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Hoyt Memorial Lecture

April 29, 2003

10:15 AM

R. Conner Warren

ALUMINUM

Saturday, April 26, 2003

3:45 PM

Liquid Metal Flow in Thin Sections (03-022)

Experimental and Numerical Study of Contraction During Solidification of Aluminium Alloys (03-130)

Theoretical Basis for a Continuous, Pressurized pres·sur·ize  
tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es
1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine).

2.
, Mold Filling and Feeding System (03-138)

Sunday, April 27, 2003

8:30 AM

Direct Filtration of A356 Al Alloy (03-017)

Mechanical Properties and Metallography metallography

Study of the structure of metals and alloys, particularly using microscopic and X-ray diffraction techniques. Visual and optical microscopic observation of metal surfaces and fractures can reveal valuable information about the crystalline, chemical, and
 of Al-Mg Alloy 535 (03-115)

Bubble Damage in a Zn-Al Alloy Pressure 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.
 (03-020)

10:15 AM

Characterization of Molten Metal Quality Using a PREFIL-Footprinter (03-086)

Recent Developments in the High Strength Aluminum-Copper Casting Alloy A206 (03-135)

Sub Liquidus Casting (SLC (Subscriber Loop Carrier) Lucent's designation for its digital loop carrier (DLC) products. See digital loop carrier. See also 386SLC. ): Process Concept and Product Properties (03-162)

2:00 PM

A Novel Algorithm for the Calculation of Latent Heat latent heat, heat change associated with a change of state or phase (see states of matter). Latent heat, also called heat of transformation, is the heat given up or absorbed by a unit mass of a substance as it changes from a solid to a liquid, from a liquid to a gas,  of Solidification for Multi-Component Aluminum Alloys (03-094)

Effect of Cu and Si on the Solidification Kinetics of 3xx.x Series Alloys during Mushy mush·y  
adj. mush·i·er, mush·i·est
1. Resembling mush in consistency; soft.

2. Informal
a. Excessively sentimental. See Synonyms at sentimental.

b.
 Zone Development (03-096)

Influence of Mischmetal on the Hot Tearing, Microstructure mi·cro·struc·ture  
n.
The structure of an organism or object as revealed through microscopic examination.


microstructure
Noun

a structure on a microscopic scale, such as that of a metal or a cell
 and Mechanical Properties of A201 (03-097)

3:45 PM

Development Program on Natural Aging Alloys - A Progress Report (03-163)

Effect of Iron Content and Cooling Rate on the Impact Toughness of Cast 319 and 356 Alloys (03-101)

Microsegregation of Copper in Cast Aluminum Alloys (03-124)

Monday, April 28, 2003

8:30 AM

Application of Controllable Heat Pipe Cooling During the Low Pressure Die Casting of Aluminum Alloys (03-010)

Improvement of the Low Pressure Permanent Mold Pressurisation Sequence for Wheel Casting (03-016)

Computer Modeling and Experimentation for Thermal Control of Dies in Permanent Mold Casting (03-029)

10:15 AM

SILVER ANNIVERSARY PAPER: Clean Castings Through Ceramic Foam Ceramic foam is a tough, plastic-like foam made from ceramics. It is similar to Kevlar.The foam is made of aluminum oxide, a common high-temperature ceramic, but gets its extraordinary insulating powers from the many tiny air bubbles within the material.  Filtration (03-191)

2:00 PM

A Study of Porosity and Pore Morphology in Aluminum A356.2 Step-bar Castings (03-045)

Factors Affecting Dissolution of CuA12 Phase in 319 Alloys. (03-100)

Explanation of the Porosity Distribution in A206 Aluminum Alloy Castings (03-108)

3:45 PM

Predicting Process Capability When Casting Aluminum A356 (03-077)

Influence of Dendrite dendrite: see nervous system; synapse.  Arm Spacing on OES Analysis For 319 Aluminum (03-107)

Fatigue, Tensile, and NDE NDE Nondestructive Examination
NDE No Diplomatic Exchange (US Department of State)
NDE Near Death Experience
NDE Nondestructive Evaluation (ultrasound material evaluation) 
 Relationships in Cast A206-T4 Aluminum (03-117)

