2005 AISTech Conference Proceedings
3d Imaging Based Slab Width Measurement
6-Strand Bloom Caster with VAI DynaGap Soft Reduction Technology
A Major Step Ahead in Caster Safety with Extensive Use of Robotics in Continuous-Casting Technology
A Method for Analyzing the Influence of Wall Activity on Blast Furnace Operation
A Model Study of Slag Eye Formation during Gas Purging at the Surface of a Metal Bath
A Non-Traditional Taphole Repair at L Blast Furnace
A Practical Example of the Benefits of Carbon in HBI and DRI*
ABB Interstand Dimension Control - IDC Improved Tolerances in Profile Mills
Accurate Predictions for the Viscosities of Pure Liquid Metals
Advanced Alternative Coatings for Mold Copper Liners
Aggressive Furnace Practice Effects The Importance of Complete Combustion
Air Knife Coating Weight Models
Aluminum Nitride Precipitation Behavior in Thin Slab Material
An Evaluation Method of Energy Parameter Values in the Cell Model for Slag Thermodynamic Property
An Integrated Approach to Yield Improvement at Mittal Steel Indiana Harbor East No. 4 BOF Shop
An Overview of the Production for Electric Steel
Analysis of Aluminum Deoxidation Practice in the Ladle Furnace
Analysis of Mold Friction in a Continuous Casting Machine of Round Bars
Analysis of Transverse Corner Cracks on Slabs and Countermeasures
Application of Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy to Steel Research
Applying Today’s Technology to Multi Stage Pump - Central Hydraulics Pumps at U.S. Steel Gary Works
Basic Combustion and its Interrelationship with Criteria Pollutants and EAF Off-Take Configuration
Benefits Derived from the Installation of Non-Contact Measuring Systems on a Hot Rolling Mill
Benefits of LCSiMn in Stainless Steelmaking
Billet Cutting Optimization in a Continuous Casting Plant
Bio-Fuel Injection into the Blast Furnace Concept and Preliminary Analysis
Blast Furnace/Steelmaking Coordination Improvements at ISG Sparrows Point
Blend Design Practice at Mittal Steel Ostrava with Respect to Coals Available for Coke Production
Carbon Injection, Slag Foaming and the Active Reaction Surface Area in EAF Slags
CFD Calculation of Nonmetallic Inclusion Removal by Bubble Attachment in Continuous Casting Mold
Challenges Facing the Steel Industry in Attracting and Retaining Engineers
Chlorination Kinetics of ZnO, PbO and ZnFe2O4 with Cl2
Clean and Reliable Bearing Steel
Co-Injection of Pulverized Coal and Natural Gas into the Blast Furnace
Coal Cost Reduction Using Low Rank Coals
Cokemaking Research for the Technical Support of BMA and BHP Billiton Products
Cold Mills in North America An Overview
Cold Shroud Boosting Converter Performance
Computational Fluid Dynamics - Advances in Technology for Modelling Iron and Steelmaking Processes
Continuous Steel Production from Ore Using Natural Gas
Control and Optimization of Blast Furnace Operations
Control and Optimization of Electric Furnace Operations
Control of Pollutants Emissions and Heat Consumption of the CST’s Coke Ovens
Control System Upgrade for Nucor Yamato Steel Beam Mill No. 1
Conversion from Curved to Straight Mold: New Revamping Concepts and Quality Improvements
Crop Optimization - Beyond the Obvious
Crossover Repairs and Installation of Pressure Equalizing System at POSCO Gwangyang
Cu Enrichment Behavior at Steel/Scale Interface in Cu Containing Steel
DC Drive Upgrade Project of a Seamless Tube Mill
Decision Support Tool for EAF Control
Deoxidation Equilibria of Molten Iron with Calcium and Aluminum Using Oxygen Sensor
Design Criteria for Descaling at Dofasco’s No. 2 Hot Mill
Designing a New Scrap-Based Continuous Steelmaking Process Using CFD Simulation
Desulfurization by Powder Top Injection Process in RH Degasser
Determination of Transition Slab Weight for Grade Change during Continuous Casting
Development and Advantages of a “Smart” Turret Bearing Technology
Development and Implementation of a Setup Model in the SIDOR Temper Mills
Development of a New Steelmaking Process
Development of D2 Tool Steel Trimming Knives with Nanoscale Microstructure
Development of High Quality and High Speed Casting Technology for Round Billet Caster
Development of Inert Casting System for Slab Caster in CSC
