Iron & Steel Technology Feature Articles

May 2025

Enhanced Bottom Anode Monitoring in DC Electric Arc Furnaces Using Fiber-Optic Sensors by Missouri University of Science and Technology (AISTech 2024) 

Optimizing Supply Chain Scheduling in Steel Mills: An Algorithm Leveraging Digital Twin Technology by Enacom and Gerdau (AISTech 2024)  

A Friend in Need — A Friend Indeed: Successful AI Applications in Ironmaking by a Transparency Approach by Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH, voestalpine AG, K1-Met and Midrex Technologies Inc. (AISTech 2024)

Numerical Hot Rolling Simulations for Improvements in Flatness and Profile Control by Usiminas (AISTech 2024)

Hazard Recognition Scenario Builder for On-Site Customizable Virtual Training by Purdue University Northwest 

A Lab-Scale Mold Simulator Employing an Optical-Fiber-Instrumented Mold to Characterize Initial Steel Shell Growth Phenomena: Experimental Development by Missouri University of Science and Technology (AISTech 2024)

Digital Transformations:

Leveraging High-Speed Data, Analytics and AI at Plant Scale to Deliver Business Value in Steel Production by iba America LLC and Falkonry Inc.

June 2025

Development of an Application for Scrap Metallic Management in Electric Steelmaking by Vallourec Soluções Tubulares do Brasil S.A.  (AISTech 2024) 

Using High-Tech Dual-Purpose Drives to Upgrade Steel Handling Motion System in Meltshops by AMI Automation (AISTech 2024)  

Optimization of the Slab Cooling Process After Continuous Casting Using Numerical Simulation by Ternium Brasil (AISTech 2024)

Fitness-For-Service Assessment and Life Extensions of Meltshop Cranes by Hatch and Gerdau S.A. (AISTech 2024)

Digital Transformations:

Digital Transformation for Coil Handling and Packing Logistics by Pesmel

July 2025

Study of the Vacuum Degassing Process Using the Effective Equilibrium Reaction Zone Model by EVRAZ North America  (AISTech 2024) 

1604            Left          Web     Challenges for BOF Impact Pad: Redesign Flexible Binder for Improving Performance by RHI Magnesita (AISTech 2024)  

Maximization of Steel Ladle Free Open Rate by Using Shop-Specific Production Parameters by Nucor Steel–Berkeley and AJF Inc. (AISTech 2024)

Multiple-Use Basic Slidegate Plate for Corrosive Steel Casting by Shinagawa Refractories Co. Ltd. (AISTech 2024)

Digital Transformations:

AI-Driven Temperature Control in Secondary Metallurgy Based on Continuous Temperature Measurement by Çolakoğlu Metalurji, Heraeus Electro-Nite Termoteknik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. and Smart Steel Technologies GmbH