AFS Technology Transfer
Metalcasting Congress 2012 The 116th
Metalcasting Congress is scheduled for April 17-20,
2012 in Columbus, OH. The Congress will feature more than 100 technical presentations discussing the latest innovations in casting technology and process improvements and include exhibits demonstrating new innovations and equipment for metalcasting. The Metalcasting 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 will also include sessions for casting buyers and users focused on issues relating to designing and purchasing. IJMC Advisory Board member and regular contributor John Campbell will be providing the annual Hoyt Memorial Lecture. .
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 was held in September 2011. The workshop was the outgrowth of the recently completed AFS No-Lead Alloy Consortium. The con-
sortium was developed in response to new state and federal legis- lation that will mandate the use of non-leaded alloys for water ap- plications. 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 techni- cal aspects of that change, including issues relating to melting, pouring and gating. For more information, contact AFS Senior Technical Director Steve Robison at
stever@afsinc.org.
The AFS Conference on Aluminum Melting Conference (sched- uled for Oct 2011 in Dayton OH) will include a workshop on energy efficiency in melting. The conference and workshop will include technical presentations on molten aluminum treatment, alloy chemistry, trace elements, oxides and inclusions; melt loss, molten metal transfer, melting efficiency and energy conserva- tion. The workshop will also feature presentations on refrac- tories, molten metal interactions, crucibles and melting safety. For more information, contact AFS Technical Assistant Katie Doherty Matticks at
katie@afsinc.org
Call for Papers
New Generation Sand Casting Consortium (NewGen) has issued a call for white paper research proposals. NewGen Consortium, co-sponsored by AFS and the National In- dustrial Sand Association (NISA), was formed to coordi- nate new sand casting technology development efforts to- wards producing sand castings with thinner walls, greater dimensional stability and accuracy, reduction in variability and improved repeatability. NewGen is asking for a new look and fresh thinking toward improving green sand cast- ing and chemically bonded core and mold technologies. Of particular interest are projects leading toward better control of green sand systems, real-time sand property measure- ment, computer modeling programs for sand systems and improved predictive tools. Also of high interest are new technologies and research related to the use of nonstandard sand materials, sand adhesion (binder) technology, refracto- ry coatings and sand additives. For more information on the NewGen consortium, desired research focus or to submit a white paper, visit the NewGen website at
www.afsinc.org/ newgensand, or contact Steve Robison, AFS Sr. Technical Director,
srobinson@afsinc.org.
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