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Ramrattan Highlights Green Engineering at Northern Indiana Chapter Meeting Green engineering, which helps
battle rising energy and material costs, will help domestic metalcasting facili- ties prosper in the future, according to Sam Ramrattan, FEF Key Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineer- ing, Western Michigan Univ., Kalama- zoo, Mich. In January, Ramrattan gave a pre- sentation at the Northern Indiana Chapter meeting entitled “The Next Generation Foundry Engineer.” In the presentation, Ramrattan discussed how U.S. metalcasting facilities might prosper in the future when the com- petitive odds are so heavily stacked against the industry. “Developing our ability to quickly
adapt, act and react to changing de- mands and market conditions is critical for future success,” he said. In addition to the trend he pointed
out regarding green engineering, which is further complicated by the dispar- ity of social costs and governmental regulations in various parts of the world, Ramrattan discussed a number of tools and management practices available for young engineers to use as they support their companies. Some of the tools and practices he discussed included inventory control (MRP, JIT), quality assurance (ISO, QS, APQP, TQM), continuous improve-
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David Neil, AFS Northern Indiana Chapter Chairman, thanks Sam Ramrattan, Western Michi- gan Univ., for giving a presetation at the chapter’s January meeting.
ment, concurrent and simultaneous engineering, and lean manufacturing. Ramrattan proposed that agile manu- facturing is the key to future customer satisfaction, and being able to quickly reconfigure manufacturing flow designs to outperform growing competition in global markets will be essential for prosperity. Ramrattan concluded with a review
of the skills he believes will be required of the next generation of metalcasting engineers. These skills include math, fluid and thermal dynamics, metallurgy and computer systems. Ramrattan be- lieves the scope of engineering will expand, and improved problem solving skills will be necessary as the work en- vironment changes in the metalcasting facility of the future.
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