Deep in the heart of Texas: the metalcasting community gathered in Houston for innovation and problem solving.A MODERN CASTING Staff Report By the Numbers: 1,813 Total number of attendees at the 111th Metalcasting Congress. North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. metalcasters and their suppliers arrived in Houston en masse en masse adv. In one group or body; all together: The protesters marched en masse to the capitol. [French : en, in + masse, mass. May 15-18 for the 111th Metacasting Congress, where 217 exhibiting companies and 56 technical and management sessions awaited them. The metalcasting gathering, co-sponsored by the American Foundry Society (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 ) and the North American Die Casting die casting Forming metal objects by injecting molten metal under pressure into dies or molds. An early and important use of the technique was in the Linotype machine (1884), but the mass-production automobile assembly line gave die casting its real impetus. Association (NADCA NADCA National Air Duct Cleaners Association NADCA North American Die Casting Association NADCA National Aboriginal Dance Council Australia NADCA National Animal Damage Control Association NADCA North American Draft Cross Association, Inc ), is held each year to reveal the latest advancements and technology developed for the industry. Technical and management sessions, which were held Tuesday through Friday, featured speakers from industry suppliers to metalcasting facility personnel and academic denizens. The sessions reached a crescendo with the Hoyt Memorial Lecture, "The Engineering Profession in the 21st Century--Educational Needs and Societal Challenges Facing the Profession," by Diran Apelian, which was presented Friday morning (see p. 45). Between sessions, attendees visited the exhibit hall for the latest product developments and one-on-one communication with suppliers. At the Congress, AFS announced its Board of Directors for the beginning of the '06/'07 fiscal year. Albert Lucchetti, president, Cumberland Foundry, will serve as AFS President, Paul Mikkola, president, Metal Casting Metal casting A metal-forming process whereby molten metal is poured into a cavity or mold and, when cooled, solidifies and takes on the characteristic shape of the mold. Technology, will serve as AFS Vice President, and Stephen H. Reynolds, foundry general manager, Lufkin Industries Lufkin Industries NASDAQ: LUFK is a manufacturing company based in Lufkin, Texas and one of the largest employers in the city. Founded in 1902, it produces machinery such as oilfield pumping units, electrical equipment and trailers for trucks. , will serve as AFS 2nd Vice President. New AFS Directors also were appointed. They are Thomas G. Brown, vice president, Benton Foundry Inc.; Walter Chaput, marketing manager, Omnisource; James Gartland Jr., president, Atlas Foundry Co. Inc.; Timothy McMillin, director of marketing and product development, Fairmount Minerals; Chris Notch, president, Denison Industries Inc.; and Michael Selz, sales manager-commercial casting, Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Co. New CMI (Computer-Managed Instruction) Using computers to organize and manage an instructional program for students. It helps create test materials, tracks the results and monitors student progress. Directors appointed this year were Stephen Lane, regional sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → , Southland Metals; Leigh Omer, foundry manager, Fresno Valves and Castings Inc.: and Stephen Sauer, corporate metallurgist/technical sales, Carpenter Brothers Inc. This year's Casting of the Year, presented by the AFS Marketing Div. and Engineered Casting Solutions magazine also was displayed. The seventh annual award went to Smith Foundry Co., Minneapolis, for its Rangeland Planter Boot Casting, a conversion from a steel weldment weld·ment n. A unit composed of an assemblage of pieces welded together. Noun 1. weldment - an assembly of parts welded together assembly - a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit (see p. 30). Wednesday evening, the industry's premier awards--the AFS Gold Medals--were awarded to Hathibelagal Roshan and Gary Thoe during the AFS Annual Banquet. Roshan and Thoe have spent decades working in the metalcasting industry as leaders in casting technology. The Congress concluded with the President's Luncheon on May 18, where the awards of Scientific Merit, Service Citations and CMI Director's award (see p. 43) were given. Roshan, Thoe Take Home Gold AFS Gold Medals were awarded to Hathibelagal M. Roshan and Gary L. Thoe during the Annual Banquet at the Metalcasting Congress this year. Roshan received the Thomas W. Pangborn Gold Medal for his technical and training contributions, which