Tuesday, 21 October 2025 |
7 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
8 a.m. | Keynote Presentation |
8:30 a.m. | Introductions
Jimmy Barrett, Allied Mineral Products Inc. |
8:45 a.m. | Raw Materials, Bricks and Shapes, Monolithics
Ruth Engel, Refractory Consulting Services
The seminar will start by discussing the raw materials used in the manufacture of refractories, why they are used and their characteristics. With this understanding, a discussion will be carried out on the role of the different components and their effect on the properties of the brick. This knowledge will be extended to castables where additional parameters like installation and dryout will be covered. |
9:45 a.m. | Break |
10 a.m. | Refractory Brick Manufacturing
Korey Skala, HWI, A Member of Calderys
Review of fired and unfired refractory brick production, including raw materials to finished products. |
10:45 a.m. | Break |
11 a.m. | Insulation and Ladle Construction Design
Robert Doty, IMACRO Inc.
This presentation features a wide-ranging discussion about the many options in ladle refractory design. The basics of heat transfer will be covered from molten steel through layers of refractories to steel ladle shells, followed by insulation choices, how they affect ladle shell temperatures and refractory expansion dynamics. |
Noon | Lunch |
1 p.m. | Ladle Preheat and Handling |
1:45 p.m. | Break |
2 p.m. | Ladle Free Opens |
2:45 p.m. | Break |
3 p.m. | Best Practices for Refractories.
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4–5:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion and Reception
Moderator: Robert Doty, IMACRO Inc.
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Wednesday, 22 October 2025 |
7 a.m. | Breakfast |
8 a.m. | Secondary Steelmaking Process – LMF
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9 a.m. | Laser Technology to Measure Refractory Wear
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9:30 a.m. | Break |
9:45 a.m. | Tundish Refractory
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10:15 a.m. | Break |
11 a.m. | Ladle Thermal Imaging – Infrared Systems
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11:30 a.m. | Refractory Materials Testing
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Noon
| Lunch |
1 p.m. | Ladle Breakout — Failure Investigation
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1:45 p.m. | Refractory Products for EAF and BOF Steelmaking
Mike Clark, HWI, A Member of Calderys
This presentation shall cover the design of both brick and monolithic refractory products used in electric arc furnace and basic oxygen furnace applications. Wear mechanisms will be explained, as well as methods to prevent such mechanisms through optimization of refractory systems and steelmaking process improvements. |
2:30 p.m. | Break |
2:45 p.m. | EAF Deltas/Shapes
Paul Thibodeau, Allied Mineral Products Inc.
Present purpose, function, designs and materials used in modern-day electric arc furnace deltas. |
3:30 p.m. | Flow Control Products
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4:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
Thursday, 10 October 2024 |
7 a.m. | Breakfast |
8 a.m. | Plant Tour of Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works
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Noon | Return From Plant Tour and Conference Adjourn |
