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The modern production of steel has evolved over many centuries, with many technological improvements during the last 25 years. The making, shaping and treating of steel are critical to product design, application, cost and performance. It is essential that employees involved in producing iron and steel, operating rolling mills, supplying equipment and materials to the steel industry, designing products, engineering, sales, and construction have an understanding of what steel is, how it is produced, and the effects of making, shaping and treatment on the final performance of steel products. This course provides essential knowledge to those who do not have a technical background in metallurgical engineering, rolling or quality-added downstream processing but have a need to understand more about the technical aspects of steel manufacturing, properties and applications.
Iron and steel industry production workers and supervisors, equipment and materials suppliers to the steel industry, steel marketing and sales personnel, machine shop personnel, quality control technicians and supervisors, and component designers and engineers.
Virtual Event Registration: Member US$645.00, Non-member US$895.00. Virtual event registration includes Zoom link to access live presentations and online link to download conference materials.
Wednesday, 24 March 2021 - Instructor Bryan Webler
8 a.m. EST
Overview of the Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel and History of the Industry The first session provides an overview of the technologies used to produce steel today and the evolution of world steel production. The general chemistry of steel is introduced to help illuminate the principles of iron- and steelmaking. This session ends with a brief history of metals production and an introduction to early iron- and steelmaking processes.
9 a.m. EST
Break
9:15 a.m. EST
Ironmaking and Steelmaking This session explains the techniques used to produce iron and steel from raw materials, including ores and recycled materials. Processes reviewed include the blast furnace, direct reduction, ferrous scrap production, basic oxygen steelmaking and electric furnace steelmaking. Important gas, slag and metal reactions will be explained, as well as the impacts of the processes on energy and the environment. The effects of the different processing techniques will be explained, and future iron- and steelmaking developments will be explored.
10:45 a.m. EST
11 a.m. EST
Secondary Metallurgy Basic, acid, and neutral slags and refractories will be introduced, along with reasons for using each. The interaction of refractories and slags with metal will be explored, including methods of reducing refractory wear and quality improvements. The use of ladle metallurgy treatment and furnaces will be explained. The principles behind other secondary steelmaking techniques will be explained, including degassers and argon oxygen decarburization steelmaking for the production of high-quality steels such as ultralow-carbon and stainless steels. Inclusion formation, modification and removal will be discussed.
Noon
Lunch Break
1 p.m. EST
Solidification Fundamentals and Batch Casting The importance of solidification on final product quality will be discussed. The effects of tundish and mold metallurgy on product quality will be explained, along with casting defect causes and methods of prevention.
1:45 p.m. EST
2 p.m. EST
Continuous Casting of Steel The history and evolution of continuous casting processes from billets, blooms, and slabs to near-net-shape processes for thin slabs, strip, beam blanks and wire will be reviewed.
3 p.m. EST
Networking Lounge Join your fellow attendees, instructors and AIST staff for this 30-minute networking session for further insight on the course and to meet other attendees.
3:30 p.m. EST
Adjourn
Thursday, 25 March 2021 - Instructor Frank Fonner
Introduction — Hot-Rolled As-Rolled End Products and Product Applications The various end products of steel manufacturing will be introduced. The requirements and methods to produce these products will be reviewed.
9:45 a.m. EST
10 a.m. EST
Hot Rolling — Reheat, Hot Rolling, Incoming and Hot-Rolled Defects This section will introduce the theory of rolling and the effects of deformation processing on product quality and properties. The importance of the reheating process and how it affects subsequent rolling and quality will be discussed. Billets and blooms will also be reviewed.
Lunch
Steel — Types, Mechanical Properties, Tests and Consistency Characteristics, applications and mechanical properties of steel alloys and grades will be explored. The effects of different alloying elements on steel manufacturing and final properties will be explained. An introduction of the methods of testing the properties of steel — including tensile, toughness and fatigue testing — will lead into discussions of the importance of melting, casting, rolling and forming on the final mechanical properties. The importance of selecting alloys and processing routes for specific engineering applications to achieve desired properties will be explained.
Downstream Processing — Cold Rolling, Annealing and Coated Steel finishing techniques, including heat treating and coating, will be reviewed. Basic steel heat treatment concepts of quenching, tempering, case hardening and in-process annealing will be introduced, along with the effects they have on steel microstructure and properties. Surface coating techniques, including galvanizing and other coatings, will be discussed.
Conference Adjourn
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