Schedule
18–20 February 2025 • Fort Wayne, Ind., USA
Monday, 17 February 2025 | |
| 4–6 p.m. | Registration |
Tuesday, 18 February 2025 | |
| 7 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. | Introductions |
| 8:05 a.m. | Welcome and Overview of Steel Dynamics Inc. – Engineered Bar Products Division |
| 8:30 a.m. | Safety at Steel Dynamics Inc. – Engineered Bar Products Division |
| 9:30 a.m. | Break |
| 9:45 a.m. | Rolling Mill Metallurgy |
| 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 11 a.m. | Rod/Bar Products and Applications |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1 p.m. | Rolling Theory — Part 1 |
| 2 p.m. | Break |
| 2:15 p.m. | Rolling Theory — Part 2 |
| 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. | Mill Upgrades at Steel Dynamics Inc. – Engineered Bar Products Division |
| 4:30 p.m. | Question-and-Answer Session |
| 5–6 p.m. | Reception |
Wednesday, 19 February 2025 | |
| 7 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. | Plant Tour of Steel Dynamics Inc. – Engineered Bar Products Division |
| 1 p.m. | Lunch |
| 2 p.m. | Reheat Furnace Basics |
| 3 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. | Descaling and Spray in Hot Rolling |
| 4:15 p.m. | Break |
| 4:30 p.m. | Bar Finishing |
Thursday, 20 February 2025 | |
| 7 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. | Technology of Long Products |
| 9:15 a.m. | Break |
| 9:30 a.m. | Section Rolling Considerations |
| 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 11 a.m. | Work Rolls |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1 p.m. | Cutting Technologies |
| 2 p.m. | Break |
| 2:15 p.m. | Predictive Maintenance Tools and Strategies for Long Products |
| 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:45 p.m. | Motors, Drives and Speed Control |
| 5 p.m. | Conference Adjourn |