AFS/CMI NEWS Metalcasting Photography Book Due out Early April
Photographer and artist Mike Schultz is publishing his second metalcasting-based photography book, Foundry W T
ork V olume
wo: A Global View of the Industry. “I wanted to honor the work and give
something back to the workers,” Schultz said. “[In the book,] they can see their work a little differently and know that it is a noble job.” Schultz set out to publish the second
volume after he won the John Simon Gug- genheim Fellowship in 2010. Te fellowship allowed him to continue his metalcasting photography on a global scale. Te project took Schultz to 27 facilities across four conti- nents, where he saw castings that
ranged from 40 lbs. to 400 tons. “I enjoy letting people see inside [a met-
alcasting facility] to see what actually goes on,” Schultz said. “It’s also a chance for people working inside these facilities to to see what others are creating. It may be an old process, but it is a process that I always find capitivating.” Schultz’s new 288-page, 10 x 12-in. book
includes more than 300 images and 14 fold-out pages. AFS will have limited copies available for
Mike Schultz’s second volume of Foundry Work is set to be out in early April.
purchase at the 116th Metalcasting Congress, April 17-20. Schultz’s first book, F W
oundry
ork: A View of the Industry, was published in 2008.
2012 Safety Award Applications Available
AFS is now accepting submissions
for the 2012 AFS Millionaire’s Safety Award and the 2012 AFS Metalcast- ing Safe Year Award. Te Millionaire’s Safety Award will
AMC Wins Defense Award
Te American Metalcasting Consor- tium (AMC), a coalition that includes the American Foundry Society, won a Defense Manufacturing Achievement Award at the 2011 Defense Manufac- turing Conference, Anaheim, Calif. Te AMC Castings for Improved Defense Readiness Program worked
together with ASTM, the Air Force and suppliers. Te team won the award for developing digital radiographic standards for aerospace castings. Te standards reduce inspection time by up to 90% and eliminate film processing costs and storage, while also improving the ability to detect casting flaws.
recognize facilities that record at least one million man-hours worked with- out a lost-time injury or illness. Ap- plications for the award are due by Jan. 19, 2013. Te Metalcasting Safe Year Award will honor facilities that reach 365 calendar days without a lost-time injury any time during 2012. Applica- tions are due by Jan. 31, 2013. For more information on both
awards, visit the EHS tab on the AFS website,
www.afsinc.org.
Students Receive Merit-Based FEF Scholarships A group of Michigan Tech Univ.
students involved in the Advanced Metalworks Enterprise Program (AME), consisting of sophomores, juniors and seniors, received scholar- ships from the Foundry Educational Foundation based on a point rank- ing system. Points were awarded to students for leadership, peer evaluation and involvement in outreach or service. “Rather than hand out the scholar- ships to seniors on a performance basis, I wanted to move the awards to an
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earlier stage so that it works to influ- ence students.” said Paul Sanders, Prof. of Materials Science at Michigan. Tech and advisor of the AME program.
Te AME program, with indus-
try support, provides students with real-world projects in preparation for metalcasting careers.
A group of Mich. Tech Students received FEF scholarships
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