Modern Casting articles from July 2004

Modern Casting archives from July 2004

Question of the month.(moderncasting.com)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The May web site question of the month asked, "If your firm has started hiring new employees, what area of the facility are you hiring into?" Answers: * 49%--Production. * 23%--Engineering. * 16%--Maintenance. *...

A dying industry? Not according to the facts.(Editorial)(Editorial)
July 1, 2004... In my position, I receive numerous calls from consultants, investment professionals and media about the state of today's metalcasting industry. The first question typically is: "How many plants have closed in the last five years?" This is...

AFS expresses concerns over talks with China on market economy status.(Washington Alert)(American Foundry Society)(Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... At a Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) meeting in April, China and the U.S. agreed to discuss China's desire to be treated as a market economy under U.S. trade law. Market economy status is important to China because exports from...

AFS urges Congress to restore metalcasting research funds.(Washington Alert)(American Foundry Society)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... As a member of the Cast Metals Coalition, AFS is working to secure additional metalcasting research funding in Congress for the Metalcasting Industries of the Future (IOF) program. Managed by the U.S. Dept. of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy...

House passes four bills focusing on OSHA reform.(Washington Alert)(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The House of Representatives passed four bills sponsored by Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-Ga.), chairman of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education & Workforce Committee. The bills are designed to improve worker safety by making...

Howmet to open new Mexican facility.(North America)
July 1, 2004... Howmet Castings (Alcoa Inc.), Cleveland, will establish a new operation, Howmet de Mexico, in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico. The firm will build on Alcoa's existing presence and infrastructure in Mexico. Operations are targeted to begin later this year...

Urschel completes new nobake facility.(North America)
July 1, 2004... Due to a push by its customers to produce more cast stainless steel products, Urschel Laboratories Inc., Valparaiso, Ind., recently completed a new 14,500 sq.-ft, nobake casting facility on site of its current location. The firm, which...

Atlas castings saddles up for cast components for Tacoma Narrows bridge project.(North America)
July 1, 2004... Most engineers worldwide can associate the name "Tacoma Narrows" with the phrase "suspension bridge that collapsed." But now a new term can be associated with the name--Atlas Castings. As part of a new suspension bridge spanning the Tacoma...

GLIS opens new metalcasting facility.(North America)(Great Lakes Industrial Solutions Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Great Lakes Industrial Solutions Inc., Brunswick, Ohio, established GLIS Castings in June. The new firm operates at it of a 15,000-sq.-ft, nobake facility in Brunswick. It casts primarily H-grade stainless steel as well as gray, white and...

French facility casts liberty bell replica.(Around the World)(Fonderie Cornille-Havard)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Fonderie Cornille-Havard, Normandy France, cast a near exact replica of the Liberty Bell. The 2,077-lb. casting was made with the same copper and tin alchemy as the original bell. Financed by a $60,000 grant from the Regional Council of...

QDF components (ThyssenKrupp).(Around the World--Newcast)(QDF Components Ltd.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... QDF Components (ThyssenKrupp), Derby, England, announced it would lay off more than 250 employees at its metalcasting facility in Derby by the end of June. Most of the lost jobs will be on a production line that makes cylinder heads for semi...

Norsk Hydro ASA, Oslo, Norway, will close the Hydro Aluminum Motorcast Ltd. facility in Leeds, England, and move production of turbo cylinder heads to Gyor, Hungary.(Around the World--Newcast)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Norsk Hydro ASA, Oslo. Norway, will close the Hydro Aluminum Motorcast Ltd. facility in Leeds, England, and move production of turbo cylinder heads to Gyor, Hungary. Five-hundred eighty employees are said to be affected by the closure, which is...

Mabry Casting Ltd.(Quality Certification)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The following metalcasting organization has recently received a certification: Mabry Casting Ltd., Beaumont, Texas, (ISO 9001:2000).

Alabama Ductile Casting (Citation Corp.).(Newscast)(achievements and awards)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Alabama Ductile Casting (Citation Corp.), Brewton, Ala., received the Business Council of Alabama (BCA) Chairman's Award in recognition of having worked more than 3 million man hours without a lost-time injury, as well as a commendation for...

