Conference turnout best in eight years.More than 200 foundrymen and suppliers attended the 50th New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Regional Conference recently in Sturbridge, MA, making it the organization's largest turnout in eight years. The record attendance provides ample evidence of the increasing need among metalcasters to share information on everything from the waste management problems to the latest in metalcasting process technology, said Glen Petit, New England technical liaison chairman, and George Caligan, Connecticut Chapter secretary, conference co-chairmen. Keynote speaker for the conference, David P. Kanicki, publisher/ editor of modern casting, said there was indeed a thirst for information, but noted that it was not a new phenomenon. He contrasted concerns of the foundrymen in the 1890s with those of the 1990s. Excecpt for environmental and global competitive problems, he found that the 100-year difference hadn't significantly changed priorities for foundrymen. Reading from 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 Transactions of the first meeting of the fledgling American Foundrymen's Society in Philadelphia in 1896, Kanicki quoted: "...The subjects for discussion at this meeting indicate that your society means to be progressive and not unmindful that the close of the present century demands intelligent answers and demanding investigation and solution." He cited five competitive issues facing foundrymen today and showed the remarkable parallel each has to issues of a century ago. included are creating and implementing new technologies, environmental concerns, global markets, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and customer needs. Kanicki warned that the foundry business is changing like other industries from a national market to a global one. The race for a share of production dominance will go to those who are willing and able to accept and capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the reality of the new global market, he said. Waste Control George Boyd George Boyd may refer to:
"In 1980, 40% of the public was concerned about environmental issues; in 1989, it had risen to 80%, a rise fueled more by the often faulty data and publicity disseminated by protectionist groups and legislators than by scientific fact," Boyd said. "Waste risk is a political subject today, and foundries must enter that arena or be forced to react to every perceived environmental infraction Violation or infringement; breach of a statute, contract, or obligation. The term infraction is frequently used in reference to the violation of a particular statute for which the penalty is minor, such as a parking infraction. INFRACTION. ." He described how several eastern Pennsylvania foundries solved their landfill problem by forming a corporation and buying a landfill site landfill site n → vertedero landfill site n → centre m d'enfouissement des déchets landfill site land n for their exclusive use. He said the process of getting waste study grants, enlisting political and foundry support and managing the site is time-consuming and difficult, but possible even in today's hostile environmental climate. He closed by urging foundrymen to become politically involved as part of the solution to their survival as viable businesses. The high cost of foundry accidents was illustrated by Nancy Sladyk, loss control manager, Taylor & Fenn Co, and Peter Jukowski, senior loss control consultant, EBI See electron beam imaging. Companies. They related the increase in insurance premiums over a period of time after an accident and the uninsured-and often hidden-costs that must be added to the insured (medical, compensation payments) costs. Sladyk also noted the higher sales required to equalize e·qual·ize v. e·qual·ized, e·qual·iz·ing, e·qual·iz·es v.tr. 1. To make equal: equalized the responsibilities of the staff members. 2. To make uniform. the expenses of an accident, revealing that an accident costing $1 00,000 would need a sales increase of $2 million. In other technical presentations, George Totten, Union Carbide Union Carbide Corporation (Union Carbide) is one of the oldest chemical and polymers companies in the United States, and currently has more than 3,800 employees. , discussed the effects and controls required when using polyethylene alkylene glycol glycol (glī`kōl), dihydric alcohol in which the two hydroxyl groups are bonded to different carbon atoms; the general formula for a glycol is (CH2)n(OH)2. in an aluminum heat treating quenchant bath. Fred Wordel, Hill and Griffith Co, and Bruce McMellon, Vulcan Engineering Co, Inc, examined the causes and effects of hot molding sand on casting quality, recommending procedural practices and equipment to control the problem. |
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