NADCA's Inaugural Congress, Tabletop Exhibition Features Sessions, Awards.The inaugural North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Die Casting Assn. (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 ) Die Casting Congress and Tabletop Exhibition was held November 6-8 in Rosemont, Illinois. Attended by more than 400 industry representatives, the conference featured 30 presentations in diecast alloys, SSM/squeeze casting, simulation, die materials, and research and development process engineering and implementation. In addition, the conference hosted tabletop exhibits for 55 diecasting industry suppliers. During the Congress sessions, attendees were asked to vote on the best overall paper and the best paper in implementation of R&D. The best overall paper went to "Corrosion Fatigue Failure of Large H13 Die Cast Die Inserts," Edward W. Flynn, GM Powertrain, and Corwyn M. Berger, Bodycote Materials Testing, Inc. The best paper in R&D implementation was awarded to "Web-Based Die Casting Engineering Utilizing Cast View and IPA IPA - International Phonetic Alphabet Animation," Rich Tomazin, and Walter Smith, DCD (Document Content Description) An XML schema language from Textuality, Microsoft and IBM that is implemented as an RDF vocabulary. It supports data typing and schema reuse and is the successor to XML-Data. See XML schema, RDF and XML. Technologies. The most prestigious individual award for the diecasting industry, the Herman Doehler Award, was presented to Rathindra DasGupta, SPX (Sequenced Packet EXchange) The transport layer protocol in the NetWare operating system. Similar to the TCP layer in TCP/IP, it ensures that the entire message arrives intact. SPX uses NetWare's IPX as its delivery mechanism. CONTECH-Metal Forge, for "outstanding contribution to the advancement of the diecasting industry in the areas of aluminum high-pressure diecasting, vacuum diecasting, squeeze casting, magnesium diecasting and semisolid sem·i·sol·id adj. Intermediate in properties, especially in rigidity, between solids and liquids. n. A semisolid substance, such as a stiff dough or firm gelatin. Adj. 1. metal forming." Winners of NADCA's International Diecasting Competition were selected in seven categories--three aluminum, two magnesium and two zinc. Judging was based on ingenuity of casting and/or product design, overall quality, cost savings and contribution to expanding the market for castings. This year's winners are: * Aluminum Under 1 lb--Stroh Die Casting Co., Inc., for an antenna element cast for Schlumberger; * Aluminum 1-10 lb--Aallied Die Casting Co. of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. for a trimmer trimmer see resco nail trimmer, toenail scissors. deck housing cast for Garden Way, Inc.; * Aluminum Over 10 lb--EST Co. for a transmission case cast for Harley-Davidson Motor Co.; * Magnesium Under 0.5l lb--Performag, Inc., for a head node cast for Cannondale Raven Mountain Bike; * Magnesium Over 0.5 lb--Product Technologies for an automatic power pruner cast for Echo Power Pruner; * Zinc Under 6 oz/Non-Electro plated--Dero Enterprises for a casket arm cast for Vic Royal; * Zinc Any Size with Decorative Finish--Joyner's Die Casting & Plating Co. for an outside cover cast for Mas-Hamilton Group. Katherine Hirsch, North American Die Casting Assn., Rosemont, Illinois |
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