In collaboration with ArcelorMittal Global R&D Basque Country, on February 11th we will hold an Innovation Workshop, which will be developed in-house, in the production plant that ArcelorMittal has located in the Basque town of Sestao. The plant produces hot-rolled and pickled steel coil. It has two electric arc furnaces and facilities to manufacture 900,000 tons of hot coil and 500,000 tons of pickled coil per year.

Objective of the workshop

The objective of the day will be to get to know the production process closely. The participants will be able to visit all the parts of the process guided by the technicians who have defined the innovation challenges and who will explain them ‘in situ’.

A posteriori, an innovation workshop will be held in two sessions to discuss possible collaborative innovation projects to solve these challenges.
Addressed to

Both companies and research groups, focusing on profiles of Technical Directors, R & D, Innovation and Researchers in the field of photonics technologies with experience in the field of steel – metallurgy
Program

09:30h Registration and welcome

10:00 h Group visit to the different parts of the production process

Seeing all parts of the production process (steelworks, scrap yard…) and including explanations ‘in situ’ by the technical managers of the challenges at different points of the production line.

11:00 h Coffee Break – Networking

11:30 h First Workshop. Challenge 1. Characterisation of materials in scrap piles

• Detailed analysis of the problems (10′)
• Overview of photonic technologies (10′)
• Debate for the identification of innovation projects

12:30 h First Workshop. Challenge 2. Monitoring of different parameters inside the electric arc furnace

• Detailed analysis of the problems (10′)
• Overview of photonic technologies (10′)

Debate for the identification of innovation projects

13:30 h Networking lunch

15:00 h Second Workshop. New approaches

• Debate to identify innovation topics

16:30 h Next steps

17:00 h End of the day
Registration

1. The price of participation in the conference includes visits, documentation, networking lunch and coffee breaks.

• 75€ for secpho members
• 795€ for non-members

VAT INCLUDED

2. Places are limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. We are waiting for you!