Galvanizing Technology Committee Meeting

9 September 2025 • Hilton Garden Inn Ontario / Rancho Cucamonga • Ontario CA, USA

►Agenda (PDF)
►Register or contact ldlugopolski@aist.org

Tour of California Steel Industries (CSI)

Arrangements

Hilton Garden Inn Ontario / Rancho Cucamonga 
11481 Mission Vista Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730

Reserve by 5:00PM 18 August 2025 for “AIST” Room Rate of $179

For reservations, call 909-481-1800 or visit the booking link

AIST technology committee members are asked to print out the latest revised meeting agenda from our website one week prior to this meeting.

Tuesday, 9 September 2025 

  1. Chair’s opening remarks   8:00 am  
  2. Appoint minute-taker
  3. Antitrust guidelines
  4. Membership and attendance
  5. Review minutes of previous meeting
  6. AIST Staff Announcements
  7. Steel Industry Fatalities
  8. Main agenda items
    • AISTech 2026 session development
      • Selection of Abstracts (Due by 16 Sept)
      • Determine session structure (Due by 28 Oct) including session titles & session chairs•

    • Finalize AISTech call for papers for 2027

      • Hot-dip galvanize, galvanneal, aluminized, new zinc alloy coating and dual metallic/organic processes (new facilities and modernizations, productivity improvements, new equipment technologies), plus coated product substrate quality, defect prevention and detection, and new surface post-treatments.

      • Finalize committee roundup 

  9. Next meeting

    Date:
    Location:
    Tour:

  10. Discussion items - Technical Topics for Presentation and Discussion

    Health & Safety Technologies and Practices

       OEM Designed-In Safety Considerations for New Galv Lines

    1.  Safety Considerations for Galvanizing Lines    9:00 am
    Hugues de Mallmann, Fives ST Corp

    2.    Safeguards Around CGL Annealing Furnaces During Operation and Maintenance     9:45 am
    Greg Gutmann, John Cockerill  

    Coffee Break    10:30 am

    -    Reliability/Maintenance via Automation and AI

    3.   Autonomous Robotic Solutions:     11:00 am
    Richard Climenhage, ANYbotics AG 

    -    Personal Protection Equipment Around the Pot

     4. NSA High Heat & Industrial Protection – Carbon Armour    11:30 am
    Melissa , NSA Carbon Armour® 

    Lunch    Noon

    -    Producer Health & Safety Initiatives and Programs

    5.  TCOS “Take Control Of Safety” Explained    1:00 pm
    Dan Drane, SDI

    6.  Strip Break Safety    1:30 pm
    Brad Bray & Don Merchant, CSI 

    7.  Health & Safety Initiatives at Cleveland Cliffs      2:00 pm
    Nathan Berry, Cleveland Cliffs

    Coffee Break    2:30 pm

    -    Coil & Sheet Handling Safety

    8.  Machine Vision AI for Forklift Safety    3:00 pm
    Eric Almquist, Star Tool & Die Works, Inc.

    9.    Intelligent Material Flow & Automated Warehousing    3:30 pm
    RAJ, Pesmel

    11.    Chair conclusion

    12.    Adjourn for the day    5:00 pm