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. 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.
TBD,Primetals

 Coffee Break      10:00 am

2. Safeguards Around CGL Annealing Furnaces 

During Operation and Maintenance    10:15 am
Greg Gutmann, John Cockerill  

  • Reliability/Maintenance via Automation and AI

3. Drone Inspection of Annealing Furnaces and Other Line Areas      10:45 am
Anthony Neeley, ArcelorMittal Calvert 

 4. Artificial Intelligence & Robotics:     11:15 am
TBD, Gecko Robotics  

5. Autonomous Robotic Solutions:   11:35 am
Richard Climenhage, ANYbotics AG 

Lunch    Noon

  • Personal Protection Equipment Around the Pot

 6. NSA High Heat & Industrial Protection – Carbon Armour    1:00 pm
TBD, NSA Carbon Armour® 

 Producer Health & Safety Initiatives and Programs

7. TCOS “Take Control Of Safety” Explained    1:30 pm 
Dan Drane, SDI

 8. Strip Break Safety        2:00 pm
Brad Bray & Don Merchant, CSI 

9. Health & Safety Initiatives at Cleveland Cliffs      2:30 pm
Nathan Berry, Cleveland Cliffs

Coffee Break         3:00 pm

  • Coil & Sheet Handling Safety

10. Machine Vision AI for Forklift Safety       3:15 pm
Eric Almquist, Star Tool & Die Works, Inc.

11. Intelligent Material Flow & Automated Warehousing             3:45 pm
RAJ, Pesmel

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Chair conclusion

Adjourn for the day     5:00 pm

Wednesday, 10 September 2025 

Tour: California Steel Industries (CSI)   9:00 am

1 California Steel Way, Fontana, CA

  •  Meet in main administration building at 9 am. Carpool if possible.
  • PPE requirements:
    1. Long pants
    2. Hard soled, closed toed shoes
    3. Hard hat, safety glasses, hearing protection, and hi-vis jacket provided by CSI
  • Anticipate being done by noon.