On September 22, CIVS staff and students were invited by Gerdau’s Kevin Kondrat to tour the reheating furnace at the Gerdau Special Steel facility in Monroe, Michigan. The group included Misbah Syed and Abhishek Kolakotla, graduate students from the simulation lab at CIVS who work directly on SMSVC projects related to reheat furnace operations, and staff members Armin Silaen and Nicholas Walla.

CIVS members were given an overview of Gerdau Special Steel operations by Mr. Kondrat, Nathan Hough (Rolling Mill Superintendent), and Eduardo Scheid (GSN Technical Consultant). This visit also offered a unique opportunity for staff and students to enter the reheat furnace while it was shut down for scheduled maintenance. Reheating furnaces are commonly used in the steel industry to bring steel products such as slabs and billets up to high temperatures before rolling and finishing to become products such as rods and coils.

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