Citation Marion (Citation Corp.).(Newscast)(achievements and awards)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Citation Marion (Citation Corp.) Marion, Ala., received BCA's Excellence Award for going more than three years without a lost time injury.

Metalcasting technology forum addresses domestic strategies for the industry.(North America)(RIA Task Force)(Rock island Arsenal)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... One-hundred industry officials gathered at Rock island Arsenal (RIA), Rock Island, III., May 18-19 for the Metalcasting Technology Forum 2004 to discuss the strategies to ensure a strong domestic metalcasting capability. Maj. Gen. N. Ross...

Laran casts parts for WWII memorial.(North America)(Laran Bronze)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... As part of a multi-facility project, Laran Bronze, Chester, Pa., produced numerous sculptures for the new World War II memorial in Washington D.C. Laran cast eight columns, eight eagles, two wreaths and 24 plaques over a near three-year span....

Brampton Foundries Ltd., Brampton, Ontario, Canada, now has the new name of Breyer Casting Technologies Inc. due to new ownership.(Newscast)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Brampton Foundries Ltd., Brampton, Ontario, Canada, now has the new name of Breyer Casting Technologies Inc. due to new ownership. The company has plans to install new die design and facility automation as well as expand its sales...

Hayes Lemmerz International Inc.(Newscast)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Hayes Lemmerz International Inc., Northville, Mich., closed its aluminum automotive wheel facility in Howell, Mich., in May.

ABB Inc., Norwalk, Conn., received the Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., 2003 World Excellence Award.(Newscast)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... ABB Inc., Norwalk, Conn., received the Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., 2003 World Excellence Award for Environmental Leadership.

Componenta Corp., Helsinki, Finland, has purchased an MC-200 multi-cooler from Simpson Technologies Corp. Aurora, Ill.(Newscast)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Componenta Corp., Helsinki, Finland, has purchased an MC-200 multi-cooler from Simpson Technologies Corp., Aurora, Ill., for its facility in Karkkila, Finland.

Inter-Power Corp.(Newscast)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Inter-Power Corp., Almont, Mich., now offers induction melting equipment and vacuum melting systems.

OmniSource Corp.(Newscast)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... OmniSource Corp., Fort Wayne, Ind., received the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Award. OmniSource is the only scrap metal recycling company in the country to receive the honor, which is presented to firms that exhibit occupational...

IdraPrince, Holland, Mich., entered into a maintenance and service agreement.(Newscast)(Hishinuma Machinery Co. Ltd.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... IdraPrince, Holland. Mich., entered into a maintenance and service agreement with Hishinuma Machinery Co. Ltd., Ranzan, Saitami, Japan.

Rex Materials Group.(Newscast)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Rex Materials Group, Fowlerville, Mich., will build a new 24,000-sq.-ft. facility in South Hill, Va.

Tying all forms of Metalcasting together.(Letterbox )(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... Your recent editorial, "It's All Metalcasting," in MODERN CASTING'S 2004 Diecasting Technology Showcase sets the correct tone for our industry. It's important that we realize how much we as metalcasters have in common with each other as...

Precision Metalsmiths Inc.(Personals)(Jerry Kovatch appointed)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Precision Metalsmiths Inc., Cleveland, named Jerry Kovatch president.

Ashland Casting Solutions.(Personals)(Timothy C. Pritchard appointed)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Ashland Casting Solutions, Dublin, Ohio, named Timothy C. Pritchard, customer support manager.

Grede Foundries Inc.(Personals)(Jeff Hipple appointed)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Grede Foundries Inc., Milwaukee, named Jeff Hipple vice president of operations at its New Castle, Ind., metalcasting facility.

Alcoa Inc.(Personals)(Kevin Kramer appointed)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, appointed Kevin Kramer president of Alcoa Cast Auto Wheels, Cleveland.

