Due to its availability and versatile applicability, steel is one of the most important materials in the modern global economy. The ever-increasing quality and efficiency of steelmaking processes enables new possibilities across many industries.

The purity of steel melts plays a major role in its application. Excessive amounts of nonmetallic inclusions or the presence of macro inclusions or clusters with critical size restrict important mechanical properties and increase the tool wear during processing, ultimately leading to reduced reliability of the final product and causing higher scrap rates.