The 78th HärtereiKongress of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wärmebehandlung und Werkstofftechnik e. V., AWT, took place from 11 – 13 October 2022 in Cologne. At the same time, the AWT and the German Society for Materials Science, DGM, jointly organized the scientific symposium Steel Innovation (SI) of the newly founded Technical Committee Materials Technology Steel of AWT and DGM for the first time.
KELLER ITS participated as an exhibitor at the trade fair. Measuring instruments for optical temperature measurement with the modern IO-Link communication interface were presented. This standardized interface forms the basis for the increasing digitization and networking of measuring systems up to cloud-based solutions and location-independent access to production data.
The number of visitors was significantly lower than before Corona. And, of course, one of the main topics of the talks was the security of energy supply and the development of prices. Nevertheless, some interesting discussions could be held about the extended analysis possibilities thanks to the new digital interface.

KELLER ITS presented innovations for optical temperature measurement at the ALUMINIUM trade fair in Düsseldorf from 27 - 29.09.2022. A new algorithm for the safe measurement of aluminium profiles downstream of the extruder was presented, even if the surfaces and alloys change.
At present, the order books of companies producing aluminium products are still very well filled. However, the extreme increase in energy prices is causing great concern to many industries. This has an imminent influence on the willingness to invest. Thus, the current view into the near future is rather restrained.

The Future Steel Forum took place in Prague on 8 and 9 June. The clear tendency is to go forward in the Industry 4.0 and to the reduction of emissions: the Green Steel. KELLER ITS is proud to be plainly involved in these domains through our IO-Link interface that equips every of our new models and with the development of special models to monitor the temperature of combustions gases: the CellaCombustion.