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AFS Texas chapter hosts casting simulation seminar.


On Dec. 7, Denison Industries, Denison, Texas Denison is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 22,773 at the 2000 census, but had increased to an estimated population of 23,957 in July 2006. , will be hosting a seminar on casting simulation software Simulation software is based on the process of imitating a real phenomenon with a set of mathematical formulas. It is, essentially, a program that allows the user to observe an operation through simulation without actually running the program.  as part of the 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
 Texas Chapter's Texas Troubleshooters program. Steve Sikorski, engineering manager at Magma Foundry Technologies Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., will be presenting the gating, simulation, process considerations and microstructure mi·cro·struc·ture  
n.
The structure of an organism or object as revealed through microscopic examination.


microstructure
Noun

a structure on a microscopic scale, such as that of a metal or a cell
 prediction capabilities of Magmasoft simulation software. The talk will focus on nonferrous diecasting, permanent mold and low-pressure permanent mold applications. The event also will include a plant tour of 2006 Casting of the Year winner Denison Industries.

For more information, contact Shawn Ingram, Denison Industries, at 903/786-6565.
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Title Annotation:AFS/CMI NEWS
Publication:Modern Casting
Date:Nov 1, 2006
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