SFSA members have access to webinars on a wide variety of topics.
What is Steel?
Webinar slides in PDF format
19 minutes 26 seconds recorded on November 9, 2015
What Makes Steel Strong?
Webinar slides in PDF format
17 minutes 45 seconds recorded on January 26, 2016
Heat Treating Steel
Webinar slides in PDF format
29 minutes 37 seconds recorded on February 23, 2016
What Makes Steel Stainless?
Webinar slides in PDF format
24 minutes 23 seconds recorded on March 29, 2016
Introduction to Steel Melting Practices
Webinar slides in PDF format
22 minutes 27 seconds recorded on April 26, 2016
Pouring and Gating Steel
Webinar slides in PDF format
25 minutes 45 seconds recorded on May 24, 2016
Induction Melting Steel
Webinar slides in PDF format
22 minutes 54 seconds recorded on August 23, 2016
Design of Experiments - Part 1 - Measurements
Webinar slides in PDF format
22 minutes 49 seconds recorded on October 25, 2016
Design of Experiments - Part 2 - Experiments
Webinar slides in PDF format
21 minutes 7 seconds recorded on November 8, 2016.
Design of Experiments - Part 3 - Analysis
DOE Webinar 3 Excel Spreadsheet
DOE Template Excel Spreadsheet
19 minutes 58 seconds recorded on November 29, 2016.
Clean Steel - Part 1
21 minutes 23 seconds recorded on January 17, 2017.
Clean Steel - Part 2
21 minutes 58 seconds recorded on February 21, 2017.
Clean Steel - Part 3
- Webinar slides in PDF format
- Oxide Macroinclusions In Steel Castings, R. Monroe - Steel Founders' Society
- New Bottom Pour Nozzle And Gating Insert Development, George J. Vingas-Ceramco, Inc. & John M. Svoboda-Casteel Technology Associates
- Improved Steel Pourability And Cleanliness With Calcium Wire At The Harrison Steel Castings Company, Robert G, Shepherd-Harrison Steel Castings Co. & Frederick J. Squire -Pfizer, Inc.
- Appearance And Composition Of Oxide Macro-Inclusions In Steel Castings, John A. Griffin, Charles E. Bates, Raymond W. Monroe And John Svoboda
- Water Modeling Studies Of Gating Systems, Earl K. Weber, Patrick J. Hogan & Karl Kazmirski -American Steel Foundries
- Spal Process For Induction Melting, Daniel J. Croal -Gartland Foundries, Inc.
- Calcium Wire Injection Improves Cleanliness And Machinability Of Steel Castings, Thomas C. Marlborough -Racine Steel Castings
- Closed System Pouring, Douglas R. Callihan -Cmi - Quaker Alloy, Inc.
- The Effect Of The Smoothflow/Cta Cruciform Nozzle On The Incidemacroinclusion Formation. Nce Of Oxide, Malcolm Blair-Steel Founders' Society Of America & Robert G. Shepherd-Harrison Steel Casting Co.
- Important Factors In The Production Of Clean Steel From The Continuous Casting Industry , Raymond W. Monroe -Steel Founders' Society Of America
- Water Modeling Of Steel Flow, Air Entrainment And Filtration, Christoph Beckermann -The University Of Iowa
- Air Entrainment During Pouring From Bottom Pour, Teapot, And Quadrant Pour Ladles, Lesley Brown, John Griffin And Charles E. Bates-University Of Alabama At Birmingham
- Analysis Of Water Modeling Of Air Entrainment, S.C. Jain, C. Beckermann -The University Of Iowa
- Variation In Casting Quality Analysis., Raymond Monroe 7 Malcolm Blair -Sfsa & John Griffin -University Of Alabama At Birmingham
- Shrouding And Mold Inerting At Electric Steel, William F. Baker -Electric Steel Castings Company
- Results From The Clean Heat / Dirty Heat Trials, Malcolm Blair, SFSA & John Griffin, UAB
22 minutes 5 seconds recorded on March 28, 2017.
