HEAT PROCESSING High-efficiency quenching (Vorschau)

International Magazine for Industrial Furnaces 

Heat Treatment & Equipment 

03 I 2012 

ISSN 1611-616X 

Vulkan-Verlag 

www.heatprocessing-online.com 

10 th - 12 th October 2012 

Wiesbaden, Germany 

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EDITORIAL 

Heat Treatment Congress 2012 – 

Innovative solutions deal with energy 

savings 

Dear reader, 

In this issue of the heat processing you will find many articles, showing 

the innovative power of the furnace industry. 

But what are the most urgent matters in our industrial branch? 

The demands from the customers are manifold and challenging as 

ever. In addition to these competitive drivers we face an upcoming 

legislative challenge. The EU Commission is intending to issue limitations 

on energy consumption for industrial furnaces. A study for 

“Industrial and Laboratory Furnaces and Ovens” has been made by 

consultants to provide the base for a decision for the EU Commission. 

Producers of furnaces had the opportunity to explain the state of the 

art technology and their expectation to future developments with 

respect to energy savings in their field of application. Considering 

the outcome of the presented study I have to openly express my 

concerns how our political representatives should draw meaningful 

conclusions for legislation. We, from the furnace industry are fully 

aware and committed that to the benefit to all of us we need to 

improve the efficiency of our plants steadily. Having the common 

goal in mind, I am sure that with further constructive consultations 

a meaningful regulation can be found. 

At the upcoming Heat Treatment Congress 2012 in Wiesbaden, 

Germany, numerous exhibitors again demonstrate their technologicalachievements, 

which contribute to the continuously ongoing 

development of the heat treatment technology. A lot of innovative 

solutions deal with energy savings. This makes me optimistic for 

the future. 

I wish you an excellent reading of the interesting articles of the heat 

processing magazine and hope 

that some of them may provide 

you an inspiration in 

your business life. 

Dr. Peter Schobesberger 

CEO AICHELIN Group 

Dr. Peter Schobesberger 

CEO AICHELIN Group 

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HOT SHOTSInnovative induction solutions in steel mills 

67 

REPORTSHardening of complex geometry and geared 

parts 

Reports 

Heat Treatment 

by Frank Andrä, Valery Rudnev, Douglas R. Brown 

49 Superior efficiency, flexibility and quality of inductively heated billets 

by Thomas Kreuzaler, Thomas Strabo 

56 New plug-and-play installation technology for surface hardening of stainless steel 

Induction Technology 

by Fabio Biasutti, Christian Krause, Sergio Lupi 

60 Induction hardening of complex geometry and geared parts 

by Anis Abdurahman, Dirk M. Schibisch 

71 Induction heating in hot rolling mills 

Gas Quality 

by Klaus Altfeld, Peter Schley 

77 Development of natural gas qualities in Europe 

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REPORTSTapping rotary drum furnace 

40 

HEAT TREATMENT CONGRESS 2012All information 

to the HK 2012 

Burner & Combustion 

by Frank Kleuser 

85 Process-optimised lambda flexibility utilised in practice 

Research & Development 

by Guergana Teneva-Kosseva, Volker Uhlig, Dimosthenis Trimis, Dominik Kreutzmann, Dirk Möntmann, Heide Pohland 

vom Schloß, Klaus Lucka, Heinz-Peter Wübben 

91 Degradation of thermal insulation in high temperature processes 

HEAT TREATMENT CONGRESS 2012 – SPECIAL 

33 General Information 

34 Basic Data 

36 Program 

39 Product Preview 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 3-2012 

26 

NEWSRead the hottest news of the branch 

98 

REPORTSDegradation of thermal insulations 

News 

10 Trade & Industry 

20 Diary 

23 Events 

29 Personal 

30 Book Review 

CECOF-Corner 

32 New convenor for ISO/TC 244/WG2 (Safety requirements for combustion and fuel handling systems) 

Companies Profile 

128 SMS Siemag AG 

Focus On 

101 Edition 3: Andreas Seitzer"A successfull company must be able to react and adapt" 

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FOCUS ONEdition 3: Andreas Seitzer 

106 I. Furnaces and plants for industrialheat treatment processes 

116 II. Components, equipment, production and auxiliary materials 

124 III. Consulting, design, service andengineering 

125 IV. Trade associations, institutes,universities, organisations 

126 V. Exhibition organizers, training and education 

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HOT SHOTS

Innovative induction solutions in a steel mill 

Intelligent integration of the continuous caster, the induction 

heater and the rolling mill by the business area SMS Meer 

saves the customer TungHo Steel in Taiwan more than 11 

Euro/t steel produced and emits over 70.000 t CO 2 less. 

Source: SMS Elotherm GmbH

NEWS 

Trade & Industry 

Siemens to modernize rolling mills of ArcelorMittal 

Siemens has won an order to replace 

existing DC main drives in finishing 

mills with more powerful AC systems in the 

ArcelorMittal plants in Dunkirk, France, and 

Ghent, Belgium. The two projects are part 

of comprehensive modernization plans for 

boosting productivity and reducing costs, 

within the scope of which the two hot rolling 

mills are also to be modernized for the 

processing of steel grades that demand 

more sophisticated production technology. 

The total Euro value of the contract is in 

the mid two-digit-million range. The drives 

will be modernized in several stages during 

scheduled annual maintenance stoppages, 

and completion is expected by the end of 

2016. The first conversion work is planned for 

late 2012 and subsequently on a yearly base. 

In the finishing mills of the two hot rolling 

mills of ArcelorMittal, a total of 13 stands 

are to be modernized. Siemens will supply 

the motors, converters and transformers for 

this, and will handle installation supervision, 

commissioning and customer training. To 

achieve maximum possible standardization, 

the same Sinamics SM150-based converter 

technology will be used in both plants. In 

Dunkirk, each stand has three DC machines 

in series. Adapting the existing structural 

environment presents a special challenge. 

Siemens had to design a single AC motor 

with a higher total power but outer dimensions 

which makes the motor fit on the 

same foundation as a single DC machine. 

The solution is twelve-megawatt compact 

machines, which will be used for the first 

time. 

The finishing line in Ghent has a 14 MW 

pedestal bearing machine to meet higher 

requirements regarding achievable rolling 

torques. The modernization projects will be 

carried out jointly by the Siemens Competence 

Center for electrical and automation 

engineering in the steel industry in Erlangen, 

and Siemens Belgium. 

The integrated production complexes 

of ArcelorMittal Atlantique in Dunkirk, and 

ArcelorMittal in Ghent, belong to the Flat 

Carbon Europe Division. The Dunkirk site 

has an annual capacity of 4.7 million t of 

hot strip. An important customer for the 

end products is the automobile industry. 

Siemens will modernize the drives of seven 

finishing stands here in a total of four steps. 

Initial work on one of the mill stands is 

planned for December 2012. ArcelorMittal 

Ghent has a wide hot-strip mill and produces 

around five million tons of flat steel 

a year for applications in the automobile 

industry and domestic appliance industries, 

for example. In Ghent, a total of six finishing 

stands will be modernized in three stages, 

the first in December 2012 within just twelve 

days shut down time. 

Andritz to supply biomass boiler island to Sweden 

International technology Group Andritz has 

received an order from the municipal energy 

company Karlstads Energi AB, Sweden, for 

the supply of a new biomass-fueled boiler 

for the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) 

plant at Hedenverket for the end of 2014. 

