Name: Liquid Metal Processing & Casting Conference - LMPC 2024
Start: 2024-09-22T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-09-25T18:00:00+02:00
Location: ASIA Hotel & Spa Leoben

Monday, 16 September 2024
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Thursday, 19 September 2024
Friday, 20 September 2024
Saturday, 21 September 2024
Sunday, 22 September 2024

16:00 Conference Registration
Conference Registration
16:00 - 17:30

17:30 Welcome & Get together
Welcome & Get together
17:30 - 19:00

Monday, 23 September 2024

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 08:30

08:30 Opening
Opening
08:30 - 08:40
08:40 Invited talk: Plenary talk
Plenary talk
08:40 - 09:10
Contributions

08:40 Update on the World Market for Special Steels & Powder Metallurgy – Remelted Steels or Titanium or Powder Metallurgy - friend or foe? - Benedikt Blitz (SMR Premium GmbH)
09:10 Session 1: ESR
ESR
09:10 - 10:10
Contributions

09:10 Effect of Si Content in Electrode and SiO2 Additions to the Slag during Electroslag Remelting - Martin Detrois (National Energy Technology Laboratory)

09:30 Simulation of Remelting Processes: Challenges and Emerging Perspectives - Abdellah Kharicha (Montunivesität leoben)

09:50 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIMULATORS FOR THE ESR AND VAR REMELT PROCESSES - A. Stewart Ballantyne (MeltMet Technologies)
10:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:10 - 10:30
10:30 Session 1: ESR 2
ESR 2
10:30 - 11:50
Contributions

10:30 Effects of Size on Characteristics of Electroslag Remelted (ESR) HAYNES®282® alloy ingots - Ramanathan Krishnamurthy (Haynes Intl)

10:50 On the Generation Mechanism of Large-size CaO•Al2O3 Inclusions in Die Steel during the Electroslag Remelting Process: at Atomic Scale - Jialong Tian (Northeastern University)

11:10 Monitoring the internal processes of electroslag remelting through an external array of magnetic field sensors - Paul King (Ampere Scientific)

11:30 Effect of double circuits electroslag remelting process on the ingot quality and corrosion resistance of S136 steel - Yanwu Dong (Northeastern University)
11:50 Group picture - Meeting point REGISTRATION DESK
Group picture - Meeting point REGISTRATION DESK
11:50 - 12:00

12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:30
13:30 Session 1: ESR 3
ESR 3
13:30 - 14:50
Contributions

13:30 Validation of electroslag remelting process simulation of an industrial scale martensitic stainless tool steel ingot - Daniel Haster Olsson (Uddeholms AB)

13:50 Development of an optimized SEM-EDS testing method for non-metallic inclusions and its application to evaluate the cleaning effect of different ESR-slags - Reinhold Schneider (Univ. of Appl. Sciences Upper Austria)

14:10 Segregation sensitivity study of Ni-based superalloys for turbine discs application - Mathieu Garrigue (Aubert & Duval)

14:30 A Metamodel for VAR Processing of Alloy 718 - Michael Hilbinger (Neue Materialien Fürth GmbH)
14:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:50 - 15:10
15:10 Session 1: ESR 4
ESR 4
15:10 - 16:10
Contributions

15:10 Influence mechanism of feeding on the removal of inclusions and shrinkage cavity defect during electroslag remelting process - Zhouhua Jiang (School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University)

15:30 The Role of Solidification Irregularities in Freckle Formation - Alec Mitchell

15:50 Statistical Evaluation of Arc Dynamics Measured During an Industrial VAR Melt of IN718 Under Various Arc Gaps - Joshua Motley (Ampere Scientific)
16:10 Session 2: VAR
VAR
16:10 - 16:50
Contributions

16:10 3D Transient Numerical Modelling of Vacuum Arc Remelting Process and its implication on 2D Axisymmetric Model - Lang Yuan (University of South Carolina)

