Programme

Pre Conference Short Course

Sunday, 11 September 2011

9:00 AM - 3:00 PMbillet.jpgPre Conference Short Course

Short Course: Sunday 11 September 2011

Sebel Albert Park Melbourne, Victoria Australia

The Short Course - Billet Quality will examine the effects of billet quality on extrusion and how to optimise billet quality in terms of cast microstructure, homogenised microstructure, inclusions and impurity levels.

The course will delve into alloy design, casting practice and technology together with solidification and grain refinement. The course will also cover homogenisation defects such as large grain growth and black staining. In addition, filtration, impurity control and degassing theory will feature.

AUD$500 + $50 GST
(includes full day attendance from 9am - 3pm at the Billet Quality course, morning tea and notes).  The course luncheon is sponsored by Rio Tinto Alcan.

PRESENTERS:   John Grandfield, Grandfield Technology

                          Barbara Rinderer, Consulting in Partnership

Speakers: John Grandfield Biography, Barbara Rinderer Biography

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Full Registration

Sunday, 11 September 2011

5:00 PM - 7:00 PMWelcome Reception

Included

Monday, 12 September 2011

8:35 AM - 8:40 AMWelcome: John Grandfield

Speakers: John Grandfield

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8:40 AM - 8:50 AMOpening Speech

Speakers: Gretta Theabold

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8:50 AM - 9:15 AMAluminium Industry Overview

Speakers: Michael Ison

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9:15 AM - 9:40 AMProduction costs and market premiums

Speakers: Yanchen Wang

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9:40 AM - 10:05 AMImproving cast house throughout by discrete event modeling

Speakers: Bruce Gunn

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10:05 AM - 10:30 AMCast house Layouts

Speakers: Stuart Clough

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10:30 AM - 11:15 AMMorning Tea & Group Photo

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11:15 AM - 11:40 AMAlgal Sequestration: Opportunities For the Aluminium industry

Speakers: Tony St Clair

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11:40 AM - 12:25 PMKeynote - Overview on dross formation and processing

Speakers: Ray Peterson

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12:25 PM - 1:55 PMLunch

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1:05 PM - 1:50 PMSupplier Sessions

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1:55 PM - 2:20 PMRotary Tilting Furnace dross treatment

Speakers: Chris Emes

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2:20 PM - 2:45 PMCold processing of dross

Speakers: David Roth

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2:45 PM - 3:10 PMOptimising performace from dross treatment

Speakers: Alan Peel

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3:10 PM - 3:40 PMAfternoon Tea

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3:40 PM - 4:05 PMRAM crucible treatment system

Speakers: Terje Haugen.

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4:05 PM - 4:30 PMModeling of dross generation during crucible transfer

Speakers: Mahesh Prakash

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4:30 PM - 4:55 PMOxidation of rolled and flash anodized 3000 Aluminium

Speakers: Anne Kvithyld

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4:55 PM - 5:20 PMPanel Session

Speakers: John Grandfield, Ray Peterson, Alan Peel, Peter Whiteley

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Tuesday, 13 September 2011

9:00 AM - 9:45 AMKeynote A review of furnace technology developments

Speakers: Peter Whiteley

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9:45 AM - 10:10 AMImproved monolithic materials

Speakers: Andy Wynn

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10:10 AM - 10:35 AMPhosphate bonded refractories

Speakers: Jens Decker

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10:35 AM - 11:00 AMFurnace optimisation through operator training, raw material management and process measurement

Speakers: James Grayson

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11:00 AM - 11:30 AMMorning Tea

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11:30 AM - 11:55 AMThermocouple protection tube options for Aluminium casthouses

Speakers: Peter Herd

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11:55 AM - 12:20 PMThe challenges to supply new casthouse furnaces in a modern aluminium smelter project

Speakers: Mike Unitt

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12:20 PM - 1:50 PMLunch

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1:05 PM - 1:50 PMSupplier Sessions

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1:50 PM - 2:15 PMLearning from another industry's catastrophe

Speakers: Alex Lowery

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2:15 PM - 2:40 PMFurnace batching

Speakers: Guillaume Girard

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2:40 PM - 3:05 PMDeveloping of a fused Magnesium Chloride

Speakers: John Courtenay

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3:05 PM - 3:35 PMAfternoon Tea

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3:35 PM - 4:00 PMReview of impurity control

Speakers: Akbar Rhamdhani

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4:00 PM - 4:25 PMInclusion removal by cyclone

Speakers: John Courtenay

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4:25 PM - 4:50 PMAutomatic control of molten metal flow

Speakers: Thomas Jarlsmark

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6:30 PM - 10:30 PMOfficial Conference Dinner

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Wednesday, 14 September 2011

9:00 AM - 9:25 AMAlsim modelling

Speakers: Dag Mortensen

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9:25 AM - 9:50 AMModelling stress at cast start

Speakers: Craig Shaber.

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9:50 AM - 10:15 AMMould and casting table maintenance

Speakers: Leonel Batalla

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10:15 AM - 10:40 AMHot tearing in DC casting

Speakers: Lisa Sweet

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10:40 AM - 11:10 AMMorning Tea

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11:10 AM - 11:35 AMIngot casting filling system

Speakers: Vu Nguyen

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11:35 AM - 12:00 PMWheel and belt casting modelling

Speakers: John Grandfield

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12:00 PM - 12:30 PMAIuminium applications and markets

Speakers: Roger Lumley

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12:30 PM - 2:00 PMLunch

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1:15 PM - 2:00 PMSupplier Sessions

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2:00 PM - 2:25 PMRecycling and 6000 series alloy developments

Speakers: Malcolm Couper

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2:25 PM - 2:50 PMDesign of secondary alloy compositions

Speakers: Roger Lumley

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2:50 PM - 3:15 PMAffect of Ca on 5182 rolling

Speakers: Don Doutre

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3:15 PM - 3:45 PMAfternoon Tea

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3:45 PM - 4:15 PMThe metallurgy of homogenisation

Speakers: Barbara Rinderer

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4:15 PM - 4:40 PMHeat treatment of 7000 alloys

Speakers: Lijuan Wang

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Rio Tinto Plant Tour - Thursday 15th September (Departs 14th)

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

6:30 PM - 4:30 PMBell Bay.jpgRio Tinto Plant Tour Thursday 15th September (Departs 14th)

We will depart Melbourne on Wed 14 September directly after the close of the Aluminium Cast House Techonology Conference.

Flying with Virgin Australia, we will travel to Launceston (on flight DJ1378 at 8.20pm arriving at 9.25pm) and stay in a 4 star hotel in the heart of the city.

After breakfast we will travel by coach to Georgetown for a hosted tour of Rio Tinto Bell Bay’s Cast House and Smelter including lunch.
We will return to Launceston back to Melbourne on Virgin Australia (flight DJ1369 departing 2.05pm arriving Melbourne 3.05pm).

AUD$600 + $60 GST
(includes: airport transfers; return flight Melbourne to Launceston; city accommodation & breakfast; tour of Rio Tinto’s Bell Bay Smelter; lunch on Thursday 15th)

Rio Tinto Bell Bay
Production 2006: 177,500 tonnes
Products: Rolling Slab, T-bar, foundry ingot, EC (electrical conductivity) ingot and commodity ingot.
Year of first operation: 1955
Rio Tinto Aluminium Ownership: 100%
Power Source: Renewable hydro-electricity 

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Student Registration