The scope of delivery includes the complete 

boiler island (fuel bin to flue gas fan 

outlet), based on Andritz’s well-proven Bubbling 

Fluidized Bed (BFB) design and combining 

high efficiency with excellent environmental 

performance. The boiler will burn 

wood-based fuels (logging waste, sawmill 

chips, and bark), which are widely available 

in the region, to generate steam at the rate 

of 127 t/h, equal to 88 MW of thermal power. 

According to Karlstads Energi, construction 

of the new CHP facility will allow 

the municipality to phase out all energy 

production using fossil fuels and increase 

production of electricity from renewable 

resources. “The completion of this plant will 

enable us to secure a long-term electricity 

and district heating supply with sustainable 

and renewable fuels using highly efficient 

and environmentally friendly technology,” 

says Mats Preger, CEO of Karlstads Energi. 



NEWS 

Otto Junker decided upon personnel restructuring 

In June 2012, the Otto Junker Foundation, 

owners of Otto Junker GmbH, appointed 

Dr. Stefan Miskiewicz (President), Dr. Torsten 

Bahke and Udo vom Berg new members 

of the Board of Trustees. Dr. Ambros 

Schindler was appointed a member of the 

Foundation’s Executive Board and of the 

Supervisory Board of Otto Junker GmbH. 

Otto Junker GmbH, global technological 

leaders in the field of induction melting 

furnaces and thermoprocessing plants, have 

restructured their Managing Board in the 

course of their strategic orientation. In its 

yesterday’s meeting, the Supervisory Board 

appointed Mr. Markus D. Werner, former 

company CFO, Chairman of the Managing 

Board with immediate effect. Mr. Frank 

Donsbach (47), Mr. Atilla Somuncu (52) and 

Dr. Elmar Westhoff (45) were appointed new 

members of the Managing Board. They head 

the induction melting equipment, thermoprocessing 

plant and high-grade steel 

foundry divisions as COOs. 

Mr. Markus D. Werner, new Chairman of 

the Managing Board, states: „The reorganization 

shall further strengthen the company’s 

value-oriented growth strategy. I appreciate 

the trust shown in me and my colleagues 

by the Executive Board and the Supervisory 

Board. We are now facing the exciting challenge 

of further strengthening our market 

position and technological leadership, filling 

our highly-motivated employees with 

enthusiasm for our targets and pushing forward 

the internationalization.“ 

Mr. Markus D. Werner supersedes Dr. 

Hans Rinnhofer at the head of the company. 

Dr. Rinnhofer took over as Chairman of the 

Managing Board in August 2008 and was 

in charge of the restructuring of the company 

as a consequence of the worldwide 

financial crisis. 

The Executive Board and the Supervisory 

Board of Otto Junker GmbH wish to thank 

him for his work and for the good cooperation. 

Mr. Heinz Keweritsch (President of the 

Supervisory Board): “We are greatly indebted 

to Dr. Rinnhofer”. 

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NEWS 


ArcelorMittal 

enters into agreement 

to divest its 

interest in Enovos 

International 

ArcelorMittal announces that it has 

entered into an agreement to 

divest its 23.48 % interest in Enovos 

International SA to a fund managed by 

AXA Private Equity for a purchase price 

of 330 million. This agreed transaction is 

in line with the declared Group strategy 

of selective divestment of non-core 

assets. 

The purchase price is split with 165 

million payable at closing, with the 

remaining portion deferred for up to 

two years. Interest will accrue on the 

deferred portion. Closing of the transaction 

is subject to customary closing 

conditions and is expected to occur 

prior to June 30, 2012. AXA Private 

Equity is a diversified private equity firm 

with $28 billion of assets managed or 

advised. The firm has an international 

reach with nine offices in Paris, Frankfurt, 

London, New York, Singapore, 

Milan, Zurich, Vienna and Luxembourg. 

Enovos International was formed 

through the merger of three companies 

in 2009. As an independent energy 

company in the northern European 

market, Enovos Internationals mission 

is to procure, transmit and distribute 

electricity, natural gas and renewable 

energies to municipal suppliers, industry 

and private households. 

The remaining shareholders in EnovosInternational 

are E-On (10 %), RWE 

(18.36 %),Electrabel GDF Suez (4.71 %), 

the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (25.44 

%), Société Nationale de Crédit et dInvestissement 

Luxembourg (SNCI) (10.01 

%) and Ville de Luxembourg (8 %). 

ThyssenKrupp Steel to introduce shorttime 

working from August 2012 

Against the background of continuing 

weak orders at ThyssenKrupp Steel 

Europe AG, short-time working is being introduced 

from August 2012. This has been 

agreed between the works council and the 

company. Short-time working will affect the 

locations in Germany: Duisburg-Hamborn, 

Duisburg-Hüttenheim, Bochum, Dortmund 

and Siegerland. The Finnentrop location is initially 

excluded from shorttime working. Over 

the past few weeks the lower level of capacity 

utilization has been offset initially using 

instruments such as flexible working time 

accounts, leave accounts and repair shifts. 

As things stand at present the company 

expects that short-time working will have to 

be continued until the end of the year. Currently 

affected by the temporary adjustment 

measures are the cold-rolling and coating 

areas and parts of the hotrolled processing 

operations. Once the details of the short-time 

working plans for August have been agreed 

with the works councils, some 2,170 out of 

a total of 17,500 employees are expected to 

be affected by short-time working. Together 

with the works councils, the company is looking 

into carrying out skill-upgrading measures 

during short-time working. 

Danieli Centro Combustion acquires 

Olivotto Ferré 

Olivotto-Ferré, a reknowned company 

in the supply of industrial heating and 

heat treatment facilities in protective atmospheres 

for both the ferrous and non-ferrous 

metallurgical industries, joined forces with 

Danieli Centro Combustion S.p.A., a subsidiary 

Company of Danieli & C. S.p.A. The merger 

of Danieli Centro Combustion and Olivotto 

Ferrè will extend the range of equipment 

and services offered to become what can 

be considered unparalleled expertise in this 

particular Market Sector and include: 

Reheating furnaces for long and flat 

products and pipes (walking beam, walking 

hearth, pusher, roller hearth tunnel, 

steckel, rotary hearth, walking beam for 

pipe reheating, mandrel bogie furnaces); 

heat treatment and quenching facilities 

(walking beam, roller hearth, bell type, 

bogie hearth, pit furnaces) and annealing 

furnaces for strip process lines (horizontal/vertical 

for CGL/CAL, drying/curing 

for CCL). 

Danieli Centro Combustion has offices 

worldwide including Headquarters in Milan, 

and Technical Offices in Genoa, Italy. Centro 

Combustion Furnaces Pvt. Ltd. with registered 

offices in Pune, India was established in 

2007. Danieli Centro Combustion also has 

a Branch office in Pittsburgh USA (Danieli 

Corporation). Olivotto-Ferré will continue to 

operate from its offices in Turin, Italy. 

The acquisition of Olivotto-Ferrè turns 

the two quoted Companies into a new force 

to be reckoned with now able to provide 

global turnkey solutions to the widest possible 

market range on continuous, semicontinuous 

and batch production. 



NEWS 

HärtereiKongress Wiesbaden, 

October 10th - 12th, 2012 

Visit us in Hall 9! 

AICHELIN Group: Booth 920 

NOXMAT: Booth 922 

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NEWS 


Eclipse opens new facility in India 

Eclipse Inc. announced that it has 

opened a newly constructed facility 

in India. The new facility will replace the 

company’s former operation in Pune, India. 

