Program Thursday May 5th 2022
| Time | Lecture | presented by |
| 8:00 | Registration | |
| 8:30 - 8:45 | Opening Remarks | Katja Lohmann-Hütte Friedr. Lohmann GmbH |
| 8:45 - 9:10 | Pit furnaces for gas nitriding and carburizing and process and equipment-specific features |
Paul Reichert KGO GmbH |
| 9:20 - 9:45 | Heat treatment in pit furnaces: Different designs for parts weighing less than one kilo on the one hand and parts weighing 200 tons on the other |
Martin Preisl Aichelin GmbH/BOSIO |
| 9:55 - 10:20 | Economic and efficient low pressure carburizing in pit furnaces |
Grzegorz Gluchowski SECO/WARWICK S.A. |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 11:25 | Advanced quenching media for pit furnace processes |
Rainer Braun BURGDORF GmbH & Co. KG |
| 11:35 - 12:00 | Reduction of flame formation during quenching in hardening bath - From the problem to the finished product |
Janos Jenei FUCHS SCHMIERSTOFFE GMBH Elmar Steinwidder Sandvik Mining and Construction GmbH |
| 12:10 - 13:15 | Lunch break | |
| 13:15 - 13:40 | Hightemperature corrosion and Metal Dusting |
Bernd Schneider W. Pilling Kesselfabrik GmbH & Co. KG |
| 13:50 - 14:15 | Natural gas quality and hydrogen from the perspective of industrial end users |
Dr.-Ing. Jörg Leicher Gas- und Wärme-Institut Essen e.V. |
| 14:25 - 14:50 | Eruptive emissions at pit furnaces and adequate methods of handling them |
Helmut Kurz GARANT-Filter GmbH |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 15:30 - 15:55 | Design and layout of pit furnace fixtures under consideration of modern development possibilities / pit furnace fixtures “3G” (3rd generation) |
Thorsten Kutsch Friedr. Lohmann GmbH |
| 16:05 - 16:30 | Challenges and experiences in the introduction of a software-supported tracking of the use of fixtures and charging equipment in heat treatment plants |
Thorsten Trägenap TTC Informatik GmbH |
| 16:40 - 17:05 | Safety when entering and passing over small rooms and containers CSE |
Thomas Matthey MST MattheySafetyTraining |
| 18:00 | Evening event |
Program Friday May 6th 2020
| Zeit | Vortrag | Referent |
| 8:30 - 8:55 | Cases of damage, maintenance and repair of pit furnace fixtures |
Dr. Roman Ritzenhoff Friedr. Lohmann GmbH |
| 9:05 - 9:30 | Safety in heat treatment shops - legal requirements and general conditions for the operation of a hardening shop | Wolfram Schmid Berufsgenossenschaft Holz und Metall |
| 9:40 - 10:05 | CE marking and manufacturer's obligations for placing pit furnace fixtures on the market |
Dr. Roman Ritzenhoff Friedr. Lohmann GmbH |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee break | |
| 10:45 - 11:10 | Basics for measurement and control in the generation of carrier gas and carburizing atmospheres |
Milomir Mikulović MESA Electronic GmbH |
| 11:20 - 11:45 | Intelligent inert gas inlet system - replacement of fans in pit furnaces |
Michael Graf Linde Gas |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Closing remarks | |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Lunch break (optional) |
