2008 Conference Programme

First Day - Technical Presentations
Thursday, 15 May 2008

Morning Session

08:00 - 09:00 Registration / Viewing of Exhibits Tea and Coffee

09:00 - 09:10 Delegates to take up seats in the Conference Hall (NB : Doors close at 09:20 and no one will be admitted into the conference hall until after the Key Note Address)

09:10 - 09:20 Welcoming of delegates and introduction of Keynote Speaker Mr. Derick Terblanche - Chairman SARUC 2008

09:20 - 09:40 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Mr. Walter Ballandino - C.E.O. Highveld Steel & Vanadium Corporation Ltd.

09:40 - 10:10 The WICON Rolling Library for Billet, Bar and Rod Mills Authors: Messrs Nils-Gunnar Malmgren
Presenter: Mr Martin Händemark, Morgardshammar AB - Sweden/Germany

10:10 - 10:40 Overall Equipment Effectiveness Maintenance ("OEE") Author/Presenter: Mr Nico Brunke - ABB - South Africa

10:40 - 11:10 Gains obtained by the Performance Equalization of Work Rolls in the Hot Strip Mill
Authors: Messrs Felipe Gustavo Bernardes, Waldermar Braatz Krueger, Marcelo Arantes Rebellato and Gilson Teixeira Cornelio Presenter: Mr Felipe Gustavo Bernardes - Sidenor-Villares - Brazil

11:10 - 11:25 Tea Break / Viewing of Exhibits

11:25 - 11:35 Delegates to take up seats in the Conference Hall

11:35 - 12:00 Mechanisms of Work Rolls Degradation in HSM Authors: Ms G Walmag, Messrs X Vanden Eynde, Mario Sinnaeve and Roger Ernst Presenter: Mr Mario Sinnaeve - CRM / Marichal Ketin - Belgium

12:00 - 12:30 CVC plus® : Proven Technology for Flatness Control in Hot Rolling Mills Authors: Messrs Stefan Berger, Hartmut Hof, Stephan Krämer, Jürgen Seidel and Peter Sudau Presenter: Stefan Berger - SMS Demag AG - Germany

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break - Finger Lunch
Viewing of exhibits and socialising

Afternoon Session

14:00 - 14:05 Delegates to take up seats in Conference Hall.

14:05 - 14: 30 Work Rolls for Hot Strip Minimills Author: Mr Alberto Tremea Presenter: Mr Angelo Biggi - INNSE Cilindri - Italy

14:30 - 14:55 Inter Stand Cooling in Modern Hot Strip Mill Authors: Messrs Daniel Hajduk, Pavel Simecek and Miroslav Raudensky Presenter: Mr Daniel Hajduk - ITA Ltd. - Czech Republic

14:55 - 15:25 Improvements in Plate Mill Work Rolls Authors: Messrs Michael Brandner, Michael Windhager and Karl Heinz Ziehenberger Presenter: Mr Michael Brandner - ESW Eisenwerk Sulzau-Werfen - Austria

15:25 - 15:45 Short Recess - Tea Break
Viewing of exhibits and socialising

15:45 - 15:50 Delegates to take up seats in Conference Hall

15:50 - 16:15 Using the SURFSCAN Camera Inspection System for Increasing Production Quality in Cold Rolling Mills Author/Presenter: Mr Adam Tvaruzka - UVB Technik - Czech Republic

16:15 - 16:45 Roll Grinding - Theory and Practise Authors: Messrs Thomas Berg and Jean-Paul Selleron
Presenter: Mr Thomas Berg SlipNaxos AB - Sweden

16:45 - 16:55 Closure of Conference Mr. Derick Terblanche - Chairman SARUC 2008

16:55 - 18:30 Socialising - viewing of exhibits

18:30 - till late

Dinner and Entertainment
Dress code : Casual Elegant (No shorts, jeans or sports shoes)

Second Day Programme

Plant Visits - Friday, 16th May 2008

08.30

Plant visits have been arranged to either Highveld Steel & Vanadium Corporation Ltd. (Witbank) or Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd. (Middelburg).