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2007 AMC Technology conference includes E-357 project.


The 2007 American Metalcasting Consortium (AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. ) Annual Technology Review was held Oct. 24-25 in Rosemont, Ill. The two day event featured presentations on programs that are helping the Defense Logistics Agency Noun 1. Defense Logistics Agency - a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions
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After introductory remarks by Thornton White, Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), and Dan Gearing, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the CAST-IT team reviewed technical and procurement support activities provided by the team to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. ). Presenters included Tom Prucha, AFS vice president of technical services, who reviewed the E-357 aluminum statistical properties project, Prof. Von Richards, UMR, who presented the machinability of ferrous castings project, and Dr. Marget Joyce, Western Michigan Univ., (WMU) reviewed a refractory coating thickness project.

For more information on this year's event, contact Prucha at tprucha@afsinc.org.
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Title Annotation:AFS/CMI NEWS
Publication:Modern Casting
Article Type:Conference news
Date:Dec 1, 2007
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