16:30 Improvements to Ingot Quality of Industrial-Scale Vacuum Arc Remelted Ti6Al4V by Application of Magnetic Sensing and Controls - Matthew Cibula (Ampere Scientific)
16:50 Session 10: Characterisation and properties
Characterisation and properties
16:50 - 17:50
Contributions

16:50 Formablity at room temperature of twin-roll cast Mg-Al-Zn-Sn alloy applied pre-strain and solution heat treatment - Tozuka Hotaka (Tokyo Denki University)

17:10 Bonding magnesium alloy andpolymer applied by silane coupling and atmosphere pressure plasma - HISAKI WATARI (TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY)

17:30 A System for Evaluating the Interior of a Crucible - Ashish Patel
17:50 Styrian evening

17:50 - 19:50
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
08:30 Session 2: VAR 2
VAR 2
08:30 - 10:10
Contributions

08:30 Segregation in vacuum arc remelted ingots of titanium alloys - Alec Mitchell

08:50 A numerical study on the solidification shrinkage of the ingot in vacuum arc remelting (VAR) process - Mraz Krystof (Brno University of Technology)

09:10 Magnethohydrodynamics (MHD) analysis of the molten pool in Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR) of Alloy 718 utilizing Gaussian distribution - Mehran Abdi (University of Leoben)

09:30 Consumable electrode vacuum arc remelting of gamma-TiAl with online feeding - Alexander Specht (IME RWTH Aachen University)

09:50 Numerical Simulation of Asymmetric Cooling in Vacuum Arc Remelting Furnace - Alexis Clarissou (Framatome)
10:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:10 - 10:30
10:30 Session 3: VIM & Plasma
VIM & Plasma
10:30 - 12:10
Contributions

10:30 VIM B52 For Superalloy Barstick Production – Design Features Of An Innovative Furnace Concept - Matthias Knabl (Danieli Engineering & Services GmbH)

10:50 DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW TYPE OF VACUUM ARC COLD HEARTH SKULL MELTING FURNACE & PROCESS - Alexander Scheriau (INTECO melting and casting technologies GmbH )

11:10 A comprehensive numerical modelling of Plasma Arc Melting (PAM) process and simulation of inclusions removal - widad ayadh (Université de lorraine et IRT M2P)

11:30 From Concept to Reality: Exploring the Potentials of Hydrogen Plasma Smelting Reduction - DANIEL ERNST (Montanuniversiatet Leoben)

11:50 Insights into Electric Arc Furnace Behavior: A Practical Simulation Approach - Mohamad Al Nasser (Montanuniversität leoben)
12:10 Lunch
Lunch
12:10 - 13:30
13:30 Session 4: Casting
Casting
13:30 - 14:50
Contributions

13:30 Advanced Level 2 Software Integration for Enhanced Temperature Control from Meltshop to Casting - Michael Florian Peintinger (Smart Steel Technologies Inc.)

13:50 Grain refinement of high-Mn wear-resistant cast steel by means of heterogeneous nucleation - Peter Presoly (Montanuniversität Leoben)

14:10 Influence of the rotation parameters on the solidification conditions during mechanical stirring - Harald Holzgruber (INTECO melting and casting technologies GmbH)

14:30 On Modelling Electromagnetic Braking in Thin Slab Continuous Casting: fundamentals, applications, and outlooks - Alexander Vakhrushev (Christian Doppler Laboratory for "Metallurgical Applications of Magnetohydrodynamics")
14:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:50 - 15:10
15:10 Session 4: Casting 2
Casting 2
15:10 - 16:30
Contributions

15:10 Experimental evaluation of MHD modeling and engineering applications - Haijie Zhang (University of Leoben)

15:30 Simulation and optimization of electromagnetic stirring and braking in slab continuous casting mold - Alija Vila

15:50 Interface tracking in modeling of nozzle clogging in steel continuous casting - Hadi Barati (K1-MET)