The new facility is a modern state of 

the art facility for production, engineering 

and customer support. Expansion 

in the marketplace has driven the need 

to create a new facility in India which 

is three times larger than the previous 

operation. The operation employs 

approximately forty members. The 

facility is well located for efficient transportation 

access. 

Siempelkamp modernizes water-hydraulic presses in Russia 

In April already JSC “Stupino Metallurgical 

Company“ (SMK) placed an order with 

Siempelkamp to modernize the waterhydraulic 

control of a 100-MN press of 

Schloemann make as well as to provide for 

a corresponding new die-heating system. 

Also for the modification of the water-hydraulic 

control of a 46-MN closed-die forging 

press into an open-die forging press SMK 

decided in favour of the machine builder 

as professional business partner located in 

Krefeld, Germany. 

SMK is one of the leading manufacturer 

for products made of heat-resistant nickel 

alloys and special steels for the Russian aircraft 

industry: The Siempelkamp customer 

makes parts for gas turbine drives. For its 

location Stupino near Moscow SMK has 

been now projecting modernization and 

retrofit of existing plants: owing to the new 

Siempelkamp hydraulic systems the customer 

is able to provide for a more precise 

control of the presses maintaining the central 

water-hydraulic stations. 

By means of the water-hydraulic control 

especially developed for the modernization 

of a 100-MN Schloemann press the moving 

crosshead can be positioned more precisely 

by up to rates of 0.15 mm/s. Additionally 

the parallelism of the moving crosshead is 

supported under all conditions of operation. 

The innovative Siempelkamp system is also 

beneficial for the following reason: special 

curves for speed and pressure of the press 

are programmed and subsequently stored 

for individual products. During the forging 

process a detailed report of the achieved 

values that are subsequently filed is given 

to the user. 

Included in the modernization package 

of the 100-MN press are the electric control 

and a die heating system. The latter one is 

completely integrated in the control keeping 

the die at a constant temperature of 

900 °C during the forging p ause. Through 

the modernization process repeatability, 

recording and filing of the actual forming 

procedure is ensured. In addition to that the 

production of work pieces made of granulated 

heatresistant nickel alloys is enabled 

through the technology “HIP + forming“. 

For the modification of a 46-MN closeddie 

forging press into an open-die forging 

press Siempelkamp will also supply a new 

water-hydraulic control as well as electric 

control for the plant of Stupino. The opendie 

forging press can subsequently make 

up to 60 strokes per minute. Additionally 

two rail-bound manipulators with rotary 

table will be integrated into the installation. 

For both modifications in the field of 

water-hydraulic controls Siempelkamp relies 

on the cooperation with Hauhinco Maschinenfabrik 

G. Hausherr Jochums GmbH & Co. 

KG in Sprockhövel. Hauhinco is one of the 

leading system suppliers for water-hydraulic 

systems, highpressure pumps, valves and 

industrial components. The expert successfully 

realized for instance the modernization 

of the water hydraulics of the 500-MN 

closed-die forging press at Alcoa Forging & 

Extrusions in Cleveland, the biggest press in 

the United States, in the year 2010. 

Upon the signatures of the contract the 

Siempelkamp engineers directly started 

with the design works; commissioning of 

both presses are scheduled for the end 

of 2012. After completion of all works the 

presses at SMK will meet with the strict 

requirements of the aircraft industry. In 

fact these presses will turn to new presses 

– however at lower cost for project 

realization that for a new plant. Owing to 

this order, Siempelkamp demonstrates its 

position as full-line supplier for press plants: 

mechanics, hydraulics and electrics are all 

from one source. 



NEWS 

ABP invited to Steel Day in Dortmund 

From June 29 to 30 ABP Induction Systems 

GmbH held a Conference including 

Workshops on “Steelmaking with Induction 

Furnaces”. The event took place in ABP’s own 

factory in Dortmund, Germany. 

Approx. 55 participants from 29 companies 

and 14 countries attended the occasion. 

Among the participants were ABP customers 

and partners which are well known 

through out the worldwide steel market. 

The successful usage of Induction Furnaces 

in the Steelmaking process as an economical 

and technological alternative to the 

electrical arc furnace was the main topic of 

the event, but also the supplementation in 

existing steel plants using induction furnaces 

with different annual production rates. 

The Conference gave customers and 

partners the chance to report about their 

own experiences with induction furnaces 

by melting of shredded steel scrap, DRI and 

Ferro Alloys, exchange their gained know 

how and discuss about further development 

strategies in this field. Topics like refractory 

requirements, refractory handling as well 

the state of the art for scrap charging were 

discussed during the workshop. During the 

event all attendants had the opportunity to 

visit ABP’s factory and to see large crucible 

induction furnaces for steel production such 

2 x IFM 9/30 t/16 MW TP), 2 x IFM 9/35 t/24 

MW and IFM 11/65 t/42 MW. 

In the evening all participants had the 

opportunity to continue with discussions 

during a relaxing dinner. Due to the over 

whelming positive feedback, ABP can 

summarize that the event was successful in 

regard to fruitful discussions with a view to 

necessary future developments. The next 

workshop is under planning for October 

2013 together with the 17 th ABP Customer 

Conference in Dortmund. 

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NEWS 


Spectro selected for award by trade magazines 

Spectro was selected for the award by 

four top trade magazines (Process, Process 

Worldwide, PharmaTEC, and Laborpraxis) 

from among 110 nominees, who 

competed for awards in eleven categories. 

Criteria for the award included the degree of 

innovation, product quality and economic 

feasibility for end users. 

“With the SPECTROBLUE, we scored 

points in every category,” explains Olaf 

Schulz, who has responsibility for the Spectro 

ICP spectrometer product line. Introduced 

in 2011, the SPECTROBLUE ICP-OES spectrometer 

targets mainly environmental laboratories 

that need quick and accurate analysis 

of water, wastewater, sewage sludge and soil 

samples for toxic heavy metals. 

SPECTROBLUE’s optical plasma interface 

is especially innovative. As the excitation 

source, the inductively coupled plasma 

becomes extremely hot, ICP spectrometers 

need cooling. “Previously ICP spectrometers 

required an expensive water-cooled device 

that is noisy, takes up valuable laboratory 

space, and requires additional electricity and 

servicing. With the innovative, engineers 

devised a way to divert the heat away with 

an air stream,” notes Mr. Schulz. 

Posco has been named the world`s most competitive steelmaker 

The World Steel Dynamics, a leading 

agency specializing in the analysis of 

the steelmaking industry, announced on 

June 16 that Posco won the 1 st place in the 

assessment of competitiveness of steelmakers 

worldwide this year. In this year`s 

assessment, it evaluated top 35 steelmakers 

worldwide in terms of 23 criteria including 

production output, profitability, technical 

innovation, price power, cost-cutting measures, 

financial soundness and securement of 

raw materials. Posco won the highest scores 

for high skill levels of its workforce, productivity, 

and innovative technologies such 

as radiating heat steel sheets for LED TVs, 

Bismuth (Bi) free cutting steel and UV highgloss 

steel plate. In addition, it received the 

highest grades in the fields of expanding of 

high value-added products and eco-friendly 

management. 

Posco held the top spot from 2002 to 

2004 but was dethroned by its Russian and 

Indian rivals that own iron ore mines such 

as Severstal and Tata Steel. It reclaimed the 

crown in six years in 2010 through its consistent 

efforts for cost reduction, profitability 

improvement, technological enhancement 

and securement of iron ore mines and has 

maintained the number one spot for three 

consecutive years since then. 

