Schedule
14–16 October 2025 • Indianapolis, IN, USA
Monday, 13 October 2025 | |
| 4–6 p.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
Tuesday, 14 October 2025 | |
7 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
8 a.m. | Historical Perspective of Continuous Casting With Design and Technology of Slab and Long Products |
9 a.m. | Break |
9:15 a.m. | An Operator’s Guide to Continuous Casting Flux, What It Is, What It Does and How It Is Used |
10 a.m. | Break |
10:15 a.m. | Initial Solidification and Oscillation Mark Formation |
11:15 a.m. | Flow Control from Tundish to Mold |
Noon | Lunch |
1 p.m. | Sources of Reoxidation and Why to Avoid |
2 p.m. | Break |
2:15 p.m. | Caster Breakouts and Their Prevention |
3:15 p.m. | Break |
3:30 p.m. | Caster Quality Defects and Their Potential Causes |
| 5 p.m. | Ian Bakshi Memorial Panel Discussion and Reception |
7 p.m. | Adjourn |
Wednesday, 15 October 2025 | |
7 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
8 a.m.–11:30 a.m. | CCTC Meeting |
8 a.m. | Mold Copper Alloys, Design and Influence of Operating Factors on Performance |
9 a.m. | Break |
9:15 a.m. | Mold and Copper Maintenance and Coating Technologies |
10:15 a.m. | Break |
10:30 a.m. | Caster Roll Maintenance and Overlay Technologies |
11:30 p.m. | Lunch |
12:30 p.m. | Plant Tour of Nucor Steel–Indiana or Steel Dynamics Inc. – Engineered Bar Products Division |
| 4:30 p.m. | Return From Plant Tour and Adjourn |
Thursday, 24 October 2024 | |
7 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
8 a.m. | Billet and Bloom Caster Operations and Maintenance |
9 a.m. | Break |
| 9:15 a.m. | Caster Hydraulics — Failure Modes and Preventive Maintenance |
| 10 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Caster Secondary Cooling and Water Treatment |
| 11:15 a.m. | Caster Bearings — Types or Bearings, Failure Modes and Preventive Maintenance |
| Noon | Conference Adjourn |