AFS Promotes Casting Industry at SAE 2001 Congress.
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 promoted the metalcasting industry at the Society of Automotive
Engineers SAE International (SAE) is a professional organization for mobility engineering professionals in aerospace, automotive and the commercial vehicle industries.
The Society is a standards development organization for the engineering of powered vehicles of all kinds, including 2001 World Congress, held March 5-8 in Cobo Hall Cobo Hall, officially Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center, is a convention center situated in downtown Detroit, Michigan, USA. It and the adjacent Cobo Arena are named for Albert E. Cobo, mayor of Detroit from 1950 to 1957. , Detroit.
Engineered Casting Solutions and CastingSource Directory issues were
distributed to attendees, and casting entries from ECS' first
annual casting contest were on display. In addition, technical sessions
featured more than 30 metalcasting presentations, including an AFS
session, "Successes in Transportation Casting Designs."
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