Russia`s Novolipetsk Steel took second 

place in the latest rankings, followed by 

Brazil`s CSN, Russia`s Severstal and China`s 

Baoshan Iron and Steel. Meanwhile, Arcelor- 

Mittal and JFE Steel which entered the top 

10 rankings last year dropped to 16 th and 21 th 

in the ranking respectively, due to the poor 

performance in labor cost reduction and 

exploration into emerging markets. 

Alcoa signed supply agreements with Airbus 

Alcoa announced it signed new multiyear 

supply agreements with Airbus 

for Alcoa’s leading aerospace aluminum 

sheet, plate and hard-alloy extruded products 

utilizing Alcoa’s advanced-generation 

and aluminum-lithium alloys. Terms 

were not disclosed, but the agreements 

have a value of approximately $1.4 billion 

over their life. Alcoa’s aluminum solutions 

will be used across virtually all Airbus 

commercial programs and include new 

lower-wing skins on the A320; several aluminum-lithium 

applications on the A350 

and A380, including the largest extruded 

lower-wing stringers for the A380; as well 

as the largest wing skins and fuselage 

panels for the A380 and structural plate 

for the A350. 

Alcoa’s hard-alloy extruded products, 

including rod, drawn tubing and extruded 

shapes for wing stringers and floor structures, 

will be supplied from the company’s plants 

in Lafayette, Ind., Halethorpe in Baltimore, 

Md., and Hannover in Germany. Alcoa flatrolled 

products will be supplied from the 

company’s plants in Davenport, Iowa, Kitts 

Green in the U.K., and Belaya Kalitva in Russia. 



NEWS 

Burgess-Norton selects 

UPC for pusher furnace 

controls 

Burgess-Norton selected United Process Controls 

(UPC) to upgrade the pusher furnace controls at its 

powder metal plant in Geneva, Illinois, USA. 

UPC supplied Protherm-based controls for an Ipsen 

pusher furnace. The new controls use the Protherm 

600 to monitor and control furnace line operations 

including temperature, carbon potential, push time 

with temperature and atmosphere tolerance, quench 

oil temperature, washer temperature, and draw furnace 

temperature. An independent chart recorder was also 

interfaced to the Protherm 600 for automatic redundant 

storage of the backup archives. 

E.ON sells Open Grid Europe 

E 

.ON AG of Düsseldorf has sold Open Grid Europe, its 

gas transmission company in Germany, to a consortium 

consisting of Macquarie European Infrastructure 

Fund 4, Infinity Investments, British Columbia Investment 

Management Corporation, and MEAG Munich 

ERGO Asset Management. The parties signed contracts 

for the sale today. The agreed consideration is about 

€2.9 billion which, including adjustments for pensions 

and other assets, will result in a purchase price at 

closing of about €3.2 billion. The transaction, which is 

expected to close in the third quarter of 2012, requires 

the approval of the German Federal Cartel Office and, 

pursuant to the Foreign Trade and Payments Act, the 

German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. 

Essen-based Open Grid Europe operates Germany’s 

largest gas transmission system (roughly 12,000 km in 

length) and is a key European hub for bulk gas shipments 

from Russia and Norway. It was formerly the 

gas transmission division of E.ON Ruhrgas. To comply 

with EU requirements, Open Grid Europe was fully 

unbundled from its parent company in 2010 and set 

up as an independent transmission operator. 

The sale of Open Grid Europe brings E.ON closer to 

its goal of generating roughly €15 billion through divestments 

by the end of 2013. E.ON has already recorded 

divestment proceeds totaling more than €12 billion. 

E.ON will use the money to reduce its debt and invest 

in growth businesses. 

more safety 

Control Processes for Optimum Air Purification 

Even in the chemical industry the end result is all important. 

Waste air during the production process must, for example 

meet and fulfil the strict standards of the “Technical Instructions 

of Air Quality Control” (TA Luft) before it can be let into the 

environment. 

One solution here is the Thermal Post-Combustion where the 

remaining solvents and mixed air are successively burnt. Uni- 

Geräte has exactly what is needed for the safe handling needed 

in this delicate process: high quality corrosion resistant 

Electro-Magnetic and Electro-Pneumatic valves with ATEX- 

Certification which can be used in explosive atmospheres and 

areas. 

We can show you all this and so much more with an example 

of a compact, clearly laid out safety control process. Come 

and visit us at the ANKIROS/ANNOFER! 

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StrikoWestofen had successful business 

year 2011 

Thanks to products which meet the 

global trend towards more efficient 

and economic technologies, the Striko- 

Westofen Group had a successful business 

year 2011. At a profit margin of 7 % before 

taxes, the international supplier of thermal 

process technology increased its annual 

sales in the field of light metal casting 

by 34 percent to € 42 million. This allows 

StrikoWestofen to exceed the overall 

results for the sector considerably. Besides 

highly efficient melting and dosing 

systems, the expanded range of services 

and spare parts in OEM quality has led 

to an increased demand. With total sales 

of 35 % outside of Europe, the group is 

gaining global momentum and now has 

locations on three continents. For this reason, 

StrikoWestofen is increasing its workforce 

considerably at its German location 

and has now announced the relocation of 

the company premises to neighbouring 

Gummersbach. 

Under foundry conditions, the new 

StrikoMelter PurEfficiency aluminium melting 

furnaces achieve consumption values 

of only 525 kWh/t of material used. “With 

excellent material yield and potential energy 

savings of up to 40 % our StrikoMelter 

PurEfficiency are benchmark worldwide,” 

explains Rudolf Riedel, manager of the 

StrikoWestofen Group. “We are optimally 

meeting the needs of the international 

markets. Now we offer a technology whose 

operating costs can easily save five times 

the overall investment costs over the entire 

service life – in all sizes demanded.” 

On the whole, the StrikoWestofen Group 

profited from an increasing demand from 

countries inside and outside of Europe. In the 

past business year, the manufacturer achieved 

35 % of total sales in Asia and America in 

spite of the floundering economic situation in 

both markets. “We will expand this share to 50 

% by 2015,” says Mr. Riedel. “In particular our 

internationally active customers appreciate if 

we are in situ at all their locations with sales, 

service and production, too.” In addition, the 

importance of “Service and Spare Parts” grew 

considerably in 2011. “The high availability, 

quality and long service life of spare parts as 

well as fire-proof materials in OEM quality is 

a convincing proposition for our customers,” 

explains Mr. Riedel. 

Ruukki delivers 

steel for Outotec 

smelter project 

in Saudi Arabia 

Ruukki has signed a €10 million 

contract with Outotec to deliver 

the steel structures for an ilmenite 

smelter to be built in Saudi Arabia. 

Ruukki‘s delivery comprises the steel 

frame structures and wall and roof 

cladding for the ilmenite smelter and 

casthouse. Outotec is to build ilmenite 

smelting facilities for Cristal Global, 

the world‘s second largest titanium 

dioxide pigment producer. The new 

facilities are to be located in Jazan 

Economic City, Saudi Arabia and are 

scheduled for completion in 2014. 

Ilmenite is an iron titanium oxide and 

the primary ore of titanium. 

Manufacture of the structures to 

be delivered by Ruukki will mainly 

take place at the Bolintin Deal plant 

in Romania. Manufacture and deliveries 

will start in autumn this year and 

be completed during spring 2013. 

„This is an important project for 

us and one in which we can utilise 

our special know-how since we are 

to provide the frame and wall elements 

as a joint delivery. In addition, 

we have the advantage of good 

logistics links provided by our plant 

in Romania,“ says Sami Eronen, SVP, 

Building Projects, at Ruukki Construction. 

