Visual Inspection of Cast Products
This project will provide a comprehensive investigation on ways to improve visual inspection tasks for the metalcasting industry. The major areas of investigation will include: Impact of human
factors on the inspection process, Environmental Variables, Training, Surface Anomaly Mapping and Case Studies with Tech- nology Transfer. This project is jointly sponsored by SFSA, AFS and NADCA. The Principal Investigators are Frank Peters, Iowa State University, and Ted Schorn, Schorn Associates.
AFS Technology Transfer CastExpo
Several new features were highlighted at CastExpo’10 held March 20-23, 2010 in Orlando, Florida, USA. Sponsored by the American Foundry Society (AFS) and the North Ameri- can Die Casting Association (NADCA), CastExpo and the associated Metalcasting Congress represents the single larg- est event focused on metalcasting technology and research in North America. It features an equipment and technology exhibition and more than 40 technical sessions on a wide va- riety of topics of interest to the metalcasting industry. New features included a technical education track orientated for the casting user and design engineering community focusing on cost-effective casting design, sourcing concerns and the basics of metalcasting. Accompanying this emphasis on pro- viding education to the casting buyer was the new “Cast in North America” exhibit, an exclusive area where U.S. metal- casters showcased their engineering and casting capabilities to their customers—casting buyers and designers. Another new feature, the Metalcasting Technology Theatre provided prac- tical technology presentations and demonstrations for Expo attendees on the exhibition floor. Several technical seminars were also available to show floor attendees in the Metalcasting Advancement Center.
Conferences—Webinars
The AFS will host a two-day hands-on workshop “Heat Treat- ing Principles and Practice for Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Cast- ings” that will provide an understanding of the basic principles of thermal treatment for ferrous and non-ferrous castings. The workshop will be divided into two separate workshops for fer- rous and non-ferrous. These workshops are designed for prac- ticing iron, steel, aluminum and magnesium foundry personnel and are the only heat treat workshops dealing specifically with cast metals.
Ferrous attendees will learn: •
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All forms of thermal treatment including normaliz- ing, stress relieving, annealing and austempering
Surface hardening methods
• How to audit your heat treating source • •
Non-Ferrous attendees will learn: • How to increase tensile strength • How to maximize elongation
• Aluminum alloys that will meet strength requirements without heat treating
• Minimize distortion in heat treating
• Improve hardness and machining performance •
Discover the optimum heat treat cycle for each alloy or component geometry
Both workshops will include a roundtable discussion. Attendees can bring their heat treating questions, problems and concerns for discussion and problem solving by the AFS panel of experts.
Workshop Details Date: May 26-27, 2010 Location: AFS Headquarters, 1695 N. Penny Lane, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Differences in heat treating iron and steel castings
Applications of heat treated cast irons and competi- tive materials
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