Specialty Melting, Refining and Casting — A Practical Training Seminar
7–9 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 |
| 8:15 a.m. | The Elements Raymond Monroe, Steel Founders’ Society of America An overview on typical alloying elements in specialty alloy and foundry products. What is special about the steel we are making? |
| 9:15 a.m. | Compositions: Alloys, Treatments, Contaminants Raymond Monroe, Steel Founders’ Society of America What elements are included in steel and what do they do? |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. | Induction Melting Practices Shawn Martin, Harrison Steel Castings Co. |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 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 Moderator: Steve Musial, SMS group Panelists: Raymond Monroe, Steel Founders' Society of America; Mark Suer, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.; Craig Miller, Consarc Corp. |
| 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 |
| Noon | Return From Plant Tour and Conference Adjourn |