Welcome to e-Connections, the weekly AFS email newsletter. In this Sept. 16, 2008, edition:
Best of CastExpo Webinar to Focus on CGI Applications
AFS's new webinar series, the Best of CastExpo, is intended to recap the most important technical sessions of the event held this year in Atlanta.
The first webinar, scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 25, at 11:00 AM EST, will focus on production applications of compacted graphite iron (CGI). Presenters include Bryan Burton, ThyssenKrupp-Waupaca, Steve Dawson, SinterCast and Leonard Lamb, Motor Castings Co. The hour and a half session also will cover:
- CGI processing;
- sample weight;
- furnace chemical control;
- pouring temperature control;
- thermal analysis and trim wire feeding.
The cost to attend this and future Best of CastExpo webinars is $50 for AFS members, $100 for non-members. For more information on the Best of CastExpo webinar series, or to register for this webinar, contact Rebecca Erickson, AFS technical assistant, at rebecca@afsinc.org or 800/537-4237 x246.
Seminar Brings Together Metalcasters, Customers
The AFS Metalcasting Solutions Seminar will be held Wednesday. Oct. 1, in conjunction with the East Coast Regional Conference at the Heritage Hills Golf Resort, York, Pa. In this seminar, casting buyers and designers will:
- discuss the casting processes;
- review the various alloy families;
- see casting design successes;
- learn about technological advancements in metalcasting.
If you are a buyer, attend this workshop to learn more about what metalcasting can do for you. If you are a metalcaster, show buyers what you can do by exhibiting with a table top.
For more information on the Metalcasting Solutions Seminar, contact Leo Baran, AFS director of membership services, at lbaran@afsinc.org or 800/537-4237 x201. To download a registration form in .pdf format, click here.
Austempered Ductile Iron Webinar Coming in October
Engineered Casting Solutions magazine has scheduled a free webinar on the benefits and applications of austempered ductile iron (ADI). Scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 9, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. EST, this 45-minute webinar is for designers and buyers of metal castings, as well as metalcasters looking to enter the ADI market. In the webinar, ADI experts will detail how designing with ADI can provide mechanical properties similar to steel with weight and cost reduction opportunities compared to aluminum and steel components.
To register for this webinar, visit www.metalcastingdesign.com/adiwebinar. For more information, contact Dave Krugman, AFS PR and marketing coordinator, at dkrugman@afsinc.org or 800/537-4237 x286.
Career Center Helps Find New Metalcasters
The AFS Metalcasting Career Center has become the new destination for metalcasting industry employers and job seekers. Located at www.afsinc.org/careercenter, the Career Center has new job descriptions and resumes of prospective employees posted every day. Job seekers can view job postings for free. Employers pay a small fee to download resumes of prospective applicants. Discounts are available for AFS members.
Recent jobs posted include:
Process Engineer
Skokie, Ill.
Castwell Products
Field Service Engineer
Schaumburg, Ill.
Hunter Automated Machinery Corp.
Purchasing Manager
Ludington, Mich.
Great Lakes Castings
For more information on the metalcasting career center, contact Dave Krugman, AFS PR and marketing coordinator, at dkrugman@afsinc.org or 800/537-4237 x286.
CMI Offers Casting Cost Estimating Course
CMI will be offering a Casting Cost Estimating course Nov. 12-13 at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, Fort Worth, Texas. This course uses a workshop approach to take students through the basics of predicting job costs using example jobs, as well as prints students bring to class. Estimates based on blueprints are then presented and discussed. Methods for determining cost centers, along with ideas for assigning standard costs, are highlighted. Students will review sample estimates using a form created during the lectures.
For more information or to attend this course, contact AFS customer service at 800/537-4237, or click here to register.
