Steelmaking & Casting Course Benefits Delegates from Around the World
Delegates from around the world attended the latest Steelmaking & Casting Course run by the Materials Processing Institute.
The course, which has been running for many years, continues to remain very popular. It is one of several steel related courses run by the Institute.
The course combines theoretical and practical elements and covers the fundamentals of the steelmaking and continuous casting processes, including the primary steelmaking basic oxygen furnace process, electric arc furnaces, secondary steelmaking, machine engineering, casting metallurgy, casting process modelling. Other topics covered include emerging steelmaking technologies and environmental issues facing the steel industry.
David Stamp, Steel Industry Training Manager at the Materials Processing Institute said, “For over 70 years the Materials Processing Institute has been at the forefront of innovations and technology development in the steel industry. Through these training courses we are able to share our knowledge and expertise and we are delighted to see that this course continues to attract delegates from steel companies and other related organisations worldwide.
Ricardo de Figueiredo of Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil Ltda added, “The course was very comprehensive covering all important topics of the steelmaking and casting process and technologies. The balance between theory and practice was also highly appreciated. Delegates came from different sectors such project specialists, process engineers, commissioning managers, production managers, sales executives. This multidisciplinary team was very important to allow profitable discussions and enriched my participation in the course.”
Matthew Parsons from Heraeus Electro-Nite added, “It was an excellent experience to learn a large amount of information in a relatively short time, given at a good pace and well explained by the instructors. The course was so beneficial for my job and career.
10 October 2016