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Loesche enters into strategic cooperation 

Loesche GmbH, Germany, has entered 

into a close cooperation agreement with 

pyroprocess specialist A TEC Holding GmbH, 

Austria, in April 2012. Both are convinced to 

jointly provide an even stronger and better 

support to clients in the cement 

industry. 

Loesche and A TEC will be partners 

for the realisation of plant 

improvement projects, environmental 

projects and will be in the 

position to offer complete process 

solutions. The cooperation generates 

attractive synergies for both 

companies - R&D and joint technology 

developments will provide 

new innovative solutions to solve 

the issues of the cement production 

market in the future. 

The core business of both companies 

will remain unchanged: Loesche supplies 

vertical roller mills and dry-grinding plants 

to process coal, cement raw materials, granulated 

slag, industrial minerals and ores. 

Process solutions and automation processes 

are being developed for each individual 

project by experienced engineers. A TEC 

stands for worldwide leading pyroprocess 

engineering for reliability and operational 

safety and will be the partner for clinker and 

cement plant optimization. Additionaly A 

TEC offers consulting services, also for new 

production lines including manufacturing 

and engineering supervision in China and 

other supply areas. 

For A TEC, process optimization means to 

look at the whole pyroprocess, to calculate 

optimization potentials and to intervene 

at the right points. A TEC offers patented 

products and innovative cement process 

technology. More than 600 sucessfully completed 

projects are proof of strength and 

competence. 


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DIARY 

13-16 Sept. ANKIROS 2012 

in Istanbul, Turkey 

www.ankiros.com 

16-19 Sept. Powder Metallurgy Thesis Competition 2012 

in Basel, Switzerland 

Tel.: +44 (0)1743/ 248899 

info@epma.com; www.epma.com 

19-20 Sept. International Colloquium on Refractories 2012 

in Aachen, Germany 

Tel.: +49 (0)2624/ 947-317 

info@ecref.eu; www.feuerfest-kolloquium.de 

19-20 Sept. Combustion Technology in Industrial Furnaces 

Short Course 

in Estoril, Portugal 

Tel.: +351 22 973 4624, Fax: +351 22 973 0746 

cenertec@cenertec.pt; www.cenertec.pt 

25-27 Sept. Heat Treatment 2012 

6 th International Specialized Exhibition on Technologies 

and Equipment for Heat Treatment 

in Moscow, Russia 

Tel.: +7 (499)618-0565 

www.htexporus.com 

9-11 Oct. ALUMINIUM 2012 

in Düsseldorf, Germany 

Tel.: +49 (0)211/ 90191-226 

info@aluminium-messe.com; www.aluminium-messe.com 

10-12 Oct. 68 th Heat Treatment Congress 

in Wiesbaden, Germany 

Tel.: +49 (0)421/ 522-9339 

awt.ev@t-online.de; www.awt-online.org 

23-26 Oct. glasstec 2012 

in Düsseldorf, Germany 

glasstec-support@messe-duesseldorf.de 

www.glasstec-online.com 

24-25 Oct. Biogas – expo & congress 

in Offenburg, Germany 

Tel.: +49 (0)781/ 9226 32 

www.biogas-offenburg.de 

15-17 Nov. TT Expo 2012 

Trade show and conference on heat treatments and technologies 

in Piacenza, Italy 

Tel.: +39 0523 602711 

www.ttexpo.it 

20-22 Nov. ARABAL 2012 

16 th Arab International Aluminium Conference 

in Doha, Qatar 

Tel.: +97 433602 526 

www.arabal.com 

Andritz to supply 

equipment 

for stainless steel 

production 

I 

nternational technology Group Andritz 

has received an order from ThyssenKrupp 

Nirosta to supply an annealing 

and pickling line as well as a rolling mill 

for its works in Krefeld. The value of the 

order is in the upper two-digit million 

Euro range. Start-up is scheduled for the 

first quarter of 2014. 

The new annealing and pickling 

line will process up to 400,000 t of 

hot-rolled strip (AISI 200, 300, and 

400 series stainless steel with strip 

thicknesses of 1.5 to 10.0 mm) as well 

as 290,000 t of cold-rolled strip (strip 

widths up to 1,600 mm at thicknesses 

of 0.5 to 6.0 mm). In addition to the 

terminal equipment, scale breaker, 

and skin pass mill, the scope of supply 

includes the pickling line, degreasing 

line, furnace, and the complete electrical 

equipment, including automation. 

The new 20-high rolling mill in the 

proven four-column design is sized for 

rolling stainless steel strip in a thickness 

range of 0.3 to 8.0 mm at a strip width 

of 900 to 1,600 mm. The rolling speed is 

800 m/min. In addition to the mechanical 

equipment, ANDRITZ will supply the 

complete electrical equipment, including 

automatic flatness measuring and 

control system, strip thickness control, 

and the process optimization system. 

With this rolling mill, ThyssenKrupp 

Nirosta is extending its portfolio for 

processing wide, high-precision stainless 

steel strip. 

The order underlines the many years 

of excellent cooperation with Thyssen- 

Krupp: Andritz Metals has already 

supplied nine annealing and pickling 

lines and five 20-high rolling mills to 

this international steel and technology 

group. 



NEWS 

Tenova LOI receives certificate 

for carbon baking furnaces 

in China 

T 

enova LOI Italimpianti Genoa has successfully received the 

FAC (Final Acceptance Certificate) for the three Carbon Baking 

Furnaces installed in the green field plant belonging to Sinosteel 

Corporation in Changing County. 

The turn-key project consisting of three car bottom type 

furnaces for baking of ultra-fine graphite blocks and one central 

incinerator system is the results of a tight collaboration between 

Tenova LOI Italimpianti Genoa, Tenova CORE and Tenova LOI 

Italimpianti Tianjin. The project moved through several critical 

phases mainly linked to contractual figures that overcome the 

state of the art technology in the field of baking and re- baking 

processes for carbon blocks driving to enhancement of the final 

products quality. 

Modifications and actions carried out since April 2011 have 

driven a continuous improvement in plant performance as well 

as a winning back of Customer confidence and appreciation till 

important and final goal of FAC. This result can also drive Tenova 

to start as a favourite supplier in the plant expansion foreseen at 

the beginning of 2013. 

 

igh 

Infrared thermometers for 

quality control and process optimization 

See us at the 

HK 2012 

New: optris CSlaser series 

Special version for metal 

applications 

250°C to 1,600°C 

Heavy-duty accessory 

Great price-performance 

ratio, prices starting 

at € 610 

Optris in Germany: 

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13127 Berlin • Tel: +49 30 500 1970 

sales@optris.com • www.optris.com 

Bodycote purchases endothermic 

generator 

Bodycote Thermal Processing purchased an AFC-Holcroft E-Z 

Series 13,500-cfh endothermic generator for installation at 

its Fort Wayne, Ind., plant. 

The modular design of the E-Z Series generator enables 

multiple units to be integrated for higher-capacity atmosphere 

generation. In this case, an array of three 4,500-cfh 

systems are integrated together to provide the needed 

capacity while requiring less floor space than three standalone 

units. 

The atmosphere produced by the E-Z Series generator, 

when enriched with natural gas, is suitable for gas carburizing 

and carbon restoration of the low- and medium-carbon 

steels. The addition of ammonia to the atmosphere will create 

a suitable atmosphere for carbonitriding. The atmosphere, as 

generated, may be used for clean annealing, normalizing and 

hardening of all carbon steels. 