Tuesday, April 29, 2003

8:30 AM

Casting Aluminum Alloy-SiCp Composite Material composite material or composite, any material made from at least two discrete substances, such as concrete. Many materials are produced as composites, such as the fiberglass-reinforced plastics used for automobile bodies and boat hulls, but the  via Lost Foam Process (03-158)

Scatter in Tensile Properties of Aluminum A359-SiCp Composites (03-067)

Fatigue Behavior of Permanent Mold Cast A359-20% SiCp Composite (03-151)

CAST IRON

Saturday, April 26, 2003

2:00 PM

On the Kinetics of Austempered Gray Cast Iron (03-110)

Reverse Taper Direct Pouring System for Iron Castings (03-131)

Microstructure of Thin-Wall Ductile Iron Ductile iron, also called ductile cast iron or nodular cast iron, is a type of cast iron invented in 1943 by Keith Millis[1]. While most varieties of cast iron are brittle, ductile iron is much more ductile, as the name implies.  Castings (03-136)

Sunday, April 27, 2003

10:15 AM

Carbidic Austempered Ductile Iron (CADI) - The New Wear Material (03-088)

Visualizing Defects Formation in Gray Iron Castings Using Real Time X-Rays (03-092)

Static Mechanical Properties of Ferritic and Pearlitic Lightweight Ductile Iron Castings (03-109)

2:00 PM

PANEL: Thermal Analysis, User's Perspective (03-176)

3:45 PM

Age Strengthening of Gray Cast Iron: Kinetics, Mechanical Property Effects (03-037)

Magnesium-Sulfur Relationships in Ductile and Compacted Graphite Irons as Influenced by Late Sulfur Additions (03-093)

Surface Analysis Evaluation of Penetration Defects Occurring in Cast Iron (03-013)

Monday, April 28, 2003

8:30 AM

PANEL: Simple Ideas for Saving Money in Your Foundry. (03-168)

Research Advances in Ductile Iron Solidification (03-159)

10:15 AM

HONORARY LECTURE: Ductile Iron - At A Crossroad (03-188)

2:00 PM

Manganese, Sulfur and Manganese-Sulfur Ratio Effects in Gray Cast Iron (03-072)

Is it Time for a Grade 800 ADI in North America? (03-089)

Aging of Gray Iron: Tensile Strength and Resonant Frequency resonant frequency,
n the specific frequency at which an object vibrates.
 Studies at Waupaca Foundry. (03-036)

3:45 PM

PANEL: Computer Simulation and Real-Time X-Ray Validation of Casting Iron (03-175)

Tuesday, April 29, 2003

8:30 AM

Casting Process Simulation of Compact Graphite Iron (03-025)

Solidification Mode and Feeding Behavior of Phosphorus Alloyed Gray Cast Iron (03-164)

Development of Stainless Spheroidal spheroidal /sphe·roi·dal/ (sfer-oi´d'l) resembling a sphere.

spheroidal

resembling a sphere.
 Carbide Cast Iron (03-084)

COPPER ALLOY

Saturday, April 26, 2003

8:30 AM

PANEL: Ventilation (03-167)

10:15 AM

Evaluation of Grain Refinement of Leaded Yellow Brass (C85800) and EnviroBrass III (C89550) using Thermal Analysis (03-119)

Bismuth bismuth (bĭz`məth) [Ger. Weisse Masse=white mass], metallic chemical element; symbol Bi; at. no. 83; at. wt. 208.9804; m.p. 271.3°C;; b.p. about 1,560°C;; sp. gr. 9.75 at 20°C;; valence +3 or +5.  and Selenium selenium (səlē`nēəm), nonmetallic chemical element; symbol Se; at. no. 34; at. wt. 78.96; m.p. 217°C;; b.p. about 685°C;; sp. gr. 4.81 at 20°C;; valence −2, +4, or +6.  Impurities in Red Brasses (C83600), C84400 and C89520) (03-171)

Hard Spot Formation in Grain Refined Yellow Brass and EnviroBrass III (03-052)

