Articles from Modern Casting (April 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A new metal processing Center of Excellence has been established at Case Western Reserve Univ.			60
Aarrowcast maintenance dept. reaches safety milestone.		Brief article	108
Adjustable cross-hole drill jigs.			63
AFS NW regional spotlights casting design, manufacturing.			139
Aluminum bypasses iron as second most used metal in motor vehicle applications.			203
Aluminum melting.			102
Astech Alloy Steel Technologies, Vassar, Mich., contracted Brock Solutions, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, in July 2005 to design, build and commission a new matchplate molding machine to produce a 16 x 20-in. mold size. The mold machine was delivered in January.			60
Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. installs new emissions control.			202
Automated casting finishing systems.			96
Automated melt control.			86
Automated pouring.			77
Automatic Inoculation System.			112
Automatic saw.			80
B & L Information Systems, Inc.			55
B&L Information Systems.			12
Birmingham--in February, Mike Petrus, American Cast Iron Pipe Co., presents Dave Lazor, Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corp.	Hall, Larry		33
Blast cleaning equipment.			75
Bush administration seeks to jump-start HSA proposals.			209
Business opportunities exist with metalcasting facilities from "low-cost" countries.	Chavarro G., Santiago	Letter to the editor	442
Calendar of events.		Calendar	278
Casting process modeling software.			93
CECO Environmental Corp.			37
Central Ohio--In January, Joe Alexander, Kurtz Brothers, discusses beneficial reuse of metalcasting sand.	Doerschlag, Chris		20
Ceramic media.			75
Chapter meetings.		Calendar	376
Chesapeake--In February, Dan Szekalski, Foundry Service and Supply, presents the speaker's award to Lou Fish, Asbury Graphite Mills.	Snyder, Steve		29
Clearing up graph equation error in january issue.	Oakwood, Thomas G.	Letter to the editor	154
Combating energy bills.	Bentz, Krista M.	Cover story	2133
Complete Foundry Solutions.			74
Considering growth.	Marcus, Dan		849
Consolidated Engineering Co.			24
Core automation.			68
Core Center.			77
Detroit/Windsor--in February, Richard MacDonald, Ford Motor Co., presents the speaker's award to Dr. Mark Plichta, Michigan Technological Univ. (MTU), following his presentation describing the "Enterprise Program" during Education Night at MTU.	Zindel, Jacob		64
Dewaxing Autoclave Systems.			65
Die casting/foundry supplies.			63
Diecast copper rotors improve motor efficiency.			1718
Firebrick Engineers Co., a div. of Powers Holdings Inc., Milwaukee, has acquired the assets of The Nock Refractories Co., Cleveland, a metalcasting facility distributor since 1912.			65
FKI logistex.			26
Flexible rotary blast machine.			102
Foundry Solutions & Design, Alpharetta, Ga., was awarded a turnkey contract from NEMAK Corp.'s Canadian Operations to install a complete sand processing and handling system in their Windsor, Ontario, Canada aluminum plant.			63
Foxall[R] Automated Finishing.			71
Georg Fischer commissions production-scale pilot aluminum LPFC process.			111
Hawkeye--in February, Jeff Beuthien, Univ. of Northern Iowa, presents a personalized brass plaque cast at the Univ. of Northern Iowa's Metal Casting Center to Nigel Yeomans, Ashland Casting Solutions.	Frush, Travis J.		40
Heat treating automation leads to advanced tracking system.			362
Improved core making R-O-I.			66
Innovation in shakeout.			87
Irish foundry upgrades lost foam casting capabilities.			116
Kuka Robotics Corp., Clinton Township, Mich., has been selected by C.M.H. Manufacturing.			25
MAUS automatic grinding.			84
Mercury Marine Garners Awards from J.D. Power & Assoc.		Brief article	134
Michiana--in February, James L. Brown, retired, Bremen Castings Inc., received recognition for 65 years of dedicated service to the metalcasting industry and AFS.	Woodward, Janet		51
Northeast Wisconsin--In February, Bob Braun, Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry, presents the speaker's award to Mark Sperry, Mechanical Devices.	Bradford, Steven E.		29
Northwest Pennsylvania--in February, speakers Jay Scheneck and Donald Legoullon, both of Penntap, gave their presentations on web sites and programming.	Lucas, Barb		32
NSF-funded summer project offers research, casting experience to students.			228
Obituaries.		Obituary	189
OmniSource Corp., Ft. Wayne, Ind., has acquired the business of K&F Industries in Indianapolis.			25
Ontario--in February, seven students are awarded AFS Bursary Awards during the Scholarship Meeting, held in conjunction with the Canadian Casting Industry Education Conference.	Kopysh, Steve		90
OSHA issues final rule on hexavalent chromium exposure limit.			256
Partnership is not a four letter word.	Spada, Alfred T.		640
Quality certifications.			57
Question of the month.			83
Research metalcasting facility now in operation at Clemson University as part of CETL.			152
Revere Industries invests in U.S. manufacturing.			155
Robotic problem solving: successful robotic applications in the metalcasting facility help firms reduce operational costs, improve quality and increase productivity.	Robotics, Kuka		2146
Rotary media drum.			61
SIVEX* FC filters for aluminum castings.			80
Southern California--in February, a joint meeting was held involving AFS Southern California chapter, NADCA Chapter 30, the California Metals Coalition, California Cast Metals Assn. and the Heat Treaters Assn.	Coutee, Mark		54
Superior Industries Inc., Van Nuys, Calif., was awarded new contracts from General Motors, Detroit, to supply large-diameter aluminum wheels for passenger vehicles and SUVs.			79
Superior Industries.		Brief article	82
Sutter SP Series Core Machine.			96
TB wood's simplifies gating, pouring.	Adams, Andy		1589
Texas--in January, Stefan Graf, Reich Companies, and Steve Sikorski, Magma Foundry Technologies, spoke on Robotic Casting Finishing and Casting Simulation, respectively.	Westhoff, George Jr.		36
The Federal Metal Co., Bedford, Ohio, announced that Michael Buyarski has joined the firm.			18
To cut or not to cut: metalcasters' grapple with a question.			301
Toledo--in February, Jim Gary, GM Powertrain, presents Rich Medykowski, Ashland Casting Solutions.	Muntz, Elaine		30
Ultra melt crucibles.			67
USTR unveils top-to-bottom review of U.S.-China trade policy.			209
WAF team named Wisconsin small business persons of the year.			163
Walter Industries Inc.		Brief article	116
Walter Industries.			13
Wes Venhoff.			16
Wescast Wingham's molding operations improve with shift-free design.			365
Western Michigan--In December, Jeff Cook, Eagle Alloy, presents Dan Oman, RMT Inc., a speaker's award following his presentation on "The Truth About Old Foundry Dump Sites.".			99