The Greater Missouri (St. Louis) Section and the Refractory Ceramics Division of The American Ceramic Society will sponsor the 59th Annual Symposium on Refractories on the theme “Unleashing Refractory Potential: Root Cause Analysis” on March 27-28, 2024, and a kickoff event at Westport Social will be held on the evening of March 26, 2024. The meeting will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Hilton St. Louis Airport Hotel. Co-program chairs are Kenneth Andrew Domann of Rath Group and Brett Ervin of Imerys. The final agenda for the 2024 Symposium can be found here – 2024 Agenda-Program.
Partial list to be presented…
“Fracture Toughness and Work of Fracture of Slide Gate Zirconia Inserts and Correlation with Post-mortem Analysis”
Somnath Mandal1, Tim J. Tracy1, Nagendra Nag2 and Mark Snyder1
1Steel Flow Control Group, Vesuvius Research, 2Foundry Group, Vesuvius Research,
“Refractory Solutions for Reducing Defects in Semi-Finished Steel Product Based on Root Cause Analysis”
Masakazu Iida
Shinagawa Refractories Co.
“Castable Matrix Concept for Robust Behaviour in Steel Ladle Bottom Repair”
G. Rojek1, M. Sułkowski1, M. Klewski1, D. Bednarek2, Dr. A. Buhr3, , D. Schmidtmeier3, and J. Dutton4
ArcelorMittal Refractories Poland1, ArcelorMittal Dąbrowa Górnicza Poland2, Almatis Germany3, United Kingdom4
“There is Always Another Way to Destroy Refractories! Root Cause Analysis of a Steel Ladle Argon System Breakout”
Tom Vert
“Evaluation of Fracture Properties of Refractory Castables using Digital Image Correlation/Wedge Splitting Test Method”
Hong Peng
Elkem
“The Use of Sonic Velocity to Diagnose and Avoid Installation Failures of Refractory Castables”
Megan Dye
Resco Products
“Some Partical Examples of Postmortem Investigation on Refractories as a Proven Root Cause Analysis Tool”
Pitagoras Lanna
RHI Magnesita
“Reducing Scrap of Fired Dolomite Bricks due to Cracks in Production: An empirical approach”
Celio Carvalho Cavalcante
RHI Magnesita
“Analysis of Fracture Surfaces to Identify the Origin of Process Defects in Ceramics”
B. Carty and H. Lee
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
“Failure Analysis and Characterization of Alkali Attack and Mitigation Methods in the Cement Bonded Alumina-Zirconia-Silica System”
Ed Reeves
Reeves Materials Engineering
“Traditional Refractory Designs Replaced by Innovative Refractory Solutions in Hot Blast Stoves”
Presented by Ryan Hershey, Authors are F. van Laar1, B Hansen1, J. Carreau1, B. Byerman2 and B. Eschbach2
Allied Mineral Technical Services1, Burns Harbor2
“A Refractory Perspective on Latest Trends in Cement Clinker Production – What can used refractory samples tell us?
Dr. Kathrin Weber
Refratechnik Cement GmbH
“High-fidelity 3D microstructural characterization of ZrB2 for fracture analysis”
Randi Swanson1, Michael Chapman2, Sara Akhavan3, Ata Mesgarnejad4, Hessam Babaee3, Ashley Hilmas2, Michael Uchic2, William Fahrenholtz5, Scott McCormack1
1University of California, Davis, 2Air Force Research Laboratory, 3University of Pittsburgh, 4Northeastern University, 5Missouri Science and Technology
The Tabletop Expo format is the same as previous years, with each vendor having a 6-foot table to display products and literature. The charge is $300, which will be used to cover the cost of the Expo Hall and provide an open two-hour bar during the “Meet and Greet” for the attendees prior to the dinner buffet on Wednesday evening.
Please note that a meeting of the ASTM International C-8 Committee on Refractories will be held on March 27th, before this joint Greater Missouri (St. Louis) Section/RCD conference. Contact Melissa Marcinowski at mmarcinowski@astm.org for more information on this meeting.
The pre-registration fee of $250.00 or on-site registration fee of $300.00 ($125.00 for Emeritus/Seniors and $50.00 for students) includes the cost of your bound copy of the Symposium Technical Papers, Continental Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Coffee Breaks.
A block of rooms has been set aside for the evenings of March 24-29, 2024, at the Hilton (314) 426-5500. The rate is $126.00 for a single or a double. To receive the $126 rate, mention the Group Name: “St. Louis Section of The American Ceramic Society” or Group Code: “ACS” when making your reservation. The web address to make online reservations is: American Ceramic Society Booking Link
All hotel reservations must be received on or before March 15, 2024.
For further information please contact Patty Smith at tel: (573) 341-6265 or email: psmith@mst.edu.