Introduction to Ferrous Metallurgy
One-day course focussing on the manufacture, fabrication and metallurgy of steels and cast irons
The next virtual course will take place on Thursday 27 March 2025.
We are delighted to be working with experienced trainer Clayton Thomas to offer this one-day short course on Stainless Steels.
This course will improve your understanding of the metallurgy and application of stainless steels. It will look at the various grades and the effect that alloying and heat treatment have on their properties. It will also explore corrosion mechanisms in stainless steels and provide guidance on grade selection and application.
This course is one of nine courses in the IOM3 Metallurgy in Practice suite. If you attend this and two of the other courses in the series, you will receive an IOM3 Certificate in Metallurgy in Practice. Book all three courses at once to receive a discounted rate.
Who is the course aimed at?
The course is aimed at personnel who work in engineering, production and design and who manufacture or supply engineering components. This includes buyers and salespersons. It will also be a useful introduction to the subject for new starters and graduate engineers.
How much does the course cost?
The fee for this one day course is £570 +VAT at 20% where applicable. IOM3 members and subscribers to our Business Partner Programme are entitled to a discount of 10% on the course fee.
A special rate of £99 is availble to Student & Early Career members of IOM3.
How is the course structured?
The virtual course covers:
- Introduction
What are stainless steels
Where are they used
Metallurgy of stainless steels
The role of alloying elements, including the Schaeffler diagram and the significance of the PREN - Metallurgy, properties and application of the various grades including:
Austenitic
Ferritic
Martensitic
Precipitation Hardened
Duplex - Corrosion and corrosion resistance of Stainless Steels including:
Pitting and localised corrosion
Galvanic corrosion
Environmentally assisted fracture
Corrosion testing and quality control - Fabrication and Processiong of Stainless steels including:
Welding
Heat treatment
Machinability - Application and selection for specific environments
High temperature
Aqueous conditions including seawater
Acids and Alkalis
By the end of the course what will I have learnt?
- Understand the metallurgy of various grades of stainless steels and their processing and selection
- What types of corrosion they are susceptible to
- How to select and use various grades
- Understand the potential issues that affect the grades
Register to attend the next course
Virtual course using Zoom
9:30am to 4:30pm, Thursday 27 March
Find out more and register to complete the IOM3 Certificate in Metallurgy in Practice
Your trainer - Dr Clayton Thomas MMet ARSM MICorr
Clayton studied metallurgy at Imperial College and gained a PhD from the University of Sheffield looking at offshore corrosion fatigue. After working for British Steel Technical as a metallurgical investigator and then corrosion test laboratory manager, he joined Cameron (now called One Subsea) in 1990. He eventually became senior metallurgist and worked on major topside and offshore projects for operators such as BP, Shell, AGIP, Total, and Conoco. He also had responsibility for the material selection and corrosion prevention for topside and subsea projects and for the metallurgy and welding of equipment including wellheads, BOPs, flowlines, choke valves, risers, manifolds, Christmas trees and associated items.
Since 2000 Clayton has been director of Lloyd-Thomas Consultancy Ltd, providing metallurgical support and training. He has continued to work in oil and gas as well as other engineering sectors, such as power engineering, aerospace and biomedical, has carried out numerous failures investigations and has acted as an expert witness in litigation cases.
He has run over 250 metallurgy courses on various aspects of metallurgy and has been working with IOM3 since 2020.
