Aluminum Strip Casting Technology
23, 24 May 2014, Tehran
Dr. A. Clemente
Technical Director, Castcom Ltda, Brazil
Topics:
1. Continuous Casting Brief History & Process Principles
1.1 Introduction,
1.2 Strip Continuous Casting Overview
1.3 Continuous Caster Comparison
1.4 Main Process Feature
1.5 Principles of Strip Continuous Casting
2. The Aluminum CC Metallurgy
2.1 CC as cast Structure Aspects
2.2 As Cast Strip Quality Control
2.3 Release Agent Effect
2.4 Casting Defects and Trouble shooting
2.5 Downstream Process
3. Strip Casting Productivity
3.1 Effect of casting parameter
3.2 Alloy Productivity Comparison
3.3 Roll Copper Shell Impact
3.4 Process Management
3.5 CC Product Developments
3.5 Continuous Casting Trends
About instructor:
Metallurgical engineer (UFOP- MG, Brazil) with specialization on solidification (Virginia University- USA) and major background on aluminum strip casting and foil rolling.
Over 38 years experience in aluminium industry, working for major companies like Alcoa (25 years) with shop floor responsabilities from production, quality control, product/process developemnt to R&D activities.
Founder of Castcom Ltda, an aluminium service company which has customers companies like Alcoa,Achenbach, CBA, Hulamin, Rusal, Elval , KME, Furukawa, etc.