Long Products Rolling Technology Committee

MISSION: “Serving the long products rolling membership by providing forums to learn about new and current technologies, discuss safe operating and maintenance practices as well as network with industry professionals of all disciplines.”

Past AIST Committee Activities

Current Activities

The Long Products Rolling Operating Committee (LPROC) met at AISTech 2008 in Pittsburgh on May 6. Committee membership totaled 97 members. The AISI Rod & Bar Committee joined the LPROC to become the new Long Products Rolling Technology Committee (LPRTC). Elections for 2008–2009 officers took place, with Larry Dalke of Nucor Steel Seattle elected as chair, Ty Hall of CMC Steel Texas as vice chair, and Jim Buhl of Nucor Steel Seattle as papers chair. Future committee meeting sites are The Timken Co. in November and CMC Steel Texas in the spring of 2009. Mike Engestram, committee chair for TCSS (Technical Committee for Structural Shapes) was an invited guest to observe AIST committee involvement. He offered a synopsis of structural shape developments since 1988.