Cast in North America Checklist
• Visit dozens of metal casting supplier booths • See the special exhibit of the 2010 Casting of the Year winners • Attend echnical sessions devoted to aiding casting sourcing spe- cialists and designers.
• View Metalcasting Technology Theater presentations • Take Metalcasting Advancement Center workshops and seminars
provide buyers and designers weight and cost reductions compared to weldments, fabricated assemblies and forgings. The key is to know when to convert. This presenta- tion provides an experienced look at what makes a potential casting conversion successful and how to identify components that can be successfully converted at reduced weights and costs. Several case study examples will be examined.
Continuous Cast Ductile Iron as an Alternative to Wrought Steel
Bob O’Rourke, Dura-Bar, Woodstock, Ill. Continuously cast iron bar stock
is used throughout the world in a variety of parts in the fluid power,
machine tool, oil and gas, and heavy equipment industries and is a viable alternative to carbon steel. This pre- sentation will cover the continuous casting process, sizes and shape capabilities, properties and grades, applications, how to convert from wrought steel to ductile iron, design parameters for cast ductile iron, and the difference in machining wrought steel and ductile iron.
3:45 p.m. Designing Ductile Iron Success
Ductile Iron Society, Strongsville, Ohio The growth of cast ductile iron applications highlights the success of this material for design engineers. This panel presentation will look at
successful conversions to ductile iron castings. It will examine the factors that made these components ripe for conversion and how the designer-metalcaster team made them a reality.
Other Technical Sessions The following presentations, which
are not part of the Cast in North Ameri- ca track, may be of interest to designers and purchasers. These sessions run as part of the AFS Casting Congress in connection with CastExpo’10.
Saturday, March 20 10:15 a.m.
Diecasting Presentation: Casting Polymer Composites
Matthew Holtzberg, Ringwood, N.J. The Compcast Process is a patented
method that converts metal castings to a high strength, high temperature fiber reinforced polymer composite by using the same types of tooling used to cast metal and, in particular, permanent molds. The process offers a significant energy savings, 40% weight reduction over aluminum and can be cast to a net shape so no secondary operations are required and flash is completely eliminated.
10:15 a.m.
Lost Foam Panel: Lost Foam—Castings for a Diverse Market (10-161)
Chris Campbell, Bombardier Recreational Products, Spruce Pine, N.C.; David Thrash, Neptune Technology Group Inc., Tallassee, Ala.; Jamey Reynolds, Citation Columbiana, Columbiana, Ala.; Franz-Josef Woestmann, Univ. of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Panel Topics: Campbell—Aluminum Lost Foam Recreational Products Thrash—Lost Foam Brass Valves Reynolds—Iron Applications in Lost Foam Woestmann—E-mobility: New Assign- ments for Foundry Electric Motors and Fuel Cells
2 p.m.
Copper Alloy Panel: Case Studies in the Use of Solidification Modeling to Transition Away From Leaded Alloys
Jonathan Remakel, A Y McDonald Mfg. Co., Dubuque, Iowa; Shelly Dutler, Magma Foundry Technologies Inc., Schaumburg, Ill.; Ronald Karg, Mark Biehl, Ford Meter Box Co. Inc., Wabash, Ind.; Sam Scott, ESI Group, Farmington Hills, Mich. Two metalcasters present case stud-
ies of their use of solidification model- ing to ease their transition from leaded to non-leaded alloys.
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