Jenny Schulte
Engineers in the spotlight — Get to know Jenny Schulte, who represents the many dedicated specialists in thyssenkrupp’s Steel division. She is overseeing the development and introduction of scalur®+Z.
- Name: Jenny Schulte
- Age: 36
- Fields: Product services and technical customer support
- Product: scalur®+Z
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Jenny Schulte - scalur®+Z
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scalur®+Z is a hot-dip galvanized flat product that is perfectly suited for rollforming processes and lets customers save on materials, time, and money.
What is special about scalur®+Z?
thyssenkrupp can guarantee a thickness tolerance of up to ± 0.06 millimeters for this material. This is a boon to customers, who benefit from a material with a constant thickness tolerance that lies significantly beneath the standard limit. This material’s strict tolerances also allow for more strip per coil and reduced component weight. Moreover, the production process does not require retooling as frequently as processes for other materials do, which means that the customer experiences comparatively fewer standstills.
What role do you play in the development process?
I was already responsible for overseeing the hot-rolled material scalur®, so it makes sense that I was asked to oversee development and introduction for the fully galvanized version of that material, scalur®+Z. I monitored the initial tests together with my colleagues, and worked with the Product Strategy team to decide which grades would go with this new product. Now, I will oversee the initial rolling trials and support customers during the processing stage. When the product is ready to come onto the market, I will oversee the market introduction process. This will involve training the technical customer support staff who will support customers using this material.
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Jenny Schulte
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We gladly provide free of charge the images included in our media library for use within daily use in the press (including magazines published weekly or monthly). In any case, condition precedent for this is that when using them, you refer to our company as the source in the immediate vicinity of the image material used and in the customary manner (© thyssenkrupp Steel Europe). If a different author is indicated, this must be stated. You are only authorized to process images to the extent that this is technically mandatory for the specific publication (e.g. black/white instead of in color in a monochromatic daily newspaper) and/or to the extent you only change the size proportionally, without using only part of the image, or to stretch, compress or modify it in any other way or to deform it. Every other processing and use is only admissible after prior written approval (email to: [email protected]). We request to be provided with an author’s copy free of charge and promptly after the respective publication of print media, with films with a digital version in a customary playback format on a generally readable data carrier. Where the image material is used online, you shall provide us with the detailed URL of the respective website and make this website accessible to us. closeWhat was the career path that led you to this position?
I studied Industrial Engineering and wrote my thesis at thyssenkrupp’s hot-dip galvanizing line 1. Afterwards, I was offered a position at the company, and I stayed. That was about nine years ago now. Time has just flown by, thanks to diverse tasks and varied cooperation with customers and production.
Where will scalur®+Z be used?
In telescopic rails, for example, as well as in numerous stamped parts. scalur®+Z can also be used to make containers and electric motor housings. In the case of containers, the main advantage to using this material is its comparatively low weight – empty containers are now several kilos lighter.
