AFS/CMI NEWS
AFS/CMI NEWS “
Jim Schifo Wins 2011 Childress- Loebler Award at EHS Conference Jim Schifo, Keramida Inc., Indianapolis, was
I’m very satisfi ed with
my long-term print advertis- ing program in MCDP—it’s the only advertising I do. It gives me great visibility and name recognition, both with existing customers and with new ones. And the steady fl ow of new business it brings in easily justifi es the investment.
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Kevin Evers President St. Louis Precision Casting
presented the 2011 Childress-Loebler Award at the 23rd
AFS Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS)
Conference. The event was held Aug. 16-17 in conjunction with the Advanced Foundry Environ- mental Air Seminar at the Indianapolis Marriott East Hotel, Indianapolis. In addition to the Childress-Loebler Award presenta-
tion, AFS presented a Division 10 Service Award to Kim Voss, T yssenKrupp Waupaca, Inc., Waupaca, Wis., and two Metalcasting Safe Year Awards to Metal Casting Technology Inc., Milford, N.H., and Pure Power Tech- nologies Metalcasting Group, Waukesha, Wis.
Presentations at the event included: • “Achieving EHS Excellence–Being in the Top Five Most Dangerous Industries Is Nothing to Brag About,” by Ed Foulke, Fisher & Phillips LLC, At- lanta;
• “T ermal Sand Reclamation,” by Dan Oman, Haley & Aldrich, Ann Arbor, Mich.;
• Schifo’s “Boiler MACT;” • “How to Prepare for an Environmental Inspection–
A Regulatory Perspective,” by Eric Grinstern, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Air Quality Division, Lansing, Mich.
Washington updates focusing on Environmental
Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations also were presented.
NewGen Consortium Issues
Call for Sand Casting Papers T e NewGen Consortium, co-sponsored by AFS and
the National Industrial Sand Association (NISA), Wash- ington, D.C., has issued a call for white paper research proposals on sand casting technologies. The new consortium is calling for papers on the
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improvement of green sand casting and chemically bonded core and mold technologies, as well as topics that will facilitate better control of green sand systems, real-time sand property measurement and computer modeling programs for sand systems. Also of high interest are new technologies and research related to the use of nonstandard sand materials, sand adhesion (binder) technology, refractory coatings and sand ad- ditives. Those that submit papers and are chosen will have their projects funded through the consortium. Concept papers must be submitted by Sept. 15.
For more information on the NewGen consortium or to submit a white paper, visit
www.afsinc.org/newgensandconsortium, or contact Steve Robison, AFS senior technical director, at
srobison@afsinc.org or 800/537-4237 ext. 227.
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