Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy

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Organizations profile
The history of the Stanislaw Staszic Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy (IMZ) goes back to the year 1945 when the Staszic Scientific and Research Institute was established. Based on its facilities, the current IMZ was founded. The scientific and research activities of IMZ include mainly applied research dedicated to the needs of industry. Basic research is carried out mostly prior to the intended utilitarian works and enables obtaining initial understanding of the purposefulness of the solution to the problem it should address. It also contributes to scientific development of the Institute's staff, as well as development of the research PVA VSG100S Metallurgical kiln methodologies applied in the Institute. selection of equipment and units for steel manufacturing and steel processing ! selection of steel (and to some extent other materials) for different practical applications ! macroeconomic analyses, marketing studies, financial analyses, strategic analyses, planning and assessment of the efficiency of business undertakings, monitoring and analyses of implementation of restructuring programmes. In 2004 the following IMZs research units implemented the Quality Management System compliant with PN-EN ISO/IEC 17025 standard: ! Chemical Analyses Laboratory ! Materials Properties and Structure Testing Laboratory ! Power Engineering Equipment Materials Testing Group. The Chemical Analyses Laboratory was also granted the first- and second-grade General Electric Aircraft Engines certificate (No. T3895) of August 11, 2004, updated on January 12, 2009.
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Main areas of research

The applied research carried out by IMZ covers the following fields: ! investigation of technological processes by means of advanced methods of physical and numerical simulation, ! new and improved metallurgical technologies in upstream processes, including pig iron, steel and ferroalloy production, continuous and conventional steel casting, steel product hot forming (long and flat product rolling, dying and blacksmith forging), cold working, heat treatment of steel products including direct treatment using heat from hot working, ! waste recycling, sewage treatment, dedusting of waste gases, recycling of dusts and sludge in steel plants, ! advanced processing and methods for adjustment of products' properties to the consumers' requirements, ! steel and construction alloys; developing chemical composition and designing internal structure of material from the point of view of the required properties of the product, ! new products and improvement of the quality of manufactured semi-products and steel products, ! examination of chemical co m p o s i t i o n , p ro p e r t i e s a n d structure of materials, expert assessment of materials, including: tests of products for their compliance with standards, diagnostic material tests of power engineering equipment and analyses of steel products' defects.

Achievements ! Honourable mention at the International Exhibition of !

Inventions and Innovations Moscow 2005 for Oxygen mixture in core wire for replenishing micro-alloys in steel. 55th World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technologies Brussels Eureka 2006 - Silver Medal for Method of liquid steel reheating in hot top and/or in CC tundish, and special cover to be used for this purpose. International Innovation Salon New Times Sewastopol 2006 Silver Medal for Oxide mix in flux-cored wire for supplementing steel microadditives. Method of metal bath recarburisation. Method and system of slag foaming. Oxide mixture for steel microalloying. Method of grinding flours, fine coal and/or coke breeze blending for blast furnace process utilisation. Method of grinding flours blending for utilisation in blast furnace process or/and steel melting process. Measuring vessel for melting rate measurement of pulverised casting powders. Measuring vessel for melting rate measurement of granular casting powders. Method of liquid steel afterwarming in ingot mould hot top or/and in tundish of continuous casting machine and cover for this purpose. Method for grinding flours processing. Contact Person : Dr. Marian Niesler phone : (+48) (32) 234 52 91 fax : (+48) (32) 234 53 00 e-mail: mniesler@imz.pl

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Consulting activity
IMZ provides technical and scientific Inspect F Scanning electron microscope consultancy in the following fields: ! research methodologies, including material tests, analyses and interpretation of test results Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy address : ul. Karola Miarki 12-14; 44-100 Gliwice; Poland phone : fax : e-mail : website : (+48) (32) 234 52 05 (+48) (32) 234 53 00 imz@imz.pl http://www.imz.pl