INDUSTRY NEWS North America


Chromalloy Adding $5 Million Core Room to New Casting Plant Turbine parts company Chromalloy announced it will build a $5 million ceramic core production facility adja- cent to its new Tampa, Fla., investment casting center. “Chromalloy plans to expand


our capability in Tampa with a new 40,000-sq.-ft. facility to manufacture the critical ceramic cores used to cast superalloy turbine engine vanes and blades,” said Armand Lauzon Jr., Chro- malloy president. According to company officials,


pre-engineering for the core facility is complete, and construction will begin


(FEF) announced on Nov. 19, 2010, that its highest award, the E.J. Walsh Award, was presented to former FEF student and


this year. The facility is scheduled to be operational in early 2012. “The addition of core production on


site will reduce the casting timeline and eliminate the need to purchase cores elsewhere,” Lauzon said. “That means our customers will benefit from even more efficient production schedules and greater consistency and process control.” Chromalloy currently provides de-


sign, engineering, tooling, machining, repairs, coatings and cast parts for turbine engines in aerospace, aero- derivative and industrial gas turbine applications. Its customers include


Foundry Education Foundation Announces Annual Scholarships The Foundry Education Foundation


President Lifetime Patron Richard Poirier. The award was announced during


the foundation’s annual reception, which concluded the 2010 FEF College


commercial airlines, the U.S. Air Force, power generation and offshore plat- form operators, and marine operators, including the U.S. Navy and cruise lines. Chromalloy’s $27 million, 150,000-sq.-


ft. investment casting operation in Tampa began full production on Oct. 21, 2010. The facility tripled the company’s previous engine component production capability in that location. Chromalloy operates a second casting center for turbine engine components and parts in Carson City, Nev.


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Look to our March 2011 issue for a full profile of the new Chromalloy plant.


Industry Conference, held Nov. 18-19, 2010, at the Westin Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Nearly 250 industry execu- tives, student delegates, key professors and university administrators attended the conference. The conference gave 90 student del-


egates the opportunity to interact with representatives of 36 companies in the met- alcasting industry. The information session and social time before and after the event is structured to facilitate the sharing of job opportunities and to connect students to potential employers in the industry. The FEF/AFS Distinguished Profes-


sor Award was given to FEF Key Pro- fessor, Pradeep Rohatgi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, in recognition of his demonstrated personal interest in his students, as well as his knowledge of the industry. As part of the luncheon this year, the Student Delegate schol- arships were presented (see below for complete list) – 21 students were awarded a total of $39,500. Addition- ally, the Keith Millis and Ron Ruddle scholarship recipients were announced.


CIC Student Delegate Scholarships


• AFS Detroit Windsor-George Booth— Michelle Loomis, Michigan Tech


• AFS Saginaw Valley—Michael Kruse, Trine Univ.


• AFS Southwestern Ohio—Justin Nor- ris, Purdue Univ.


• Ron & Glenn Birtwistle Memorial— (continued on page 13)


10 MODERN CASTING / January 2011


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