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Monday
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Liquid into Products Safely
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7:30–8:00
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Registration
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8:00–8:15
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Welcome and Introduction
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8:15–8:45
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Cast shop safety, including molten metal hazards—Grandfield
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8:45–9:45
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Customers’ products: Applications, alloys, formats, and downstream processes—Grandfield
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9:45–10:00
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Break
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10:00–11:30
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Cast shop economics—Grandfield
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11:30–12:00
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Metal supply - Primary Smelter—Grandfield
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12:00–13:00
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Lunch
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13:00–15:00
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Metal supply - Secondary: Furnace and refractory technology—Peterson
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15:00–15:15
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Break
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15:15-16:15
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Dross generation and processing—Peterson
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16:15–17:00
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Group work: Improvement case studies
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Tuesday
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Preparing and Solidfying the Liquid
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8:00–8:30
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Trace elements and impurities: Sources and Effects—Grandfield
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8:30–9:15
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Furnace fluxing and alloying—Grandfield
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9:15–9:45
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Inclusion sources and measurement—Grandfield
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9:45–10:00
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Break
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10:00–11:00
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Inclusion Removal—Grandfield
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11:00–12:00
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Degassing—Peterson
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12:00–13:00
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Lunch
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13:00–14:00
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Al solidification fundamentals—Schumacher
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14:00–15:00
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Grain refinement theory—Schumacher
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15:00–15:15
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Break
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15:15–15:45
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Grain refinement practice—Grandfield
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15:45–17:00
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DC casting heat flow—Grandfield
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Wednesday
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DC casting
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8:00–9:00
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Macrosegregation in DC casting—Eskin
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9:00–9:45
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Billet casting mold technology—Grandfield
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9:45–10:00
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Break
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10:00–11:00
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Hot tearing defects—Eskin
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11:00–12:00
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DC surface defects—Grandfield
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12:00–13:00
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Lunch
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13:00
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Plant tour
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Thursday
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More DC Casting
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8:00–9:00
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Water cooling and water Systems—Grandfield
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9:00–9:45
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Rolling slab mold technology—Grandfield
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9:45–10:00
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Break
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10:00–11:00
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Slab casting - Shape control—Grandfield
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11:00–12:00
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Slab cracking defects—Eskin
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12:00–13:00
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Lunch
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13:00–14:00
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Q&A: What's my defect?
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14:00–15:00
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DC casting productivity—Grandfield
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15:00–15:15
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Break
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15:15–16:00
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Casting engineering and maintenance—Grandfield
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16:00–17:00
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DC casting variants - HDC, EMC, etc.—Grandfield
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18:00–21:00
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Course dinner
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Friday
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Remelt Ingot Casting & Homogenization
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8:00–9:45
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Sow and chain conveyor ingot casting—Grandfield
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9:45–10:00
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Break
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10:00–11:00
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Homogenization: Principles, practice, problems, and productivity—Grandfield
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11:00–12:00
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Q&A: Putting it all together: Safe and profitable casting
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12:00–13:00
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Lunch
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