Past AIST Committee Activities
Current Activities
The Electric Steelmaking Technology Committee (ESTC) met on Nov. 18–19, 2009, at the headquarters of WorleyParsons, Irving, Texas. Jeremy Jones, ESTC chair, welcomed the 23 committee members in attendance and three ESTC members who participated via the WorleyParsons Genesys conference calling option. Current ESTC membership stands at 74 members, with 22 members (30%) as producer members. Mr. Jones encouraged each attendee to invite one AIST producer member to the next ESTC meeting. Previous AISTech 2009 meeting minutes and an ESTC conference call were reviewed and approved. Mr. Jones and Francesco Memoli represented the ESTC at AIST’s Leadership Development Conference the preceding week. Safety round table discussions started with the 2009 Steel Industry Fatality Statistics developed by the AIST Safety & Health Technology Committee. A personalized safety fatality report encouraged dialogue across many Technology Committees. The ESTC recognized C/G Electrodes LLC as a recipient of the 2009 Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Safety Excellence. Ten companies were given this prestigious award out of 75 nominated.
Mr. Memoli, ESTC papers chair, reported that more than 390 abstracts have been submitted for AISTech 2010. ESTC sessions were discussed in detail, with session title topics, session chair assignments, and joint session participation highlighted. Session chair responsibilities were reviewed, and each session will have three chairs. EAF abstracts are still being accepted, and Mr. Memoli will keep the session chairs informed of any revisions. Scott Swanson reviewed the 2009 EAF Roundup, which is published in this issue of Iron & Steel Technology (see pp. 122–141). The previous EAF Roundup was completed in 2003, and a significant effort was made to identify the new EAF community. Mr. Swanson continued to review the 2010 EAF Training Seminar, to be held in Columbia, S.C., with CMC South Carolina as the host plant. Besides Mr. Swanson and Mr. Jones, EAF Training Seminar chairs will include Richard Phillips, Jim Fortier and Sam Matson. ESTC officer nominations were discussed, and a new ESTC chair will be nominated at the February meeting. Mr. Matson, CMC Americas, was elected as the ESTC papers chair for 2010–2011.
Four presentations were made by the following members: Andy Akers, Superior Machine; Sam Matson, CMC Steel Texas; Francesco Memoli, Tenova Core; and Jeremy Jones, WorleyParsons. These presentations are available on the Members Only area of www.AIST.org.
The meeting concluded with a tour of Gerdau Ameristeel Midlothian and its meltshop. The tour group was taken through the scrap yard, meltshop, rolling mill and finishing mill. Plant housekeeping was excellent. The tour was followed by a Q&A session. The next ESTC meeting will be Monday, Feb. 22, before the EAF Training Seminar in Columbia, S.C.
The Electric Steelmaking Technology Committee (ESTC) met on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. There were 48 committee members in attendance. Ricardo Anawate reviewed the ESTC activities from the past year and thanked Francesco Memoli, papers chair, and Scott Swanson, education chair, for their dedication to this committee. Mr. Memoli reviewed the AISTech 2009 presentations, which included six joint papers, six producer papers, four university papers and 11 supplier papers. Mr. Memoli also urged committee members to give presentations at AISTech 2010. ESTC members should contact Mr. Memoli if they know of someone who would like to make a presentation. Mr. Anawate discussed the 2009 EAF Training Seminar, with 62 attendees participating in Ontario, Calif. Mr. Swanson reviewed the 2010 EAF Training Seminar, scheduled for Feb. 15–19, with ESTC member Jonathan Ridgeway as tour host at CMC Steel South Carolina. The ESTC presented the Charles W. Briggs Award for Best Paper to Raimundo Fortes, Hiroyuki Matsuura, and Richard Fruehan for their paper, “Decarburization and Slag Formation Model for Electric Arc Furnace.” Raphael Costa accepted this award on the authors’ behalf. ESTC officer elections for 2009–2010 were completed with the following results: Jeremy Jones, chair; Scott Ertl, vice chair; Francesco Memoli, papers chair; and Scott Swanson, education chair. The 2009 EAF Roundup continues to be updated. Scott Swanson is leading the efforts to complete this revision. A conference call was scheduled for June 10, with all ESTC members encouraged to help in providing current plant statistics for the roundup. Mr. Anawate nominated Edgar Wunsche, EMPCO, for next year’s Distinguished Member Award. ESTC members were urged to submit recommendation letters to AIST for Mr. Wunsche. The next ESTC meeting is scheduled for Nov. 17–19, 2009, with a tour of Gerdau Ameristeel Midlothian. Contact Jeremy Jones before Sept. 15, 2009, if you would like to make a 30-minute PowerPoint presentation. Ricardo Anawate was presented the ESTC chair plaque in recognition for his dedication to the EAF community.
