INDUSTRY FACES
Professor Eyes Portable Metalcasting Classes For the last 12 years, Brian
Finder, a professor in the operations and management department at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Stout, Meno- monie, Wis., has shared his passion for metalcasting with hundreds of young students thanks to STEPS for Girls. Te program, which is held on UW-Stout’s campus, consists of weeklong courses that focus on hands-on activities in the so-called STEM fields (sci- ence, technology, engineering and mathematics). Te hope is the seventh-grade girls de- velop an interest in the fields and pursue such subjects in high school and college. While Finder, who teaches
a STEPS class in the uni- versity foundry, remains an enthusiastic supporter of the program, he is developing another approach that will bring metalcasting to a wider audience. Finder is working on a portable furnace and associated equipment he can transport to middle schools, high schools and technical colleges.
PERSONALS Watts Water Technologies Inc.,
North Andover, Mass., announced Suellen Torregrosa has joined the company as President, Americas. Torregrosa previously was president of Milton Roy Company, Ivyland, Pa., from November 2011 to June 2013. Clinkenbeard,
Rockford, Ill., has promoted Matt Gustafson to techni- cal program manager. He has spent 20 years with Clinkenbeard, most recently as tool- ing design manager. Carestream
most recently Carestream’s southeast- ern regional sales manager, was named as Linn’s replacement. Blast Clean-
Matt Gustafson
Health, Rochester, N.Y., has an- nounced the retirement of Ray Linn, non-destructive testing sales manager for the Americas. Mike Holloway,
ing Technologies, a division of Metcast, New Berlin, Wis., announced the promotion of Craig Wisner to sales and service manager, where he will be re- sponsible for outside sales and service teams, application engineering and inside sales.
Craig Wisner OBITUARIES Robert McNamer, Benton, Wis.,
died August 13. He was 90. McNamer worked as a foundry engineer for John
Deere Dubuque Works for 20 years before getting into equipment and supply sales. He founded Materials & Equipment Corp., in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1964 and was president until selling the business in 1991. He was a long- time member of AFS. John Alfred Armstrong, founder of
Armstrong Mold Corp., Syracuse, N.Y., died June 13, 2013. He was 87. After graduating from England’s National Foundry College, Armstrong worked for Sterling Metals, Nuneaton, England, and Sims Matchplate, Syracuse, N.Y., before opening his own shop in 1969. Armstrong Mold Corp. grew to employ more than 200 people and accumulated annual sales near $30 million. Armstrong was active in the metalcasting industry and served as president of the local AFS chapter in 1969-1970.
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the pattern, they glue the sprue, and I’m hoping to develop a ma- chine that has a cutoff wheel so they can separate the sprue from the casting.” His debut came in July when he spent five hours at the North- ern Wisconsin State Fair. With help from Finder and his team of assistants, about 125 people, in- cluding both children and adults, created small aluminum castings. Each individual built a pattern in a small flask with olivine sand and then turned a wheel to pour molten aluminum into the mold. “Tis whole thing is still in its
infancy,” Finder said. “Te state fair, where we had seven or eight people help, was kind of a trial run. I’m talking to some high schools and I’m hoping to work with art teachers and tech ed instructors.” Looking toward the future,
Finder hopes to educate Wisconsin students with his portable furnace. “I learned how to make tools young
people can use safely,” he said. “Tey can be involved in making something and producing a casting. Tey make
Finder hopes to work with schools across Wisconsin to share his passion for metalcasting with as many students as possible. While still in the planning stages
of the program, Finder is encouraged by the early results and hopes to be prepared for the 2014 school year.
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