At the Karaganda Industrial University, as part of the methodological week at the Faculty of Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering, open classes were held using the virtual simulator «Steel smelting in an oxygen converter of 360 tons from the upper purge». Classes were conducted by master of metallurgy, senior representative of the department «Metallurgy and materials science» Pikalova I.A. for students studying in the educational programs «Metallurgy of ferrous metals» and «Metallurgy of non-ferrous metals».
The purpose of this lesson was to familiarize students with the converter device and source materials in the production of steel, to teach students to smelt steel in the converter using a virtual model (Steel smelting in the converter)