials
• Blast furnace slag and refractory material
• Converter slag and refractory material
• Electric arc furnace: Unit for low-CO2 steel production
• Ladle slag and refractory material
• Limestone minerals, lime and dolime
• Production and use of blast furnace slags and steel slags

Registration Fee

EUR 1.090,00* seminar registration fee VAT-free plus
EUR 320,50 conference package (total EUR 1.410,50)

EUR 1.290,00 registration fee VAT-free plus
EUR 320,50 conference package (total EUR 1610,50)

* for employees of member companies and individual members of the Steel Institute VDEh. Scientific staff of universities and each additional participant from the same company gets a 50 % off.

+++ as part of the VDEh youth development sponsorship also young engineers (up to 30 years)
of member companies receive a 50 % discount +++
=> for personal VDEh membership click HERE
 

Cancellation

A free with-drawal from the seminar is possible until two weeks prior to the start. Then, 25% of the seminar fee must be paid. The total registration amount will be charged for no show or cancellation from the first day of the event. The participant has to bear the cancellation costs of the seminar hotel.

Organisation / Registration

Stahl-Akademie / Stahlinstitut VDEh
Steel Academy / Steel Institute VDEh
Mr. Stefan Eigen
Sohnstraße 65 / 40237 Düsseldorf/Germany
Fon +49 211 6707-458
training_at_vdeh.de / seminare_at_vdeh.de
www.stahl-akademie.de /  www.steel-academy.com

Venue

NH Düsseldorf City
Kölner Straße 186
40227 Düsseldorf, Germany
https://www.nh-hotels.com/en/hotel/nh-duesseldorf-city

Important remark!
If required, the Steel Academy will automatically make a room booking for the participants at the NH Düsseldorf City from the 26^th (the night prior to the seminar) to the 29^th of April 2026 for a special rate of EUR 98,60 per night incl. breakfast. The hotel room bill will be settled by you upon check-in at the hotel. Please advise at your seminar registration, if you do not need a reservation, or if you arrive on the 27^th in the morning or whether you would like to stay longer in the hotel.