12st CONAF


    September 27 to 30, 2005
    Expo Center Norte
    São Paulo - SP - Brazil


    12th CONAF
    Brazilian Foundry Congress
    September 27 – 30, 2005

    Congress site:
    Expo Center North – Blue Pavilion
    Otto Baumgart Ave. , 1.000 – Vila Guilherme
    02089-900 - Sao Paulo – SP – BRAZIL
    http://www.expocnorte.com.br

    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2005

    Room 01 – 17h30

    •  Inauguration Ceremony – FENAF/CONAF

    •  Cocktail Party

    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

    Room 01 (With Simultaneous translation – Languages Portuguese and English)

    8h     Credentials

    8h50 Opening Ceremony

    9h40  Coffee-break

    10h    Utilization of Flow Coating for Medium and Big Sizes Parts - Áureo Roque Viana (METSO) and Marco Antonio Olivo (FOSECO)

    10h25 Recent Trend of Cast Iron Production – Masamoto Naito (SINTOKOGIO LTD)

    10h50 Structurally Modified Cold Box Systems with Improved Properties – Amine Serghini (HÜTTENES-ALBERTUS, Chemische Werk GmbH Germany )

    11h15 Aid to the Designer using the Sand Molding Process of Casting Parts - Alex Sander Chaves da Silva, Durval Uchôas Braga and Vânia Regina Velloso Silva (UFSJ)

    11h40 High Performance Phenolic-Urethane Binders – Gregory P. Sturtz and Sandra A. Trevisan ( ASHLAND Specialty Chemical)

    12h05 Considerations about the Swelling of Sodium Bentonite with Water – Pérsio Souza Santos (Escola Politécnica da USP), Rosângela Abdala Hanna(CNPq), Marcelo Lage (CNPq), Antônio Carlos Vieira Coelho (Escola Politécnica da USP)

    12h30 Lunch Interval

    14h Influence of Fines Content in the Green Sand Technological Properties – Bianca Baumer (JOFUND LTDA) and César Luiz Dematté (TECHFUND BRASIL)

    14h25 Microstructure Evaluation of Ceramic Shells Used in the Lost Wax Process Mold Manufacturing – Ioná Macedo Leonardo Machado (SENAI/CETEF) and Wander Luiz Vasconcelos (UFMG)

    14h50 How Your Induction Melt Shop Can Survive the Power Crisis – Mark T. Eckert (Inductotherm Corporation)

    15h40 Natural Gas: An Intelligent Choice for the Metallurgic Sectors – Mônica de Mesquita ‘Lacerda, Max Hermann and Marcos Antonio Rebello (Instituto Superior Tupy, SOCIESC)

    16h05 Utilization of Natural Gas as an Energetic Resource on Carburizing and Quenching Furnaces – Max Hermann (Instituto Superior Tupy, SOCIESC), Marcelo Antonio Ribeiro (Escola Técnica Tupy, SOCIESC), Marceli Talita Pereira (Instituto Superior Tupy), Marcos Antônio Rebello(Instituto Superior Tupy, SOCIESC) and Mônica de Mesquita Lacerda (Instituto Superior Tupy, SOCIESC)

    16h25 Coffee Break

    16h40 Panel: Energetic Resources Availability
    Invited Lecturer: to be determined

    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

    Room 02

    8h      Credentials

    8h50  Opening Ceremony

    9h40  Coffee-break

    10h    Microstructure Evolution Control during Solidification of Superduplex Stainless Steels Castings – Roberto Jerônimo dos Santos (CCDM-UFSCAR/UNESP) and Claudemiro Bolfarini (DEMA-UFSCAR)

    10h25 Microstructure Characterization of ASTM A 890 Grade 6 A Superduplex - Marcelo Martins (SULZER BRASIL/UNISAL) and Luiz Carlos Casteletti (Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos da USP)

    10h50 Cracks in Hadfeld Manganese Steel Parts Caused by Exotherm – Gilson Neves da Silva (METSO MINERALS)

    11h15 Manufacturing Cost Reduction Associated with Finishing Stoke Allowance in Steel Casting Parts of Big Size – Joern Schmidt (MAGMA Engenharia do Brasil Ltda) and Geraldo Menezes (DEDINI S.A . Indústrias de Base)

