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AFS to Find Lightweight
Casting Solutions, Create Jobs
AFS is currently soliciting white papers
for evaluation and funding consideration for a new Advanced Lightweight Casting
Solutions (ALCS) for Defense Applications program. White papers are being
considered in three broad categories including metalcasting process improvement
and advancement, process modeling and simulation improvements and cast material
improvements, with a focus on efforts to reduce component weight.
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Enter 2010 Casting
Competition, Gain Free
Marketing at CastExpo'10
Enter the 2010
AFS/Metalcasting Design & Purchasing Casting
Competition and show the engineering and purchasing community what a metal
casting can accomplish. This year's winners will receive a free year’s license
of Magmasoft simulation software, while Best in Class receive 6 month licenses.
Also, this year’s winners will be showcased at the Cast in North America
Pavilion at CastExpo’10.
Enter the 2010 AFS Casting
Competition
IJMC
Provides World Class Research, Technology
at Affordable Price
Since
the inaugural issue in fall 2007 the International Journal of
Metalcasting has provided quality, peer-reviewed metalcasting research and
technology to the global metalcasting industry. Now, we can also say that it is
an incredible bargain as well.
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Hundreds of Metalcasters Socially Networking
Hundreds of
metalcasters are connecting via the internet’s social networks. AFS has many
arenas for the industry to network, including its Foundry and Diecaster Network
and Metal Casting Design and Purchasing neworks on Linked-In, AFS, MODERN
CASTING and Metal Casting Design & Purchasing networks on Facebook and AFS
and MODERN CASTING networks on Twitter.
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CastExpo'10 News
Metalcasting Technology
Theater to Include President's Session, Energy Matters: The Effect of Energy
Cost on Profitability, Economic Forum
The new Metalcasting Technology
Theater at CastExpo'10 will include the several presentations that will help
increase your productivity and profitability, including an Economic Forum
discussing the current and future status of the metalcasting industry, the
presentation "Energy Matters: The Effect of Energy Cost on Profitability," and
the AFS President's Session.
The theater will be located on the CastExpo exhibit floor, will complement
the annual Metalcasting Congress sessions and will be open to all attendees.
CastExpo'10 will be held March 20-23 at the Orange County Convention Center,
Orlando, Fla. To register for the show, visit castexpo.com.
Countdown to
86 Days
Hotline
Iron, Steel
Foundry Area Source Rule Compliance Deadlines Approaching
On Jan. 2,
2008, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the final iron and
steel foundry area source rule in the Federal Register. EPA issued the
standard based on generally available control technology (GACT) for the control
of the following urban hazardous air pollutants (HAPs): chromium, lead,
manganese and nickel. The final rule sets emission limits for large area source
facilities and requires them to comply with pollution prevention management
practices and notification and record keeping requirements.
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