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MODERN A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDRY SOCIETY


SEPTEMBER 2014 VOLUME 104 | NUMBER 9


COLUMNS


9 Editorial It’s the Sum of the Data A.T. SPADA


P. 31 P. 22


19 Washington Alert OSHA Examining Revisions to Electronic Reporting Rule S. SALMON, J. HANNAPEL AND C. RICHTER


45 Shaping Strategy What Would You Pay for $100? M. MEHLING


47 Safe Practice Efforts Strengthen Chemical Safety in the Workplace D. HUNTER


DEPARTMENTS 3 From Online


10 Industry News 17 Industry Faces


22 St Marys Foundry’s Employee-Owners Aim Big The company has rebuilt a century-old business into a trusted supplier of highly engineered cast iron parts. D. KAPEL


27 Predicting, Preventing Core Gas Defects in Steel Castings Modeling and analyzing core gas evolution and metal solidification behavior can aid in the prediction and prevention of porosity caused by core gas. L. XUE, M. CARTER, A. CATALINA, Z. LIN, C. QIU AND C. LI


31 New Possibilities for High Strength Aluminum Traditionally cast in green sand, A206 aluminum may be a viable alloy for permanent mold castings. Y. FASOYINU, D. WEISS AND J. SHAH


34 Branch Out to Prevent Failures in the Field Resolve warranty risk through fault tree analysis. T. SCHORN


40 Knowledge Management Using Digital Dashboards Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe developed a customized real-time data tracking system that provides useful production charts to aid in better decision-making. N. RANKIS


21 In a World Without Castings


50 Casting Innovations


53 Metalcasting Supplies 54 AFS News 56 Classifieds


63 Advertisers Index


64 Shakeout


moderncasting.com Cover Design: Mike Berrafato


On the cover: Randy Chilcoat prepares a pit mold for pouring a very large iron casting at St Marys Foundry.


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