In principle, this is to be achieved by increasing the proportion of scrap metal in steel production, which will allow existing resources to be used optimally. The challenge for the new Laboratory at Montanuniversität Leoben, supported by commercial partners voestalpine Stahl GmbH and voestalpine Forschungsservicegesellschaft Donawitz GmbH: More (re)used scrap metal also means more unwanted accompanying and trace elements in the end product, the nature and exact influence of which on steel quality still needs to be researched – and this is exactly what Head of Laboratory Schnitzer and his team are doing by means of a sophisticated combination of experimental methods, simulations and calculations, so that product quality and sustainability can be maximised in equal measure in future steel production processes!
From left to right in the picture: Franz Androsch (Head of Corporate Research voestalpine AG), Ulrike Unterer (CDG Vice President), Thomas Hebesberger (voestalpine Stahl), Head of Laboratory Ronald Schnitzer, Walter Berger (voestalpine Forschungsservicegesellschaft), Rector of Montanuniversität Wilfried Eichlseder.