28 COMSOL NEWS At the heart of manufacturing is a perpetual effort to simultaneously improve both efficiency and quality, and the steel industry is a prime example of this. As steel production entails a lengthy chain of processes, there is ample opportunity for advancements to be made. The VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut (BFI), one of Europe’s leading research institutions in the development of iron and steel making technology, is currently using multiphysics simulation to optimize their configurations and achieve these improvements. ð PREPARING THE SINTER FOR THE BLAST FURNACE A significant step in the steel production line is the sintering process, where a mix of fine iron ore and other materials is prepared for a blast furnace to melt out its base metal, eventual

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