Themes:

Electric Steelworks

LD Steelmaking

Solidification / Casting

Secondary Refining

Inputs / Refractories

Automation / Instrumentation

Environment / Wastes

Prereduced / Metallic

Maintenance

Human Resources / Safety

PRE-REGISTRATION
May 15th - 05:00pm to 08:00pm

THERE WILL BE SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION: ENGLISH / PORTUGUESE / ENGLISH
IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO SHOW ID (ORIGINAL) IN ORDER TO USE THE HEAD PHONES.

May 16th – Monday

07:30am - Reception and Registration
08:30am - Composition of the Head Commission
08:35am - Brazilian National Anthem
08:40am - Welcome Remarks - Paulo Villares Musetti
09:00am - Begining of the Works - José Flávio Viana
09:10am - Opening Lecture

The corporative social responsability in vision of CST

José Armando de Figueiredo Campos - President - CST
10:00am - COFFEE-BREAK - Sponsor: CARBOOX

                              OPENING OF THE SPONSOR’S EXHIBITION ROOM

Parallel to the Seminar an exhibition will be held to demonstrate the products,

services and technical literature of the sponsors.

10:30am - Show Lecture - Motivation and self improvement in the job

Clarisse Leal Freitas
11:30am - Technical Presentation
11:45am - LUNCH-BREAK  - Sponsor: CST

ROOM 1

TECHNICAL SESSION:

MAINTENANCE # AUTOMATION # ENVIRONMENT # HUMAN RESOURCES/SAFETY

Session Committee
President: Paulo Miranda Gonçalves - V&M DO BRASIL
Moderator: Delmar Barros Ribeiro - BELGO 

01:00pm - The evolution of predictive maintenance techniques to CST’s atmospheric emission control
Adilson Luiz Diesel, Carlos Eduardo Gava, João Evangelista de Souza Neto (CST) Joselino Antônio Sperandio (SINDUS)
01:30pm - High management in maintenance, as a way to increase the equipments accessibility
Pedro Eduardo Prestes, Ronaldo Tavares Peixoto, Nelson Wanderley Faria (AÇOS VILLARES)
02:00pm - A fault previsibility system on steel converter
Cícero Romão Cavati (UFES)
02:30pm - Siad hot strip mill and the new generation of predictive maintenance
Cícero Romão Cavati (UFES)
03:00pm - Experience report of surface quality management in pickle lines: improvement potential of productivity and quality
Martin Karlowitsch, Hans-Gerhard Peintinger (PARSYTEC AG), Rod Simpson (USS-POSCO INDUSTRIES)
03:30pm - More than two years of experience of several laser installations to measure O2, CO and temperature of the off-gas
Andreas Dietrich (Linde Gas AG), Reinaldo Lima (AGA SA), Helmut Sommerauer (MARIENHÜTTE GRAZ), Peter Kaspersen (NORSK ELEKTRO OPTIKK)
04:00pm - Central bearing failures analysis at CST continuous casting machine 02
Sérgio Lopes Mattedi, Vinicius de Oliveira Cravo, Fábio de Borba Sanchonete, Jose Carlos de Oliveira Passos, Romero Botelho (CST)

04:30pm - COFFEE-BREAK - Sponsor: CARBOOX
05:00pm - The force of the green belt in the CST’s environmental performance
Adilson Luiz Diesel, Eugenio Jose Agrizzi, Giovanna Cypriano Lage (CST)
05:30pm - Influence of the slag basicity on the chromium oxide reduction from stainless steelmaking dusts
Pedro José Nolasco Sobrinho (REDEMAT/UFOP), Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório (EPUSP)
06:00pm - Application of mill scale treated by ultra-sound process
Adriano Ferreira da Cunha, Gerson de Araújo Filho, Álvaro Martins Júnior, Olídio

