2011 ATI All rights reserved The Outline of

The Outline of this presentation will be: Allegheny Technologies: • Mission • Scope •

• Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) is one of the largest and most diversified

Status of Superconducting Material 2 nd Workshop on Superconducting RF Cavity Technology and Industrialization

History 1956 Wah Chang Opens Plant in Albany, Oregon 1967 Teledyne, Inc. Acquires Wah

History 1999 Allegheny Teledyne Buys OREMET 1999 Allegheny Teledyne Spins Off and Changes Name

Alloy Focus Elements Melting Point and Density ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. 13

Forms • Flat Products Foil ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. Plate Strip Sheet

Forms • Round Products Bar / Billet Rod Ingot ® 2011 ATI. All Rights

Electron Beam Melting (Albany, Oregon) Control Station ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. Furnace

GFM Rotary Forging (Albany, Oregon) Rotary Forging ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. Press

Cold Rolling (Albany, Oregon) Cold Rolling Flat Products ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved.

Superconducting & High Energy Physics Commonly Used Alloys Nb 55 Ti Nb 7. 5

Superconducting Material Supplier to: • • • Tevatron – Fermilab RHIC – Brookhaven National

Current Supply Position • Routine production of Nb. RRR > 300 • Multiple EB

Material Challenges facing ILC • Estimated requirement for Nb. RRR is approximately 600 tons

ATI Wah Chang Standards & Certifications • • • ISO 9001: 2000 SAE AS

Analytical Laboratory Capabilities • • Inductively-Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectroscopy Plasma Emission Spectroscopy Water Analysis Gamma

Metallurgical Laboratory Capabilities • Tensile Testing • • Hardness Testing Formability Testing Tube Pressure

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The Outline of this presentation will be: Allegheny Technologies: • Mission • Scope • Future Investments • Technical Depth ATI Wah Chang: • History • Elemental Focus • Niobium Production • Product Forms • Manufacturing Capabilities • Common Alloys • Superconducting Projects • Current Supply Status • Material Challenges • Standards • Laboratory Capabilities

• Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) is one of the largest and most diversified specialty metals producers in the world. • Our major markets are aerospace and defense, chemical process industry/oil and gas, electrical energy, medical, automotive, food equipment and appliance, machine and cutting tools, and construction and mining • Our products include titanium and titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys and superalloys, grain-oriented electrical steel, stainless and specialty steels, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, tungsten materials, forgings, castings, and fabrication and machining capabilities. ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. 4

Status of Superconducting Material 2 nd Workshop on Superconducting RF Cavity Technology and Industrialization for the International Linear Collider Tony Nelson 24 July 2011

History 1956 Wah Chang Opens Plant in Albany, Oregon 1967 Teledyne, Inc. Acquires Wah Chang and becomes Teledyne Wah Chang 1984 Teledyne Wah Chang Opens Huntsville, Alabama Facility 1996 Allegheny Ludlum and Teledyne Combine to Form Allegheny Teledyne ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. Construction of Albany Plant 1956 11

History 1999 Allegheny Teledyne Buys OREMET 1999 Allegheny Teledyne Spins Off and Changes Name to Allegheny Technologies (ATI) 2002 ATI Merges Ti Wire to Wah Chang 2003 ATI Merges Midwest Labs to Wah Chang 2006 Planned Restart of Ti Sponge Facility at Building no. 1 in 2006 OREMET Site ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. 12

Superconducting & High Energy Physics Commonly Used Alloys Nb 55 Ti Nb 7. 5 Ta Nb 47 Ti Nb Type 1 Nb Type 2 Nb. RRR ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. Illustration of the International Linear Collider (ILC) – Courtesy of CERN 20

Superconducting Material Supplier to: • • • Tevatron – Fermilab RHIC – Brookhaven National Lab Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – CERN ITER Spallation Neutron Source – ORNL ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. 21

Current Supply Position • Routine production of Nb. RRR > 300 • Multiple EB furnaces for Niobium production • Cold mill and finishing capability for Nb. RRR sheet • Routinely produce and supply Nb 55 Ti in various forms ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. 22

Material Challenges facing ILC • Estimated requirement for Nb. RRR is approximately 600 tons over 3 years • Production of Nb. RRR requires significant EB melt capacity • Material supply will require advanced planning • Supply chain risks can be mitigated through advance material purchase and long term supply agreements ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. 23

ATI Wah Chang Standards & Certifications • • • ISO 9001: 2000 SAE AS 9100 ISO 17025 MIL-I-45208 PED 97/23/EC MIL-Q-9858 10 CFR 50 EN 10204 3. 1 ASME NCA 3800 ASME NQA-1 ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. 24

Analytical Laboratory Capabilities • • Inductively-Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectroscopy Plasma Emission Spectroscopy Water Analysis Gamma Ray Spectroscopy Scanning Electron Spectroscopy Particle Size Analysis X-Ray Diffraction Interstitial Gas Analysis ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. 25

Metallurgical Laboratory Capabilities • Tensile Testing • • Hardness Testing Formability Testing Tube Pressure Testing Shape Memory Alloy Testing Vacuum Heat Treatment Microstructure Evaluation Scanning Electron Microscopy Metallography ® 2011 ATI. All Rights Reserved. 26