AFS/CMI NEWS
Author, Lecturer David Houle to Speak at Dubbed “the CEO’s
2011 AFS Foundry Executive Conference In April 2006, re-
nowned author and speaker David Houle pre- dicted that the price of oil would reach $125 per bar- rel in 2008. He guessed in 2007 that Barack Obama would be the nation’s next president. He was right on both counts. Houle travels across the
country to help Fortune 500 companies use cur- rent trends to their advantage and will bring his prognostic powers to the 2011 American Foundry Society Foundry Executive Conference. Te conference will be held September 18–20 at the Hyatt Regency Scotts- dale Resort and Spa, Scottsdale, Ariz.
David Houle
futurist,” Houle will reveal how today’s fast-paced culture will affect the future of manufacturing during his keynote address at the conference. His presentation will explain how instant communica- tions and technological advances have changed the way the economy works and how metalcasters can
use these changes to their benefit. In addition to Houle, key confer- ence topics include alternatives to scrap metal and carbon sources, how natural gas is replacing electricity as power plants’ main fuel and how to build a “green” facility.
AFS Aims to Reduce Sand-Cast Gases, Secure Better Castings The American Foundry Society (AFS) New-
Gen Consortium, which held its first meeting on July 13, will develop new technology to identify gas sources and reduce the occurrence of gases during the sand-casting process, said Thomas Prucha, vice president of technical services for the metalcasting society. Te goal of the consortium is to produce castings with thinner walls and greater dimensional stabil- ity and accuracy with a reduction in variability and improved repeatability. AFS and the National Industrial Sand As-
sociation teamed to create the consortium, and three AFS corporate members have joined: ASK Chemicals, Hilden, Germany, HA International, Westmont, Ill., and General Motors, Detroit. “The physical and numerical modeling of the
casting process offers an opportunity to study each source of gas independently and develop solutions to reduce the occurrence of gas defects,” Prucha said. The consortium is open to all in the metal-
casting industry, and members will choose the research to fund and receive technical data and other reports. Research ideas came from a brain- storming session that was held in March.
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CMI COURSE SCHEDULE AUGUST 1-28
Analysis of Casting Defects INTERNET
AUGUST 23-25
Investment Casting Gating & Defect Analysis SCHAUMBURG, ILL.
AUGUST 29- SEPTEMBER 25
Green Sand Control INTERNET
AUGUST 30-31 Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. SEPTEMBER 20-22
Chemically Bonded Molding & Coremaking
SCHAUMBURG, ILL.
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