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AIST Spring Meeting Notice / Agenda
Continuous Casting Technology Committee
Metallurgy Steelmaking & Casting Technology Committee
Date: 18-19 February 2015
Location: Hilton Garden Inn Florence
Florence, South Carolina
Hotel Arrangements
Hilton Garden Inn Florence
2671 Hospitality Boulevard
Florence, South Carolina 29501
AIST rate - $109/night before 10 January 2015
Phone 843-432-3001
Wednesday, 18 February
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Chairs opening remarks ~ Dr. Ron O’Malley & Chad Cathcart
8: 00 a.m.
Appoint minute-taker
Antitrust guidelines
Membership and attendance
Review minutes of previous meeting
AIST Staff Announcements
Main agenda items
• Review 2014 Steel Industry Fatalities
• Review AISTech 2015 sessions ~ Ian Deeks & Scott Story
 Papers due to AIST (16 February)
 Author Registration deadline (2 March)
 Presentation Draft Due in to AIST (16 March)
 Re-emphasize the role of Session Chair and Papers Chair
• Nominations for committee officers 2015/2016 term
CCTC officer nominations for the 2015/2016 term:
 Rick Besich – Chair
 Ian Deeks – Vice Chair
 Rudolf Moravec – Papers Chair
 Bill Schlichting & Jeff Brower – Education Co-Chairs
 Dewey Humes & Eric Rosenow – Roundup Co-Chairs
 Ian Deeks & Rudolf Moravec – APB Co-Chairs
MSCTC officer nominations for 2015/2016 term:
Roger Maddalena – Chair
Scott Story – Vice Chair
Shahrooz Nafisi – Papers Chair
Bill Jones – IQRS Subcommittee Chair
Association for Iron & Steel Technology
186 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, PA 15086-7528 USA
Phone +1.724.814.3000  Fax +1.724.814.3001  www.aist.org
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AIST Spring Meeting Notice / Agenda
Continuous Casting Technology Committee
Metallurgy Steelmaking & Casting Technology Committee
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Caster Roundup update ~ Rosenow & Humes
2015 Specialty Training conference update ~ Schlichting & Brower
AISTech 2014 Best Paper Award ~ “Continuous Casting of HighCarbon Alloy Steel Billets With Modulated Stirring at a Later Stage of
Solidification by Len Beitelman, Christopher P. Curran, David A.
Domanski, Ian Deeks, and Neil Hopkins.
• IQRS Subcommittee update ~ Bill Jones
• 2015 Caster Germany Study Tour sign-up: 8-14 November 2015
8. Discussion items ~ Q&A session with Rick Besich & Roger Maddalena
Follow Q/A outline provided by Rick & Roger
Lunch
9. Presentations
1. Nucor Steel Darlington: MS, RM, and CF Operation Review ~ Ian Deeks
2. Hydraulic Oscillation Cylinder Maintenance - J.C. Raies
3. Major Billet Caster Revamp to Produce SBQ Grades at OVAKO ~Phil
Ponikvar
4. Determination of Internal Cleanliness ~ Pallava Kaushik – ArcelorMittal
Research
5. HD Scan – An Advanced Objective Evaluation of Internal Quality for
Continuous Cast Steel ~ SMS
6. As-Cast Surface Features Developed During One Cycle of Mold Oscillation ~
Ed Szekeres
10. Next meeting ~ CCTC Monday, 4 May @ AISTech 2015 in Cleveland at Noon
MSCTC Wednesday, 6 May @ AISTech 2015 in Cleveland at Noon
11. Chairs conclusion ~ Ron O’Malley & Chad Cathcart
12. Adjourn
Thursday, 19 February 2015
Depart hotel @ 7:30 a.m.
Tour Nucor Steel Darlington
Adjourn @ 11:00 a.m.
Association for Iron & Steel Technology
186 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, PA 15086-7528 USA
Phone +1.724.814.3000  Fax +1.724.814.3001  www.aist.org
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AIST Spring Meeting Notice / Agenda
Continuous Casting Technology Committee
Metallurgy Steelmaking & Casting Technology Committee
Antitrust guidelines
The Antitrust laws prohibit agreements or understandings between two or more individuals or
businesses to regulate prices or quantities of goods and services, to allocate customers or
territories, to hinder or limit a competitor or potential competitor’s operations, or otherwise
unreasonably to restrain business activity. Discriminatory pricing or servicing is also prohibited.
Every individual who participates in AIST meetings and activities should follow these guidelines:
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DON’T discuss with other members your own or competitors’ prices, pricing procedures, or
anything that might affect prices such as costs, discounts, terms of sale, or profit margins, or
anticipated wage rates.
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DON’T stay at a meeting where any such price talk occurs.
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DON’T make public announcements or statements about your own prices or those of
competitors at any AIST function.
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DON’T talk about what individual companies plan to do in particular geographic or product
markets or with particular customers.
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DON’T disclose to others at meetings or otherwise any competitively sensitive information.
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DON’T propose or agree to any action intended to disadvantage or injure another company.
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DO have an AIST staff person present at any meetings you conduct and insist on the
agenda being followed and minutes kept.
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DO confer with legal counsel or AIST staff before bringing up any topic or making any
statement with competitive ramifications.
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DO send copies of all association-related correspondence to the AIST office.
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DO alert the AIST staff to any inaccuracies in proposed statements to be made by AIST,
particularly in statements to government officials.
Association for Iron & Steel Technology
186 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, PA 15086-7528 USA
Phone +1.724.814.3000  Fax +1.724.814.3001  www.aist.org
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AIST Spring Meeting Notice / Agenda
Continuous Casting Technology Committee
Metallurgy Steelmaking & Casting Technology Committee
Association for Iron & Steel Technology
186 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, PA 15086-7528 USA
Phone +1.724.814.3000  Fax +1.724.814.3001  www.aist.org