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Direct Chill Casting

Course Agenda

• Introduction to DC Casting

• Shell and surface control

• Metal level control

• Gas pressure assisted casting

• Pull-in and butt bulge

• Heat management

• Heat transfer and water quality

• Cast start-up

• Introduction to solidification metallurgy

• Designing a casting practice

Each session lasts typically 2 hours. Following the seminar, attendees are left with a workshop to tackle in their own time before the start of the next session. The subsequent session starts with an interactive review of the previous week's workshop.