Development of Joint Seal Discs for High Value Steel
Development of New Dephosphorus Flux Using Two Liquid Slag Phases in the Secondary Refining Process
Development of Next Generation of Metallic and Refractory Materials for Molten Metals Handling
Developments in Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking
Developments in Roller Leveling
Distribution of Nitrogen between Molten Steel and Slags Containing Titanium Oxide
DRI by Electrothermal Fluidized - Bed Direct Reduction (EFB/DR)
Dynamic Surface Inspection at the Hot-Strip Mill
Effect of H2 and CO on Reaction Kinetics of the Lower Part of the Blast Furnace
Effect of Spray Height, Lead Angle and Offset Angle on Impact
Effects of Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Oxygen on Casting Parameters and Plate Quality at CitiSteel USA
Electromagnetic Filtration of Steel Melts
Elimination of Copper and Tin from Ferrous Alloys under Reduced-Pressure
EMS Intensity as a Critical Factor in Controlling Segregation in High Carbon Steel Billets
Evaluation of Internal Conditions in a Blast Furnace Hearth Using a 3-D CFD Model
Evaluation of Sub Entry Nozzle Design for Bloom CastingBased on Mathematical Modeling
Experimental Designs towards an Understanding of Process Phenomena in Steel Making
Experimental Results of Synthetic Slag Manufacture for Use in Secondary Refining Processes
Experimental Studies of a Heat Pipe Based, High Efficiency EAF Oxygen/Fuel Injector
Experimental Study of Kinetic Processes during the Steel Treatment at Two LMF’s
Extending CSC #2 HSM Campaign Length Based on Low-Frictional Lubricated Rolling Processes
Extending Service Life by Surface Modification of Local Area on Stretch Level Roll in PL-TCM Line
Fast Commissioning of Modernized Loopers Supported by a Hardware in the Loop Test
Fault Zone Analysis Identifying Motor Defects Using the Insulation Fault Zone
Flow in Tundish and Mold Steel Industry Quality Issues
Fluid Flow Structure in Thin Slab Mold
Friction Reducing Technologies Fact or “Friction”
Full Line Service Program at Timken Faircrest Plant
Fully Integrated Physical Model to Study Fluid Flow in Continuous Casting Tundishes and Moulds
Genetic Algorithm Based Optimal Location of FACTS Device in a Power System Network
Hearth Modeling Based on Heat and Mass Balance Relations
Hearth Skulls and Hearth Wear Investigation of ISPAT Inland’s #7 Blast Furnace
Heat Transfer Study of Secondary Cooling in Continuous Casting
Heat Transfer Through Slag Film with Crystalline Layer
High Emissivity Coatings for Improved Performance of Electric Arc Furnaces
High Productivity Operation of CSC No. 4 Blast Furnace
High Productivity with Low Stability Coke at Stelco Hamilton No. 5 Blast Furnace
Hot Blast Stove Construction and Repair without Interrupting Furnace Operation
Hot Metal Coordination and Optimization at Ispat Inland Inc.
Hot Metal Optimization by Managing the Blast Furnace / Steelmaking Interface at Dofasco
How the International Steel Industry Attracts, Trains and Retains Talented People
Hydrogen Pickup in Steel and New Methods for Precise Hydrogen Analysis
Identifying and Quantifying a Floating Dead-man State in the Blast Furnace Hearth
Implantation of the Equipment Central Coke Feeding
Improved Decarbur ization Efficiency of No.2RH at Kimitsu Works
Improvement of Secondary Cooling Reliability for Dofasco No. 1 Continuous Caster
Improving Quality of Hot Rolled Sharp-cornered Squares
Inclusion Characterization and Thermodynamics for High-Al Advanced High Strength Steels
Inclusion Control of Fe-16%Cr Stainless Steel Melts by Aluminum Deoxidation and Calcium Treatment
Inclusion Counter An On-Line Measurement System for Steelmaking
Inclusion Entrapment Location in Solidified Shell of Ultra Low Carbon Steel Slab
Influence of Carbonaceous Materials on Slag Foaming Behavior during EAF Steelmaking
Influence of Metal Composition on Slag-Iron Interfacial Tension
Installation of a Stove Waste Heat Recovery System at U. S. Steel Fairfield Works
Interaction between Ti and Si, and Ti and Al in Molten Steel at 1873 K
Intercrystalline Stress Corrosion - A Creeping Threat
Interfacial Phenomena between Fluxes for Continuous Castingand Liquid Steel