Carlos Blanc Gomes (UFOP), Paulo Santos Assis (UFOP/REDEMAT)
06:30pm - Steel plant accidents
Lauro Chevrand
07:00pm - System of education in the distance - SED, a positive alternative in the steel making plant of the COSIPA
Warner Schibelscky (COSIPA)
07:30pm - Comparison between results of Differential Thermal-Analysis (DTA) and computational thermodynamics simulation in slags collected in a steelmaking plant
José Carlos dos Santos Pires (CEFET-MG), André Luiz V. da Costa e Silva(UFF/EEIMVR), Amauri Garcia (UNICAMP/FEM/DEMA)
08:00pm - COCKTAIL - Sponsor: UCAR

ROOM 2

TECHNICAL SESSION: SOLIDIFICATION / CASTING

Session Committee
President: Leonardo B. Polido Lopes - GERDAU AÇOMINAS
Moderator: Eberhard Karnitsch-Einberger - VÖEST-ALPINE

01:00pm - Length measurement methods and applications
Peter Wiklund (LIMAB), Les Jansen (BETA LASER MIKE)

01:30pm - Influence of tundish design on flowing parameters
Magda Galant François (LASID/ PPGEM/ UFRGS), Mateus Daroit, Miguel Liska Bock, Marcos Augusto Zilles Mattiello (UFRGS), Antônio C. F. Vilela (DEMET/ PPGEM/ UFRGS)
02:00pm - Analysis of contamination by hidrogen at CST continuous casting process
Marcelo Macedo Fialho, Henrique Silva Furtado, Sandro de Souza Santos (CST)
02:30pm - Continuous casting machine sequencing withdrawal process optimization – Companhia Siderúrgica de Tubarão – CST
Altemar Dettogne do Nascimento, Dimas Bahiense Moreira, Marcelo Ferraz Matos, Sergio Rangel Gomes (CST)
03:00pm - Martensitic valve steel off-squareness minimization and its relation with mechanical-operational continuous casting parameters
Antonio Carlos Manfrin, Alysson Lima Lemos, Bruno Pessoa Ramos, João Ramalho Junior, José Silva Martinez, Marcos Eduardo de Oliveira, Norival Ferreira de Andrade, Ricardo Constantino, Ricardo Vieira da Silva, Zoilo Manoel dos Santos (VILLARES METALS)

03:30pm - Al-series ladle slide gate system an overview
Afonso Augusto Bastos Portugal, Francisco José Carrara Fava, Maurício dos Santos, Rodrigo Nazareth Borges (MAGNESITA) José Aparecido dos Santos, Sebastião Camilo Rocha (COSIPA)
04:00pm - Monitoring of a parabolic mold temperature in a continuous caster
Hildo Valmir do Nascimento, Lauri Luiz de Mello, Paulo Carvalho Fernandes (GERDAU), Carlos Raimundo Frick Ferreira, Carlos Alexandre dos Santos, Jaime Alvares Spim (LAFUN-UFRGS)

04:30pm - COFFEE-BREAK - Sponsor: CARBOOX

05:00pm - Development of a protection device of free jet using computational fluids dynamic
Marcelo Kruger, Marcus Vinicius Figueira dos Reis (ESSS), Leonardo Barboza Trindade (STE), Rodrigo Nazareth Borges, Mauricio dos Santos (MAGNESITA)
05:30pm - Sequencial casting of differente steel grades without tundish change in the continuous casting
Marcelo Carboneri Carboni, André Siqueira de Lima, Alexandre Silveira de Azevedo, José Roberto Bolota (AÇOS VILLARES)
06:00pm - Process control of the continuous casting machine - SIBARP
Rui Carvalho Lage, Max Vieira Santiago (BELGO MONLEVADE)

06:30pm - Global solution for continuous casting optimization
Francisco José Carrara Fava, Giovanni Angelo Tancredo, José Izidoro Coelho Ferreira, Wagner Mariano Sampaio (MAGNESITA)

07:00pm - Theorical and experimental analyses of spacings dentritics primary and secondary during the solidification undirectional of alloys Al-Si
Peres, M.D; Siqueira, C.A.e Garcia, A (UFPA/UNIV. CAMPINAS)
07:30pm - Increase of productuvut and improvement of the quality in the continuous casting machine of Belgo Mineira Juiz de Fora
Emanuel Villanova, Tarcísio Bomtempo Martins, André Martins de Araújo, Thiago Luiz Coelho Furtado, Pedro Luiz de Souza, Robson Ferreira Maciel (BELGO JUIZ DE FORA)