Belmont Metals Inc.(Personals)(Richard Henning appointed)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Belmont Metals Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., appointed Richard Henning president and Herbert J. Doyle director of sales and marketing.

Inter-Power Corp.(Personals)(Donald Gibeaut appointed)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Inter-Power Corp., Almont, Mich., named Donald Gibeaut, product line manager of the company's melting products division.

B&L Information Systems.(Personals)(Larry Chamberlain promoted)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... B&L Information Systems, Bridgman, Mich., promoted Larry Chamberlain to business consultant.

Obituaries.(Industry News)(Charlie Hall and Nick Miraldi die)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
July 1, 2004... Charlie Hall, Lufkin, Texas, passed away in May. He was 74. A long-time member in both AFS and the Steel Founders' Society of America, Mr. Hall most recently served as technical director at Texas Foundries (Citation Corp.) in Lufkin. Nick...

Calendar of events.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
July 1, 2004... View the Extended Industry Calendar at www.afsinc.org August August 15-17--Casting Industry Suppliers Assn., Summer Meeting, Hyatt Regency Resort, Cambridge, Md. August 15-18--AFS 16th Environmental Health and Safety Conference...

2004 Casting Competition: engineered solutions through Metalcasting: designed and manufactured for industries as diverse as automotive, computers, military, home heating and agriculture, this year's winners illustrate true casting capabilities.(Cover Story)
July 1, 2004... Eleven cast component designs earned industry-wide recognition at the 2004 Metalcasting Congress in Rosemont, Ill., on June 15. The fourth annual American Foundry Society Casting Competition (cosponsored by Engineered Casting Solutions...

Molten metal system design: the GM way: GM Powertrain found that designing a molten metal supply system cannot be done in isolation. There must be cooperation from different areas of the operation to achieve the desired results.
July 1, 2004... Designing molten metal supply systems in metalcasting facilities has traditionally been done in isolation. It begins with the raw material buyer, who wants to purchase the lowest-priced assorted scrap, sows and ingots in the open market and...

Maintaining production tooling in cost-effective style: with the majority of pattern shops still relying on manual modeling methods, a multi-step process can help an operation achieve optimal pattern use and improve production.
July 1, 2004... Optimizing a casting project from design to machining is something all metalcasters stive to achieve. Although facilities may not experience the same dilemma when it comes to maintaining their production tooling, they each still have to face...

Approach with caution: Olson Aluminum's conservative approach to business allows it to balance the juggling act of producing prototypes and running a job shop.(Olson Aluminum Castings)
July 1, 2004... Business doesn't have to be a risk if it's approached in the right way. Over the years, Olson Aluminum Castings, Rockford, Ill., has bought into that line of thinking that Ray Olson, vice president of production, brought to the firm and...

Metalcasters convene at 108th Metalcasting Congress.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)
July 1, 2004... More than 1,450 metalcasters gathered June 12-15 in Rosemont, Ill., for the 108th Metalcasting Congress cosponsored by AFS and the North American Die Casting Assn. The show featured more than 150 exhibits and 50 technical and management...

Kurtti obtains the rammer.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... At the 108th Metalcasting Congress in Rosemont, Ill., Charles M. Kurtti, Neenah Foundry Co. (retired), was sworn in as the new AFS president. Joining him in his new position are James L. Keffer, EBAA Iron Sales Inc., as AFS vice president and...

New AFS officers & directors.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Directory)
July 1, 2004... Charles M. Kurtti AFS President Executive Vice President (retired) Neenah Foundry Co. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] James L. Keffer AFS Vice President President EBAA Iron Sales Inc. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Albert T. Lucchetti AFS 2nd...

New CMI Directors.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Cast Metals Institute)(Appointments)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Stephen P. Ducharme CMI Director Technical Sales H. Kramer & Co. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Michael J. Trzecinski CMI Director Vice President EMSCO Inc. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Scott Strobl CMI Director Vice President-Technology...

Photo album.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The 108th Metalcasting Congress presented metalcasters with the opportunity to sit in on technical sessions, walk the exhibitors' floor and ask questions of AFS leaders. During the first AFS Town Hall Meeting (top left), attendees had the...

