Specialty Melting, Refining and Casting — A Practical Training Seminar 

6–9 October 2025 • Birmingham, Ala., USA

Monday, 6 October 2025

4–6 p.m.Registration 

Tuesday, 7 October 2025

7 a.m.Registration and Continental Breakfast
8 a.m.Opening Remarks
Steve Musial, SMS group    
8:15 a.m.Markets and Applications for Foundries and Specialty Steels
Raymond Monroe, Steel Founders’ Society of America
9:15 a.m.The Elements
Raymond Monroe – Steel Founders’ Society of America
10:15 a.m.Break
10:30 a.m.Induction Melting Practices
Shawn Martin, Harrison Steel Castings Co. 
NoonLunch
1 p.m.Melt Deck Safety
Bart Barbee, Inductotherm  
1:45 p.m.Induction Preventive Maintenance Procedures
Bart Barbee, Inductotherm
2:45 p.m.Break
3 p.m. Noninduction and EAF Melting Techniques for the Foundry and Specialty Steelmaker
Stephan Ferenczy, Steel Infinity LLC
4 p.m.Single-Vessel EAF Melting
Shawn Martin, Harrison Steel Castings Co.
5 p.m.Reception

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

7 a.m. Continental Breakfast    
8 a.m.Steel Refining — Fundamentals of Steel Refining: Degassing, Desulfurization, Decarburization, VOD and AOD 
9 a.m.Pouring and Gating Castings
Raymond Monroe, Steel Founders’ Society of America   
10 a.m.Break    
10:15 a.m. Casting of Specialty Steel Ingots
Mark Suer, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
11:15 p.m.Ingot Remelting: Electroslag and Vacuum Arc Remelting
Craig Miller, Consarc Corp.
12:15 p.m.Lunch 
1:15 p.m.Basic Refractories
Benjamin J. Hunsicker, Allied Mineral Products LLC
2:15 p.m.Refractory Shapes
Andrew Pinskey, Holland Manufacturing Corp.    
3:15 p.m.Forging Process
Calum Learn, North American Forgemasters 
4 p.m. Break 
4:15 p.m. Panel Discussion
6 p.m.Adjourn

Thursday, 9 October 2025

7 a.m.Continental Breakfast
8 a.m.Depart for Plant Tour of University of Alabama Birmingham Metallurgical Department
NoonReturn From Plant Tour and Conference Adjourn