Sunday, 8 March 2026

Monday, 9 March 2026

7 a.m. 

Registration and Breakfast

8 a.m. 

Introductions and Opening Remarks
Brian Smith, ANDRITZ Metals USA Inc.

8:20 a.m.

Overview of Cold Rolling
John Speer, Colorado School of Mines

9:10 a.m.

Break

9:25 a.m.

Cold Rolling Fundamentals
John Speer, Colorado School of Mines

10:10 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Rolling Mill Designs
Mark Zipf, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Aluminum Dynamics LLC

11:10 a.m.

Line Arrangements

Noon

Lunch

1 p.m.

Mill Terminal and Auxiliary Equipment
Frank Beddings, Primetals Technologies USA LLC
Overview of typical cold mill terminal and auxiliary equipment.

1:50 p.m.

Break

2:05 p.m.

Mill Measurement Instrumentation
Brian Smith, ANDRITZ Metals USA Inc.

2:50 p.m. 

Motors and Drives Upgrades

3:35 p.m.

Break

3:50 p.m.

Hot Band Characteristics That Influence Cold Rolling

4:35 p.m.

Packaging of Coils and Sheets

4:55 p.m. 

End-of-Day Wrap-Up and Adjourn

Tuesday, 10 March 2026

7 a.m.

Breakfast

7:55 a.m.

Introductions and Opening Remarks

8 a.m.

Rolling Mill Chatter and Vibration
Robert D. Miller, IVC Technologies
This presentation covers both fundamentals and more advanced facets of rolling mill chatter and vibration. It is meant to provide practical takeaways for attendees regardless of experience, with real-world examples and data.

9:10 a.m.

Bearing Usage in Mill Stands: Understanding Premature Damage and Drivers for Unplanned Downtime
Mike Allega, The Timken Co.
Increased bearing usage in rolling mill stands is a leading indicator of maintenance issues with how the rolls are mounted in the mill stand or bearings are maintained. This presentation covers mill operation and maintenance-related topics that lead to increased bearing usage with a goal to improve root-cause analysis and reduce bearing consumption.

9:40 a.m.

Roll Shop Practices: What Do Roll Shops Do for Your Mill? 

10:20 a.m.

Cold Mill Defects and Quality
Katie Behrendt, Nucor Steel–Arkansas

11:10 a.m.

Cold Mill Rolls: Manufacture, Types and Common Failures
John Ballani, Rolls & Technical Service LLC
The presentation will review the various types of manufacturing methods, roll grades and common failures associated with the rolling operations. 

Noon

Lunch

1 p.m.

Sources of Mill Stand and Roll Neck Bearing Damage
Mike Allega, The Timken Co.

1:30 p.m.

Cold Rolling Theory Basics
Leland Robinson, Novelis Inc.

2:30 p.m.

Break

2:50 p.m.

Cold Rolling Lubrication Fundamentals
Brad Wellensiek, Quaker Houghton

3:50 p.m.

Break

4:10 p.m.

Mill Roundtable 

4:55 p.m.

End-of-Day Wrap-Up and Adjourn

5 p.m. 

Reception

Wednesday, 11 March 2026

7 a.m.

Breakfast

8 a.m.

9:15 a.m.

Break

9:35 a.m.

Flatness Measurement and Control Basics
Leland Robinson, Novelis Inc.
Introduction to the physics of flatness errors and their source, followed by a description of commonly used measurement instruments, induced measurement errors and finally a brief description of flatness control basics.

10:50 a.m.

Break

11:10 a.m.

Key Technologies for Cold Rolling Advanced High-Strength and Electrical Steels

Noon

Lunch

1 p.m.

Rolling Solution System and Maintenance
Brad Wellensiek, Quaker Houghton

1:30 p.m.

Strip Drying
Mubarak Ahmad, Stelco Inc.
Strip drying covers topics of importance of drying strip, details of equipment involved and defects caused by solution carryover. 

2 p.m.

Break

2:15 p.m.

The Importance of Mill Alignment
Mubarak Ahmad, Stelco Inc.
Mill alignment covers importance of mill alignments, types of misalignments and defects caused by misalignment.

3:20 p.m. 

Break

3:35 p.m.

Cold Mill — What Have You Learned?

4:35 p.m.

Roundtable Discussion

5 p.m.

End-of-Day Wrap-Up and Adjourn

Thursday, 12 March 2026

7 a.m.

Breakfast

8 a.m.

Plant Tour of Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group Heartland Division

Noon

Return From Plant Tour and Conference Adjourn