A Study on the Finite Element Analysis Finite element analysis (FEA) is a computer simulation technique used in engineering analysis. It uses a numerical technique called the finite element method (FEM). There are many finite element software packages, both free and proprietary.  of the Deformation in the Large Propeller Casting (03-129)

Sunday, April 27, 2003

8:30 AM

PANEL: Optimum Mold Materials for Copper Based Permanent Mold Castings (03-166)

ENGINEERING

Sunday, April 27, 2003

8:30 AM

PANEL: Measuring Quality Costs to Improve Profitability (03-172)

Monday, April 28, 2003

8:30 AM

PANEL: Optimizing Coreless Induction Furnace Selection (03-178)

10:15 AM

PANEL: Successfully Implementing Simulation Software in your Foundry (03-187)

2:00 PM

Experimental Results to Assist in Validation of Casting Process Simulations in a Variable-Gravity Environment (03-091)

Numerical Simulations and Experimental Study Gassing Cycle in Cold Box Sand Coremaking Process (03-066)

3:45 PM

Numerical Simulation of Squeeze Molding and Air Impact Molding with the Finite Element Method (03-024)

Casting Process Planning Using Case Based Reasoning (artificial intelligence) case based reasoning - (CBR) A technique for problem solving which looks for previous examples which are similar to the current problem. This is useful where heuristic knowledge is not available.  (03-054)

ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY

Saturday, April 26, 2003

2:00 PM

PANEL: Gotcha (jargon, programming) gotcha - A misfeature of a system, especially a programming language or environment, that tends to breed bugs or mistakes because it both enticingly easy to invoke and completely unexpected and/or unreasonable in its outcome.  - The Agencies Strike Again (03-182)

3:45 PM

Ferrous Foundry Hazardous Air Pollutants "What We Know and What We Don't" (03-057)

An Investigation into the Effect of Process Parameter Settings on Air Emission Characteristics in the Lost Foam Casting Process (03-031)

Foundry Ventilation Challenges - Past, Present, and Future (03-186)

Sunday, April 27, 2003

8:30 AM

PANEL: Iron and Steel Mact Update (03-185)

LOST FOAM CASTING

Saturday, April 26, 2003

10:15 AM

Recent Innovations with EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format.  Lost Foam Beads (03-006)

Practical Control of Lost Foam Coatings in Foundry Operations (03-153)

Synthetic Ceramic Media Provides a Unique Alternative to Silica Sand for the Metal Casting Industry (03-060)

2:00 PM

Qualitative and Quantitative Description of EPS Foam for Lost Foam Casting (03-113)

Influence of Bead Chemistry on Metal Velocity and Defect Formation in Aluminum Lost Foam Castings (03-105)

Effect of Foam Pattern Fusion on the Quality of Lost Foam Aluminum Castings: Real Time and Digital X-Ray Observations (03-083)

3:45 PM

PANEL: Finding the Foam in Lost Foam Casting (03-173)

The Role of Pattern Permeability in Lost Foam Casting (03-090)

MAGNESIUM

Sunday, April 27, 2003

3:45 PM

Developments in Lost Foam Casting of Magnesium (03-112)

Mold Coatings for Magnesium Permanent Mold Casting (03-184)

Effect of Ca Addition on Grain Structure Development of Mg Alloy AM60 (03-053)

Tuesday, April 29, 2003

8:30 AM

The Influence of Potential Grain Refiners on Magnesium Foundry Alloys (03-141)

Electrical Resistivity and Thermal Conductivity of Magnesium Alloy AZ91E by Contactless Measurement Technique (03-050)

Thermophysical Properties of Magnesium Alloys AE42, AJ52x and AM60B (03-098)

MARKETING

Saturday, April 26, 2003

8:30 AM

PANEL: Market Driven Foundries in the 21st Century (03-194)

MELTING METHODS & MATERIALS

Saturday, April 26, 2003

10:15 AM

Effect of Temperature on the Friability fri·a·ble  
adj.
Readily crumbled; brittle: friable asbestos insulation.