Interfacial Tension between Liquid Iron and Alumina Single Crystals
Introduction of a Novel, Scrap-based, Fully Continuous Steelmaking Process
Investigation of Tuyere Nose Failures at U. S. Steel Great Lakes Works B2 Blast Furnace
Jisco Steckel Mill Project August 2003 to August 2004 A Year in the Gobi Desert
Ladle Relining Lift Equipment Ergonomic and Technical Design Considerations
Liquid/Solid Interactions During Continuous Casting of High-Al Advanced High-Strength Steels
Loop Sensor for Hot Strip Mill in Steel Rolling Process
Lubrication of High-Torque Gear Units
Maintaining and Inspecting Overhead Traveling Cranes
Managing a Controls Integration Retrofit Project
Masroll® - Advanced Wringer Roll Technology
Mathematical Modeling of ESZ Applied to Liquid Metals
Mathematical Modeling of Flows in the Coke-Free Layer of a Blast Furnace Hearth
Mathematical Modeling of the Tecnored Process A Preliminary Approach
Measurement of the Compression Stress of Molten Mold Fluxes
Microstructural Stability of ADI at Sub-Zero Temperatures
Milestones and Challenges in Oxygen Steelmaking
Mobile Solutions for the Metal Industry
Model Experiment on Slip Velocity of Inclusion Particle in Turbulently Agitated Liquid Steel
Model for Optimization of Blast Furnace Iron Production
Modeling of Continuous-Casting Defects Related to Mold Fluid Flow
Modeling of Inclusion Removal in Ladle Refining
Modeling of Metal Forming Processes for the Steel Industry
Modeling of Scrap Melting in an Electric Arc Furnace
Modeling of the Solidification of the Zinc Coating and of the Resulting Morphology
Modelling Shrouded Supersonic Jets in Steelmaking Reactor Vessels
New Fluid Technologies for Water-Free Fire Resistant Hydraulic Fluids
New Method of Evaluating Non-metallic Inclusions and Development of Refining Technology
New Parameter for Quantitative Description of Some Thermophysical Properties of Liquid Metals
New Style Automatic Self-Cleaning Filters for Mill Cooling Water Phase II
New Technologies for Utilizing PCs in Mill Applications
New Technologies for Utilizing PCs in Mill Applications
New Technologies of Magnesia-Carbon Bricks for BOF
New Technology for Injection of Products of Coal Gasification into the Blast Furnace
Nickel Dissolution in Argon Stirred Steel
Nitrogen Removal from Steel by DRI Fines Injection
Novel Advancements in Solid-State Magnet Control Technology
NOx Emission from Electric Arc Furnace Measurement and Modeling
Numerical Investigation of Transient Hot Metal Flows in a Blast Furnace Hearth
Numerical Modeling of Rolling Process Using Longitudinal Slitting Passes
Numerical Simulation of the Rate of Dross Formation In Continuous Galvanizing Baths
Obtaining Inert Direct Reduced Iron
On the Selection of Materials for Improved Performance of Pot Bearings
On-line Hybrid Roll Force Modeling for Hot Strip Mills
Online Help and SOP Integration
Online Help and SOP Integration
Open Source HMI and MES Applications: Smart Choice for the Future
OPEN SOURCE HMI AND MES APPLICATIONS: SMART CHOICE FOR THE FUTURE
Operating Technologies for the Manufacture of U-section Beams Using Universal Stands
Optimal Design of Impact Pads for Tundishes
Optimization as a Tool for Process Improvement in EAF Operations
Optimization of BOF Operations at Trinecke Zelezarny
Optimization of Nucor Hertford County’s Consteel and DC EAF Operations
Optimization of Oxygen Steelmaking in Non-Conventional EAF Operations
Optimum Utilization of Hot DRI: An Innovative Approach to Integration with Steelmaking Processes
Outage Maintenance Cost Savings with Reliability Improvements
Overview of Coating Pots and Induction Strip Heaters in Today's Galvanizing Lines
Overview of Uhde Heat Recovery Cokemaking Technology
Oxide Scale Formation on TRIP Steel Surfaces
Physical Model and Mathematical Simulations of Ladle Draining Operations
Physical Modelling of Flows in the Blast Furnace Hearth
Physical tests: their meaning and relevance to iron ore pellets
Plate Mill Backup Roll Bearings Techniques to Maximize Life and Reduce Outage Time
Portable Acoustic Instrumentation for Blast Furnace Wall Diagnostics
Productivity Improvements in Steelmaking via Sensor-Based Steelmaking Process Control
Pusher Reheat Furnace: Technology Advancement
