Sheet Processing and Finishing Lines

3–6 March 2025 • The Hilton Garden Inn Nashville • Nashville, Tenn., USA

Sponsorship Opportunities Available

Sheet Processing and Finishing Lines – A Practical Training Seminar

3–6 March 2025 • The Hilton Garden Inn Nashville • Nashville, Tenn., USA

Tour of  Bilstein Cold Rolled Steel (BCRS) Plant

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About the Program

This seminar will provide a comprehensive overview of process lines, including pickling, annealing, galvanizing, cleaning, plating, painting, skinpass rolling, leveling, slitting and special processes. This seminar will also focus on terminal equipment for the entry and exit sections, strip quality assessment, industrial hygiene, safety, environmental concerns, overview of modeling for design and line control, operations, maintenance, and factors to consider in configuring a new process line. There will be many opportunities to discuss issues and solve problems during the question-and-answer periods.

Who Should Attend

Those who would like to expand their knowledge and understanding of process lines: new and transferred employees of steel producers; mechanical, electrical, process and metallurgical engineers; software and process control personnel; maintenance personnel; operators; and quality assurance specialists. Equipment manufacturers, employees from steel processors and steel service centers, suppliers, and customers of steel producers will also benefit from this seminar. 

Bring Your Own Young Professional (BYOYP) Program

AIST recently launched the Bring Your Own Young Professional (BYOYP) program to encourage our members to help boost the next generation’s involvement in AIST and the steel industry. If you are an AIST member and are bringing a Young Professional (age 30 and under) to the conference, you can receive a free gift. All you have to do is enter their contact information on the registration form when you sign up for the conference. Find out more information about the program here.  

Professional Development Hours

This course may qualify for up to 18.25 Professional Development Hour (PDH) credits. Each attendee will receive a certificate listing the quantity of PDH credits earned for this course. This course is not approved for PDH credits in New York, Florida, North Carolina and Oklahoma.

Organized By

AIST’s Rolling and Processing Technology Division

Previous Course Program

20–23 March 2022 • Indianapolis, IN, USA