Tuesday, 10 September 2024 

8 a.m.

1. Chair’s opening remarks
2. Appoint minute-taker
3. Antitrust guidelines
4. Membership and attendance
5. Review minutes of previous meeting
6. AIST Staff Announcements
7. Safety Discussion - Steel Industry Fatalities

Main agenda items

• AISTech session development

  • Selection of Abstracts (Due by 16 Sept)

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

  • Review Papers Chair and Session Chair instructions

• Finalize 2025 AISTech GTC Call for Papers topics

  • Hot-dip galvanize, galvanneal, aluminized, new zinc alloy coating and dual metallic/organic processes (new facilities and modernizations, productivity improvements, new equipment technologies), plus coated product substrate quality, defect prevention and detection, and new surface post-treatments.

• Review the 2026 Galvanizing Line Roundup

• Reciprocal USA Galvanizing Study Tour planning

  • April 2025

Technical Discussion Topics:

Plant Tour Host Presentation

9:00 a.m.

Cleveland Cliffs HDG Line Overview, and Safety Best Practices
Jerry Drocton - Cleveland Cliffs

CGL’s Annealing Furnace, both recent technology developments and under consideration future decarbonization options

9:30 a.m.

DFI technology and furnace decarbonization options 
Victor H. Hernandez - Linde 

10:00 a.m.

Coffee Break                                                                                           

10:15 a.m.

Annealing Furnace Decarbonization Options
SMS/Drever

10:45 a.m.

Annealing Furnace Decarbonization Solutions
Fives

11:15 a.m.

Bubble radiant tube performance, & electrical panel  development for decarbonization 
M. Bisson, Bisson Impianti Industriali 

11:45 am

Morning Wrap-up

Noon

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Understanding the Operational Intricacies of Typical Galvanizing Furnace Combustion Systems 
Tom Rohrbaugh, Anderson Furnaces LLC

1:30 p.m.

Jet Vapor Deposition Technology  
John Cockerill Industries 

2:00 p.m.

Induction heating for continuous annealing furnaces, and future options for furnace decarbonization 
Maxime Andre, Inductotherm

2:30 p.m.

Developments in burner technology & decarbonization       
Bloom Engineering

3:00 p.m.

Coffee Break                                                                                             

3:15 p.m.

Recent developments in Fast Jet Cooling technology  
Primetals

3:45 p.m.

In-furnace sensors for continuous monitoring of phase transformation X-CAP 
SMS 

4:15 p.m.

Radar-based high temperature strip sensing with no onboard sensor electronics for in-furnace strip guiding and width measurement
Max Werner, IMS

4:45 p.m.

Next meeting                                                                                                       

• 24-27 March 2024

• Expo Acero, Monterrey, MX

Chair conclusion

5:00 p.m.

Adjourn                                                                                                                 

Wednesday, 11 September 2024 

9:00 a.m.

Tour: Cleveland Cliffs – Cleveland HDGL                                                             
            Address – TBD
Please bring your own PPE if practical but a minimum of:

• Long pants

• Long sleeve shirt

• Closed toe shoes

• Safety glasses