1999 AFS Transactions Now Available.The 1999 AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System Transactions Limited Edition, containing presentations from the 103rd Casting Congress as well as progress and final reports on AFS research, now is available. Developed by the technical and management divisions of AFS, the publication can help readers update their knowledge of metalcasting, increase profits by applying state-of-the-art procedures to production lines and improve operations with a ready reference of facts and figures on every casting process. In addition to the official program of last year's Casting Congress, Div. awards, and reports and minutes of the 1998-99 board meetings, Transactions contains more than 100 papers, including: "Heat Treatment Effects on Tooling Allowance in Investment Casting investment casting Precision casting for forming metal shapes with minutely precise details. Casting bronze or precious metals typically involves several steps, including forming a mold around the sculptured form; detaching the mold (in two or more sections); coating its ," 'Physiological Cost of Manual Metal Pouring Operations," "New Coldbox Binder binder: see combine. An earlier Microsoft Office workbook file that let users combine related documents from different Office applications. The documents could be viewed, saved, opened, e-mailed and printed as a group. System for Improved Productivity," "Die Design Strategy for Improved Productivity and Quality Die Casting die casting Forming metal objects by injecting molten metal under pressure into dies or molds. An early and important use of the technique was in the Linotype machine (1884), but the mass-production automobile assembly line gave die casting its real impetus. ," and "Mold Materials for Permanent Molding of Aluminum Alloys This is a list of alloys for which an article exists in Wikipedia (or is proposed but not yet written). They are grouped by base metal, in order of increasing atomic number. Within these headings they are in no particular order. ." |
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