    11h40 Slag Pots Production at CST: Achievements and Challenges – Afonso Ribeiro Nasser, Silvio José Martins Netto, Gilvan Pulinho Michel, Adolfo Kashio Ambo, Eduardo Simões Angeli and Marcos Bernardino Vieira (CST)

    12h05 Solidification Cracks in Steel, Aluminum and Copper Alloys Casting Parts - Ricardo Fuoco and Marcelo Ferreira Moreira ( IPT – Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo S.A. )

    12h30 Lunch Interval

    14h     Productivity Increase in a Steel Mill Foundry Using Concepts of a Steel Mill Siderurgy – Marcelo de Cerqueira Machado, Valmir de Oliveira Silva and Gilson Neves (METSO MINERALS)

    14h25 Non Destructive Tests in Critical Casting Parts and Welds in the Automotive and Aeronautic Industry – Ruy de Macedo Minari (AVIBRAS)

    14h50 Influence of the Parameters of Pulsed Welding with Tubular Electrode in the Welding Bead Morphology – Luciana Márcia de Oliveira, Sebastião Carlos da Costa and Lucilene Rodrigues de Oliveira (Universidade Federal de Itajubá)

    15h15 Molding and Characterization of Brass Castings – Vita Mateso (UFRGS), Vinicius Karlinski de Barcellos (UFRGS), Rubem Boff (Nautiluz Metais Indústria e Comércio Ltda) and Jaime Alvares Spim (UFRGS)

    16h05 Upcast ® Process (Property of Outokumpu , Finland): Production of Rods and Threads Coils of High Purity Copper - Roberto Seabra da Costa (Quality Partner Consultoria em Qualidade e Produtividade) and Lauri Eklin (Outokumpu Castform Oy, Finland)

    16h25 Coffee Break

    16h40 Panel: Energetic Resources Availability
    Invited Lecturer: to be determined

    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

    Room 01 (With Simultaneous translation – Languages Portuguese and English)

    8h25 Measurement of Casting Parts Nodularity Grades Using Ultrasound – Ciro Lima Picchi, Vilson Vieira, Luís Ricardo Fructuoso and Felipe Augusto Bernini (CONTINENTAL PRODUTOS AUTOMOTIVOS DO BRASIL)

    8h50 Nitrogen Porosity in White Cast Irons – Wilson Luiz Guesser and Isaías Masiero (Tupy Fundições and UDESC)

    9h15 Some Effects in the Chemical Composition of Ductile Iron Castings – Adalberto Bierrenbach de Souza Santos (METAL CONSULT LTDA.)

    9h40 A New Methodology for Design of Feeding Systems for Iron Castings – Lawrence E. Smiley (FINITE SOLUTIONS, INC)

    10h05 Advances in the Development of High Nodule Count Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron – Pablo David, Juan M. Massone, Roberto Boeri and Jorge Sikora (Univ. Nacional de Mar del Plata – CONICET)

    10h30 Coffee Break

    10h50 Effect of Copper Addition and Part Section in the Microstructure and Mechanical Characteristics of Austempered Ductile Iron Cast – Rosineide Junkes Lussoli (SOCIESC) and Ingeborg.Kuhn (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)

    11h15 Fatigue Behavior Analysis of Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) under Variable Amplitude Loading – José Felipe Dias (Universidade de Itaúna), Denílson José do Carmo (SENAI/CEFET), Glaucimar Martins de Souza (INTERCAST S/A), Saulo Freitas de Cerqueira Lima (INTERCAST S/A) and Gabriel de Oliveira Ribeiro (UFMG)

    11h40 The Development of ADI in Italy – F.Zanardi (Zanardi Fonderie S.p.A.)

    12h30 Lunch Interval

    14h     Stress and Fatigue Analysis in Diecasting – Marco Gremaud (CALCOM ESI, Switzerland), Marco Aloe (CALCOM ESI, Switzerland) and Arthur Camanho (ESI Group South America, Brazil)

    14h50 Coffee-Break

    15h15 Evaluation of Production and Product Parameters using Iron-Phosphorus as an Alloy Element in Gray Cast Iron – Denílson José do Carmo (SENAI/CETEF), Íoná Macedo Leonardo Machado (SENAI/CETEF), Ana Paula Silva (SENAI/CETEF), Edmundo Burgos Cruz (Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração) and Clóvis Antônio de Faria Sousa (Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração)

    15h40 Sand Granulometry Influence in Sand Tensile Strength for Shell Molding – André Ferrarese and Dalva Ferrari (STEEL-FLUX MINÉRIOS LTDA.)