Clean Steel - Part 4
Webinar slides in PDF format
22 minutes 1 second recorded on April 18, 2017
Clean Steel - Part 5 - Gating 1
Webinar slides in PDF format
21 minutes 49 seconds recorded on June 6, 2017
Clean Steel - Part 6 - Gating 2 - Lip Pour
Webinar slides in PDF format
21 minutes 5 seconds recorded on July 25, 2017
Clean Steel - Part 7 - Gating 3 - Bottom Pour
Webinar slides in PDF format
YouTube video - Flow Exiting a Tank (Bernoulli) University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
18 minutes 8 seconds recorded on August 22, 2017
Clean Steel - Part 8 - Innovative Pouring and Gating
Webinar slides in PDF format
23 minutes recorded on September 25, 2017
Porosity - Holes in Steel Castings
Webinar slides in PDF format
18 minutes 19 seconds recorded on October 17, 2017
Porosity - Air Entrainment and Blowholes
17 minutes 5 seconds recorded on November 14 2017
Porosity - Pinholes
Webinar slides in PDF format
21 minutes 2 seconds recorded on January 16 2018
Porosity - Inclusions and Porosity
Webinar slides in PDF format
15 minutes 9 seconds recorded on February 6 2018
Porosity - Shrinkage and Porosity
Webinar slides in PDF format
14 minutes 27 seconds recorded on March 6 2018
Cracks in Steel Castings 1
14 minutes 50 seconds recorded on June 14 2018
Cracks in Steel Castings 2 - Solidification
Webinar slides in PDF format
18 minutes 52 seconds recorded on July 23 2018
Cracks in Steel Castings 3 - Craze Cracks and Hot Cracks
Webinar slides in PDF format
17 minutes 11 seconds recorded on August 28 2018
Cracks in Steel Castings 4 - Stress and Riser Cracks
21 minutes 30 seconds recorded on October 17 2018
Cracks in Steel Castings 5 - Aluminum Nitride Rock Candy
20 minutes 17 seconds recorded on January 15 2019
Cracks in Steel Castings 6 - Heat Treat and Quench Cracks
20 minutes 58 seconds recorded on February 12 2019
Cracks in Steel Castings 7 - Hydrogen and Delayed Cracking
19 minutes 52 seconds recorded on April 23 2019
Test Uncertainty in Mechanical Testing of Steel Castings
19 minutes 28 seconds recorded on July 24 2019
Steel Casting Performance
22 minutes 11 seconds recorded on November 21 2019
Mold Metal Challenges
10 minutes 58 seconds recorded February 26 2020
Mold Metal Challenges 2 - Sand Expansion
22 minutes 48 seconds recorded April 28 2020
Mold Metal Challenges 3 - Interface Chemistry
23 minutes 40 seconds recorded June 2 2020
Mold Metal Challenges 4 - Specialty Sands
Webinar slides in PDF format
28 minutes 8 seconds recorded August 11 2020
Mold Metal Challenges 5 - Iron Oxide
29 minutes 46 seconds recorded October 27 2020
Mold Metal Challenges 6 - Dimensions
Webinar slides in PDF format
25 minutes 5 seconds recorded February 23 2021
Mold Metal Challenges 7 - Erosion
Webinar slides in PDF format
20 minutes 30 seconds recorded March 24 2021
Mold Metal Challenges 8 - Penetration
Webinar slides in PDF format
24 minutes 49 seconds recorded April 27 2021
Mold Metal Challenges 9 - Burn-in or Burn-on
Webinar slides in PDF format
18 minutes 51 seconds recorded August 17 2021
Mold Metal Challenges 10 - Veining and Hot Tearing
21 minutes 49 seconds recorded January 18 2022
Mold Metal Challenges 11 - Porosity
21 minutes 49 seconds recorded February 15 2022
Mechanical Testing Introduction
15 minutes 16 seconds recorded January 23 2024
Mechanical Testing - Test Blocks
21 minutes 24 seconds recorded February 20 2024
Steel Casting Mechanical Testing Keel and Test Blocks Part 2
20 minutes 54 seconds recorded March 12 2024
Steel Casting Mechanical Testing Keel and Test Blocks Part 3
18 minutes 26 seconds recorded April 16 2024
Segregation and Steel Castings
Segregation and Flow
15 minutes 37 seconds recorded April 19 2023
Micro-segregation and Homogenization
19 minutes 2 seconds recorded May 16 2023
Macro-Segregation Solidification and Flow
References
- Macrosegregation in steel: length scales, Ed Pickering, Lecture 6 of 25 (YouTube video)
- Use of Riser Sleeves and Toppings in Risering for Segregation-Free Steel Castings, W.T. Adams, Jr.