AFS Gold Medal winners.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(American Foundrymen's Society)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Joseph S. Seaman Gold Medal was bestowed upon Rodney L. Naro, ASI International Ltd., for "significant technical contributions through the development and transfer of knowledge to the metalcasting industry as an author, researcher, teacher...

AFS Awards of Scientific Merit.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(American Foundrymen's Society )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Oleg S. Fishman, vice president and chief technical officer, Inductotherm Corp., received recognition "for advancements in the design of more efficient power converters and introduction of computer controlled systems for melting and automatic...

CMI Director's Award.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Cast Metals Institute)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... David C. Williams, manager product services, Allied Mineral Products Inc. was presented the 2004 CMI Director's a Award "for his exceptional contributions to the Institute as an instructor and member of its faculty."

AFS Service Citations.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(American Foundrymen's Society )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Charles A. Ruud, quality control manager, Carondelet Foundry Co., earned his award "for service and dedicated leadership to the Engineering Div., the AFS Division Council and the metalcasting industry." Sara A. Joyce, quality technical...

Ray H. Witt and Howard F. Taylor Awards.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Ray H. Witt Management Award is presented "to recognize a management- or marketing-oriented paper that exhibits the greatest probability of favorably impacting the metalcasting industry." This year's award was presented to Theodore Schorn,...

Division awards winners.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)
July 1, 2004... Engineering Div. Norris B. Luther Distinguished Service Award Tony Midea, Foseco Metallurgical Inc. Jeff Westover Award (in Industrial Engineering) Thomas Riner, Grede Foundries Inc. Best Paper Award Measuring and...

North American Die Casting Assn. Awards.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Best Congress Paper Cost Reduced Magnesium Diecasting Using Heated Runners Naiyi Li, Ronald P. Cooper, Raymond M. Silva and James E. de Vries, Ford Motor Co.; Nanda Gopal, Intermet Corp.; Christopher W. Lee, Synventive Molding...

Outgoing Division Council members.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(metal castings industry)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Charles Ruud Division Council Chair MetalTek International Stephen Ducharme Division Council Member-at-Large H. Kramer & Co. Al Alagarsamy Chair, Research Board Citation Corp. Paul Barker Chair, Engineering Dalton Corp. John...

Aluminum Silver Anniversary Paper.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... In his Silver Anniversary Lecture titled, "The Ductility Challenge: New Options for the Future," John L. Jorstad, JLJ Technologies Inc., explored the advancements in ductility in aluminum alloys over the last 20 years and offered some options...

Cast Iron Honorary Lecture.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... William Powell, ThyssenKrupp Waupaca, investigated "The Technology Journey," as the topic for the Cast Iron Honorary Lecture. Powell discussed where the metalcasting industry is technologically today, what it needs for the future and how it can...

Molding Methods & Materials Silver Anniversary Paper.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... In his Silver Anniversary Presentation titled, "Influence of Chemical Binder Core Sand Contamination on Green Sand Molding Properties--25 Years of Controversy" (04-001), Rodney L. Naro, ASI International Ltd., addressed a topic dating back to...

Aluminum.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)(Panel Discussion)
July 1, 2004... The AFS Aluminum Div. panels and presentations offered information on a variety of topics, including discussions on inclusions, quality issues in net-shape castings and designing a molten metal supply system. During his report, "Molten...

Molding Methods & Materials.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The presentations of the AFS Molding Methods & Materials Div. aimed to help metalcasters produce better castings through a better understanding of sand and binders. In their presentation, "Versatile Core Sand Test Method," (04-108) S.G....

Cast Iron.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The AFS Cast Iron Div.'s presentations addressed multiple topics from thin wall castings to inclusion defects to material strength. In their presentation, "Factors Affecting Microshrinkage Formation in Thin-Wall Ductile Iron" (04-012),...