May 17th – Tuesday

08:00am - Anchor Lecture: Chinese Siderurgy

Germano Mendes de Paula - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE UBERLÂNDIA
08:30am - Anchor Lecture: Present status of the iron and steel industry in India

Ashok Sawny - MONARCH INTERNATIONAL
09:00am - Technical Presentation: PYROTEK

ROOM 1

TECHNICAL SESSION:
ELECTRIC STEELWORKS # INPUTS / REFRACTORIES

Session Committee
President: Geraldo Iran S. L. Cardoso - CST
Moderator: José Roberto Bolota - AÇOS VILLARES 

09:15am - Syncronization system for ladle operations using computational intelligence
Daniel Henrique Dominguete Carvalho, Breno Totti Maia, Alexandre Pereira Moreira, Adriano Fonseca, Ricardo Fortuna, Kívia Carolina Fonseca Campos (ARTE & BYTE SISTEMAS)

09:45am - EAF process optimization based on continuous analysis of off-gases and real-time control of chemical package parameters: the case of TAMSA
Luis Ferro, Mario Palma (TAMSA), Joseph Maiolo, Francesco Memoli (TECHINT)

10:15am - Application of computational thermodynamics in the simulation of the production of stainless steel by means of EAF
Nestor Cezar Heck (NTCm/DEMET/PPGEM/UFRGS), Antônio Cezar Faria Vilela (LASID/DEMET/PPGEM/ UFRGS)
10:45am - COFFEE-BREAK - Sponsor: CARBOOX 
11:15am - Management based on refractory performance in pellotization furnaces
Aldo Gamberinni, Carlos Alberto Corato, Jailson Francisqueto, Robson Alves (CVRD)
11:45am - General repair time reduction of LD-KGC converter at CSN
César Luiz Pereira, Carlos Roberto Silva, Rafael José Cardoso, Luis Antônio Muniz Ferreira (CSN)
12:15pm - New criteria for selection of refractories for steel ladles
Marco Antônio Quintela, Fábio Duarte Santos, Celso Anízio Pessoa (USIMINAS), José de Anchieta Rodrigues, Victor Carlos Pandolfelli (UFSCAR)
12:45pm - Porosity in castings by addition of raw materials with nitrogen in electric arc furnace
Gilson Neves da Silva (METSO MINERALS)
01:15pm - Corrosion resistance of metal powders in high-carbon containing castables
Vitor Guarnier Domiciano, Jarem Raul Garcia, Victor Carlos Pandolfelli (DEMa-UFSCar)
01:45pm - An analysis of scrap requirements in Brazil up to 2010
Lauro Chevrand
02:15pm - BARBECUE - Sponsor: SGL CARBON

ROOM 2

TECHNICAL SESSION:
SECONDARY REFINING # METALLICS

Session Committee
President: Eugênio Pacelli M. Araujo - USIMINAS
Moderator: Hélcio Araujo Quintão - ACESITA

09:15am - Applications of computational thermodynamics to steelmaking
André Luiz Vasconcellos da Costa e Silva (EEIMVR-UFF)

09:45am - Improvement of refining and casting process of microalloyed and CaSi treated steels at CSN: control of porosity and inclusions
Katsujiro Susaki, Juliano Graziel Serra, Eric Novaes de Almeida, Antonio Henriques Botelho (CSN)
10:15am - Aluminothermic heating of steel in a flat steel producing steel shop
Jean Luc Roth, Guilherme Reis, Luciano Freitas (PAUL WURTH), Danilo di Napoli Guzela, Lara C. Paes Ret, Edson Santana, Felipe Santana (COSIPA)

