UK Training: Raw Materials & Castables

• 16th November 2023
• Training started at 08:30

Venue: The Mowbray, 118 Mowbray St, Neepsend, Sheffield S3 8EN. Online attendance was available. Lunch was included for those attending in person.

Training Programme – Castables 50 Shades of Grey. How to not mess it up.

• 08:30 – 09.00 – Welcome, Coffee etc
• 09.00 – 09:15 – Mike Lamkin (IRE) Opening address. Safety, Venue requirements.
• 09:15 – 09:45 – Mike Walton (IRE) Introduction: What are Refractories?
• 09:45 – 10:30 – Ash Stevenson (Capital) Raw materials for Castables
• 10:30 – 11:00 – Morning tea
• 11:00 – 11:30 – David Bell How to make a Castable-1
• 11:30 – 12:00 – David Bell How to make a Castable-2
• 12:00 – 12:30 – All General discussion
• 12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch
• 13:00 – 13:30 – Mike Walton Castable Refractory commissioning to avoid explosions!
• 13:30 – 14:00 – Mike Walton What are “failures”, and how are they caused?
• 14:00 – 14:30 – Coffee Break
• 14:30 – 15:00 – Mike Walton Some issues with Anchor Metallurgy
• 15:00 – 15:30 – Mike Walton Use of API936 for QC/QA: A guide to good Practice
• 15:30 – 16:00 – All Discussion Forum
• 16:00 – 16:30 – ML/MW Closing remarks

Discounts were available via our Corporate Packages. Click the link to sign up now.

• Dinner was 19:00-23:00 on 15th November 2023 (the evening before the training day)
• Guest speaker: Sebastian Klauss – Almatis
• Entertainment: Sheffield String Quartet

For our Corporate Package holders they received discounts on these as per the following (excluding the student rate).

• Bronze 10%
• Silver 12.5%
• Gold 15%