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Casting Confidence 2015 ‐ Session Selection Worksheet
General Notes about Registration:
1. Select one session from each time slot.
2. Most sessions repeat at least once during the conference.
3. If you choose to attend one of the hands‐on sessions at Wagstaff ‐ please note, they are full‐day sessions, on‐site at Wagstaff's corporate headquarters. You will not be able to attend any of the sessions at the
Spokane Convention Center on the same day.
4. When registering, if you choose to attend one of the hands‐on sessions at Wagstaff, please select the session (e.g. Ingot Hands‐On Session at Wagstaff on Tuesday) and the subsequent, associated sessions (those labelled "none" at 10:30 AM, 1:00 PM, and 3:00 PM, also on Tuesday). See the SAMPLE worksheet for an example.
Sunday: 13 September 2015
1:00 PM ‐ 5:00 PM
5:00 PM ‐ 8:00 PM
Registration / Check‐in
Welcome Reception on the Riverside Terrace at the Spokane Convention Center
Monday: 14 September 2015
7:00 AM ‐ 8:30 AM
8:30 AM ‐ 10:00 AM
10:00 AM ‐ 10:30 AM
Breakfast
General Session: Introduction from Pyrotek and Wagstaff / Keynote Address
Break
CASTHOUSE AUTOMATION
10:30 AM ‐ 12:00 PM
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Ingot Casting Automation
SAFETY
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Includes: latest benefits of the Wagstaff® AutoCast™ System With SCADA / automation enhancements / automation enhancement case study
12:00 PM ‐ 1:00 PM
1:00 PM ‐ 2:30 PM
LAUNDER/BILLET CONSUMABLES
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Furnace Design
Six key causes of refractory failure in today's casthouse and their solutions
Launder Design
Includes: launder design; heat loss, elevations, slope, geometry / launder designs, including Pyrotek designs / launder materials & insulation
Lunch
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Billet Casting Automation
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Safety Equipment Design
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Includes: equipment design for safety / casting pit safety protection
Furnace Charging
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Launder Operations & Maintenance
Includes: launder temperature control, covers & heated lids / launder operations, maintenance & coatings
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Billet Casting Consumables
Furnace type versus charge material type & preparation
Break
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Water Systems
Includes: water quality & quenchability / intro to the Wagstaff water system design / casting lubricants ‐ the importance of water quality & the environmental & financial cost of contamination
6:00 PM ‐ 9:00 PM
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Includes: equipment coatings & recommendations / safety clothing case study / casting pit safety coatings
Includes: the new options for billet bleed‐out detection & mold plug‐off systems for Wagstaff billet casting / Auto‐Flo™ case study
2:30 PM ‐ 3:00 PM
3:00 PM ‐ 4:30 PM
FURNACE
Safety Coatings & Clothing
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Safety ‐ Prevention Practices
Includes: best practices for handling of charge materials / what is casthouse safety ‐ a review of Aluminum Association statistics and videos / casthouse safety program case study
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Furnace Operations
Melting, alloying, skimming, settling, temperature control, melt loss, dross generation control & metal transfer
Billet casting table: cross feeders, t‐plates, thimbles, coatings, insulation & trial data
Dinner: "Taste of the Pacific Northwest" at the Spokane Convention Center
Tuesday: 15 September 2015
7:00 AM ‐ 8:30 AM
Breakfast
BILLET CASTING
8:30 AM ‐ 10:00 AM
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Billet Defect Troubleshooting
The defect journey: identify and troubleshoot defects in billet casting
10:00 AM ‐ 10:30 AM
10:30 AM ‐ 12:00 PM
MELT TREATMENT
INGOT CASTING
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Ingot Defect Troubleshooting
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The defect journey: identify and troubleshoot defects in ingot casting
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Billet Hands‐On Session at Wagstaff
Includes: mold table maintenance / Wollite installation & video / AirSlip® & NuMax™ mold maintenance / ARC™ mold maintenance / SCADA demo / reporting package training / new product showcase of ProView™ & bleed out detect and MPS (mold plug‐off system)
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none
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none
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none
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none
Ingot Hands‐On Session at Wagstaff
Includes: SCADA demo / latest pre‐check training / new product showcase of ProView™ casthouse video system, ingot mold align & heated pin / EpsilonTM mold maintenance / LHCTM mold maintenance / starting head maintenance
Break

