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Short, high-energy pulses lasting just a few picoseconds vaporize the material during USP structuring. In the second step, the laser, which then runs with different parameters, melts the top 0.2 to 2 µm of the surface. It then smoothes itself out. Fraunhofer ILT

UKP laser structures and polishes hard material components in a single clamping operation

22. January 2026 Hans Georg Schätzl

Tools made of hard materials and ceramics such as tungsten carbide are particularly wear-resistant. However, the tools used to manufacture them wear all the faster – unless the tool is […]

Metal Production

Radar sensors for high-precision inline dimension measurement

25. August 2023 Hans Georg Schätzl

An OndoSense radar system measures the width and thickness of slabs, billets or beams with sub-millimeter accuracy. This saves time and costs and reduces CO2 emissions. Together with radar specialist […]

Recyclers have it easier: the electric arc furnace route produces 75 percent less CO2 than the unfortunately still indispensable blast furnace route. © Benteler

“Green” pipes

19. October 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

The current geopolitical and economic crises are increasingly pushing one topic into the background of public discussion: climate change. But if the EU’s international climate targets are still to be […]

"Green Steel" is to become a signaling device for the entire economy. For SSG, this starts with accurate documentation and the continuous reduction of its own footprint.

White paper on decarbonization of the steel industry

27. September 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Without the transformation of the steel industry to “Green Steel”, the rapid climate change will be unstoppable. The electric steel producer Swiss Steel has already taken decisive steps in the […]

Metal Production

Purity law

14. June 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

The demands placed on steel as a material are constantly increasing due to the ongoing development of the material and its processing methods. This also applies to the degree of […]

This is how "green" hydrogen is produced. © Steag

Green hydrogen to decarbonize the steel industry

22. April 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

The operation of the first direct reduction plant using “green” hydrogen is an important milestone on thyssenkrupp Steel’s transformation path. HydrOxy Walsum, Steag’s hydrogen project in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, is […]

The new technologies can also be used in existing blast furnaces to achieve a reduction in CO2 emissions at existing sites worldwide. © SMS Group

SMS supplies blast furnace decarbonization technology

16. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

SMS Group will improve the efficiency of processes at Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) by using “syngas”, a combination of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which will replace part of […]

Solar receivers from Synhelion, the new partner of the SMS Group: supply of clean solar process heat beyond1,500 degrees Celsius for a wide range of applications © Synhelion

From the sun to fuel

8. November 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Today, the transport sector is responsible for the majority of global greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for around 25 per cent of the total. Just like other energy-intensive sectors, which include […]

The PAS4000 software platform for the automation system PSS 4000 includes various editors and a wide range of software modules, including one for burner management, as used at Arcelor Mittal Gent. Image:© Pilz

Steel hard more productive

4. October 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Steel giant ArcelorMittal wants to make its production processes safer and more efficient. In its cold rolling mill for downpipes in Ghent, Belgium, the burner monitoring of the furnaces was […]

Pavel Shilyaev (right), CEO of MMK, and Burkhard Dahmen, CEO of the SMS Group. Image: © SMS Group

MMK and SMS Group cooperate in the field of decarbonization

19. September 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), Russia, and SMS Group today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of decarbonization of steelmaking. In this declaration, the […]