THE FUTURE OF METALCASTING
THROUGH NEW IDEAS & INNOVATION
A sampling of presentations from the AFS Metalcasting Congress in Milwaukee shows how the industry is striving to provide better, more cost-effective components for its customers.
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AUTHORS Yan Lu, Hulmin Wang and Alan Luo, Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio); Keith Ripplinger, Honda Engineering North America (Anna, Ohio).
This is a uniaxial tensile test for a dog-bone sample on a standard MTS testing system.
May/Jun 2017 | METAL CASTING DESIGN & PURCHASING | 41 AN MCDP STAFF REPORT
ne of the biggest draws of the annual AFS Met- alcasting Congress is the sampling of completed research projects. T ey are shared and discussed and hopefully help metalcasters across North America improve their operations, better service customers, and stay ahead of the game in a very competitive market. T ree of the presentations are summarized
below. T ese papers from some of the leading minds in the industry represent studies and ideas that could have wide-ranging positive impacts on the future of metalcasting.
PRESENTATION Process Simulation and Experimental Validation of Resin-Bonded Silica Sand Mold
BACKGROUND Sand casting is the most commonly
used casting process. Components
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