Benjamin (Bingji)  Li

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Dear colleague

As a mill engineer with B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. all on steel rolling and 20 years on mill process modeling, and as a software engineer with 10 years of working experience, I would like to help you to develop/improve your mill applications. I believe I have worked on steel rolling process modeling more than anyone else in USA.

Summary of experiences

(1) Mill Process Modeling. My work in the past 20 years were primarily focused on the rolling mill model development. During my Ph.D. study in Germany from 1990 to 1995, I successfully established a full-version and a simplified version of the FEM models, which led to the industrial-scale FEM application in steel rolling. The results and concepts were highly recognized and applied by the world's top companies such as then Mannesmann Demag (now SMS-Demag), and I was also invited by Danieli to Italy for three times. After Ph.D. study I worked for Morgan Construction Co. and completed an entire set of empirical models on force/power calculation, rolling stock shape control, and microstructure and product property predictions. In recent years I also focused on the improvement of the online Level 2 model and the development of the Level 2 system. With accurate process models, improved learning logics and the application of the metallurgical principles, my results can save most mills millions of  dollars each year.

(2) Computer and Programming. I also have sufficient skills to integrate my mill models into your online or offline systems. Computer training I have received is more than that required for a Master of Computer Science. Since 1998 I have been developing model-based steel mill software and have completed over 30 computer evening classes. I am a programmer, system architecture, system administrator, web designer and DBA.

(3) Publications. In 1996 I published my first book on compared theoretical and experimental studies of rolling technical parameters (ISBN 3-86012-029-8). My second book, "Steel Mill: Process Modeling and Computer Application”, is in the final compiling stage. Publications are mainly on the rolling mill process modeling and its application on both off-line and online systems. The six publications I wrote in 2008, for example, focus on the development of next-generation Level 2 model by fully integration of mill models, metallurgical principles, intelligent learning and advanced software engineering. Some process models and software programs are available in my biz site www.metalpass.com or my homepage www.bli1.com.

Possible work areas

(1)   Improvement for production efficiency and product quality, by applying the mill process/product models: mechanical, metallurgical, thermal and microstructural, on rolling and other processes (casting, EAF, LMF, Caster, controlled cooling, heating and reheating, etc.)

(2)   Design, development, improvement and programming for the steel mill (or nonferrous metal rolling mill) Level 2 supervisory/execution systems, particularly the Level 2 models, by applying IT principles, engineering logics, manufacture practices as well as mill process models.

(3)   Mill software design and development, for such as Roll pass program, Level 3 production scheduling system (including slab providing and roll management, finishing end management), Level 1 system software (e.g. camber prevention), etc.

(4)   Data communication among Level 2 systems or among Level 3, Level 2 and Level 1; Data (e.g., AutoCad drawing) display on the web; Data modeling, database design, stored procedure development and DBMS support.

(5)   Working as a rolling process engineer or as a roll pass designer, to solve mill process problems and to improve product quality.

For my experience in consulting, visit: http://www.metalpass.com/consulting. For the engineering software I have developed, see http://www.metalpass.com/metalpass/applications.aspx. For metal/steel data I have created, collected and posted, see http://www.metalpass.com/databank.

For steel and metal resources, visit either www.metalpass.com or www.steelengineer.com.

Best Regards

Benjamin Li