Overview: Reports
Sustainable lime burning technology for steel plants
24.10.2023
Maerz Ofenbau AG is developing a new generation of lime kilns to achieve global climate goals. The kilns’ operating mode can be flexibly adapted to the environmental requirements – they can be operated both conventionally and in oxyfuel mode.SMM Maritime Industry Report: An Industry between uncertainty and new beginnings
24.10.2023
The organisers of SMM have conducted the third survey to gauge the mood and trends in the maritime sector for their Maritime Industry Report 2023 (MIR). The responses indicate that the industry’s main areas of investment include decarbonisation and building new tankers and naval vessels.
Oxygen impulse technology: from experiment to large-scale industrial use
10.10.2023
thyssenkrupp AT.PRO tec GmbH is well known for the development of the sequence impulse process. When used on cupola furnaces, it considerably increased their cost-effectiveness in the past.
Pathways towards green steel with customised solutions
26.09.2023
The technologies for achieving climate-neutral steelmaking are available right now - ready to be implemented in thousands of existing and future plants. How, what, when, and where that can happen depends on several factors, says SMS group.
The Digimelter for sustainable, competitive, green steelmaking
29.08.2023
A technological breakthrough in electric steelmaking, with lower power and electrode consumption thanks to the Q-One power feeder, for zero impact on the power grid and the possibility to use renewable energies.
Interconnection of sheet forming at Porsche
01.08.2023
In early February, more than 50 representatives from carmakers and automotive suppliers visited the Smart Press Shop of Schuler and Porsche in Halle, Germany, to get an impression of how digital assistant systems improve the production of carbody and structural parts.
Trendsetting: Reclamation of used sand secures the future of the site
25.04.2023
Heinrich Wagner Sinto Maschinenfabrik GmbH (HWS) is one of the leading international suppliers of machinery and equipment for the foundry industry and part of the Sintokogio group of companies with its headquarter in Japan. The company employs more than 300 skilled workers at its site at Bad Laasphe.
Energy-efficiency in heat treatment and industrial furnace technology
24.04.2023
Heat treatment and/or hardening processes are subject to a more or less high energy consumption and accordingly produce large amounts of CO2. It is estimated that about 40 % of the energy used in the industry is consumed for all thermal processes in corresponding plants and industrial furnaces.
Development of a modular thermal storage system for industrial waste heat
19.12.2022
In the „ModulHeatStore“ research project, a consortium of companies and research institutions has developed a modular heat storage system for the efficient and economical storage of industrial waste heat at high temperatures of up to 1,200 °C. The system is based on a combination of sensible and reliable heat storage systems.