have served to advance and educate the industry worldwide through development of internet Cast Metals Institute (CMI) courses, and for his leadership in utilizing solidification modeling to advance the metalcasting industry. Roshan serves as chief metallurgist at Maynard Steel Casting Steel casting is a manufacturing process in which molten metal is poured into a mold, allowed to solidify within the mold, and then the mold is broken and the solid piece is taken out. Co., Milwaukee. He was awarded the AFS Award of Scientific Merit in 2001 and has authored or contributed to more than 100 technical papers. He also was awarded the CMI Director's Award this year. Thoe received the Peter L. Simpson Gold Medal for his achievement in business leadership. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. AFS, Thoe excels in "understanding customer desires, motivating and inspiring all employees to their greatest potential and fostering an in-depth knowledge of casting technology and business in the management of a production metalcasting facility." He is a founding member of the Northeast Wisconsin AFS Chapter and served on the AFS national Board of Directors from 1999-2003. He has spoken at numerous regional conferences and as an FEF FEF forced expiratory flow. FEF abbr. forced expiratory flow FEF forced expiratory flow rate. keynote speaker. Scientific Merit Awards At the President's Luncheon on the last day of the congress, AFS handed out its Awards of Scientific Merit and Service Citations. James Archibald, senior business development-Asia, Ashland Specialty Chemical Co., Dublin, Ohio, received the Award of Scientific Merit for furthering coldbox resin technology on a global basis and sharing his experience in the materials, methods and cost to produce metal castings from a global perspective. His James Archibald efforts have been seen through his work with AFS, writing and presenting technical papers and teaching courses at CMI. A second Award of Scientific Merit was given to Harold Michels, vice president of technical and information services See Information Systems. and manager of technical services, Copper Development Association, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , for his contributions to cast copper alloys, developing the antimicrobial properties of cast copper alloys, improving the corrosion resistance of cast nickel-aluminum bronze castings and contributing to the promotion of unleaded cast copper alloys for potable potable /pot·a·ble/ (po´tah-b'l) fit to drink. po·ta·ble adj. Fit to drink; drinkable. potable fit to drink. water service. Service Citations Gerald Wilkinson, manager of the chemical and metallurgical laboratory at Kohler Co., Kohler, Wis., was awarded a service citation for his service to AFS on the local and national levels, including his support of the Cast Iron Div.'s research missions. Mark Ziegler, director of foundry technical sales, Unimin Corp., Rockford, Ill., also was recognized with a Service Citation for his commitment to the metalcasting industry through participation in national committees and local chapters. Witt and Taylor Awards The Ray H. Witt Award, which recognizes the authors of an AFS management or marketing paper exhibiting the greatest probability of favorably impacting the metalcasting industry was given this year to Michael Swartzlander, Ashland Performance Materials, Dublin, Ohio, and LiYong-Sheng, China Foundry Association, Beijing, for their paper, "An Overview of the Chinese Metal Casting Market" (06-073). Martin Gagne and Simon Leclerc, both of Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium Inc., and Stefan Helgee, Nils Stenbacka and Jorma Tani, Linde Gas, were presented with the Howard F. Taylor Award for their paper, "Welding Ductile Iron to Steel: A Reality" (06-102). The Taylor Award is given to the authors of the technical paper with the longest lasting impact on the metalcasting industry. AFS Division Awards Winners Engineering Division Norris B. Luther Distinguished Service Award Terrance Wilson, NSF-ISR Jeff Westover Award (in Industrial Engineering) John Kuhn, Rimrock Rimrock is the sheer rock wall at the upper edge of a plateau, canyon, or geological uplift. It may refer to either the rock formation or to the rock itself. Rimrock may be composed of almost any stone—basalt, gneiss, granite, sandstone, etc.