Volume 100, No. 6 • June 2010 Cover: Design by Michael Berrafato, art director. Features


18 2010 Casting Competition: Dotson Replaces Star-Crossed Weldment Dotson Iron Castings’ alternator/air conditioning bracket, a one-piece casting converted from an 11-piece weldment, won 2010 Casting of the Year honors. S. Gibbs


26 Competing as a Captive Flowserve Plant Flowserve’s Dayton, Ohio, captive metalcasting facility is taking a stab at jobbing work in order to bring in revenue and utilize open capacity.


S. Wetzel 30 Government Affairs Buffet


Fill your plate with information on the variety of political issues affecting the metalcasting industry, including important races coming in November.


A MODERN CASTING Staff Report 34 Feeding Permanent Mold Castings


Equip yourself with the foundations of permanent mold gating design to achieve quality castings at an economical price. S. Wetzel


Web Site-Only Article— Bonding Properties of Olivine Sand


Increasing numbers of nonferrous casting facilities are pouring multiple metal types in the same molding process. This paper looks at the selection and practical use of olivine sand for these types of facilities. V. LaFay, S. Neltner and M. Ziegler


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7 Editorial Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder—A.T. Spada 17 Washington Alert Waterman & Associates 38 Marketing Matters What I Learned About Communications From Tin Cans and String —D. Barnhard


40 CEO Journal Post Recession Stress Disorder—D. Marcus 41 Cast Answers and Advice—AFS Technical Dept.


Departments


3 Hotline 9 Industry News 14 Personals


15 Calendar 42 AFS/CMI News 44 Product Innovations 47 Metalcasting Supplies


48 Classifi eds 55 Advertisers’ Index 56 Shakeout


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