Casting Design & Purchasing Sessions Wednesday, April 9
8:30 a.m. Panel: Introduction to Casting Processes and Alloys
(14-151) Alfred Spada, Leo Baran, Scott Lammers and Kevin Fleischmann,
American Foundry Society and the Institute, Schaumburg, Ill. Te presenters will give a basic overview of various casting processes and typical cast alloys.
10:15 a.m. Panel: Design Analysis—Past Winners of Casting of
the Year (14-154) Chris Witt, Dotson Iron Castings, Mankato, Minn.; Mark
Osborne, Denison Industries, Denison, Texas; Jeff Cook, Eagle Alloy Inc., Muskegon, Mich.; Sandy Salisbury-Linton, Tonkawa Foundry, Tonkawa, Okla. Four metalcasting facilities that have previously won “Casting of the Year” will review their winning castings and the design process that resulted in various savings for their customers.
2:00 p.m.
Panel: Supplier Selection (14-155) Michael Nash, John Deere, Waterloo, Iowa; Tomas Rodriguez,
ABB, Greenville, S.C.; Tom Kayser, Osco Industries Inc., Ports- mouth, Ohio; James White, Caterpillar, Mossville, Ill. A panel of sourcing managers and specialists at major
casting end-users will discuss their strategies for selecting casting suppliers.
Thursday, April 10
8:30 a.m. Use of Casting Modeling Earlier in the Design Process Vadim Pikhovich, Magma Foundry Technologies Inc.,
Schaumburg, Ill. Casting modeling during design can be used to achieve a
more cost-efficiently produced part and open up additional design features to incorporate into the casting.
Panel: Prototyping With Lost Foam (14-156) Michael Johnston, Lost Foam Group International, Alex-
ander City, Ala.; Carlos Esparza, Pure Power Technologies Metalcastings Group, Waukesha, Wis. Since the inception of the lost foam era, the difficulty
of prototyping for the lost foam process has been a stum- bling block to development and testing of lost foam casting designs. Panelists will present historical evidence and a case study showing the machined foam process is a viable and “desirable” method to rapid prototype complex and simple geometries for the lost foam process.
2:00 p.m. Te Ten-Step Program for Casting Defect Analysis
(14-134) Kevin Fleischmann and Scott Lammers, American Foundry
Society and the Institute, Schaumburg, Ill. Te presenters will give an overview of the Institute’s
recommended process for determining the root cause of a casting defect.
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