Billet System Materials & Maintenance
Includes: casting table material selection / best practices for table refractory maintenance / table maintenance & rehabilitation, putting life back into your Wagstaff table
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Advanced Ingot Casting
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Includes: EpsilonTM aerospace ingot casting technology / preparing to cast aerospace alloys / metal delivery to the table
Degassing
Includes: degassing theory and system selection / degassing operation case study
Lunch
BILLET CASTING
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Advanced Billet Casting I
Includes: casting lubricant recommendations & consumables / downstream billet processing benefits of AirSlip® technology / product acceptance criteria (PAC) & technical acceptance criteria (TAC) discussion
2:30 PM ‐ 3:00 PM
Melt Treatment
Includes: potline crucible treatments (TAC, RAM) / refining agents & fluxes ‐ application / furnace melt treatment systems
12:00 PM ‐ 1:00 PM
1:00 PM ‐ 2:30 PM
If you chose either of these ALL DAY sessions at Wagstaff, you will not be able to attend any sessions at the Spokane Convention Center on the same day.
INGOT CASTING
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Fine‐Tuning Ingot Casting Operations
Includes: ingot quality downstream processing / how it works ‐ self‐adjusting ingot mold alignment / Wagstaff heated pins ‐
spout heating without the box
MELT TREATMENT/INGOT CONSUMABLES
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Ingot Casting Consumables
Ingot casting: steady eddy, floats, pins, spouts, channel bags, combo bags, windsocks & skim dams
Break
3:00 PM ‐ 4:30 PM
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Advanced Billet Casting II
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Includes: best practices for metal delivery to the table and cast start / large diameter billet casting with ARCTM technology / rectangular AirSlip® billet casting technology
Ingot Consumables & Developments
Includes: a guide through casting trough & launder materials / future development trends ‐ what would you like to see from Wagstaff? / the basics of casting lubricants, recommendations & consumptions
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Filtration & Melt Quality Analysis
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none
none
Includes: filtration ‐ theory & media selection / filtration practices ‐ case study / metallurgical sampling & analysis
Buses Depart from both the Spokane Convention Center and the Wagstaff facility for Dinner at Arbor Crest Winery
5:30 PM
6:00 PM ‐ 9:00 PM
Dinner: Arbor Crest Winery
Wednesday: 16 September 2015
7:00 AM ‐ 8:30 AM
Breakfast
BILLET CASTING
8:30 AM ‐ 10:00 AM
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Billet Defect Troubleshooting
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The defect journey: identify and troubleshoot defects in billet casting
10:00 AM ‐ 10:30 AM
10:30 AM ‐ 12:00 PM
12:00 PM ‐ 1:00 PM
FURNACE
INGOT CASTING
Ingot Defect Troubleshooting
If you chose either of these ALL DAY sessions at Wagstaff, you will not be able to attend any sessions at the Spokane Convention Center on the same day.

