10 presentations that can help you now: CastExpo'08 featured
66 worthy technical presentations. The following is a look at 10 th
1 Cleaner Aluminum Melts in Foundries
2 Aging Effect on Cast Iron Machinability
3 Reducing Gas From Cores in Magnesium Melts
4 Desirable Sand Properties With Aeration Filling
5 Effect of Ti . . .
Calendar of events.(Calendar)
July
July 31-August 1--AFS Marketing and Selling of Castings Conference,
The Westin O'Hare, Rosemont, Ill.
August
August 24-27--AFS 20th EHS Conference, Hilton St. Louis at the
Ballpark, St. . . .
Obituaries.(Richard B. Jones employee of American Foundry Society
)(Richard W. Moore employee of Hamilton-Porcelein)(Robert M. H
Richard B. Jones, Hampstead, N.C., died May 3, 2008. He was 81.
Jones was director of the American Foundry Society (AFS) from 1978-1981.
He began his metalcasting career with J.F. McCormick in the . . .
Chime after chime.(SHAKEOUT: In case you didn't know
...)(Great Bell)(Brief article)
Last month marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Big Ben,
officially known as the Great Bell, housed in the Great Clock of
Westminster in London, England. Impressively, the bell still chimes . . .
Changing the view results in more than meets the eye.(New
Product)
When Nemak Canada Corp.'s Windsor Aluminum Plant, Windsor,
Ontario, Canada, decided to replace its outdated four-camera 2-D
inspection system, it originally wanted to upgrade to the latest . . .
Cleaning house with dry ice.(New Product)(Ramsden Industries
Ltd.)
Protecting casting molds is a must, but problems can arise when
they need cleaning. As Ramsden Industries Ltd., London, Ontario, Canada,
discovered, the marriage of coating to mold is a breeze. . . .
CMI course schedule.(AFS/CMI NEWS)(Brief
article)(Calendar)
CMI Course Schedule
May 26 June 29 Gating & Riser Design (66-08) Internet
June 3-6 Practical Green Sand Platteville, Wis.
Control-Ferrous . . .
Selling value.(NOVEL SOLUTIONS)(business book )(Book
review)
The business book, a category that barely trickled a few decades
ago, today overflows. Value Merchants, by James C. Anderson, Nirmalya
Kumar and James A. Narus in particular is one business book . . .
2008 AFS/ECS casting competition: Carley Foundry's shiny
blue oil tank took home this year's prize for Casting of the Year,
but
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Castings aren't always aesthetically pleasing, but when they
are, it's worth taking a closer look. The 2008 Casting of the Year
(pictured) is one of the beautiful ones. But . . .
OSHA increases focus on combustible dust.(On the
Hill)(occupational safety and health administration)(Brief
article)
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
recently reissued its Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program (NEP)
Instruction in order to increase enforcement activities and . . .
Obituaries.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Hans-Joachim Laempe was the managing
director of Laempe & Mossner GmbH)(Robert R. Weber member of the
Hans-Joachim Laempe, Schopfheim, Germany, died April 15, 2008. He
was 59. Laempe was the managing director of Laempe & Mossner, GmbH,
Schopfheim, Germany. An avid private pilot, Laempe was killed . . .
Calendar of events.(Brief article)(Calendar)
May
May 17-20--CastExpo'08, Georgia World Congress Center,
Atlanta.
May 30--Canadian Foundry Association Annual Meeting, Le Royal
Meridien King Edward, Toronto.
July
July 31-August 1--AFS . . .
Georg Fischer accepts aluminum foam prototype from Cymat.(North
America)(Georg Fischer AG and Cymat Corp.)(Brief article)
Georg Fischer, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, recently accepted a
prototype from Cymat, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, for a part
commissioned on Sept. 18, 2007. that contains aluminum foam in . . .
Wake up and pay attention.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
How do you slap an industry?
The last few months I have had the opportunity to speak to hundreds
of casting buyers at a variety of seminars and trade shows. While the
typical conversation . . .
Cast as a criminal.(SHAKEOUT: In case you didn't know
...)
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Here's a suggestion for every metalcaster's movie
library: The Lavender Hill Mob, a 1951 Oscar-winning film starring Alec
Guinness and Stanley Holloway. The premise: a bank . . .
CastExpo'08 attendee registration open.(AFS/CMI
NEWS)
Attendee registration for CastExpo'08 opened online Feb. I at
www.castexpo.com. Full CastExpo registration includes entrance to the
exhibits, as well as admittance to more than 200 technical . . .
New Student Chapter at Texas State Univ.-San Marcos.(AFS/CMI
NEWS)(Organization overview)(Brief article)
At the January American Foundry Society, (AFS) board of directors
meeting, a petition was approved to create a new AFS Student Chapter at
Texas State Univ., San Marcos, Texas. The new student . . .
Q. How can I reduce my gas consumption for molten metal
blanketing.(Ask the Expert)
A By reducing the oxygen content above the induction furnace, inert
gases--typically argon--have proven benefits for blanketing molten
metal, including higher yields, lower alloy fading, . . .
CMI course schedule.(AFS/CMI NEWS)(Calendar)
CMI Course Schedule
April 15-17 Introduction to Metalcasting Schaumburg, Ill.
(58-08)
April 22-24 Analysis & Reduction of Casting Schaumburg, Ill.
. . .
Permanent mold publication available.(AFS/CMI NEWS)
The American Foundry Society's (AFS) Proceedings of the 6th
International Conference on Permanent Mold Casting of Aluminum and
Magnesium now is available. The publication includes the . . .
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