News from the IOB

The IOB at the Galvanizers Association Meeting in Cincinnati

From Octo­ber 20 to 23, 2024, our col­le­ague Elsa atten­ded the Gal­va­ni­zers Asso­cia­ti­on Mee­ting in Cin­cin­na­ti, USA. The con­fe­rence offe­red inte­res­t­ing insights into the latest deve­lo­p­ments and chal­lenges in the gal­va­ni­zing industry.

To make the most of the trip, Elsa had alre­a­dy spent a few days in Chi­ca­go before­hand. This allo­wed her to get to know the city’s impres­si­ve archi­tec­tu­re and cul­tu­ral life.

At the con­fe­rence in Cin­cin­na­ti, pre­sen­ta­ti­ons were given on the opti­miza­ti­on and fle­xi­bi­liza­ti­on of gal­va­ni­zing lines. During the lunch and cof­fee breaks, all par­ti­ci­pan­ts had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­ti­nue the inte­res­t­ing topics in per­so­nal dis­cus­sions and make new contacts.

On the second day of the con­fe­rence, Elsa pre­sen­ted the topic “Fuel Fle­xi­bi­li­ty in Self-Recup­er­a­ti­ve Bur­ners for CGL”. We would like to thank Dr. Wün­ning from Wär­me­pro­zess­tech­nik GmbH for his coope­ra­ti­on in the FlexHeat2Annealpro­ject, in the con­text of which the pre­sen­ta­ti­on took place.

As part of the con­fe­rence, the par­ti­ci­pan­ts had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to visit Nucor Steel Gal­la­tin ’s modern hot-to-coat gal­va­ni­zing plant. They were able to gain an impres­si­on of the inno­va­ti­ve tech­no­lo­gy and pro­ces­ses of this plant.

The GA mee­ting was roun­ded off with an evening of bow­ling, which gave par­ti­ci­pan­ts the oppor­tu­ni­ty to net­work in a rela­xed atmosphere.

 

Our thanks go to the Gal­va­ni­zers Asso­cia­ti­on for hos­ting the conference.

Fur­ther infor­ma­ti­on about FlexHeat2Anneal: