Tour of  Saturn Machine & Welding Co

Tuesday 1 October 2024

7:30 a.m.

Bus departs from the Hotel

10 a.m.

Tour of Saturn Machine & Welding Co
223 Willie Pride Rd, Sturgis, KY 42459

12 p.m.

Lunch at Saturn Machine & Welding Co.

2 p.m.

Return Trip to Hotel

PPE Required: Safety Glasses, Long Pants, Short Sleeves, Safety/Steel tip Boots
Dietary Restrictions: Please Notify Committee Chair of Any Restrictions in advance Please

Wednesday October 2

9 a.m.

1. Chair’s opening remarks – Scott Pisula 
2. Appoint minute-taker – TBD
3. Antitrust Guidelines – Scott Pisula
4. Membership and Attendance – Shannon Kiley
      a. Current Members - XX 
      b. New Members -XX
      c. Members in Attendance – XX
5. Review Minutes of Previous Meeting – Scott Pisula
       a. AISTech May 2024 Columbus, OH
6. AIST Staff Announcements – Shannon Kiley
7. Steel Industry Fatalities – Shannon Kiley
       General Safety Discussion – Scott Pisula

Main Agenda Items

• AISTech Session Development

  • Abstract Selections (Due by 16 Sept)

• Handle via conference call if necessary

• Session structure (Due by 28 Oct) including titles & session chairs

• Review Paper and Session Chair instructions

• Session Chair Volunteers?

• Finalize AISTech call for papers for next year – McKnight/Kiley

• Technology Committee Award Planning

• Joseph Kapitan Award (2024) - Session/Papers Chair to Vote

  Joseph Becker Award (2025) - Established in 1961 by the Blast Furnace, Coke Oven, and Raw Materials Committee of AIME, through a gift of the Koppers Company to honor Joseph Becker, a pioneer in the design of coke ovens. This award recognizes distinguished achievements in coal carbonization and coal technology. These achievements have improved the design, operation and productivity of coke plants and coal chemical recovery equipment and have led to greater efficiency in the use of coke in ironmaking. The recipient of the award must be over forty (40) years of age. Minimum 8 candidates and maximum 12 candidates can be nominated per year. Candidates that were not awarded will remain on the list of nominations for next year. The last recipient in 2021 was Dr. Kenji Kato, Nippon Steel. In 2023 the award was given to Ted Todoschuk at the AISTech. The deadline for selection of the recipient shall be the first day of December. For more information about the Award, please visit the website Joseph Becker Award (aist.org).

• CANDIDATES FOR 2023 JOSEPH BECKER AWARD
  Bruce Steiner, Steiner Environmental Services, LLC\

• William Edgar, Retired - ICF Kaiser Engineers/Koppers Co.

• Dr. Charles C. Lin, Retired- Acme Steel Co.

• Ron Scoenberger, Retired - U.S. Steel Corp.

• Dr. John T. Price, Retired - CANMET Energy Technology Center, Ottawa, CN

• Dr. Hope Huntington, Formerly - UEC Coal & Coke, Monroeville, PA

• De. Seiji Nomura Nippon Steel Corporation

• Martin C. Dusel Coke Industry Consultant

• Harry Immurs

• Request for nominations for Committee Chairmen for the Joseph Becker Award.
   
  AIST Joseph Becker Award Committee Chairmen
  Marcelo Andrade – Arcelor Mittal, USA
  Frank Sowa – DMT, Germany
  Scott Graeme – ArcelorMittal
  Michael Shafer – DTE Energy
  Jan van der Stel, Tata Steel

• Finalize committee roundup – Deadline Update by 12 February 2025

• Roundup Chairs: James Hosfield & Mark Bidoli

• Technology Training conference (if applicable)

• Study Tour planning (if applicable)

• Webinars (if applicable)

• Digital Transformation Updates - Buddy Lee

• AIST/NETL Decarbonization Updates – Jose Alfaro

Noon

Lunch

1 p.m.

Technical Presentations

“Maintenance & Reliability”                                                         

1. “6-Meter Battery CS Frame Replacement” – TBD, USS Clairton / Saturn Machine

2. “Integrating AI/ML w/Predictive Maintenance Data for Strategic Planning” - Buddy Lee, MESA

3. “The Manufacturing of Coke Oven Castings” - Mark Fields, Glidewell Specialties Foundry Co

4. “Best Practices for Damper and Expansion Joints in Integrated Steel Mill Duct Work.” - CJ Horecky, Interep, Inc.

5. TBD

If anyone has a technical presentation that you feel will be of interest please reach out to the following:
Scott Pisula or Steve McKnight at spisula@uss.com or sjmcknight@uss.com, respectively.

Next Meeting – Feb, 2025, Pittsburgh, PA w/ Eastern States Blast Furnace and Coke Oven Association

Chair Conclusion – Scott Pisula

Adjourn