The defect journey: identify and troubleshoot defects in ingot casting
Furnace Design

Includes: six key causes of refractory failure in today's casthouse and their solutions / scrap type and preparation
Billet Hands‐On Session at Wagstaff
Includes: mold table maintenance / Wollite installation & video / AirSlip® & NuMax™ mold maintenance / ARC™ mold maintenance / SCADA demo / reporting package training / new product showcase of ProView™ casthouse video system& bleed out detect and MPS (mold plug‐
off system)

none

Ingot Hands‐On Session at Wagstaff
Includes: SCADA demo / latest pre‐check training / new product showcase of ProView™ casthouse video system, ingot mold align & heated pin / EpsilonTM mold maintenance / LHCTM mold maintenance / starting head maintenance
Break

Billet System Materials & Maintenance
Includes: casting table material selection / best practices for table refractory maintenance / table maintenance & rehab, putting life back into your Wagstaff table

Advanced Ingot Casting
Includes: EpsilonTM aerospace ingot casting technology / preparing to cast aerospace alloys / metal delivery to the table

Furnace Operations
Includes: scrap charging systems / furnace charge make‐up & handling / furnace operations ‐ alloying, skimming, settling, temperature control
Lunch
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none
BILLET CASTING
1:00 PM ‐ 2:30 PM

Advanced Billet Casting I
INGOT CASTING
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Includes: casting lubricant recommendations & consumables / downstream billet processing benefits of AirSlip® technology / product acceptance criteria (PAC) & technical acceptance criteria (TAC) discussion
2:30 PM ‐ 3:00 PM
3:00 PM ‐ 4:30 PM
MELT TREATMENT/BILLET CONSUMABLES
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Metal Cleanliness
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none
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none
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none
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none
Includes: melt loss & dross handling / filtration ‐ theory & media selection / metallurgical sampling & analysis
Break

Advanced Billet Casting II
Includes: best practices for metal delivery to the table and cast start / large diameter billet casting with ARCTM technology / rectangular AirSlip® billet casting technology
6:00 PM ‐ 9:00 PM
Fine‐Tuning Ingot Casting Operations
Includes: ingot quality downstream processing / how it works ‐ self‐adjusting ingot mold alignment / Wagstaff heated pins ‐
spout heating without the box

Ingot Consumables & Developments
Includes: a guide through casting trough & launder materials / future development trends ‐ what would you like to see from Wagstaff? / the basics of casting lubricants, recommendations & consumptions

Billet Casting Consumables
Includes: billet casting table ‐ cross feeders, t‐plates, thimbles, coatings & installation / billet casting table ‐ cross feeders and trial data / refractories for exotic alloys
Open House at Pyrotek Corporate Offices (shuttle bus between Spokane Convention Center and Pyrotek)
Thursday: 17 September 2015
7:00 AM ‐ 8:30 AM
Breakfast
CASTHOUSE AUTOMATION
8:30 AM ‐ 10:00 AM

Ingot Casting Automation
SAFETY

Includes: latest benefits of the Wagstaff® AutoCast™ System With SCADA / automation enhancements / automation enhancement case study 10:00 AM ‐ 10:30 AM
10:30 AM ‐ 12:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM ‐ 10:00 PM

Includes: equipment coatings & recommendations / safety clothing case study / casting pit safety coatings
Melt Treatment
LAUNDER

Launder Design
Includes: launder design; heat loss, elevations, slope, geometry / launder designs, Pyrotek designs / launder materials & insulation
Includes: potline crucible treatments (TAC, RAM) / refining agents & fluxes ‐ application / furnace melt treatment systems
Break

Billet Casting Automation
Includes: the new options for billet bleed‐out detection & mold plug‐off systems for Wagstaff billet casting / Auto‐Flo™ case study
12:00 PM ‐ 1:00 PM
1:00 PM ‐ 1:30 PM
1:30 PM ‐ 5:00 PM
MELT TREATMENT
Safety Coatings & Clothing

Safety Equipment Design
Includes: equipment design for safety / casting pit safety protection


Degassing
Includes: degassing theory and system selection / degassing operation case study
Launder Operations & Maintenance
Includes: launder temperature control, covers & heated lids / launder operations, maintenance & coatings
Lunch
Closing Comments from Pyrotek and Wagstaff
Ask the Experts ‐ Product Fair ‐ Roundtables
Buses Depart the Spokane Convention Center for Coeur d'Alene Lake Cruise
Dinner: Coeur d'Alene Lake Cruise