TMS Aluminum Cast Shop Science & Technology Course (Cast Shop 16)
May 23–27, 2016 • Renaissance Hamburg Hotel • Hamburg, Germany
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Reduce costs while producing high-quality products. Cast Shop 16 will provide you with:
- A deep understanding of process technology to improve performance in this unique, immersive course focused exclusively on cast shop and targeted toward operations
- Access to leading experts in the field who share techniques that work, based on their extensive experience
- Small group sessions, networking activities, and a plant tour at Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH offer you valuable opportunities for peer-to-peer discussion and insights
This program is part of the highly successful portfolio of TMS aluminum industry courses, established in 1995.
Focused exclusively on cast shop and targeted toward operations, this week-long immersive course will cover the science and technology of key cast shop processes for primary and secondary aluminum smelters. Customer requirements and cast shop economics will set the scene for defining cast shop objectives. Specific topics to be covered during this course include:
- Cast Shop Safety
- Liquid Preparation
- Direct Chill (DC) Casting
- Remelt and Sow Ingot Casting Conveyors
- Science and Practice of Homogenization of Extrusion Billets and Rolling Slabs, Including Defects
For a more detailed topic list,
view the daily Course Schedule.
The course will also include a cast shop plant tour hosted by Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH in Hamburg, Germany.
The course is designed for cast shop senior operations and technical personnel. Suppliers of cast shop equipment will also benefit from attending.
This course is sponsored by the TMS
Light Metals Division
and the
Aluminum Committee, and is being organized and taught by the following individuals:
John Grandfield, Chair, Swinburne University of Technology; Grandfield Technology Pty Ltd., Australia
Dmitry Eskin, Brunel University, United Kingdom
Gerd-Ulrich Grün, Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH, Germany
Arild Håkonsen, Hycast AS, Norway
Ray Peterson, Real Alloy, United States
Peter Schumacher, University of Leoben, Austria
Learn more about each instructor, and the expertise they have to offer attendees at this course.
For more information about this meeting, please complete the meeting inquiry form or contact:
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