afs/cmi.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 Announces Recent Research Activities The AFS Research Dept. has reported the following recent research activities: * the Lost Foam Sponsors met February 13-14 in Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham (pronounced [ˈbɝmɪŋˌhæm]) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Jefferson County. . Attendees viewed a new real-time X-ray facility that can monitor the lost foam process; * the fourth semi-annual Office of Industrial Technologies Industrial Energy Efficiency Symposium and Exposition was held February 19-22 at the Washington Hilton and Towers, Washington, D.C. Sessions included presentations on workforce development, capital valuation and investment, and lean manufacturing; * the AFS Research Board met February 27 to consider new research proposed by the AFS divisions and review the status of active research projects. (The procedure to receive AFS funds is outlined in the AFS Committee Handbook, available on CD by calling 800/537-4237); * The American Casting Symposium and NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Marshall Space Flight Center The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), the original home of NASA, is a lead center for propulsion, Space Shuttle propulsion, Shuttle external fuel tank, crew training and payloads, International Space Station (ISS) design and construction, for computers, networks, and , in conjunction with the Univ. of Alabama at Huntsville, are sponsoring the Rapid Prototyping and Tooling for Metalcasting Workshop April 5-6 at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama. Six different techniques to produce prototype tooling will be demonstrated. For more information or to register, call 843/760-3219 or visit www.amc.aticorp.org/RP_workshop. Membership Memo... New AFS Corporate Members: Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Milford, New Hampshire Milford is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA, on the Souhegan River. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 13,575. It is the retail and manufacturing center of a six-town area known informally as the Souhegan Valley. * Indiana Ductile, L.L.C., Noblesville, Indiana. New Sand Mixer Installed at Cast Metals Institute 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. has installed a new Palmer Manufacturing & Supply continuous sand mixer in its foundry lab in Des Plaines, Illinois “Des Plaines” redirects here. For the river, see Des Plaines River. Des Plaines (pronounced IPA [dɛsˈpleɪnz]) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. . The new mixer will run a 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. , nobake binder system and allow CMI to produce a variety of molds and cores for classes and research projects. The Palmer mixer will join a recently installed Hunter Automated Machinery green sand molding machine and a Laempe core machine. Pictured with the new continuos mixer are (from 1): Jack Palmer, Palmer Manufacturing & Supply; Art Gelfand, CMI laboratory manager; and Bogdan Perkowski, CMI assistant laboratory manager. AFS Releases New Mold and Core Test Handbook The Mold and Core Jest Handbook, 3rd Edition is now available. Published by AFS, this handbook contains the latest information on sand testing technology. This edition features the same easy-to-follow testing format, equipment lists and calibration methods that made previous editions so useful. The Mold and Core Test Handbook is intended as a guideline for the performance of testing procedures for foundry sands and related materials in accordance with AFS Standards and recommendations. It contains 118 new and revised sand testing procedures that describe the latest accepted methods for foundry sands. This expanded and updated handbook features tests for foundry aggregates, clay bonded sands, chemically bonded sands, mold and core coatings and other miscellaneous test procedures. For more information or to order the Mold and Core Test Handbook, call 800/ 537-4237 or visit the AFS E-Store at www.afsinc.org. |
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