Aluminium cast house technology
Subtitle: Sixth Australian Asian Pacific Conference
By: edited by Peter R. Whiteley, John F. Grandfield.
Contributors: Whiteley, Peter.; Grandfield, John.; G. K. Williams Cooperative Research Centre.; Australasian Asian Pacific Conference on Aluminium Cast House Technology (6th : 1999 : Sydney, Australia)
Publisher: Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Warrendale, Pennsylvania
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
Subjects: Aluminium industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.; Aluminium -- Congresses.; Smelting -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.; Metal castings industry -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.; Environmental aspects
Other titles: Sixth Australian Asian Pacific Conference
Notes: Includes bibliographic references and author index.
"This International Conference was staged by the G.K. Williams Cooeprative Research Centre for Extractive Metallurgy ... 26-29 July 1999 ... Sydney, Australia."
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface v; title: Co-Sponsors, International Steering Committee vii; title: PLENARY SESSION; title: The Outlook for the Australian Aluminium Industry 3; title: D. Hedditch; title: Overview of Advances in Aluminium Casthouses 13; title: P.R. Whiteley; title: MANAGEMENT; title: Productivity through Casthouse Rationalisation and Organisational Restructuring 23; title: P. van Zyl; title: The Development of a Team-Based Organisation 33; title: H. Lehman and D. Latter; title: QUALITY ISSUES; title: Ingot Quality Requirements 45; title: I.E. Jacoby; title: CAST's Solidification Research Relevant to DC Casting 53; title: D.H. St,.ohn, A.K. Dahte and S. Instone; title: Billet Quality by Casting Parameter Optimization 63; title: R.J. Collins; title: Aluminium Furnace Refractory Developments 77; title: M. Pauline and S. Turner; title: Conversion of the Casthouse at Boyne Smelters Limited from Crucible Tipping; title: to Siphon Transfer 85; title: R.C. Hannah; title: Furnace Stirring and Melting-A Review 95; title: D.V. Neff; title: A Review of the Basics of Grain Refining 109; title: J. Pearson and P. Cooper; title: MELT TREATMENT; title: Metal Filtration Performance: Removal of Molten Salt Inclusions 121; title: D.H. DeYoung; title: Technical Update on Dual Stage Ceramic Foam Filtration Technology 133; title: L.S. Aubrey and D.D. Smith; title: Efficiency and Performance of Industrial Filtration Systems159; title: W, Schneider, H-P. Krug and N.J. Keegan; title: NEW PLANTS/EXPANSIONS; title: The Start Up of Hulett Aluminium's New Sheet Remelt-And Some Early Operating Experiences 177; title: R. Stone; title: Upgrade of 22.5 kg Ingot Casters at Hillside Aluminium 185; title: T. Human and A. Blignaut; title: D.C. CASTING; title: A New Hot Tearing Criterion: Application to DC Casting of Aluminium Alloys 197; title: J-M. Drezet and M. Rappaz; title: Cost Model of Advanced DC Ingot Casting Technology 207; title: R.B. Wagstaffand C.S. Johnson; title: The Development of Wagstaff Billet Casting at Capral Aluminium 215; title: D. Latter; title: CONTINUOUS CASTING; title: Update on Light Metal Continuous Casting: The Last Decade of the Millennium 225; title: J.F. Grandfield and A.G. Clark; title: -DC Casting-An Extruders Point of View 243; title: R. Heyes and J. Burns; title: rumbo 3CM Thin Strip Caster - Recent Developments 257; title: F. Basson, M. Jamet, K. Maiwald, P-Y. Menet and J-C. Terrier; title: CAST HOUSE SAFETY; title: Casting Safety 265; title: I.E. Jacoby; title: AUTOMATION AND PROCESS CONTROL; title: Integrated Casting Station Control 275; title: S.R. Anderson; title: Remelt Ingot Line Automation and Optimisation 285; title: P. Hughes; title: FOUNDRY ALLOYS; title: Foundry Ingot Casting Upgrade at Comalco Bell Bay 297; title: D. Jones and S. Clough; title: HOMOGENIZATION; title: Process Performance of Continuous Billet Homogenisers 309; title: M.A. Cooksey, N. Danilova, B. Rinderer and M.J. Couper; title: MAGNESIUM D.C. CASTING; title: Magnesium D.C. Casting 321; title: P. McGlade; title: TECHNOLOGY BRIEFINGS; title: Enhancing the Life of Stirring Blades used in Preparation of Aluminium and; title: Alloy Furnaces 333; title: D. Rees, R. Morrow, N. Crawzford and G. Smith; title: ENVIRONMENT; title: Ozone Control of Cooling Water in Aluminium Casthouses 343; title: D. Rees, P. Dann, R. Lam, T. Duggan, D. Scott and P. Miller; title: Trends in Dross Processing 355; title: P.M. Balint; title: Substitution of Chlorine as a Furnace Addition, in Aluminium Industry Cast; title: Houses, by Fused Refining Agents; title: - 377; title: R. Bridi, M. Bryant, M. Bytheway and S. Ray; title: ADDENDUM; title: Impact of the Asian Economic Upheaval on the Region's Aluminium; title: Consumption 393; title: A. Clarke and T. Waring; title: Porous Plugs-A New Generation of Fluxing and Purging Technology in the; title: Aluminium industry ,407; title: R. Schwaiger; title: Author Index 421.