Tuesday 10 September 2024 |
8 a.m. | Welcome, Introduction and Conference Overview
Terry Adams, Cleveland-Cliffs Rockport Works |
8:10 a.m. | Reliability Achievement Award Overview
Rachel Schmidt, Berry Metal Co. |
8:20 a.m. | Ice Breaker |
8:30 a.m. | Critical Success Factors for Sustaining a Best-in-Class Maintenance Program
Randy Heisler, Life Cycle Engineering
Maintenance organizations today are ready to work smarter, faster, better and safer than they did yesterday. Many are trying to use technology to become more efficient and achieve performance goals. This presentation will cover the critical success factors needed to achieve a sustainable a maintenance program such as standardized work processes coupled with the newest technologies, data analysis capabilities, a strong partnership between production and maintenance, and metrics that are utilized to track and sustain improvements. |
9:45 a.m. | Reliability Achievement Award Gold Winner
Mark Fonovic, ArcelorMittal Dofasco G.P.
A review of planned and unplanned production downtime was conducted identifying that the largest downtimes are as a result of weekly SEP P3 maintenance which results in fresh acid purchases. To reduce purchase acid costs by preventing continuous shutdown of the unit for maintenance of the SEP P3 system, a secondary CPL to Lance system can be installed. The new system can be brought online during maintenance tasks to allow the unit to continue processing. |
10:15 a.m. | Break |
10:30 a.m. | Advancements in Condition Monitoring Technologies for the Steel Industry
Bob Miller, IVC Technologies
This presentation is meant to highlight not only some of the most current advancements in condition monitoring, but also some of the most effective. This is not a deep dive but should provide practical takeaways for attendees regardless of background. |
11:00 a.m. | Break |
11:15 a.m. | Gearbox Drive Do’s and Don’ts
Cory Mecham, Regal Rexnord
Maintenance, inspection, rebuilding and troubleshooting of gear drives. |
Noon | Lunch |
1 p.m. | Advancements in Monitoring for Air-Oil and Grease Lubrication Systems
Wayne Gaskill and Tim Fawcett, DropsA USA Inc.
This presentation will cover the different options available for grease delivery, from manual to sophisticated automatic systems. It also will cover the operation of the components in the different types of system. |
1:30 pm | Various Methods of Oil Sample Collection From Book to Real World
Eddie Emch, Lubrication Engineers Inc.
A review of oil sampling methods with their strengths and weaknesses. |
2 p.m. | Break |
2:15 p.m. | Maintaining Efficient Furnace Combustion Using Analytics
Roy Hardy, PSNERGY LLC
Business performance in steelmaking and processing is directly impacted by furnace performance. Furnace performance is dependent on maintaining proper combustion. This session will discuss what proper combustion is, and how to achieve and maintain it. |
3 p.m. | Proper Pump Selection, Operation and Maintenance – Three Ingredients to Reliability and Sustainability
Bob Jennings, Hydro
This presentation will cover how pumps operate, finding the right pump for the right application, proper pump operation and maintaining the pump. |
3:30 p.m. | Break |
3:45 p.m. | Management of Critical Spares
Jeff Blankenship,Titan Bearings and Bill Bennett, EAFab Corp.
This presentation covers steelmaking degassing systems and their operation, maintenance and troubleshooting. |
4:15 p.m. | Gearbox Bearing Designs for Durability
Mike Allega, The Timken Co.
Selecting proper bearings is critical to maximizing gearbox life, reliability and mill production. The heavy-duty requirements placed on mill gearboxes, and therefore their bearings, drive the need for highly detailed bearing selection. This presentation covers various types of gearboxes seen in steel mills and provides direction for selecting the optimum bearing types for the various mill gearbox applications. |
5 p.m. | Reception |
Wednesday, 11 September 2024 |
7 a.m. | Breakfast |
8 a.m. | Can AI Be Effective in Writing PMs?
Greg Savernik, Quaker Houghton |
8:30 a.m. | Operations to Maintenance: The Building of an Apprenticeship Program
James Sberna, Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works |
9 a.m. | Break |
9:15 a.m. | Greases for Water Intense Applications
Sudeep Dayal and Dustin Greiner, Bechem Lubrication Technology
There are many applications in the steel industry currently operating in wet environments causing water spray-off or water washout of lubricating greases. This often results in lack of lubrication and corrosion of roller bearings. As a result of this, bearings fail prematurely, causing downtime and loss of production. This paper describes a new test method to determine the behavior of lubricating greases mixed with water. Several thickener systems have been analyzed and results will be discussed. |
9:45 a.m. | Hydraulic Troubleshooting
Rob Sensel, Dover Hydraulics |
10:15 a.m. | Break |
10:30 a.m. | Utilizing Energy and Emissions as Maintenance KPI
Howard Penrose, MotorDoc LLC
Implementation of reliability and maintenance has a minimum impact of 15% reduction in energy and related emissions. This presentation will show how to integrate energy and emissions as a key performance indicator with examples. |
11:15 a.m. | Backup Radial Cylindrical Roller Bearings – Mixing Manufacturers and Knowing What to Look for in Designs to Ensure They Will Function Well Together
Jennifer Wagoner, NTN Bearing Corp. of America
It is common practice in cold rolling mills to use different bearing manufacturers for backup radial bearings. Since intermediate rolls are installed on rolls and ORAs are installed in chocks, different manufacturers components can be used together. There are specific design characteristics that must be reviewed to ensure they will function properly and provide long bearing life. |
Noon | Lunch |
1 p.m. | Defect elimination, small machinery – best in class or at risk in relation to small machinery
Tom Carr, Reliability Solutions LLC |
2 p.m. | Break |
2:15 p.m. | Tom Carr, Reliability Solutions LLC |
3:00 p.m. | Break |
3:15 p.m. | Roller Bearing Lubrication — How It Works
Cory Langhoff, The Timken Co.
This presentation will cover the fundamentals of rolling element bearing lubrication. Discussed will be different lubricant types and systems, their mechanisms of operation, and maintenance best practices for reliable bearing service. |
3:45 p.m. | Leveraging Software Technology for Lubrication Excellence: A Strategic Road Map
Robert Williams, Redlist
This presentation will guide attendees through a strategic road map, from selecting the ideal software technology for a lubrication program to implementing it seamlessly, ensuring the maximum impact is achieved. Expect to streamline processes, enhance efficiency, reduce downtime and realize significant cost savings. |
4:15 p.m. | Break |
| Panel Discussion and Reception |
Thursday, 12 September 2024 |
7 a.m. | Breakfast |
8 a.m. | Plant Tour of Nucor Steel–Indiana |
Noon | Conference Adjourn |