- Macrosegregation in Steel Ingots: The Applicability of Modelling and Characterisation Techniques, Edward John Pickering
- Modeling Segregation and Grain Structure Development in Equiaxed Solidification with Convection, Christoph Beckermann
- Calculation and Applications Phase Equilibria - Principles Solidification Eun Soo Park
- Simulation of Macrosegregation in a 2.45-ton Steel Ingot Using a Three-Phase Mixed Columnar-Equiaxed Model, Jun Li, Menghuai Wu, Andreas Ludwig, Abdellah Kharicha
21 minutes 2 seconds recorded June 27 2023
Segregation under Risers
15 minutes 45 seconds recorded June 27 2023
Segregation and Convection
15 minutes 23 seconds recorded August 22 2023
High Alloy Segregation
18 minutes 33 seconds recorded September 20 2023
References
- Dupont
- T&O 2003 4.6 Al6Xn Weldability Paper For Welding Journal, J.N. Dupont , A.R. Marder-Lehigh University , S.W. Banovic-National Institute Of Standards And Technology
- T&O 2005 2.6 Heat Treating And Corrosion Of High Alloy Stainless Steel Castings, J.N. Dupont, J.D. Farren, And A.R. Marder, Lehigh University
- T&O 2006 3.9 Heat Treatment Optimization Of High Alloy Stainless Steel Castings, Jeff Farren And John Dupont, Lehigh University
- T&O 2008 5.1 Optimizing Corrosion Performance of Welds on 6 wt% Mo Superaustenitic Stainless Steels, Andrew Stockdale, John Dupont - Lehigh University
- T&O 2009 3.1 Optimizing the Corrosion Performance of Welds on 6 wt% Super Austenitic Stainless Steel, Andrew Stockdale, John Dupont - Lehigh University
- RR 2014 Welding of High Strength Steels. Metallurgical Failure Analysis of CN7M Valves and Study of Improved Alloys and Heat Treatments, John DuPont, Lehigh University
- LeHigh
- RR 2023 5.7 PWHT-Free Cast Stainless Steels Michael Annor, John DuPont, Lehigh University
- Lundin
- T&O 1985 1.4 Evaluation Of Post Weld Repair Requirements For CF3 And CF3M Alloys - Exposure To Boiling Nitric Acid, Steven J. Pawel, Dr. E. E. Stansbury, & D-The University Of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee R. C. D. Lundin
- T&O 1990 3.1 Evaluations Of Weldability And Corrosion Behavior Of High Alloy Castings, C.D. Lundin, R.A. Buchannan, C.C. Chen, I-S. Lee, K.K. Khan, University Of Tennessee
- T&O 1991 4.1 Investigation Of Corrosion Behavior Of High Alloy Castings, C.D. Lundin, C. Shi, K.K. Khan, R.A. Buchanan -The University Of Tennessee
- T&O 1993 3.8 Welding Of Duplex Stainless Steels, Carl Lundin, University Of Tennessee
- T&O 2000 4.5 *Systematic Microstructural & Corrosion Performance Evaluation Of Ck-3Mcun &Cn-3Mn High Molybdenum Stainless Steel Castings, C.D. Lundin , W. Liu, S. Q. Wen, G. Zhou -The University Of Tennessee
- T&O 2001 3.5 Service Performance Of Welded Duplex Stainless Steel Castings And Wrought Materials, Carl D. Lundin & Songqing Wen, University Of Tennessee
- T&O 2005 2.2 Data Package For ASTM A923 Supporting Inclusion Of A890-5A Super Duplex Stainless Steel (Cast Equivalent Of 2507), Vasudevan Hariharan & Carl D. Lundin, University Of Tennessee
- Voigt & Abrahams
Corrosion
Corrosion 1 - Uniform and Galvanic
15 minutes 7 seconds recorded on April 23 2019
Corrosion 2 - Pitting, Crevice, and Intergranular
15 minutes 1 seconds recorded on June 13 2019
Corrosion 3 - Leaching, Erosion Corrosion, Stress Corrosion (Cracking), and Passivation
11 minutes 38 seconds recorded on August 1 2019
Corrosion 4 - Corrosion Testing A262 Practice A and E
19 minutes 21 seconds recorded on October 17 2019