The Electric Steelmaking Technology Committee (ESTC) met on Feb. 16 in Ontario, Calif., before the Electric Steelmaking Training Conference. Meeting attendance involved 14 members. Current ESTC membership stands at 96 members. The first order of business was a review of AISTech 2009. ESTC session chairs were asked to remind authors to submit their papers to AIST before March 1. Francesco Memoli, papers chair, presented the schedule for AISTech 2009, which will include five ESTC sessions. A few alternate papers will be available as replacements if needed. Ricardo Anawate, ESTC chair, announced the 2009 Charles W. Briggs Award (for the best ESTC paper at AISTech 2008) will be presented to Raimundo Fortes, Hiroyuki Matsuura and Richard J. Fruehan for their paper, “Decarburization and Slag Formation Model for Electric Arc Furnace.” The 2009 Tadeusz Sendzimer Award winner is John Vallomy. For the AIST Distinguished Member Award, Ricardo Anawate nominated Edgar Wunsche, president and founder of EMPCO. ESTC members were encouraged to support this nomination. Scott Swanson, education chair, reviewed the schedule for the Electric Steelmaking Training Conference, with the new presenters acknowledged. This year’s Training Conference had 62 attendees. California Steel Industries (CSI) hosted the conference plant tour of their galvanizing line and pipe mill. CSI’s Richard Montano served as tour host. Next year’s Electric Steelmaking Training Conference will be hosted by CMC Steel–South Carolina, with Jonathan Ridgeway as tour host. The conference will be held Feb. 15–19, 2010. A 2003 EAF Roundup report was reviewed by the ESTC, and updates/revisions will be made to create a 2009 EAF Roundup. ESTC members will review the document, with a goal to complete their review before the next ESTC meeting at AISTech 2009. The ESTC reviewed and revised the 2010 Call for Papers topic to attract papers for AISTech 2010. Jonathan Ridgeway pointed out the current Electric Steelmaking statement does not mention scrap. The ESTC’s revised statement includes scrap optimization, greenhouse gas generation, and advancements in workplace environmental factors. Dennis Hixenbaugh suggested that the ESTC plan to conduct joint sessions with the Environmental Technology Committee as well as the Safety and Health Technology Committee at AISTech 2010. Jeremy Jones, vice chair, suggested that the ESTC wait for the economy to improve before collaborating with European EAF counterparts. ESTC officer nominations were accepted: Jeremy Jones was nominated as chair, Scott Ertl as vice chair, Francesco Memoli as papers chair, and Scott Swanson as education chair. These nominations will be voted on at the next ESTC meeting, which will take place Tuesday, May 5 during AISTech 2009 in St. Louis, Mo.
The Electric Steelmaking Technology Committee (ESTC) met in Atlanta, Ga., before the start of the annual Globe-Trotters conference. Ricardo Anawate, ESTC chair, welcomed the committee members in attendance. The ESTC mission statement was reviewed and approved. The papers chair, Francesco Memoli, reviewed abstracts for AISTech 2009, noting that there will be four ESTC sessions plus one joint session with the Electrical Applications Technology Committee. The AIST Leadership Conference, taking place Nov. 6–7 in Amelia Island, Fla., was discussed, and some ESTC officers are planning to attend. The Charles W. Briggs Award for Best Paper presented at AISTech 2008 will be voted for during the next ESTC meeting. The Specialty Training Conference chair, Scott Swanson, reviewed details of the upcoming EAF Specialty Training Conference, scheduled for Feb. 16–20, 2009, in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Jonathan Ridgeway and CMC–Cayce have volunteered to host the 2010 EAF Specialty Training Conference. Additional work still needs to be done on the EAF Round-Up, which the ESTC hopes to complete before its next meeting during the training conference. This Round-Up will first concentrate on domestic EAF producers, where participating producers will be the only members who can access this information. AIST Association Awards were mentioned, with recommendations submitted for Gerald Heffernan and John Vallomy. The ESTC vice chair, Jeremy Jones, proposed an international exchange on EAF production similar to the one carried out by the Oxygen Steelmaking Technology Committee.
The Electric Steelmaking Operating Committee (ESOC) met at AISTech 2008 in Pittsburgh on May 6. Ricardo Anawate, Gerdau Ameristeel, welcomed a large group. The AIST/AISI integration status was reviewed. The new committee name is the Electric Steelmaking Technology Committee (ESTC). The ESTC has 92 members, with 50 members in attendance at this meeting. Jeremy Jones reviewed the paper sessions at AISTech 2008. The committee reviewed and approved its mission statement. Nomination and election of committee officers for 2008–2009 took place. Mr. Anawate was elected as chair; Jeremy Jones, WorleyParsons GC, as vice chair; Franseco Memoli, Tenova Goodfellow Inc., as papers chair; and Scott Swanson, C/G Electrodes LLC, as training/education chair. The 2009 EAF Training Seminar will be held Feb. 16–20, 2009, in Rancho Cucamongo, Calif. Responses to the 2009 Call for Papers are being accepted by Franseco Memoli for review. Brett McGee, C/G Electrodes LLC, continues to accept committee responses before finalizing the EAF Roundup. Joseph Maiolo, Tenova Goodfellow Inc., was presented with the 2007 Best EAF Paper Award. The next ESTC meeting will be in Atlanta, Ga., on Sept. 6–7. Coinciding with the Globe-Trotters event at that time, there will be a plant tour of Gerdau Ameristeel Cartersville on Monday, Sept 8. Outgoing ESOC chair Larry Kibler, MACSTEEL–Monroe, received a plaque of appreciation for his dedication and participation over the previous year.