10:45am - COFFEE-BREAK - Sponsor: CARBOOX

11:15am - Alternative alumina containing raw materials for synthetic slags: a review
José de Anchieta Rodrigues (UFSCAR), Paschoal Bonadia Neto, Jorge Borges Gallo (ALCOA)
11:45am - Software for documentation and interpretation of chemical composition of non-metallic inclusions in aluminiun or silicon killed low carbon steels
Gabriel Mesquita de Paula, Ricardo Loschi de Freitas (PUC MINAS), Marcolino Fernandes Neto, Cristiane Fonseca Freitas (UNICAMP)
12:15pm - Development of new sensor for direct measurement of the aluminium content in melting steel
José Carlos Rossoni Júnior, Roberto Showe, Artur Hess Júnior, Everson Luís dos Santos (ECIL MET TEC), Paulo Sérgio Bringhenti Lascosqui, Rodrigo José Ferreira, Bruno Rodrigues Henriques, Dimas Bahiense Moreira (CST)
12:45pm - Caracterización de las escorias de cuchara de SIDERAR
Elena Brandaleze, Alejandro Martín (IAS), Roberto Donayo, Jorgelina Pérez, Adolfo Gómez (SIDERAR SAIC)
01:15pm - Fusion of enriched-uranium silicide for nuclear fuel
Adonis Marcelo Saliba Silva, Ilson Carlos Martins, Enéas Tavares de Oliveira, José Vicente Pereira, Michelangelo Durazzo (CCN/IPEN-CNEN)
01:45pm - Study of influence of the gas plug number and position in a gas-stirred ladle using CFD tool
Rafael Skrzek Sicorski, Ismael Lis Alves Daoud, Julio Aníbal Morales Pereira (PPGEM/UFRGS), Leonardo Barboza Trindade (LASID/CT/UFRGS), Antônio Cezar Faria Vilela (DEMET/PPGEM/UFRGS)

02:15pm - BARBECUE - Sponsor: SGL CARBON

May 18th – Wednesday

08:00am - Anchor Lecture: The competitiveness of the industrial productive chain facing present times and the energy perspective - Paulo Ludmer - ABRACE
08:30am - Anchor Lecture: Heat withdrawal in the mold in continuous casting of steel - a review   - Klaus Schwerdtfeger - TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET CLAUSTHAL
09:00am - Technical Presentation:MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES

ROOM 1

TECHNICAL SESSION: LD STEELMAKING

Session Committee
President: Márcio Teixeira Alves - GERDAU AÇOMINAS
Moderator: José Flávio Viana - USIMINAS

09:15am - Use of electrochemical sensores to determine the silicon content in hot metal at Cosipa steel shop
Octávio Alves Jr., Alexandre Fernandes (HERAEUS ELECTRO-NITE), José Damião Neto (COSIPA)
09:45am - MRP-L converter adaptation to carbon, silicon and stainless steels mixed production
Otávio Augusto da Cunha Teixeira, José Eustáquio Pinto, Anderson Batista Lana, Edilson Simões Cavalieri, João Domingos Guimarães de Athayde Júnior, José Geraldo Oliveira Ank, José do Carmo de Souza, Edilson Márcio Nogueira (ACESITA)
10:15am - COFFEE-BREAK - Sponsor: CARBOOX
10:45am - CST’s steelmaking expansion
Celso Dias Barão, José Rosário Brumana, Walter Luiz Correa Junior, Odair José Kirmse, Bruno Rodrigues Henriques, Altemar Dettogne do Nascimento (CST)
11:15am - Utilization of reclycled slag in the sleelshop of Belgo - Monlevade Plant
Wanderlei Miguel Gonçalves, João Baptista Romão, Marco Antônio M. Bosco, Anísio Ferreira Torres, Warley César Barbosa (BELGO MONLEVADE), Luiz Fernando Andrade de Castro (UFMG)
11:45am - Alternated converter operation at C. S. Huachipato, Chile
José Francisco De la Carrera, Hernán Vera, Javier Concha (HUACHIPATO)
12:15pm - Advances in slag carryover control in C. S. Huachipato, Chile
Javier Concha, Hernán Vera, Milenko Grbic (HUACHIPATO)
12:45pm - LUNCH BREAK
02:00pm - Improvements in CST converters blowing automatization
Breno Rosa, João de Castro Coura, Aparecido Tsutomo Nakamura, Jayme Alves de Souza Júnior (CST)
02:30pm - Ladle management and thermal control of the steel in the aciaria of the V&M of Brazil
Gabriel Lenna (VAI INGDESI), Takeshi Fujii, Patrícia Sampaio, Christian Hahne (V&M DO BRASIL)
03:00pm - Continuous improvement of bof metallic yield at V&M do Brasil
Dione Araújo Moreira, Leandro Peixoto Almeida, Christian Hahne (V&M DO BRASIL)
03:30pm - Optimizing the phosphorus removal process in the LD converter of  V&M do Brasil
Daniel Henrique Dominguete Carvalho, Alexandre Pereira Moreira, Sanderson Vanucci Carvalho (ARTE & BYTE), Leandro Peixoto Almeida, Paulo Miranda Gonçalves (V&M DO BRASIL)
04:00pm - Obtain results on utilization of treated scale  by ultra-sonic disaggregation process on bof at VMB
Olídio Carlos Blanc Gomes, Álvaro Martins Junior (CSN), Adriano Ferreira da Cunha, Gerson de Araújo Filho, Paulo Santos Assis (REDEMAT/UFOP)
04:30pm  -COFFEE-BREAK - Sponsor: CARBOOX