Engineering.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)
July 1, 2004... The AFS Engineering Div. featured several panel discussions addressing such issues as lean manufacturing and cost-effective tooling maintenance. A paper by T.J. Schorn, Enkei America Inc., "Assessing Mold Tooling Life," (04-016) brought...

Magnesium.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The presentations of the AFS Magnesium Div. sessions centered around new technology. S.I. Bakhtiyarov and R. A. Overfelt, Auburn Unix., presented their report, "First V-Process Casting of Magnesium" (04-028). The authors described the...

Melting Methods & Materials.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)
July 1, 2004... The panels and presentations of the AFS Melting Methods & Materials Div. provided metalcasters with an array of information on melting issues. In their paper, "Performance of Briquetted and Lump Silicon Carbide in Cupola Operations,"...

Diecasting.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)(Panel Discussion)
July 1, 2004... Diecasting panels presented by the North American Die Casting Assn. centered around various aspects of the diecasting process including cost savings, examinations of alloys and computer modeling. In his presentation "Experimental Validation...

Copper Alloy.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The presentations from the AFS Copper Alloy Div. discussed several issues, such as gating sand castings and a metalcaster's perspective on large copper castings. Discussed in the presentation "Optimization of Composition and Mechanical...

Environmental, Health & Safety.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The AFS Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Div. held several panel sessions on various topics, such as the current status of EHS issues and how to handle the iron and steel MACT regulations. J.D. Land, F.S. Cannon and R.C. Voigt, Penn...

Pattern & Foundry Molding.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)(Panel Discussion)
July 1, 2004... The AFS Pattern & Foundry Tooling Div. held one panel, "Concurrent Engineering--Emerging Tools" (04-167). Presented by N. Patterson, The Dotson Co. Inc., N. Rathod, Imaginestics L.L.C., and C. Heisser, Magma Foundry Technologies, the panel...

Marketing.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... During the AFS Marketing Div. session, a panel presentation outlined a marketing plan grounded in facts to mobilize metalcasting facility management toward new actions in marketing. R. Showman, Ashland Specialty Chemical Co., presented a...

Lost Foam.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The AFS Lost Foam Div. provided metalcasters with a series of presentations and panels centered around lost foam patterns and molding. In their presentation, "Folds Formation and Prevention in the Lost Foam Aluminum Process" (04-080) Q....

Steel.(108th Metalcasting Congress Report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Presentations given during the AFS Steel Div. sessions provided metalcasters with a wide variety of topics to improve operations. Among them was "Implementation of ISO 9001:2000 in Steel Foundries" (04-124), given by H.M. Roshan,...

Polishing cars with flat tires.(Small Foundry Management)
July 1, 2004... As I was driving home from a metalcasting facility for a recent consulting trip, I wondered why I'd been called. It was obvious to me that the reason I had been asked to visit the plant was not even close to the primary problem facing the...

AFS selects World Foundry Congress Paper.(AFS/CMI News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The AFS Honorary Lectures and Papers committee has selected the official exchange paper, Process Modeling: Sand Core Blowing (02-141), to be presented at the 2004 World Foundry Congress, Istanbul, Turkey. Authored by Kenneth Williams and Dale...

Casting Design Seminar proves positive.(AFS/CMI News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The one-day "Cost-Effective Casting Design Seminar," once again proved to be a success. Presented by the AFS Marketing Div. and the Cast Metals Institute, and cosponsored by Engineered Casting Solutions, more than 100 design engineers and...

4-E Committee has 1st video conference.(AFS/CMI News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The AFS Basic Concepts Committee (4-E) held a video conference with Wescast Industries' North Huron Casting, Wingham, Ontario, Canada, May 26 at AFS headquarters. Wescast representatives discussed a variety of metalcasting topics face-to-face...

Membership memo.(AFS/CMI News)(Breyer Casting Technologies Inc. )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... New AFS Corporate Members (April-May 2004): Breyer Casting Technologies Inc., Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

Thank you.(AFS/CMI News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... This space is to thank the instructors and their companies who have provided their time and expertise for CMI courses held April 1-May 31, 2004. Matt Granlund, Foundry Systems Control Michael Gwyn, Advanced Technology Institute ...

