Maintenance
Seminar 2023




24th and 25th October 2023 - VIRTUAL
from 10am until 2.30pm (Buenos Aires, Argentina time, GMT-3)



ABOUT THE

SEMINAR

24th and 25th October 2023 - VIRTUAL

The Instituto Argentino de Siderurgia is proud to announce the Maintenance Seminar, being held virtually (Zoom platform) on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th October 2023, from 10am until 2.30pm. (Buenos Aires, Argentina time, GMT-3).

This workshop-based training seminar will provide attendees with hands-on instruction, tools, and the best available technologies for management system maintenance and reliability solutions as well as forensic engineering. In addition, maintenance and outage planning, system design, maintenance troubleshooting and techniques will all be covered. Manufacturing reliability is an integral part of sustainability in the metals industry. Improvement in reliability is essential to assuring manufacturing results at the lowest cost. Both operations and maintenance personnel must understand the direction their organizations need to take with respect to improving and managing their equipment maintenance programs.


WHO SHOULD

ATTEND

The seminar is intended for maintenance, operations and engineering personnel. It is useful for individuals who are in middle management or frontline supervisor positions, as well as maintenance, operational and reliability personnel responsible for equipment reliability processes, including planners, schedulers, senior tradesmen, maintenance managers, maintenance engineers, plant engineers, project engineers, maintenance superintendents, qualified operators and operations managers. Maintenance technology, equipment and service suppliers and maintenance contractors should also attend.



SEMINAR PROGRAM

Tuesday 24th October 2023


10:00 10:05 WELCOME
10:05 10:35 From Diagnostic Analytics to Prescriptive Actions for Maintenance and Operation Using Purpose-built, Low-code Software: Developments for Ironmaking
(Christian Dengler, Paul Wurth SMS-Group, Luxemburg)
10:35 11:05 Safety and Operational Improvements After Installation of an Automatic Gas Coupling System
(Christoph Schöggl, INTECO melting and casting technologies, Austria)
11:05 11:15 BREAK
11:15 11:45 Unlock the Sustainable Value Path for Metals Industry Transformation
(Bertrand Orsal, Dassault Systèmes, France)
11:45 12:15 Expert System Process Monitoring and Real-Time Event Forensics
(Franck K. Adjogble, SMS Digital, USA)
12:15 13:00 LUNCH
13:00 14:00 "Hands-Free" Fully Autonomous, Plant-Scale, Anomaly Detection AI
(Keval Bhanushali, Falkonry Inc, USA)
14:00 14:30 DRI Maintenance, Fundamental Basis of Operational Excellence
(Javier Ydrogo, ArcelorMittal Acindar, Argentina)

Wednesday 25th October 2023


10:00 10:30 Smart Maintenance as a Key to a Reliability Centered Approach
(Florian Hollensteiner, Primetals Technologies, Austria)
10:30 11:00 Digital Solutions Applied to Maintenance
(Thiago Norio Nakata, Gerdau, Brazil)
11:00 11:10 BREAK
11:10 11:40 Mechanical Integrity, its Application to Direct Reduction Plants
(Oscar Salvatierra Vásquez, ArcelorMittal Acindar, Argentina)
11:40 12:10 Predictive Maintenance and Diagnostics on Steelmaking Equipment: A Holistic View of the Actual State and Life Span
(Flavio Araujo, SMS group Metalurgia do Brasil, Brazil)
12:10 12:30 LUNCH
12:30 13:00 Robotic Cell for Safely Slide Gate Maintenance
(Gianluca Maccani, Polytec, USA)
13:00 13:30 Skull Removal Device in Lances of BOF Process
(Emilio Acciarito Filho, Metalurgica Vulcano Ltda, Brazil)
13:30 14:25 Maintenance and Safety - Future Trends
(Horacio Monti, Consultant, Argentina)
14:25 14:30 ADJOURN

REGISTRATION



A variety of registration options and discounts are available for the Maintenance Seminar. Registration costs vary based on membership status and time of purchase.

REGISTRATION

Early registration until 25th September 2023:

• IAS Member: USD 300

• Non-Member: USD 400



Registration after 25th September 2023:

• IAS Member: USD 400

• Non-Member: USD 500


THE SEMINAR INCLUDES


• Simultaneous Translation.
• Access to the live seminar with integrated voice and video system
• Possibility to ask questions to the instructors
• Access link to the presentations after the seminar
• Digital certificate of participation issued by IAS


TO REGISTER, follow these steps:

1
Create an account

2
Register

3
Proceed to payment

4
Once the payment has been made, you will receive the link access one day before the event.



IF YOU ARE REGISTERING A GROUP OF PEOPLE, follow these steps:

1
Create an account

2
Register

3
Proceed to payment

4
Once the payment has been made, the people you have registered will receive the link access one day before the event.

IMPORTANT!

The REGISTRATION IS CONFIRMED when the participant, both, fills out the registration form and pays the total registration fee for the event.


Cancellation Policy:

- Free of charge cancellation is not possible, although you can select a replacement free of charge.
- This substitute should be informed before the event.
- No refunds will be granted for paid registrants who do not attend the event.

Do you have any questions?
Send us a message.

PHONE

+54 336 4462989
+54 9 336 4416443

EMAIL

eventosias@siderurgia.org.ar