Can-Eng Furnaces to supply 

tube quench and temper 

system 

CAN-ENG Furnaces International has been contracted to supply 

a large diameter tube quench and temper system for FIBA 

Technologies Millbury, Massachusetts, USA. The system will be 

utilized to heat treat alloy steel tubes in the 14” to 24” OD range 

by lengths up to 40’ long and wall thickness up to 1.625”. Since 

the tube ends are hot spun to form closed vessels prior to heat 

treatment, special consideration is given to tube restraint in the 

quenching technology. The continuous austentizing furnace will 

come equipped with the latest in recuperative burner technology. 

The overall line layout of ~250’ (75 m) with offset Quenching system 

will be installed in the Greater Worcester Massachusetts area. 

This is the second order that CAN-ENG has received from 

FIBA Technologies, the first being in 2002. A first quarter 2013 

start-up is planned. 


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Events 

4th 

International 

Exhibition on Metallurgical 

Technology Products and 

Services in India 

30 Oct. – 1 Nov. 2012 

Bombay Convention and 

Exhibition Center, Mumbai 

Held in conjunction with: 

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P.O. Box 10 10 06 

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Germany 

Phone: +49/211/4560-7762 

Fax: +49/211/4560-7740 

SchreiberG@messe-duesseldorf.de 

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Aluminium 2012 grows 

with new themes 

new location, new theme pavilions and 

A a considerable increase in exhibition 

area – the signs bode well for ALUMINIUM 

World Trade Fair which will be held at the 

Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre (Germany) 

from 9 to 11 October. The change of location 

from the Ruhr to the Rhine has already paid 

off: The Aluminium is already larger than 

the previous event two years ago in Essen, 

Germany. 

750 exhibitors from 40 countries have 

booked their stands so far; among them 

are the big key players like Alcoa, Constellium, 

Hydro, Trimet, SMS, BWG or Sapa. Many 

exhibitors have taken advantage of the 

change in location to enlarge their stands. 

Currently,organiser Reed Exhibitions records 

a 20 % increase in area. With an exhibition 

area of 75,000 m 2 the world fair thus continues 

on its success course. 

The Aluminium will allocate the halls 

even more clearly to individual exhibition 

segments than in the past. The trade fair 

will follow the process chain, from primary 

products and the associated technologies 

(Hall 9) to casting and heat treatment as well 

as recycling (Hall 10) and semi-finished products 

(Halls 11 and 12) to surface treatment 

(Hall 13) and 

the themes of 

metal working 

and processing, 

welding 

and joining 

(Hall 14). 

The excellent 

capacity utilisation 

currently 

also reflected in the bookings for the five 

theme pavilions and six national pavilions. 

Among the largest joint pavilions is the 

Chinese Pavilion. The range of country presentations 

will be completed by the Danish 

Pavilion, the long-established Holland Pavilion, 

the French Pavilion and the Scandinavian 

Pavilion. 

The existing subdivision of the fair into 

segments in the form of theme pavilions, 

which was very well received by exhibitors 

and visitors in the past, will be continued 

and developed This year there will be five 

national and six theme pavilions offering 

visitors a concentrated overview of the respective 

exhibition topics. One of the largest 

joint stands is the Chinese Pavilion. There 

will be further national presentations this 

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year in the form of the Danish Pavilion, the 

long-standing Dutch Pavilion, the French 

Pavilion and the Scandinavian Pavilion. 

A new feature is the Competence Centre 

Surface Technology, combining the Surface 

Pavilion - a firm fixture at the event for many 

years now - and the Coating Pavilion, introduced 

in 2010. The amalgamation means 

that visitors in the future will have a focal 

point for all matters relating to surface refinement. 

From now on, Hall 9 will be devoted to 

primary production and associated technologies. 

The Primary Pavilion provides a forum 

for suppliers and technology providers such 

as suppliers of metallurgical technology to 

be present in the neighbourhood of the big 

primary producers. Hall 14 is home to the 

Welding & Joining Pavilion. Spread across 

an area of more 200 m² roughly ten exhibitors 

from the fields of plant, machinery, 

equipment and resources for welding, joining, 

cutting and coating of aluminium will 

be presenting their products and services. 

For the first time ALUMINIUM 2012 will be 

offering hands-on shows of innovative products 

in a number of special areas. These 

include the „Automotive Innovation“ show 

in Hall 10, the „Solar Area“ in Hall 11 and „Building 

Solutions“ in Hall 13 where exhibitors 

will present their brand new products. For 

further information please visit: 

www.aluminium-messe.com 


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Events 

Combustion Technology in 

Industrial Furnaces 

The short course “Combustion Technology in Industrial Furnaces” will 

take place from 19 to 20 September 2012 in Estoril, Portugal. Presenters 

of the course will be Dr. Ambrogio Milani and Mr. Livio Minoggio. 

This Course will be of value to staff responsible for the design, 

specification and efficient operation of combustion equipment in 

industry and in several facilities that use fossil and non fossil fuel 

gases. It will also benefit personnel involved in marketing combustion 

equipment and working in associated fields such as fuel technology 

and energy management. Research staff working in combustion and 

in relevant areas such as industrial furnaces and power generation 

may find the Course of value since it provides an overall grounding 

in design of modern burners and related equipment. 

Registration fee is 980.00 Euro payable to CENERTEC and includes 

tuition, course notes, a copy of the “Handbook of Burner Technology 

for Industrial Furnaces” by Ambrogio Milani and Joachim 

Wünning, coffee breaks and lunches during the two days. For 


www.cenertec.pt 

International Conference on 

Ingot Casting, Rolling and Forging 

The 1 st International Conference on Ingot Casting, Rolling and 

Forging from 3 to 7 June 2012 took place in Aachen, Germany. 

The great success of this event can be shown by following facts: 

The call for papers brought more than 120 abstract submissions, 

of which the Scientific Program Committee selected around 100 

presentations to be in the final program. And the interest held on; 

in the end 28 sponsors and exhibitors decided to support ICRF 2012. 

450 delegates from 31 nations came to Aachen to participate 

in the ICRF. Interesting presentations, eager networking in the 

exhibition, a conference dinner in historic athmosphere and fully 

booked plant tours characterized this conference. Sponsors, exhibitors, 

speakers, chairmen and participants felt the positive mood 

during these five days of ICRF 2012 and the need for this conference. 

The 2 nd ICRF will take place in Italy probably in 2015. For further 

information please visit: 

www.icrf2012.com 

indometal 2013: Introducing new showcase 

At the first edition of indometal 2013 - 

international metal & steel trade fair for 

southeast asia scheduled in Jakarta from 20 

to 23 February 2013, the exhibition will introduce 

a special showcase on machine tool 

products, solutions and applications called 

“indotools”. This new innovation and dedicated 

platform on machine tools will feature 

one main category - metal cutting machine 

tools, alongside ten sub categories from drilling 

machines to surface technology. 

indotools is slated to be the bedrock 

of the region’s machine tool industry and 

will offer all the necessities and innovative 

solutions to tooling challenges. Visitors can 

expect to maximise the investment in their 

machinery and equipment by finding up-todate 

technology that will allow for minimum 

setup and machining time and the latest 

innovations in metal cutting equipment 

including machining centres, turning centres 

and a comprehensive range of metal 

cutting technology. 

Dedicated to bringing more business 

opportunities directly to both trade exhibitors 

and visitors, more effectively by bringing 

technology closer to companies and 

facilitating their innovation, “The indotools 

showcase will extend the spectrum of offerings, 

and will be a one-stop business and 

sourcing platform for the metal, steel and 

machine tool industries in Indonesia and the 

region in one unique location,” says Beattrice 

Ho, senior project manager. 

