Cold Sheet Rolling and Tinplate Mill Products Technology Committees Joint Meeting

23–24 October 2024 • Marriott Cincinnati RiverCenter • Covington, KY, USA

Tour of  Quaker Houghton

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

Arrangements

Marriott Cincinnati RiverCenter
10 West RiverCenter Boulevard, Covington, KY 41011 
Reserve by 25 September for AIST Room Rate of $179
For reservations, book online   

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

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

 Tour of Quaker Houghton (Space limited to 25)                                      2:30 pm

 Address: 1700 Spaulding Road
                  Kettering, Ohio

Thursday, 24 October 2024

Breakfast  - 8:00 am 

1. Chair’s opening remarks  - 9:00 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 session development
     • Selection of Abstracts (Due by 16 Sept) 
     • Determine session structure (Due by 28 Oct) including session titles & session chairs
     • Review Papers Chair and Session Chair instructions
   • Finalize AISTech call for papers for next year
     • Cold Sheet Rolling TC:
       • Sheet and tin cold rolling, temper/skinpass rolling, pickling, cleaning and annealing facilities: new, revamps or modernizations. Process modeling and equipment reliability studies. New or revised technologies for enhancing safety, energy efficiencies, cost, quality, productivity and yield. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: width, thickness, shape, flatness, edge drop, surface, temperatures, properties, steering, and processing of new and/or advanced high-strength steels.
     • Tinplate Mill Products TC:
       • Advancements applicable to tin mill processes. Topics of particular interest include but are not limited to: process improvements, process control, new or emerging technologies, procedures/practices, process reliability, quality control, water treatment, energy conservation, recycling, and other environmental opportunities.

• Finalize committee roundup 
  • Cold Sheet Rolling TC
    • Status of Cold Mill Roundup
    • Status of Pickle Line Roundup
• Technology Training conference
  • Cold Sheet Rolling
    • Review Cold Rolling Training
      1. 16-19 September 2024 – Cleveland, OH
    • Review Advanced Cold Training
      1. 19-20 September 2024 – Cleveland, OH
    • Status of Process and Finishing Lines Training
      1. 3-7 March 2025 – Nashville, TN
• Study Tour planning
  • Cold Mill Study Tour
    • Fall 2025 - ??
      1. North America or international
  • Tinplate Mill Study Tour
    • ???
• Webinars 
  • Tinplate Mill Products
    • ITA

1. Presentation and Discussion items 

• Safety
• Processing solutions – Rolling oils and pacification 
  • Quaker Houghton 
• Coatings 
  • PPG
  • Exxon/Mobile
  • Sherman Williams
• AHSS 
  • Quaker Houghton
  • USS - Automotive Applications

1. Next meeting

• Cold Sheet Rolling TC 
  • Co-located with Expo Acero
  • Joint w/ Galvanizing TC
  • 24-27 March 2025
  • Monterrey, Mexico 
• Tinplate Mill Products TC

1. Chair conclusion
2. Adjourn-  5:00 pm