Conference proceedings, extended abstracts, and papers presented at industry conferences. Trade press articles are listed separately on the Articles page.
2025
AISTech 2025
Enhanced MILP-Based Scheduling for Adaptive Steel Production at Big River Steel
Michael F. Peintinger, Smart Steel Technologies; co-authors from Big River Steel
Also served as Session Chair at AISTech 2025.
[PDF pending]
AIST International Rolling Conference 2025
Rolling Mill Scheduling Synchronized with Casting and Melting
Michael F. Peintinger, Smart Steel Technologies
[PDF pending]
2024
AISTech 2024
Automatic Scheduling at Big River Steel
Michael F. Peintinger, Smart Steel Technologies; co-authors from Big River Steel
[PDF pending]
AISTech 2024
AI Temperature Guidance at Cleveland Cliffs Burns Harbor
Michael F. Peintinger, Smart Steel Technologies; co-authors from Cleveland Cliffs
[PDF pending]
Liquid Metal Processing and Casting Conference (LMPC) 2024, Leoben, Austria
Presentation on AI-based optimization in steelmaking
Michael F. Peintinger, Smart Steel Technologies
[PDF pending]
2023
AISTech 2023
Precise Temperature Control from Steelmaking to Casting Using Real-Time Artificial Intelligence
Michael F. Peintinger, Smart Steel Technologies; co-authors from Cleveland Cliffs Burns Harbor
[PDF pending]
AISTech 2023
AI-Based Production Scheduling: Reducing Grade Transitions at the Caster and Hot Strip Mill
Michael F. Peintinger, Smart Steel Technologies
[PDF pending]
2022
AISTech 2022
Eliminating CO₂, Energy, and Quality Inefficiencies through Application of AI — Download PDF
Michael F. Peintinger; Falk-Florian Henrich, Otmar Jannasch, Lucas Corts (Smart Steel Technologies)
This paper presents how AI-based software modules implemented across steel mills reduce CO₂ emissions, energy consumption, and quality defects. It covers greenhouse gas emission tracking, temperature guidance from BOF/EAF to continuous casting, reliable defect classification using deep CNN classifiers, and casting optimisation. Results include permanent energy savings of 8K average temperature reduction at the EAF and a 50%+ reduction in sliver defects for automotive exposed grades at ArcelorMittal.
2017
AISTech 2017, Nashville TN
Integrated Quality Control Solutions for Hot Sheet Metal Forming
Michael F. Peintinger, Henry Peters, Sorin Duta, Ryan Kim, Chris Wood (QuinLogic / SMS group)
Hot sheet metal forming has become a state-of-the-art technology for the automotive industry. This paper presents integrated quality control solutions that monitor hot stamping process and part data in real time to assure quality, build process knowledge, and improve production efficiency. Results show that better understanding of quality data correlations and improved process know-how deliver consistent and reproducible product quality, faster product development, and reduced cycle time.
CHS2 2017, Atlanta GA
Integrated Manufacturing Quality Control for Press Hardening Steel
Michael F. Peintinger, Chris Wood (QuinLogic / SMS group)
This paper presents an integrated manufacturing quality control system implemented at Marwood Metal Fabrication in Ontario, Canada, monitoring hot stamping process and part data to assure quality and improve process know-how. The system connects all quality-relevant process and part data, checks production against specifications in real time, and provides live visualization at the press and in the laboratory. Results demonstrate consistent and reproducible product quality, faster product development and certification, and reduced cycle time.