Located in the exhibition area, the indotools 

showcase will complement the seven 

key categories which include metallurgy 

technology, foundry machinery, equipment 

and supplies, semi-finished and finished 

products, thermo process technology, 

accessories and components, metal cutting 

machine tools, and tube manufacturing 

technology. For further information please 

visit: 

www.indometal.net 


Events 

NEWS 

TT Expo: Heat Treatment 

and related technologies 

The 2 nd edition of TT EXPO, exhibition dedicated to 

heat treatment and related technologies, is scheduled 

at Piacenza Expo Exhibition Centre, Italy, from 15 

to 17 November 2012. 

Over 1.000 registered visitors, 40 exhibitors for more 

than 50 brands, a full conference program: the results of 

the first edition of TT EXPO, held in November 2010, had 

met the operators and hinted at a great potential for the 

second appointment. The echo of the good debut two 

years ago has already been reflected in the wide interest 

shown at both national and European level towards the 

next edition. 

Many important players - plant, machinery, materials, 

components and technologies suppliers; heat treatment 

operators; control and measure instrumentation suppliers; 

pre-treatment and post-treatment finishing workers; 

braze welding and PVD metal coating specialists 

- have in fact already confirmed their participation at 

TT EXPO 2012, an event that responds to the need for a 

great place to meet, exchange and have a professional 

development. Thanks to a varied conference program, it 

intends to be a specialized container for all the protagonists 

of this important manufacturing supply chain from 

the technical, educational and cultural point of view. 

Environmental sustainability, energy saving, process 

innovations, new approaches and solutions against crisis: 

all these topics will be discussed during conferences that 

will be enriched by corporate meetings and workshops 

for the presentation of well-advanced products and technologies. 

The national and European supply chain of 

heat treatments, which a number of industrial sectors 

(such as general engineering, automotive, petroleum, 

packaging, alternative energy) are interested in, has thus 

found in TT EXPO its ideal structure thanks to its innovative 

exhibition concept that companies appreciate as it 

optimizes time and investments: short duration (only two 

and a half days), low cost shell scheme stands, possibility 

to organize workshops and presentations directly. For 


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Registration is opened for ARABAL 2012 

Qatalum has announced the agenda of 

the 16 th Arab International Aluminium 

Conference, which will be held in Doha, 

Qatar, from the 20 to 22 November 2012. 

It will focus on future opportunities in the 

aluminium downstream industry in the Gulf 

region, as GCC countries contribute to over 

13 % of the world’s aluminium output, with 

an annual production of 3.6 million t. 

Qatalum noted that the region’s countries 

have the required infrastructure and 

appropriate components to establish any 

industry based on primary aluminium. The 

availability of this important material coupled 

with the investor-friendly regulations, 

energy resources and industrial infrastructure 

will further facilitate the establishment 

of advanced and sophisticated industries 

associated with aluminium, together with 

local or foreign investments. 

Qatalum stressed that the aluminium 

production sector is closely linked to a 

number of other major industries, led by the 

transport and construction sector. According 

to statistics, the transport sector leads 

the way in aluminium consumption taking 

up half of all manufactured aluminium in 

2011 with 11,869 thousand t and is expected 

to reach a new level in 2012 of 12,753 

thousand t with a further 8 % growth expected 

in 2013. The power generation sector 

comes third in terms of consumption with 

5,574 thousand t in 2011 and is expected to 

reach 5,857 thousand t by the end of 2012 

and to record a further growth of 7 % in 

consumption/demand by the end of 2013. 

In a related development, Qatalum has 

launched the new website which provides 

full information about the conference, agenda, 

history and the host company. Qatalum 

has opened registration for the conference. 

For further information please visit: 

www.arabal.com 

Aluminium China achieves significant growth in 2012 

In the first week of June Aluminium China 

2012 took place at the Shanghai New International 

Expo Center. From June 6, the exhibition 

showcased the aluminium industry’s 

whole supply chain, together with its major 

application fields. Professionals from across 

the globe descended on Shanghai for three 

days of busy trading, networking and seminar 

activities at the heart of world’s most 

dynamic aluminium market. 

The exhibition made significant gains in 

terms of growth in number of participants. 

On a show floor nearly 22 % larger than in 

2011 (28,000 m 2 ), 367 local and international 

exhibitors (13 % more than last year) showcased 

their most compelling and advanced 

innovations to a record high 12,000 trade 

visitors - over 6 % higher than in 2011. Nearly 

1,000 of the visitors were from abroad and 

a total of 81 countries were represented at 

the show. 

Ronghui Ding, Director Zhejiang GKO 

Aluminium’s R&D Institute, were particularly 

impressed by the diversity of visitors: 

“We found the international visitors on-site, 

particularly those that came to our booth, 

were significantly more than last year. The 

majority of them were from regions like Africa, 

the Middle East, South Korea and the US.” 

ALUMINIUM CHINA 2013 will again be held 

in Shanghai, at the New International Expo 

Center, from July 2 to July 4. Reed Exhibitions 

will continue to enhance the value of ALU- 

MINIUM CHINA to exhibitors by improving 

it services, expanding the number and quality 

of visitors to the event (through Hosted 

Buyer and International Visiting Delegation 

Programs) and integrating key industry-defining 

conferences. For further information 

please visit: 

www.aluminiumchina.com 



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Eclipse announces David Quebbemann and Joe 

Nitiss to company leadership 

David 

Quebbemann 

Eclipse has announced the addition of 

David Quebbemann as Director of Global 

Sales Transformation and Joe Nitiss as 

Director of Global Supply. 

Mr. Quebbemann comes to Eclipse from 

Bettcher Industries, Inc. where he most 

recently served as Vice 

President of Sales and 

Marketing. Bettcher 

Industries, Inc. is a 

leading developer 

and manufacturer 

of innovative precision 

cutting tools 

for food processing 

and industrial 

operations. 

Quebbemann 

had full responsibility for the leadership 

of Bettcher’s global sales & marketing 

organizations worldwide. Prior to his 

career at Bettcher, Quebbemann held various 

sales, sales management, and general 

management roles. 

As Director, Sales Transformation, Quebbemann 

will be responsible for the further 

definition, planning, and execution of the 

“Sales without Borders” sales transformation 

initiative. Sales without Borders serves to 

better align Eclipse with its key markets and 

key customers, improving focus, revenue, 

and overall profitability. He earned his BSME 

from the University of Wisconsin – Madison 

and an MBA from DePaul. 

Mr. Nitiss comes to Eclipse from Chloride 

Group PLC where he served as president 

of their North American operations. Chloride 

Group PLC is an international electronics 

manufacturer operating primarily in 

the power protection and safety system 

Joe Nitiss 

markets. He had full responsibility for the 

strategic planning, oversight and growth of 

Chloride products and services in the United 

States. Prior to that, he worked as General 

Manager of Honeywell Cable Products and 

held marketing and sales roles at Emerson 

Electric. As Director of Global Supply for 

Eclipse, Nitiss will be responsible for global 

supply chain for products, systems and services 

and lead changes that will improve the 

delivery of goods and services to customers. 

He earned both his BA and MBA from the 

University of Chicago. 

Can-Eng Furnaces announce Alan Van Geyn, Michael Klauck 

and Gregory Stanley to management positions 

Mr. John Krediet, chairman of Can-Eng 

Furnaces International Limited, is pleased 

to announce the following organizational 

changes to Can-Eng Furnaces‘ management 

team. Mr. Alan Van Geyn, P.Eng. has 

been promoted to the role of vice chairman, 

Can-Eng Furnaces International Limited. 

