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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Next Meeting
ASM-Lehigh Valley Chapter Meeting
Sustaining Members' Night—Shellhammer Consulting
Thursday, January 13th, 2010
TITLE:
High-Conductivity Copper in Metallurgical Vessels
SPEAKER:
Trevor Shellhammer - Shellhammer Consulting
LOCATION:
Berkleigh Golf Club, Kutztown, PA
SCHEDULE:
5:30-6:30 Registration
6:30 Dinner
~7:15 Presentation from Trevor Shellhammer
Make a reservation through our website or by calling Keith Hill at 610-208-2929. Please note that reservations should be made no later than Friday, January 7th, 2011. If you make a reservation and cannot make the meeting, please call or email Darwin Evangelista at 610-562-6673 or darwin_evangelista@brushwellman.com before the meeting. LVASM gets charged for the cost of the meal for all no shows.
LOCATION:
Berkleigh Golf Club
14623 Kutztown Rd
Kutztown, PA 19530
MENU CHOICES:
12 oz. New York Strip Steak
Chicken Francaise
Broiled Tilapia with Lemon Butter Sauce
All dinners come with a Garden Salad, Chef's choice of starch and vegetable, dinner rolls, coffee and tea.
Brownies and/or cookies for dessert.
COST:
$25 for members and their guests
$20 for students & retired members
FREE for all students who sign up or renew for Materials Advantage!
BIO:
Trevor Shellhammer received a BS in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Lehigh University in 1973 and entered into Bethlehem Steel's Loop Program. He worked in the Foundry Division's Brass Foundry, Iron Foundry, and Ingot Mould Foundry, the Blast Furnace Division, and the Structural Products Division. He moved to the Homer Research Laboratory in the Primary Process Research Group in 1997, and in 8 years there, was over time, in charge of Cokemaking, Ironmaking, Steelmaking, Continuous Casting and Refractories Research. Bethlehem transitioned to the International Steel Group, then Mittal Steel USA, after which Homer Research closed in 2005. He left Mittal to become the Director of Engineering and QA for Kulp Foundry, a small cupola-melt gray and ductile iron foundry in the Pocono's. Kulp produced a range of iron castings from small, commercial quality, up to highly engineered parts for the Navy's nuclear submarines and ships. In 2008, he left Kulp to start his own consulting business. He is currently utilized as a consultant in both ferrous and non-ferrous foundry practices and metallurgy by a number of foundries in the Northeast as well as the South, and steel plants in the US and Canada. He is also a technical representative for high-conductivity copper produced by Alabama Copper and Bronze in Birmingham, AL. Trevor also received a Master of Engineering degree in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, and a Master of Science degree in Quality Engineering, both from Lehigh.
Trevor is a Director and Past Chairman of the American Foundry Society Keystone Chapter, Life Member of the Lehigh Valley Foundrymen's Association, member of ASQ and AIST, and AIST Technology Committees on Ironmaking, Special Alloy and Foundry, Continuous Casting, Metallurgy of Steelmaking and Casting, and Refractory Systems.
ABSTRACT:
High-Conductivity Copper in Metallurgical Vessels
Among all pure metals, copper has the second highest thermal and electrical conductivity, next to silver. These properties coupled with a reasonable cost, make copper ideal for use in metallurgical vessels as a conductor of electrical current, as well as a lining material and protector of refractories and steel superstructures.
This presentation will cover the evolution of copper to its current form, the influence of impurities in pure copper, and offer comparisons to other materials. Some aspects of producing high conductivity copper castings in a typical non-ferrous foundry will be discussed. Foundries producing copper castings must follow strict standard operating procedures to obtain acceptable casting quality, and castings that will perform well in harsh service environments. To produce high conductivity copper castings requires even more stringent control. Finally, in addition to basic theoretical discussions and modeling, some empirical evidence and typical failures with general recommendations will be covered which can lead to superior performance in water-cooled elements in EAF, BOF and Blast Furnace applications.
DIRECTIONS:
Also available at http://www.berkleighgolfclub.com/directions.htm
From Allentown:
Take 222 S. toward Reading. Continue on Route 222 through the Kutztown bypass. After the highway narrows to 2 lanes, look for the stone gate entrance of Berkleigh on your right.
From Reading:
Take 222 N. toward Allentown. Continue straight on 222, crossing route 73, and 662. Berkleigh will be on your left about 1 mile from route 662. Look for the stone gate entrance.
From Philadelphia:
Take the Northeast Extension, route 476 toward Allentown. Get off at the Lehigh Valley Toll Exit. Take route 78 West toward Harrisburg. Get off of 78 at the route 100 S. exit toward Trexlertown (the 2nd exit). Go through 1 traffic light, and get into the right lane, bear to the right just before the next traffic light, the sign will point toward Reading. This is Schantz Road. Take Schantz Road a few miles to the stop sign, bear right onto route 222. Take 222 S. which becomes the Kutztown Bypass. Look for the the stone gate entrance of Berkleigh on your right.
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RESERVATIONS
Make a reservation through the website or by calling Keith Hill at 610-208-2929. Please note that reservations should be made no later than one day before the event date. If you make a reservation and cannot make the meeting, please call or email Darwin Evangelista at 610-562-6673 or darwin_evangelista@brushwellman.com before the meeting. LVASM gets charged for the cost of the meal for all no shows.
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