Foundrymen gather in 'Heart of America' for CastExpo '02. (CastExpo '02).Over 6,530 foundrymen from across the world gathered in Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). from May 4-7 for CastExpo '02 and the 106th 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 Casting Congress. This was the first CastExpo held in Kansas City and only the second Casting Congress. The show featured more than 325 exhibits and 56 technical and management sessions covering the latest in technological and technical advances for the industry. Engineered Casting Solutions and the AFS Marketing Div. displayed the 15 honorees from their second annual casting contest. The Casting of the Year designation was awarded to Prototype Casting, Inc.'s, AZ91D magnesium castings for the InFocus Projector, which were converted to castings from plastic injection molding injection molding n. A manufacturing process for forming objects, as of plastic or metal, by heating the molding material to a fluid state and injecting it into a mold. . Daryl F. Hoyt, president of Foundry Sand Technology, delivered the prestigious Charles Edgar Hoyt Memorial Lecture. Hoyt's address, "The Future of the Foundry was 'Cast' in the Past," detailed significant advances throughout the history of metalcasting and the importance of employee training. CastExpo concluded on Tuesday night with the AFS Annual Banquet. Paul L. Barker, Jr., director-industrial engineering for Dalton Corp., Warsaw, Indiana Warsaw is a city in, and the county seat of, Kosciusko County, Indiana, United StatesGR6. The population was 12,415, as of the 2000 census. Cradled between Winona Lake, Pike Lake and Center Lake, Warsaw is nicknamed "Lake City , and Alan P. Volkmar, retired research and development manager for Brillion Iron Works I´ron works` a. 1. See under Iron, a. os> , Brillion, Wisconsin Brillion is a city in Calumet County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 2,937 at the 2000 census. The city is located within the Town of Brillion, though it is politically independent. , were presented the industry's highest honor with the William H. McFadden Gold Medal and the Joseph S. Seaman Gold Medal, respectively. Earlier on Tuesday at the President's Luncheon and Annual Business Meeting, Harry J. Galloway III, technical services manager, Unimin Corp., Belvidere, Illinois; David V. Neff, manager of molten metal treatment, Metaullics Systems Co. L.P., Solon, Ohio; and Geoffrey K. Sigworth, president, 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, Dunedin, Florida; received AFS Awards of Scientific Merit. Also, the AFS Service Citations were awarded to Bruce W. Dienst, president, Simpson Technologies Corp., Aurora, Illinois; Steven L. Imm, assistant plant manager, Waupaca Foundry, Inc., Waupaca, Wisconsin; Stephen A. Sauer, corporate metallurgist/sales, Carpenter Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee; Warren A. Scott, retired, Scott Sales Co., Huntington Park, California Huntington Park is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 61,348. History Named for prominent industrialist Henry Huntington, Huntington Park was incorporated in 1906 as a streetcar suburb for ; and Douglas M. Trinowski, vice president technical, HA International, Westmont, Illinois, Stephen P. Ducharme, technical sales, H. Kramer Co., York, Pennsylvania, received the 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. Director's Award.
106th Casting Congress Attendance Breakdown
Division Number of Attendance Average
Sessions per Session
Engineering 6 413 68.8
Aluminum 10 941 94.1
Copper 3 133 44.3
Molding 7.5 403 53.7
Iron 10.5 737 70.2
Pattern 2 43 21.5
Melting 4 256 64.0
Steel 3 106 35.3
EHS 4 133 33.2
Lost Foam 3 175 58.3
Marketing 1 31 31.0
Magnesium 1 21 21.0
TOTALS 55 3392 61.7
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