    16h05 Foundry Molding Manufacturing Process with Crosslink F and Liquid Hardener – Ronaldo Santos Flor and Marina Conceição Gonçalves Leão (INEOS SÍLICAS BRASIL LTDA.)

    16h25 High Quality Foundry Molding Sands – Manoel Jacomo Bonilha Cordova (MINERAÇÃO JUNDU LTDA.)

    16h50 Analysis of Foundry Sand Physicochemical Characteristics and its Influence on Casting Parts Quality – Túlio Hallak Panzera and Juan C. Campos Rubio (UFMG)

    17h15 Abrasive New Technologies for Parts Grinding and Cleaning – Rodolfo Fischer Moreira de Oliveira (Saint Gobain – Abrasivos América do Sul)

    17h40 Monitoring System for Dip Grinding Operations – Marcelo Sasaki (SAINT GOBAIN ABRASIVOS LTDA), João F. G. Oliveira, Carlos M. O . Valente and Fábio Ferraz Jr. (USP – Núcleo de Manufatura Avançada, São Carlos , Brasil)

    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

    Room 02

    8h25 Experimental Study of Thermal Behavior and Structure Formation of Al-Mg-Si Alloys One Directionally Solidified – Kleber Augustín Sabat da Cruz, Ulisses Rodrigues dos Prazeres, Aline Emanuelle Moreira, Raimunda Figueredo Maia (CMEM-UFPA) and José Maria do Vale Quaresma ( CT-DEM-UFPA)

    8h50 Microstructure Characterization of Aluminum Commercial Alloys 3003 e 8106 Manufactured by Continuous Plate Casting (“Twin Roll Caster”) – Marcio Ferreira Hupalo (Instituto Superior Tupy, Sociedade Educacional de Santa Catarina), Ricardo do Carmo Fernandes (Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio), Juliana de Paula Martins (Multibrás Eletrodomésticos S/A) and Angelo Fernando Padilha (EPUSP)

    9h15 Rough Melting Structure Characterization of Al-Mg-Si Alloy One Directionally Solidified and Cold Deformed – Raimunda Figueiredo da Silva Maia (UFPA), Darci Augusto Moreira (UFPA), Ulysses Rodrigues dos Prazeres (UFPA), Maurício da Silva Borges (IESAM/UFPA) and José Maria do Vale Quaresma (UFPA)

    9h40 Al-Zn-Mg Casting Alloys System Potential for the Application in Structural Components and Technical Difficulties – Marcelo Ferreira Moreira and Ricardo Fuoco (IPT – Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo)

    10h05 Scrap Reduction in an Aluminum Alloy Injected Part Through Defects Characterization and Numeric Simulation - Eugênio Aristeu Veloso Jr.( TMT Motoco do Brasil Ltda) , Luciana Stuewe ( Magma Engenharia do Brasil Ltda) , Alberto Holanda Cavancanti ( IPT – Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo S.A. ) and Ricardo Fuoco ( IPT – Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo S.A.)

    10h30 Coffee Break

    10h50 Numeric Simulation Use in the Analysis of Formation of Defects in Aluminum Diecasting Parts – Guilherme Ourique Verran (DEM/PGCEM/UDESC) and Rui Patrick Konrad Mendes (WEG MOTORES)

    11h15 Aluminum Alloys Flow Analysis in Linear Cavity Molds – Marco Antônio Rebello, Augusto Missner, Thiago Warmling, Max Hermann and Mônica de Mesquita Lacerda (Instituto Superior Tupy, SOCIESC)

    11h40 Optimization in the Aluminum Injection System Through Simulation and Matrixes Thermograph – Celso Morais e Silva, Carlos Cristiano Frencl, Everton Machado (MAGAL) and Joern Schmidt (MAGMA Engenharia do Brasil Ltda)