ROOM 2

TECHNICAL SESSION: SOLIDIFICATION / CASTING

Session Committee
President: Bruno Pessoa Ramos - VILLARES METALS
Moderator: Gerson Cruz de Moraes - VOTORANTIM METAIS

10:15am - COFFEE-BREAK - CARBOOX

10:45am - Vibromold® technology, aplied to existing conti-casters, results in quality and productivity improvements
Guilherme Otávio Nogueira dos Reis, Michel Houbart (PAUL WURTH)
11:15am - Integrated physical modeling of continuous casting systems to study intermixing during grade transition
Carlos Eduardo Passagli Barral, Bruno Leonardo da Silva Morato, Alexandre de Freitas Gomes de Mendonça, Bruno do NascimentoTeixeira, Roberto Parreiras Tavares (UFMG)
11:45am - Investigation of macrocleanliness for clean steel tubes on different ladle changing conditions
Osvaldo Alves Ferreira Neto, Hélio de Rezende Manetta, Fabrício Batista Vieira,  César Nery de Abreu, Camilla Pessanha Schiavo, Jean Carlos Cordeiro, Leonardo Luiz Siqueira Mathias (V&M DO BRASIL), Rubens Felipe Filho (VESUVIUS)
12:15pm - Productivity increasing in the continuous casting machines at Companhia Siderúrgica de Tubarão - CST
Carlos Alberto Perim, Dimas Bahiense Moreira, João Chiabi Duarte, Marcelo Ferraz Matos, Altemar Dettogne do Nascimento (CST)

12:45pm - LUNCH BREAK

02:00pm - Influence of tip cooling rate and melt convection on tertiary dendrite arm spacing of Al-Si alloys
Daniel Monteiro Rosa, José Eduardo Spinelli, Amauri Garcia (UNICAMP)
02:30pm - Achieving both high quality and high production rates on combination casting machines at Maanshan, P.R.C. and Steel Dynamics Inc., USA
Philip E. Ponikvar (SMS DEMAG)
03:00pm - Development of fluoride-free fluxes for billet casting
Alistair Fox, Keneth Mills (IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE), David Lever (BORAX), Maria Carolina Campello Bezerra, Cláudio Antônio Goulart Valadares (CARBOOX), Iñigo Unamuno, José Luiz Laraudogoitia (SIDENOR), John Gisby (NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY)
03:30pm - Development of steel flux controllers by mathematical simulation for tundishs of casting continuos machine 4 of CSN
Alfredo Fonseca Veiga, Carlos Alberto Pinheiro Vieira (MAGNESITA), Antônio Carlos Sant’ anna da Silva, Noraldo Hipólito Guimarães Gomes  (CSN), José Ernesto de Azevedo Nadalon, Leonardo Barboza Trindade (STE), Marcus Reis, Marcelo Kruger (ESSS)
04:00pm - Evaluation of melting rate of mould fluxes for continuous casting of steel
Maria Carolina Campello Bezerra, Cláudio Antônio Goulart Valadares (CARBOOX), José Deodoro Trani Capocchi (EPUSP)

