MS&T’08 Technical Program

Advancements in Steel Production through EAF, Ladle Refining, and Continuous Casting Technologies and Practices
This symposium pertains to the advances in steel production of EAF, refining, and continuous casting technologies and practices.

Topics:

• Optimization of the EAF, refining, and continuous casting processes though advances in process instrumentation
• Development of process feedback systems
• Novel or improved operating practices and implementation of advanced technologies

Organizer: Les Niemi, Affival Inc.; Co-organizers: Ron O’Malley, Nucor; Steel Decatur; Jeremy Jones, Nupro Corp.

Advances in Materials and Processes for Large Open-Die Forgings
The symposium is intended as a forum for producers and customers of large, open-die forgings (shafts, discs, rings > 1000-lbs) to present information and exchange ideas on advances in materials (primarily low-alloy steels, stainless steels, nickel and titanium-based alloys) and processes (e.g., steelmaking, forging, heat treatment, machining, inspection and post-service repair) that enable process improvement, gains in product efficiency and/or cost reductions. Examples include improvements in slagging and deoxidation/refining practices during melting to improve material cleanliness, changes in ingot design/practice to improve material yield, use of newer material chemistries, forging and heat treatment practices to enable better combination of properties, etc. The intended audience includes melt sources, forge shops, end-users in industries such as power generation, pressure vessel, marine engineering, off-shore drilling and heavy machinery as well as academia/research institutions.

Topics:

• Melting and forging processes
• Power generation applications
• Pressure vessel applications
• Other industries

Organizer: Kalyan Kannan, Siemens Power Generation; Co-organizers: Alex Monsour, Patriot Forge; Bruce Somers, Lehigh Heavy Forge; John Paules, Ellwood Materials Technologies 

International Symposium on Materials Engineering for Structural Applications
This symposium will provide a forum for discussions of advances in steel composition, manufacturing technology, and welding for improving the integrity of fabricated structures such as vehicles/heavy equipment, machinery, buildings, off-shore structures, bridges, ship, railroad cars, pressure vessels, and ERW or seamless pipe. Emphasis will be placed on steels with improved toughness, fatigue life, formability, weldability and thermal cutting behavior. Papers addressing the specific factors influencing fabrication and the integrity of weld joints, e.g., weld fit-up, welding consumables, welding processes, residual stresses, distortion, etc. are also welcomed.

Topics:

• Microalloying and residual elements control
• Thermo-mechanically controlled processes (TMCP) and other performance enhancing techniques
• Innovative structural designs and structural rigidity
• Shock and blast resistant steel
• Hydro forming, conventional forming, reeling, and other fabrication methods and issues
• “Laser quality” steels and laser processing
• Welding simulation and modeling
• Surface characteristics and requirements
• Fatigue and fracture performance
• Hydrogen-induced-cracking resistance (NACE testing)
• Modeling of microstructures

Organizer: Riad Asfahani, U.S. Steel Research & Technology; Co-organizers: D. Milbourn, M.J. Merwin; A.J. DeArdo and I.C. Garcia, U.S. Steel Research & Technology

New Developments in Processing and Properties of Zinc-Coated Sheet Steels
This symposium includes papers addressing all aspects of processing zinc and zinc alloy-coated sheet steels together with the development of new user property data. Processing topics include thermal treatment of advanced high strength steels to produce hot dip galvanizable surfaces with specified mechanical properties, phenomena in the coating bath, coating control and new developments in post-dipping treatments including environmentally friendly surface passivation. Properties topics include coated sheet responses to forming and joining and also developments on the response of advanced high strength steel mechanical properties to process routes that include hot dip galvanizing, galvannealing and other coating processes.   

Topics:

• Treatment of advanced hot and cold rolled steels for zinc coating
• Galvanizing bath phenomena and pot hardware behavior
• Coating weight control and coating quality studies
• Developments in surface treatment of galvanized coatings
• Mechanical properties of galvanized and galvannealed advanced high strength steels
• Developments in forming and joining of zinc-coated sheet steels

Organizer: Frank Goodwin, ILZRO; Co-organizer: J.R. McDermid, McMaster University

Recent Developments in Steel Processing
This symposium focuses on the interrelation of production processes and product properties (dimensional and metallurgical). Papers could include liquid and solid steel processing, and products ranging from sheet and plate to tubular and long products, as well as finished components. Papers on process/product quality problems and control are also welcome.

Topics:

• Thermo-mechanical processing
• Enabling process technologies
• Heat treatment
• Joining
• Forming
• Coating
• Surface treatment
• Machining

Organizer: Brian D. Nelson, Dofasco Inc.

Refractory Innovations and Novel Applications in Iron and Steel Manufacture
This symposium is dedicated to covering new and novel refractory applications for both blast furnace iron production and molten steel contact.

Topics:

• Iron making refractories
• Steel transfer
• Processing
• Holding vessel refractories

Organizer: Dana Goski, Allied Mineral Products; Co-organizer: M. Alexander, Riverside Refractories

Steel Product Metallurgy and Applications
Physical metallurgy of steel products and its effect on application and performance will be addressed. Product types range from sheet, long products, plate and tubulars to the formed and treated components to which they are applied.

Topics:

• Microstructure analysis
• Microstructure-property correlations
• Property-application studies
• Material testing and characterization
• Nanoscale precipitates and grains
• Press hardened steels

Organizer: Brian Nelson, Dofasco Inc.; Co-organizers: Raj Mohan, Severstal; Don Jordan, Ford Motor Co.

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