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Foundry in a Box Teaches 6th Graders How to Pour Metal
My sponsored webinar
with Metal Casting Design & Purchasing exceeded all my expectations. I consider this program to be the single best lead generation investment I’ve made in the last 10 years.
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David Weiss Vice President, Sales & Engineering Eck Industries Inc.
Sixth graders at
Oakridge Upper Elemen- tary School, Muskegon Mich., dug their hands in sand to build molds to make castings last month as part of an AFS Foundry in a Box demonstration. Reg Crowe, retired,
Jill Koebbe, Air & Water Compliance Group, Jeff Cook, Eagle Alloy Inc., and Rob Kriger, Eagle Alloy Inc., led students in Mrs. Rikki Grave’s 6th grade science class on Friday, March 13, showing them how to make a sand mold, pour molten tin, remove the sand from the solidifi ed casting and clean the casting’s surface.
Buehler Donates Microscope
In February, Buehler, Lake Bluff , Ill., donated one of its
metallurgical microscopes to the AFS Institute. T e micro- scope will be used in the Institute’s metallurgy and casting defect courses. T e new piece of equipment will enable class participants
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to experience hands on practice analyzing the behavior of metals, their composites and alloys.
Pictured below, Travis Wittmeyer, Buehler, presents the metallurgical microscope to Jennifer Head, AFS Director of Education.
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