04:30pm - COFFEE-BREAK - Sponsor: CARBOOX

ROUND TABLE: LOGISTICS - GOODS FLOWING ANALYSIS

Session Committee
President: Juarez Fernando Gevaerd Sigwalt - SOBREMETAL
Moderator: Carlos Antonio Fernandes – CST

05:00pm - Logistics - integrated vision of BELGO - Henrique Morais de Almeida - BELGO 
05:20pm - Customer assistance logistics - Fernando Machado - USIMINAS 
05:40pm - Bottom neck solutions for transport flow in siderurgic industry - Renato Voltaire Barbosa Araújo - ANUT 
06:00pm - DEBATE  
06:40pm - CLOSING SESSION: Venâncio Carlos de Oliveira Neto  
06:50pm - DRAWING OF GIFTS PROVIDED BY SPONSORS  

May 19th – Thursday

TECHNICAL VISIT

CIA. SIDERÚRGICA DE TUBARÃO – CST

09:00am - Leave from Centro de Conveções de Vitória
09:30am - Reception and institutional presentation
10:30am - Coffee-break
11:00am - Technical visit
12:30pm - End of visit
13:00pm - Lunch-break
02:00pm - Return to Centro de Conveções de Vitória

Limit of participants: 40

DRESS CODE

We recommend that visitors be wearing adequate clothing, that is to say, closed leather shoes (rubber soles) and trousers. We also recommend that visitors opt for dark colored clothing. We request that women avoid wearing high-heeled shoes and Capri pants.

SAFETY

Safety equipment will be handed to the visitors.

  
IMPORTANT

The use of cameras, filming equipment, notebooks and tape recorders is strictly prohibited.

LIMIT OF PARTICIPANTS

Due to company policy, there will be a limited number of visitors, who will be accepted by order of registration.

REGISTRATION

Registration will be made exclusively by the event desk with the payment of a US$ 7.

TRANSFER

There will be bus available.

There will  be simultaneous translation, if necessary

TIMING

We request that all participants adhere to the set timetable in order not to cause programming delays.

EXECUTIVE COMITEE

Coordinators:

José Flávio Viana – USIMINAS

Venâncio Carlos de Oliveira Neto – RHI MERCOSUL   

Members:

Andrelino da Costa Filho – ECIL MET TEC   

Aristidis Betzios – DANIELI DO BRASIL                      

Antônio Cézar Faria Vilela – UFRGS

Cláudio A. G. Valadares – CARBOOX                

Danilo Di Napoli Guzela – COSIPA

Delmar Barros Ribeiro – BELGO          

Eberhard Karnitsch-Einberger – VÖEST-ALPINE

Edson Luiz Veloso Lima – SGL CARBON DO BRASIL

Frederico C. Castro Mourão – QUAKER CHEMICAL                            

Gerson Cruz de Moraes – VOTORANTIN METAIS

Hélcio de Araújo Quintão – ACESITA

Ismar Antônio Sardinha – PAXAIR METALS

João Chiabi Duarte – CST

José S. Guedes de Azevedo – VESUVIUS

José Luiz Lopes Martinez – UCAR

José Roberto Bolota – AÇOS VILLARES

Juarez Fernando Gevaerd Sigwalt – SOBREMETAL

Katsujiro Susaki – CSN

Lauro José de S. Chevrand – CONSULTOR

Lívio Valério Togni – TOGNI   

Luis Augusto Colembergue Klujzo - GERDAU                    

Marco Antônio Rezende – VILLARES METALS

Maurício Ferreira de Pinho – IBAR                         

Octávio Alves Júnior – HERAEUS ELECTRO-NITE

Paulo Santos Assis – UFOP

Roberto Parreiras Tavares – UFMG                        

Santiago Ruiz Barrios – RISA                                   

Sílvio A. P. Nunes de Abreu – STOLLBERG DO BRASIL