Stephanie Gransden Email & Phone Number

Oswego, New York, United States

After spending a couple years in Remelt learning about aluminum ingot casting and the recycling part of the business, I had the opportunity to return to the hot mill in a leadership role.

Oswego, Ny

I’m going for the trifecta! Currently working in the Remelt manufacturing unit trying to learn how different ingot casting is from billet casting.

Oswego, Ny

Primary responsibility is creating production routes for products sold through the Specialty Products division (industrial products, distributor stock, light gauge and clad materials).

Oswego, Ny

My first project in the Hot Mill was scalping Novelis Fusion ingots. Fusion is a technology that enables multiple alloys to be cast in layers in a single ingot. The scalping process is critical in establishing the correct ratio of outer layer thickness to core thickness. I worked with the Automation department to fine-tune the calculation that determines the scalp depth in order to improve product consistency and first pass yield. From there I moved to developing preheat and rolling practices for new products, as well as adjusting existing practices to reduce energy consumption, improve product and process consistency and improve first pass yield.

Oswego, Ny

I transferred to the Alcan: Oswego Works plant as a Cold Mill Process Engineer, where I was responsible for Finishing Process Control. At the time, Alcan had three slitting lines, where the rolled aluminum sheet is cut to customer-specified width and length, and in the case of can-body stock, a prelube (oil) is applied. During that time, I was part of a team that increased the line speed of our newest slitter from 4500fpm to 5500fpm, and reduced prelube waste by approximately 10%. [Alcan spun off its rolled products division into a new, independent company named Novelis in 2005, hence the dual company name.]

Sebree, Ky

My first position with Alcan was Casthouse Process Engineer, where I was primarily responsible for billet casting and then molten metal treatment (MMT). I led the development of casting practices for two new Wagstaff Airslip casting tables and implemented preventive maintenance programs for their upkeep. On the MMT side, I was the lead process engineer on the project to replace our original Alcoa 528 filter boxes with Alcan Compact Degassers and ceramic foam filters (CFFs). I worked with Selee Corporation to commission their High Velocity Burners, used to preheat the CFFs.