Workshop highlights magnesium technology.More than 40 metalcasters attended a magnesium technology workshop held Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at CANMET-MTL headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Organized 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 ) Magnesium Div. and CANMET CANMET Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology , the two-day workshop covered metallurgy metallurgy (mĕt`əlûr'jē), science and technology of metals and their alloys. Modern metallurgical research is concerned with the preparation of radioactive metals, with obtaining metals economically from low-grade ores, with , alloy selection, melting practices, design, casting process selection and defect analysis (programming) defect analysis - Using defects as data for continuous quality improvement. Defect analysis generally seeks to classify defects into categories and identify possible causes in order to direct process improvement efforts. and control. The final clay included a casting demonstration in the CANMET laboratories. "AFS sees a large market developing for magnesium castings." said Steve Robison, AFS technical director. "This workshop is part of the AFS efforts to prepare for this need by providing metalcasters, suppliers and design engineers with the information they need to confidently design and manufacture magnesium components." For more information, contact Steve Robison at 847/824-0181 or str@afsinc.org. |
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