He has held progressively responsible 

roles with Can-Eng Furnaces over his 18 year 

tenure, most recently as its president. Mr. 

Van Geyn earned his undergraduate degree 

in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters 

of Engineering degree at the University of 

Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

Mr. Michael Klauck, P.Eng has been promoted 

to the role of president, Can-Eng 

Furnaces International Limited. Mr. Klauck 

brings extensive leadership experience to 

his new position having held progressive 

management positions at Can-Eng Furnaces 

over the last 12 years. He was most recently 

vice president, Steel Products. Mr. Klauck is 

a graduate of the Metallurgical Engineering 

Program at McMaster University in Hamilton, 

Ontario. Prior to joining CAN-ENG in 2000 he 

was division manager for Bohler Uddeholm 

Thermotech and started his career in the 

steel Industry as chief steelmaking metallurgist 

at a major North American specialty 

steelmaker. Mr. Klauck is a registered Professional 

Engineer in the Province of Ontario, former 

college level professor of Metallurgical 

Technology, and regularly publishes articles 

on industrial furnaces and their applications 

in the steel industry. 

Mr. Gregory Stanley, B.Tech. has been promoted 

to the role of sales manager for North 

America, Steel Products, Can-Eng Furnaces 

International Limited. Mr. Stanley joined Can- 

Eng in 2003 and has earned progressively 

responsible roles with Can-Eng Furnaces. 

He is responsible for business development 

activities for Steel Products in the North American 

marketplace, which includes Canada, 

the United States and Mexico. 


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NEWS 

Book Review 

INFO 

by Daniel H. Harring 

£ 123.99 

$ 87.99 

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com 

Vacuum Heat Treatment 

Vacuum Heat Treatment is a new book 

focused on principles, practices and 

applications providing the heat-treating 

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which is the fastest growing segment 

of the heat treat industry today. This book 

provides the reader with practical advice, 

a diverse set of application examples and 

a wide range of technical and engineering 

information necessary to make informed 

decisions about how to heat treat and 

what equipment features are necessary 

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What makes this book unique is that 

it is written in such a way that engineers, 

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art and science of vacuum heat treatment. 

INFO 

by Franz Beneke, Bernhard 

Nacke, Herbert 

Pfeifer 

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2 nd Edition 2012 

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Handbook of Thermoprocessing Technologies 

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Content of the book: Introduction, Fundamentals 

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processes, Energy balances and energy 

efficiency for industrial furnaces, Thermoprocesses 

with gas recirculation, Furnace 

atmospheres, Materials for industrial furnace 

construction, Appendix. 

INFO 

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2 nd Edition 2010 

CRC Press (London) 

942 pages 

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The Control Handbook 

William Levine has once again compiled 

the most comprehensive and authoritative 

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technical advances achieved since the last 

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include the multidisciplinary perspective 

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Now expanded from one to three volumes, 

The Control Handbook, second edition 

organizes cutting-edge contributions from 

more than 200 leading experts. The second 

volume, Control System Applications, includes 

35 entirely new applications organized 

by subject area. Covering the design and 

use of control systems, this volume includes 

applications for: Automobiles, including PEM 

fuel cells; Aerospace; Industrial control of 

machines and processes; Biomedical uses, 

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and development; electronics and 

communication networks. 

Other applications are included in a section 

that reflects the multidisciplinary nature 

of control system work. These include applications 

for the construction of financial portfolios, 

earthquake response control for civil 

structures, quantum estimation and control, 

and the modeling and control of air conditioning 

and refrigeration systems. As with the 

first edition, the new edition not only stands 

as a record of accomplishment in control 

engineering but provides researchers with 

the means to make further advances. Progressively 

organized, the other two volumes in 

the set include: Control System Fundamentals 

and Control System Advanced Methods. 

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Book Review 

NEWS 

Steel and its Heat Treatment 

EFD Induction, together with other Sweden-based 

companies, Sweden’s Royal 

Institute of Technology and leading research 

institute Swerea IVF, recently launched the 

832-page book: Steel and its Heat Treatment 

– a Handbook. 

The new book is an English translation of 

Stål och Värmebehandling, a handbook on 

the topic of steel and heat treatment that has 

established itself as essential reading in companies, 

universities and research labs across 

Sweden. The book covers everything from 

metallography, grades of steel, heat treatment 

processes and material testing to the 

equipment used for heat treatment, associated 

processes, safety and the environment. 

A key writer on the project has been Kristian 

Berggren, managing director of EFD 

Induction in Sweden, who contributed to 

the book’s section on induction hardening. 

“The book,” says Berggren, “gives a fantastic 

overview and understanding of heat 

treatment, a topic still seen as some kind of 

black magic, even tough the basic mechanisms 

have been known for hundreds of 

years!” Examples of heat treatment methods 

covered in the book are: induction hardening, 

case hardening, nitriding processes, 

tempering and annealing. 

The book is printed in full colour, and is 

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resource for labs, companies and 

research institutes. The new book, written by 

Sweden’s top experts on the heat treatment 

of steel, transforms theoretical insights into 

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CECOF CORNER 

CECOF CORNER 

News from the European Committee of Industrial Furnace and Heating Equipment Associations 

New convenor for ISO/TC 244/WG2 (Safety 

requirements for combustion and fuel handling 

systems) 

Mike Debier (Belgium) has resigned 

from the leadership of ISO/TC 244/ 

WG2. His successor is Martin Wicker (Elster 

group, Germany). 

Martin Wicker studied mechanical engineering 

at RWTH Aachen, Germany, and 

worked at BFI (Betriebsforschungsinstitut 

of VDEh) in the sector of applied research for 

thermo processing equipment and burner 

technology. After this, he worked as project 

engineer for planning and implementing of 

thermo processing plants and burner technology. 

Today, Mr. Wicker is product manager 

for all burners of the Elster group. As 

long-term member in CEN/TC 186 and ISO/ 

TC 244 he is being esteemed due to his professional 

competence and his realistic evaluation 

of the safety-related requirements for 

thermo process plants and burner systems. 

CECOF as well as Mike Debier appreciate 

that Martin Wicker took over the convenorship 

of ISO/TC 244/WG2. CECOF thanks 

Mike Debier for his long-standing and trendsetting 

leadership when establishing this 

working group. 

Mike Debier will continue to work in the 

WG as Belgian member and further contribute 

to the success of this WG with his experience. 

ISO/TC 244 MEETINGS 

The next plenary meeting is planned on 

November 16, 2012 in Kyoto/Japan. Meetings 

of WG2 (Safety requirements for combustion 

and fuel handling), WG5 (Safety requirements 

for protective systems) and WG6 

(Safety requirements for the generation and 

use of atmosphere gases) will take place on 

the preceding days. 

Mike Debier 

GENERAL ASSEMBLY 

The 40 th General Assembly will be held 

on October 05, 2012 at the Imperial 

Riding School Renaissance Vienna Hotel, 

Vienna/Austria. 

The meeting will focus on business 

and market aspects. Dr Paul Rübig, Member 

of the European Parliament, will give 

a political key note on the impact of EuP 

on the European industrial furnace industry. 

Dr Walter Böhme, OMV AG, will hold a 

trend lecture on the role of oil and gas in 

a carbon constraint world. In addition, a 

new CECOF President and the Presidency 

will be elected.T 

Martin Wicker 

www.cecof.org 

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