AFS Technology Transfer
Metalcasting Congress 2011 The 115th
Metalcasting Congress held April 5-8, 2011, in Scha-
umburg, IL. featured more than 100 technical presentations dis- cussing the latest innovations in casting technology and process improvements and included more than 180 exhibits demonstrat- ing new innovations and equipment for metalcasting. The Metal- casting Congress is the largest annual gathering for metalcasters in North America, as it provides the venue to learn from industry experts and network with other foundry personnel.
Educational sessions featuring technical papers and panel dis- cussions covered all areas of metal casting production, metal- lurgy and plant management. The Congress also included ses- sions for casting buyers and users focused on issues relating to designing and purchasing. The AFS President’s session pro- vided an update on the US and worldwide economic recovery in the manufacturing and metalcasting sector. The Hoyt Memo- rial Lecture, given by Dennis Dotson, Dotson Iron Castings, reviewed best practices and innovation in foundry management and employee training.
Conferences, Workshops and Webinars
Following on the recent Best Practices in Ductile workshop, AFS continued the effort to provide the metalcasting industry with access to the best technical information available, host- ing the Best Practices for Aluminum Casting. Taught by IJMC Board of Review members and contributing author, Geoffrey Sigworth, the workshop discussed aluminum casting metal- lurgy, melting and pouring practice and heat treating param- eters. The complete ductile iron workshop is available on DVD through the AFS bookstore. The aluminum workshop is being produced into a digital book format.
AFS Technical Services has partnered with the National Indus- trial Sand Association (NISA) to create a research consortium to find, develop and monitor research focused on improving
the sand casting process. A workshop, held at AFS on March 8, 2011, included presentations on the latest research on dimen- sional accuracy and tolerances in sand casting and brainstorm- ing sessions to help define technical challenges and potential paths forward to move sand casting into the future. For more information or to join the consortium, contact AFS Senior Technical Director, Steve Robison at
stever@afsinc.org.
A workshop on casting copper-based non-lead alloys is sched- uled for September 2011. The workshop is the outgrowth of the recently completed AFS No-Lead Alloy Consortium. The consortium was developed in response to new state and federal legislation that will mandate the use of non-leaded alloys for water applications. The new legislation will likely also drive the full copper foundry industry away from the traditional leaded alloy toward an increased use of non-leaded alloy alternatives. The workshop will share the experiences of leading foundries that have made the transition to no-lead alloys. Presentations will discuss the technical aspects of that change, including is- sues relating to melting, pouring and gating. For more informa- tion, contact AFS Senior Technical Director Steve Robison at
stever@afsinc.org.
Call for Papers
The AFS Conference on Aluminum Melting Conference (scheduled for Oct 2011 in Dayton OH) will include a work- shop on energy efficiency in melting. Submission is open for technical papers covering all issues relating to melting aluminum alloys, from the melting furnaces to the melt qual- ity. The conference and workshop will include technical presentations on molten aluminum treatment, alloy chemis- try, trace elements, oxides and inclusions; melt loss, molten metal transfer, melting efficiency and energy conservation. The workshop will also feature presentations on refractories, molten metal interactions, crucibles and melting safety. Ab- stracts are due July 15, 2011.
International Journal of Metalcasting/Summer 2011
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