AFS teaches design to military engineers, hosts Tours for DLA.Working in conjunction with the American Metalcasting Consortium (AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. ), Alfred Spada, 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 director of marketing, communications & public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , helped teach a day-long class on casting design for 20 designers working at Watervliet Arsenal/Benet Laboratories, Watervliet, N.Y. This was the second class designed for the U.S. military that AFS helped lead. The U.S. Department of Defense, through AMC, has identified effective casting design as an invaluable tool to reduce costs and improve the readiness of the U.S. military. These classes teach military design engineers how to more effectively design castings and redesign forgings and fabrications to castings, increasing the functionality of their end products. "AFS is proud to be able to take part in these casting design seminars," Spada said. "Unlocking the power of casting design for these design engineers means we are helping to produce better and more cost-effective technology for our U.S. military." In addition to the seminars, several metalcasters, including Bimac Corp., Dayton, Ohio, Morris Bean & Co., Yellow Springs, Ohio Yellow Springs is a village in Greene County, Ohio, United States, and is the home of Antioch College. The population was 3,761 at the 2000 census, and was estimated at 3,665 in July 2005 (a -2.6% change). , and Danko Arlington Inc., Baltimore, Md., have opened their doors to Defense Supply Center personnel. In addition to tours of their facilities, these companies introduced DLA DLA dog leukocyte antigen. personnel to metalcasting materials and processes. Eighty-five personnel representing Ogden Air Logistics, NAVSEA NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA Naval Avionics Support Equipment Appraisal Keyport and Picatinny Arsenal also have attended metalcasting training in recent months. AMC is developing innovative new metalcasting technology and processes in support of the Defense Logistics Agency's rapid procurement of cast parts. AMC consists of the four metalcasting industry associations: American Foundry Society, North American Die Casting Association, Non Ferrous Founders' Society, and Steel Founders Society of America. For more information, contact Alfred Spada at 847/824-0181 x281. |
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