Continuous Casting of Steel - Short Course from The Indian Institute of Metals Kolkata

Background:

This short-term course is designed for professionals engaged in or supporting continuous casting
operations in the steel industry. While participants may have rich hands-on experience, this course focuses on strengthening their understanding of the underlying principles of heat transfer, fluid flow, solidification, and stress evolution, and how these fundamentals relate to productivity, quality, and machine performance. The course blends theoretical lectures with industrial case studies, modeling insights, and expert talks to deliver a comprehensive learning experience.

The course Content would be covered in Class Room Lectures accessible through Virtual on-line route.

Who should attend:

 The course is useful for, Steel plant process engineers; Quality and R&D professionals;
Product development engineers; Academics and technical consultants; Equipment designers and project
engineers, students and research scholars; TMT rebar manufacturers; steel suppliers. The course is organized under the leadership of an eminent academician Professor A K. Singh from IIT, Kanpur.

Deliverables:

Course materials include slides and technical notes, as well as case studies and reference papers;
Certificate of Participation. 

Course Content: 

Inaugural Session -30 mins - Welcome & Course Introduction

Continuous Casting Overview, Design & Grade-Wise Parameters (45 mins x 2) - Mold design, taper, EMS selection, secondary cooling, nozzle type, powder choice, all based on steel grade – AKS/SKR.

Melt Delivery & Cleanliness (45 mins x 2) - Superheat control, ladle furnace, tundish metallurgy, reoxidation prevention, shrouding, SEN configuration, nozzle clogging- AKS.

Fluid Flow (45 min) & Flow Control (SEN + EMS/EMBr) (45 mins x 2) - SEN flow patterns, mold turbulence, meniscus stability, flow asymmetry, EMBr for slab casters, EMS – AKS/PKJ

Heat Transfer & Shell Growth (45 mins x 2) - Mold heat flux, mold flux melting and rim formation, secondary cooling zones and control strategies, metallurgical length – AKS/RS

Solidification & Structure Evolution (45 mins x 2)- Chill/columnar/equiaxed zones, CET, microstructure evolution, micro/macro segregation – AKS

Strand Mechanics & High-Temp Deformation (45 mins x 2)-Strand bulging, inter-roll gap, unbending stress, strand cracks, DSR, bulging & high-temperature deformation – AKS/BPG

 Defect Generation & Mitigation (45 mins x 2)-Internal/surface defects, breakout causes, mapping defect origins to physics, countermeasures, defect case studies – SKR/GB

Integration, Modeling & Digitalization (45 mins x 2)-Role of ICME, process modeling, AI/ML tools in prediction, digital twins – AKS/BPG

Concluding Session (30 mins) -Wrap-up + Q&A (All Instructors)

Instructors: AKS-Prof A K Singh, SKR-Prof Santanu K Ray, RS-Dr Rahul Sarkar, PKJ-Dr P K Jha,
BPG-Dr B P Gautham & GB-Dr G Balachandran.

 Distinguished Faculty                              -   Designation Affiliation

 Dr. A K Singh, Course Co-ordinator         -   Professor, IIT, Kanpur

  Dr B P Gautham                                       -    Scientist, TCS Ltd

 Dr S K Ray                                                -    Scientist (Retd), RDCIS, SAIL Professor (Retd.) IIT 

                                                                                 Madras

Dr P K Jha                                                  -    Professor, IIT Roorkee

Dr R Sarkar                                                 -   Professor, IIT Kanpur

Dr G Balachandran                                     -   Sr VP (Retd), JSW Steel

                                      Registration Fees and Payment Methods 

 

Participant Fees:

IIM Member 6000 + 1080* = 7080/-                                                   Contact Persons:
IIM Non Member 8250 + 1485* = 9735/-                                           Dr G Balachandran
Student Member 800 + 144* = 944/-                                                   The Indian Institute of Metals 
Student Non-member 1200 + 216* = 1416/-                                        gbalu12@gmail.com /

* (18% GST)                                                                                         iimsshortonlinecourses@gmail.com 

➢ Participants may join for the 4 days course module which             Ms Nabatara Mitra
shall be conducted virtually.                                                                 The Indian Institute of Metals
➢ Advance payment of Registration fees is mandatory.                      Plot 13/4, Block AQ,
➢ Participation fee is non-refundable; however, change in                 Salt Lake, Sec V,
nomination is possible.                                                                          Kolkata: 700 091    
➢ Students may furnish suitable proof of they being students             readingroom@iim-india.net       
while filling in the online form.
➢ 10% discount shall be offered for registering more than 5
Persons sponsored by any organization (N.A. for Students).                                                                                               

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and pay online as per the details given below. Mention Course                    Bank: State Bank of India,
The online transaction receipt, mentioning the course number IIM-25-       SME Branch, Salt Lake,
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Alternately, a demand draft in favour of “The Indian Institute of Metals"    IFSC Code: SBIN0004289
payable at Salt Lake, Kolkata can be sent to The Indian Institute of             Current A/c No.: 54015600024
Metals, Metal House, Plot 13/4, Block AQ, Salt Lake, Sec V, Kolkata :       GST: 19AAATT3359D1ZF

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For registration or further information, please see the Brochure attached, or, contact Ms. Nabatara Mitra @8017795257 / readingroom@iim-india.net

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