Quality Improvement Slabs for Sheet in Kakogawa Works
Recent Activities in Electromagnetic Processing of Materials Relating to Steelmaking
Recent Advances in Elastomer Technology
Recent Advances in Lance Technologies for Basic Oxygen Steelmaking
Recent Developments in SESA Energy Recovery Cokemaking Process
Recent Vacuum Degassing Facility Designs and Results
Recycling MgO-C Refractory in the EAF of IMEXSA
Refractory Technology for Improvement of Steel Quality and Productivity
Refractory Wear in the Steel Industry
Regenerative Burners in INI Large Structural Mill Furnace Incheon, Korea
Reliability/Maintenance/Software - A Self Evaluation
Relubrication-free Continuous Caster Guide Rolls
Reoxidation of Ni- and Ni-Fe Alloys by Al2O3-SiO2 Refractory Materials
Replacement of a BOF Suspension Lamella Unit at U. S. Steel Edgar Thomson Plant
Research on Tundish Running for Steelmaking Workshop
Resolving Overhead Crane Skew Problems A Simplified, Field-Proven Approach
Results of CoJet® Technology on Hot Metal Operation at Baosteel, China
Revolutionary New Low Cost Pellet Fines Removal System
Ridge-Buckle Defects in Thin Rolled Steel Strip
Rupture Strength of Solid Mould Flux Film
SEN Design Using PIV Technology
Sensors Based on Electrical Technology for Steelmaking and Casting
Separation of Particles by Bubbles from Turbulently Agitated Liquid
SMART® Segments / Dynamic Gap Adjustment (DynaGap) Technology That Makes You Money
Steel Ladle Campaign Improvements at ISG Sparrows Point
Steel Plant A Chain of Unit Processes or an Integrate?
STEEL STRIPS-The Long and Winding Road
Strategic Planning for Asset Management An Overview
Study on Character of Many Loops Burden Distribution for Bell-less Blast Furnace
Sublance-based On-line Slag Control in BOF Steelmaking
Sustainable Energy Management System
Sustaining Maintenance Improvement Initiatives
Taphole Repair Outage ISG Burns Harbor
TECNORED The First Full Scale Furnace
The Advanced Dehydrogenization Dynamic Control System of RH Degasser at Kashima Steel Works
The Basic Slide Gate Plate for Casting of Ca-alloy Treated and High Oxygen Steel
The Castrip® Process - Direct Casting of Steel Sheet at Nucor Crawfordsville
The Cause and Improvement of Longitudinal Cracks on Continuously Cast Blooms of Welding Rod Steel
The Decrease of Vortexing Funnel and Draining Funnel in Tundish during Casting
The Effect of B2O3 on Dephosphorization of Molten Steel by CaO-based Slag
The Evaluation of Anti-clogging Materials for Submerged Entry Nozzles
The Evolution in Hydraulics and Hydraulic Fluid Development
The influence of mould flux on the heat transfer in continuous casting
The Influence of Pellet Feed Size Distribution in the Agglomeration Process
The Interaction of Liquid Iron with Oxides and its Effect on Solidification and Heat Transfer
The Presence of Titanium in Hot Metal and Its Effects on Desulfurization
The Role of Thermal Gradients and Heat Fluxes in the Development of Steel Microstructure
The Theoretical Basis of Mathematical Modeling of Deadman/Hearth Region for Monitoring and Control
The Upgrade of the Tandem Cold Mills at USS Kosice in Slovakia
Thermal Insulation of Torpedo Cars
Thermodynamics of Dephosphorization of Molten Steel
Thermodynamics of Inclusions Engineering in Steelmaking and Refining
Topography Assessment of Surface Imperfections Evolution After Painting in Automotive Sheet Steel
Transport and Entrapment of Particles in Continuous Casting of Steel
Types of Failures of Backup Roll Assemblies
Ultra High Impingement Descaling on Hot Steel
United Taconite’s Iron Ore Pelletizing Production Performance Improvement Project
Upgrade of the Mechanical Drive Equipment in the Roughing Mills at California Steel’s Hot Strip Mill
Upgrading the Automation System in the Structural Mill of Vizagsteel
Upgrading the Automation System in the Structural Mill of Vizagsteel
Using Chemical Coal Flow Aids to Handle High Moisture Coals in a Coking Operation
Vacuum Degasser Control System An integrated solution for different automation levels
VAI Clecim - Tomorrow’s High Productivity Pickle Line
Vortex Growth and Vortex Elimination in a Slab Tundish
Waste Plastics A Resource for EAF Steelmaking