Stateline--in May, Victoria Vinarsky and Stephanie Kingsbury were each awarded a $1,000 scholarship.(AFS Chapter News)
July 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: STATELINE -- In May, shown in the picture at left, Victoria Vinarsky (l) and Stephanie Kingsbury were each awarded a $1,000 scholarship. Shown in the picture at right, Julie Smith (r), Citation Corp.,...

Central Indiana--in April, Anthony Uberta, Peter Farrar, David Adame, Adam DeVeries, Jamie Workman and Chuck Crane, all from the Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ.-Indianapolis student chapter.(AFS Chapter News)
July 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: CENTRAL INDIANA -- In April, (from l) Anthony Uberta, Peter Farrar, David Adame, Adam DeVeries, Jamie Workman and Chuck Crane, all from the Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ.-Indianapolis student chapter, gathered...

Saginaw Valley--in April, David Peterson, AFS, presents a laptop computer to AFS Membership Contest winner Jeff Rutkowski, General Motors Corp. D. J. Couture and Chris Goetz, both of General Motors Corp.(AFS Chapter News)
July 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: SAGINAW VALLEY -- In April, David Peterson (second from l), AFS, presents a laptop computer to AFS Membership Contest winner Jeff Rutkowski (second from r), General Motors Corp. D. J. Couture (l) and Chris...

Pittsburgh--in May, Eugene A. Tarabek, Tarabek Inc. (retired), presents a chapter scholarship check to the 2004 recipient, Jason Drew Meyer.(AFS Chapter News)
July 1, 2004... PITTSBURGH -- In May, shown in the picture at left, Eugene A. Tarabek (l), Tarabek Inc. (retired), presents a chapter scholarship check to the 2004 recipient, Jason Drew Meyer. Shown in the picture at right, Tarabek (r) presents Thomas...

Northern California--in April, Craig Wilson, Production Pattern & Foundry Co., and Tony Machado, Abrasives Unlimited Inc., present Ronald Karbowski, Norton Co., a speaker's award for his presentation.(AFS Chapter News)
July 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA -- In April, Craig Wilson (l), Production Pattern & Foundry Co., and Tony Machado (ctr), Abrasives Unlimited Inc., present Ronald Karbowski, Norton Co., a speaker's award for his...

Central Michigan--in May, Michael Atkins, Western Michigan Univ., conducted a tour of the university's new Parkview campus.(AFS Chapter News)
July 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: CENTRAL MICHIGAN -- In May, Michael Atkins, Western Michigan Univ., conducted a tour of the university's new Parkview campus for the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Northwest Pennsylvania--in April, Matt Erickson, Mark Turner and Lee Terrill, all from Penn State Univ.-Behrend.(AFS Chapter News)
July 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA -- In April, Matt Erickson (l), Mark Turner (ctr) and Lee Terrill, all from Penn State Univ.-Behrend, were awarded $1,000 scholarships.

Wisconsin--in April, George Forish, Precision Pattern Co., presents a speaker's award to Philip Reger, Reger Quality Consultants.(AFS Chapter News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: WISCONSIN -- In April, George Forish (l), Precision Pattern Co., presents a speaker's award to Philip Reger, Reger Quality Consultants, after his presentation on ISO/TS16949 versus QS-9000 standards.

Chapter meetings.(AFS Chapter News)(Calendar)
July 1, 2004... CENTRAL NEW YORK August 21--Greenview Golf Club, West Monroe, N.Y.; Golf Outing. KEYSTONE September 10--Heidelberg Country Club, Bernville, Pa.; Summer Outing. December 3--TBD; Christmas Party. PITTSBURGH September 20--Ramada Inn,...

Cambridge Brass finds perfect match with molding machine.(Case History)
July 1, 2004... Cambridge Brass (a division of Masco Corp.), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, has run a matchplate molding operation since 1905. In the past few years, the firm's waterworks valve business has been growing. However, this increased output and the...