Sunday 11 - 14 September 2011

SEBEL ALBERT PARK, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

The 12th in this exciting series features innovative technologies which will shape the future of the industry. Invited and selected world recognised experts will be key speakers at the conference addressing the needs of the primary, secondary, foundry and recycling industries.

The conference provides a common meeting ground for cast house supervisors, managers, materials and technology suppliers and international experts for discussions on various aspects of aluminium melt treatment and casting.

2011 Key Invited Speakers include:

Peter Whiteley, Munimula  - Past and future of furnace technology
Michael Lampard, ABARE   - Status of the aluminium industry
Kelly Driscoll, CRU - Cast house markets and production costs
Tony St Clair, MBD - Application of algal sequestration in aluminium smelters
Ray Peterson, Aleris - Dross generation and processing technology: a review
Leonel Batalla, Aluar -- Mould and casting table maintenance
Roger Lumley, CSIRO - Aluminium markets and applications
Barbara Rinderer, Consulting in Partnership - A review of homogenisation
Malcolm Couper, Monash University - Aluminium alloys
Don Doutre, Novelis - Effect of Ca on 5182 alloy rolling
Dag Mortensen, IFE - Application of models to problems in VDC & other casting processes
John Grandfield, Grandfield Technology - Application of modelling to casting recipe optimisation
Vu Nguyen, CAST - Further developments in open mould conveyor casting

Other contributions from Chalco, Pyrotek, Solios, Worley Parsons, Wagstaff, CAST, MQP, Rio Tinto Alcan and Hydro Aluminium will be given at the conference including furnace batching, crucible treatment, control of stresses during start of slab casting, cast house layouts and commissioning, refractories, DEM simulation of cast house material flows, wheel and belt casting, VDC casting of 7000 series alloys, cyclone removal of inclusions, new fluxes, impurity removal, and boride treatments.

* A special session will be held on dross, finishing with a panel session.

* A 1 day short course on billet quality will run the Sunday (Sept 11) before the conference

Conference Objectives

1. To present material on the latest development in casthouse equipment, processes, technology, safety environment, markets and management,
2. To broaden the training of engineers and scientists involved in melting and casting technologies,
3. To provide ample opportunity for discussion on topics of common concern to cast houses and foundries so that ideas can be generated and solutions canvassed,
4. To provide a common meeting ground for cast house production and technical personnel, materials and technology suppliers and international experts for discussions on various aspects of aluminium melt treatment and casting.

Who should attend

• Plant Superintendents, Supervisors, Technicians, Project Metallurgists, and Engineers who wish to expand their knowledge of melting, refining, casting and post casting operations and to be exposed to new developments in the technologies,
• Researchers working in the field of aluminium cast house technology,
• Suppliers of melting, refining and casting equipment, gases, fluxes, alloying agents and other raw materials, wishing to gain exposure and better understanding of the needs of the aluminium industry,
• Market development managers interested in the markets of the Asian and Pacific Rim region.

Conference, Accommodation, Sponsor Enquiries:  Caryn Morgan CMA Events E: caryn@cmaevents.com.au

Program enquiries: John Grandfield, Conference Chair E: grandfieldtechnology@gmail.com

Exhibition Enquiries:  Gabor Horvath, Furnace Engineering E: gabor.horvath@furnace.com.au

Organised by CAST CRC in conjunction with the aluminium industry related companies. Co sponsored by TMS USA. Proceedings printed by Trans Tech Publications

Readers may also be interested in these other conferences - Australasian Aluminium Smelting Technology Conference (Oct 2011, Tasmania), Conference of Metallurgists COM 2011 (Oct 2011, Montreal)