[Latin fri
 of Silicon Carbide in the Cupola cupola /cu·po·la/ (koo´pah-lah) cupula.

cu·po·la
n.
A cup-shaped or domelike structure.



cupola

cupula.
 (03-038)

PANEL: Review of Normal Cupola Repair Practices (03-180)

2:00 PM

The Effect of Ferrous Charge Materials and Covered Melting on Metallic and Alloy Recovery in Iron Melts (03-042)

PANEL: Ferrous Scrap World View, Preparation, and Revised Scrap Guide (03-174)

Sunday, April 27, 2003

2:00 PM

Maintaining Crucibles for Steel Investment Foundries (03-03 9)

PANEL: Comparing Current Vibration Techniques for Installing Silica Refractories in Coreless Induction Furnaces (03-181)

MELTING METHODS & MATERIALS/STEEL

(Joint Session)

Sunday, April 27, 2003

10:15 AM

PANEL: Conditioning of Slags in Ferrous Melting Operations (03-189)

MOLDING METHODS & MATERIALS

Sunday, April 27, 2003

10:15 AM

The Next Generation of Phenolic phe·no·lic
adj.
Of, relating to, containing, or derived from phenol.

n.
Any of various synthetic thermosetting resins, obtained by the reaction of phenols with simple aldehydes and used as adhesives.
 Urethane urethane (yoor´ithān´),
n ethyl carbamate used as an anesthetic agent for laboratory animals, formerly used as a hypnotic in humans.
 Cold Box Technology (03-051)

Progress in FRC FRC
abbr.
functional residual capacity



FRC

see functional residual capacity.
 Cold Box Binder Technology (03-143)

2:00 PM

PANEL: A Millennium Look at Lake vs. Silica Sand for the Metal Casting Industry (03-132)

Expansion Control Method for Sand Cores (03-023)

3:45 PM

SILVER ANNIVERSARY PAPER: Molding Sand Systems for High Pressure Molding Process (03-001)

Monday, April 28, 2003

8:30 AM

Temperature Measurements in the Wax Pattern and Wax-die Interfacial Heat Transfer Coefficients in the Investment Casting (03-026)

Thermal Expansion of Investment Casting Pattern Wax (03-040)

10:15 AM

Variation of Mechanical Properties of Ceramic Mold During the Fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´shn),
n the construction or making of a restoration.
 Process and Its Influence on the Casting Quality (03-069)

Metal/Mold and Mold/Environment Interfacial Heat Transfer Coefficients in Active and Passive Cooling of Investment Castings (03-114)

2:00 PM

Process Variables Affecting the Erosion Resistance of Phenolic-Urethane Cold Box Cores (03-144)

Analysis of the Factors Affecting Core Blowing (03-155)

3:45 PM

Effects of Aluminum Fill Temperatures on the Distortion of Chemically Bonded Sand Systems (03-154)

Quality Issues in the Selection of Chromite chromite (krō`mīt), dark brown to black mineral. It is an iron-chromium oxide, FeCr2O4, with traces of magnesium and aluminum.  Sand for Steel Foundry Use (03-099)

Tuesday, April 29, 2003

8:30 AM

A Process for Thin-Wall Sand Castings (03-145)

Emissions Studies at a Test Foundry Using an Advanced Oxidation-Clear Water System (03-152)

PATTERN & FOUNDRY TOOLING

Saturday, April 26, 2003

8:30 AM

PANEL: New Developments in Collaborative Design (03-193)

Rapid Tooling Process Selection for Metalcasting Applications (03-049)

STEEL

Saturday, April 26, 2003

8:30 AM

PANEL: Specifications - Case Histories Associated with Under and Over Specifying Castings (03-190)

10:15 AM

On the Heat-treatment of Hadfield's Austenitic Manganese Steels

Part VI: Impact Toughness, Microstructure, Macro- and Micro- Segregation in Large Wedge-block Castings (03-133)

Simulation Heat Treatment of Castings and Prediction of Mechanical Properties (03-183)

Shrinkage-related Porosity in Steel Castings Feeding Rules Incorporating the Effect of Alloy Content and Gaseous Solutes (03-104)

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