    12h05 Deterministic Mathematical Model for Forecast of the Column-One-Axis Transition in the Two-Dimensional Solidification – Marcelo Aquino Martorano (EPUSP)

    12h30 Lunch Interval

    14h Inoculant Use Op timization in Gray Iron Cast Using Thermal Analysis - Ricardo Fuoco (IPT – Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo), Edison Roberto Corres (IPT – Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo), Edgar Rodrigues dos Santos (IPT – Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo) and Djalma Domingues Amaral ( ECIL Met Tec Ltda)

    14h25 Solidification Mathematical Model of Ductile Cast Irons – Kellen Rose de Sousa Lima, José Adilson de Castro and Luiz Carlos Rolim Lopes (EEIMVR – UFF)

    14h50 Coffee Break

    15h10 Panel: Technological Advances in Aluminum Casting

    Metalcasting Brief History – Its Importance on Brazil Present Situation.
    Clóvis Bradáschia

    USP – Sao Paulo University

    Invited Lectures:

    Ricardo Fuoco
    Senior Researcher – Foundry Laboratory Chief
    IPT – Institute of Technological Research of Sao Paulo State

    Maria Helena Robert
    Vice-Director and Titular Professor on the Mechanical Engineering Faculty
    UNICAMP – Campinas State University

    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

    Room 01 (With Simultaneous translation – Languages Portuguese and English)

    8h25 Quality System Implantation Process Through Process Management - Adalberto Cardoso de Lima Júnior and Eder Mesquita de Oliveira (Tupy Fundições)

    8h50 Clean Production: Case Study of Reuse of Residue (Slurry and Sludge) of the Sand Preparation System at Tupy Foundries Ltd. – Dotina Duarte Serafim, Noeli Sellin and Sandra Helena Westrupp Medeiros (UNIVILLE)

    9h15 Melting Parameters Influence in the Aluminum Cans Efficiency Recycling – Guilherme Ourique Verran, Udo Kurzawa, Guilherme Gava Gaboardi and Ataíde João dos Passos Filho (UDESC)

    9h40 How to Remelt Aluminum Scrap and Sludge Without Salt and with Minimum Oxidation? New Multi Tilter Rotative Furnace - Dr. H. Summer (ALUMONTE/Austria)

    10h30 Coffee Break

    10h50 Reuse of Foundry Green Sand Residues in Asphalt Mixtures – Raquel Luísa Pereira, Carlos Jorge da Cunha, Ney Pereira Mattoso Filho (Universidade Federal do Paraná) and Leto Momm (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)

    11h15 Differences Between Molding Shells Manufactured with New and Recovered Sand – André Ferrarese, Dalva Ferrari (STEEL FLUX MINÉRIOS LTDA), João Carlos Ramazine (RECICLAR RECICLAGEM DE AREIAS DE FUNDIÇÃO) and Camal Abdon Salamão Rameh (RECICLAR/GRUPO EPA DO BRASIL)

    11h40 Federal Recycling: a Program of Selective Collection with Social Responsibility of the Companhia Federal de Fundição – Danielle Lucas Gomes Marques Barbosa, Alexandre Nunes Villela, Wellington de Lima Afonso, Tercília Maria Cezário and Áureo Marques Barbosa (CFF)

    12h05 Environmental Managing System Implantation in a Big Size Foundry – Fernando Keske and Marcell André Gossen (Tupy Fundições Ltda.)

    12h30 Lunch Interval

    14h Panel

    Environment – Legislation and the Quioto Protocol

    Civil, Administrative and Criminal Responsibility of Investor in Cases of Environmental Damages and Impacts
    Zilto Bernardi Freitas
    Environmental Juridical Director
    Bernardi Advogados

    Quioto Protocol Implementation, the Mechanism of Clean Development and the CRES Market
    Mário Rogério Nascimento Brandão
    Senior Carbon Advisor
    Bernardi Advogados

    16h Coffee Break

    16h20 Panel
    Environment ­– Clean Production & Dangerous Materials Transportation

    Clean Production (P+L):
    Lauro da Costa
    Director
    LC Consultoria   

    Dangerous Materials Transportation

    Glória Benazzi

    Secretary Director of ABNT/CB16

    Coordinator of the Commission of Studies of Dangerous Products Transportation

    Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT)

    18h20 Closing Session