INDUSTRY FACES


Whitley Wins Student Technology Contest Univ. of Alabama student Blake


Whitley won first place in the 2012 AFS/FEF Technology Contest with his project “Novel Tree-Dimensional Modeling Technology for Advanced Simulation, Printing and Casting of A356 Impeller.” As the winner, Whitley received an FEF scholarship and AFS Award of Merit and his paper was pub- lished in the Winter 2013 issue of the International Journal of Metalcasting. “I was introduced to three-dimen-


sional modeling and mold printing technology by my casting professor, Dr. Laurentiu Nastac, and was instantly interested in the capabilities offered through the emerging technique,” Whitley said. “With difficulty of casting certain geometries, such as complex, thin sections within a component, using traditional casting techniques, we decid- ed to utilize three-dimensional model- ing to cast a component which could not be created easily through traditional casting processes.” Whitley graduated from the Univ.


PERSONALS Clinkenbeard, Rockford, Ill., hired


Meril Ward as a CNC machinist and Patrick Sheldon as a new trainee.


Hunter Auto- mated Machinery Corp., has named Vice President Jim Fitzgerald to the newly created posi- tion of chief operat- ing officer.


Eriez, Erie, Pa.,


has promoted Andrew Goldner to senior manager-ex- ports and will man- age the company’s Central American, South American and Middle Easter sales representative of- fices and lead Eriez’ export sales.


Andrew Goldner OBITUARIES Alfred B. “Fritz” Jim Fitzgerald


Hall, Crystal Lake, Pa., died March 17, 2013. He was 71. Hall served as president of Benton Foundry for more than 37 years. Since he took ownership of the company in 1975, the operation has grown 10-fold and currently employs 275 with nearly 400 customers. Prior to working at Benton Foundry, he worked at Hallstead Foundry from 1958 until 1974. Hall served as past director of AFS, the American Cast Metals Association, the Gray and Ductile Iron Foundry Society and the National Foundrymen’s Associa- tion. He was a member of the Iron


Alfred B. Hall


Casting Society’s Illustrious Order of Gates & Risers.


John “Alex” Dunn, Lago Vista,


Texas, died March 16, 2013. He was 81. Dunn worked for the Wheeling Bronze Casting Co. for seven years before joining Ashland Chemical Co., Foundry Products Division, where he worked for 30 years cover- ing western Michigan and northern Indiana. He was a past national director of AFS.


Carl W. Storey, Birmingham,


Ala., died Feb. 8, 2013. He was 88. Storey learned the craft of pattern- making while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He founded Dixie Pat- tern & Tooling in 1963 and served the industry until its sale in 1997. He was a member of the AFS Bir- mingham Chapter for 49 years.


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of Alabama in May 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering and has begun graduate studies at the Colorado School of Mines. His interests in metalcasting are wide-ranging and include three- dimensional techniques, investment casting and continuous casting used in steel production. “At first it was the enthusiasm of


my casting professor that piqued my interest in the field,” he said. “Apply- ing classroom concepts in the foundry was a great experience for me in a unique lab setting.” At the Colorado School of


Mines, Whitley is kept busy work- ing and studying in the Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center, but he’s found a stress-reducer. “While the course load and assign- ments as a teaching assistant keep me busy, I do enjoy getting my hands dirty during Friday Free Pours at the foundry here on campus,” Whitley said.


Blake Whitley


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