16:10 Formation of segregated channels in a rotating geometry during the solidification of steel alloy - Ibrahim Sari (Montanuniversitaet of Leoben)
18:00 Conference dinner
Conference dinner
18:00 - 20:00
Room: Leoben
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
09:00 Session 6: CFD and modeling
CFD and modeling
09:00 - 10:20
Contributions

09:00 On Performance of Data Models and ML Routines for Simulations of Casting Processes - Amir Horr (senior Scientist)

09:20 Fast simulation of a multiphase tundish flow by using recurrence CFD - Hannes Lumetzberger (JKU Linz / K1-MET GmbH)

09:40 Using CFD to study freeze-lining formation: a collaborative research project between academia and industry - Christian Gomes Rodrigues (Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Department of Metallurgy)

10:00 Study on the Influence of Neutral Gas Fraction in the AOD Process using a 3D Two-Phase CFD Model - mohammad khoshahang (KU Leuven Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering)
10:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:40
10:40 Session 8: Properties
Properties
10:40 - 12:00
Contributions

10:40 A Novel Approach for Measuring the Electrical Conductivity of Molten ESR Slag Systems - Emanuel-Sebastian Drude (RWTH Aachen University)

11:00 Surface tension and viscosity measurements on laser heated liquid gallium droplets using acoustic levitation and oscillations methods - Thibault Quatravaux (Institut Jean Lamour - Université de Lorraine)

11:20 Non-metallic inclusion capture at the steel-slag interface in tundish simulations - Gerhard Holzinger (K1-MET GmbH)

11:40 Effect of deoxidizing elements on inclusions in vacuum refining of stainless steel - Shunsuke Narita (Daido Steel Co.,Ltd.)
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:30
13:30 Session 8: Properties 2
Properties 2
13:30 - 15:10
Contributions

13:30 Modelling the physical properties of electrofluxes through the lens of experimental data - Javad Mohsseni (Wacker Chemie AG)

13:50 A Review of Nitrogen Solubility in Nickel-based Alloys - Richard Smith (Carpenter Technology)

14:10 Steel and slag combined in HT-CSLM: A new approach for the in-situ investigation of non-metallic inclusions - Julian Cejka (Christian Doppler Laboratory for Inclusion Metallurgy in Advanced Steelmaking)

14:30 Integrated Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Refractory Erosion: A Case Study on Alumina with CAS and CASM Slags - Jeronimo Guarco (K1-MET GmbH)

14:50 Experimental observation and CFD study on inclusion particle behavior at a slag/argon interface - xiaomeng zhang
15:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:10 - 15:30
15:30 Session 8: Properties 3
Properties 3
15:30 - 16:30
Contributions

15:30 Microstructural evolution and dynamic phase transformation of micro-alloyed steel during hot deformation and its impact on the 2nd ductility minimum - Saeid Bakhtiari (K1-MET GmbH- Institute of Materials Science, Joining and Forming at the Graz University of Technology)

15:50 Laser ultrasound for in line and in situ measurements during casting and rolling. - Edgar Scherleitner (Research Center for Non Destructive Testing GmbH - RECENDT)

16:10 Reducing the risk of blowholes in heavy steel plates: causes to consider - Lev Medovar Medovar (Elmet-Roll)
16:30 Session 10: Characterisation and properties
Characterisation and properties
16:30 - 17:30
Contributions

16:30 Mechanism of improving solidification structure of super austenitic stainless steel by feeding strip in a laboratory simulator for continuous casting - Yi-feng Geng (School of Materials and Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Liaoning) Zhou-hua Jiang (School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University)

16:50 Control technology of homogenization during Solidification of high-end continuous casting slab - Yanzhao Luo (Research Institute of Technology, Shougang Group Co. , Ltd.)

17:10 Improving AISI 431 stainless steel ingot cleanliness by optimizing the refining and casting process - Yunqie Mao (Northeastern University)
17:30 Closing
Closing
17:30 - 17:40