—and is frequently layered. Corp Plant Engineering Award GM Powertrain-Saginaw Metal Casting Operations Best Paper Award Simulation of Core Gas Production during Mold Fill (06-138) Preston Scarber Jr., Charles Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. , The Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Aluminum Division Hall/Heroult Scientific Merit Award Rafael Gallo, Foseco Metallurgical Glenn Stahl Service Award Randall Oehrlein, Carley Foundry William Frishmuth Award James Ball, Denison Industries Best Paper Award Chemistry/Property Relationships in AA 206 Alloys (06-029) J. Fred Major, Alcan International Geoffrey Sigworth, GKS (Graphical Kernel System) A device-independent graphics language for 2D, 3D and bitmapped graphics images. It allows graphics applications to be developed on one system and easily moved to another with minimal or no change. Engineering Services Copper Alloy Division David Kunkel Distinguished Service Award Kumar Sadayappan, CANMET/MTL Molding Methods and Materials Division Best Paper Award Using "Gate Extensions" to Produce Thin-Wall Castings (06-068) Ralph Showman, Ronald Aufderheide, Nigel Yeomans, Ashland Performance Materials Cast Iron Division Outstanding Individual Service Martin Gagne, Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Outstanding New Committee Person Prabhaker Gangasani, Wells Mfg. Group Service Award Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Best Paper Award On the Thermal Stability of Ausferrite in Austempered Gray Iron Components for Long Exposure High-Temperature Applications (06-108) Kathy Hayrynen, Applied Process, Dennis Moore, Jason Parolini, Karl Rundman, Michigan Tech. Univ. Magnesium Division Sir Humphrey Davy Scientific Merit Award Victor LaFay, Hill & Griffith Outstanding Service Award Bruce Cox, DaimlerChrysler Outstanding Organization Award CMI Equipment & Engineering Best Paper Award Structural Cast Magnesium Engine Cradle (06-127) Naiyi Li, Ford Motor Co., Richard Osborne, General Motors, Bruce Cox, DaimlerChrysler Corp., Donald Penrod, Manufacturing Services & Development Inc. Melting Methods and Materials Division Excellence in Committee Activity Award Wayne Nicola, Consultant Daniel Smithburg, The Dexter Co. Best Paper Award A New Theory for Aluminum-Induced Gas Defects in Iron Castings and Potential Solutions (06-072) Seymour Katz, S. Katz Associates Steel Division Outstanding Individual Service Award Gary Scholl, Metal Casting Technology Best Paper Award An Investigation of the Causes that Lead to Burn-In/Burn-On in Heavy Section Steel Castings (06-035) Brandon Kruse, Von Richards, Phillip Jackson, Univ. of Missouri-Rolla Environmental Health and Safety Division Childress-Loebler Lifetime Achievement Award Jitendra Radia, McWane, Inc. Best Paper Award CERP CERP Continuing Education Recognition Points CERP Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (United States Army Corp of Engineers; South Florida Water Management District, and other Florida state agencies) Organic HAP HAP. An old word which signifies to catch; as, "to hap the rent," to hap the deed poll." Techn. Dict. h.t. Emission Measurements for Iron Foundries and Their Use in Development of an AFS HAP Guidance Document (06-031) George Crandell, Technikon technikon Noun S African a technical college LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , James Schifo, Keramida, Environmental Inc., Gary Mosher A mosher is a person who is crossed between goth/punk/skater they have long hair and listen to music like slipknot and metal music. Some people call them headbangers. At certain music shows they have something called a mosh pit, basically its a fight pit with loads of people bashing each other. , Mosher Environmental Inc. Lost Foam Casting Division Technical Excellence Award Thomas Gustafson, General Motors Outstanding Individual Service Award Claude Krause, Carbo car·bo n. pl. car·bos Informal A carbohydrate. Ceramics Industrial Contribution Award Foseco-Morval Best Paper Award A Pattern Decomposition Model for Lost Foam Casting of Aluminum: Part I--Contact Mode (06-012) Martin Barone (retired), David Caulk caulk also calk v. caulked also calked, caulk·ing also calk·ing, caulks also calks v.tr. 1. , General Motors Marketing Division Jack F. Steele Excellence in Marketing Award Paul Gerhardt, Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium America Outstanding Service Award Stephen Lane, Southland Metals Best Paper Award An Overview of the Chinese Metal Casting Market (06-073) Michael Swartzlander, Ashland Performance Materials, Li Yong-Sheng, China Foundry Association NADCA Awards Best Congress Paper Optimization of a Graded, Multilayer Die Casting System for Use in Aluminum Pressure Die Casting John Moore, Jianliang Lin, Sterling Myers, Sudipto Bhattacharyya, and Breajendra Mishra, Colorado School of Mines Colorado School of Mines, at Golden; state supported, coeducational; chartered 1874. It was one of the first mineral engineering schools in the United States. Peter Reid, Reid and Associates Instructor of the Year Henry Bakemeyer, Die Casting Design & Consulting Technical Committee Member of the Year Michael Cox, General Motors Powertrain |
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