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O C T O B E R 2 0 1 2 V O L U M E 1 5 , I S S U E 2
2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3 BOARD
• Chairman Josh Jaycox
• Vice Chair Shawn Conners
• Asst. Vice Chair Jake Korbel
• Sec./Treasurer Joy Clifford
• Past Chair Dan Daubenspeck
• Term 2013 Jordan Carley Jim Trudeau Ross Vass
• Term 2014 Chris Forster Nate Reinke Tony Vitela
• Term 2015 Scott Honeyman Jill Kelby Jeff Merz
The Twin Cities Chapter of the American
Foundry Society is hosting Cast Metals Institute (CMI) for a two-day technical seminar on Tuesday and Wednes-day, October 2-3. The Twin Cities Chapter AFS regular meeting will be on Tuesday, October 2nd beginning at 5:00 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel in Roseville, MN. CMI Instructors, Ian M. Kay and Kevin Fleischmann will pre-sent “Gating and Risering Techniques Recommended by John Campbell.”
About the Presentation… Ian Kay and Kevin
Fleischmann, CMI Instructors, will present gating and riser techniques based on the re-search on Professor John Campbell and the effect of critical fraction solid on feeding per-formance. Campbell is best known to the American foundry industry for his theories on fill-ing and feeding of castings. Professor Campbell started out as a physicist, but involvement in metallurgy lead him to become a foundryman. He was the originator of the Cosworth Casting Process, and still is active in the industry assisting with the management of a num-ber of casting companies, and setting up new casting processes. Author of the two books on casting, he is currently on staff at the School of Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials at The University of Birmingham, UK. For members attending the CMI Gating and Riser De-sign Course, this will be an expansion on a topic typically not covered. For those who are not attending the CMI Course, this interesting topic will bring new insight into feeding per-formance.
About the Speakers… Kevin Fleischmann is currently serving as Associate Di-
rector of Education for the Cast Metals Institute, where he started in 2006 after graduating from Purdue University, studying Mechanical Engineering Technology. He instructs on the Introduction to Metalcasting course, Gating & Riser Design, and Analysis of Casting De-fects. Ian Kay, former Director of CMI now retired, has been the lead coordinator and instructor for hundreds of courses and remains well recognized and respected throughout the indus-try for his ability to interpret complex metallurgical data, particularly in the areas of gating and risering technology and casting defect identification and analysis, and relate the infor-mation in laymen's terms to a wide variety of audiences. He has been a regular speaker at many local American Foundry Society chapter meetings, regional conferences and AFS technical and management conferences. He has authored articles on metalcasting technol-ogy for MODERN CASTING magazine and acted as technical editor on many AFS books and publications. Kay also was instrumental in the development of the online training pro-grams now offered through CMI. To Register…(Page Two)
“TC Chapter AFS”
Joy Clifford, AFS & ASM
www.afstwincities.org
Explore Gating & Riser Design Oct. 2nd Kevin Fleischmann, CMI Instructor
Ian M. Kay, CMI Retired
American Foundry Society Twin Cities Chapter
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Reservations: It’s important to make reservations and equally important to make the dinner reservations EARLY with the TC Chapter AFS. Reservations for dinner are due on Friday, September 28th at Noon by emailing [email protected]. NO EXCEPTIONS. If you are unable to attend the dinner after you have made your reservation, we must invoice you for the cost of your dinner because we are charged for it.
Membership: If you would like to become a member of the TC Chapter AFS, please contact the National office at www.afsinc.org or call 1-800-537-4237 (follow prompt for Membership).
Payment: When you arrive, you or your company may pay for the dinner by cash or check made payable to “AFS TC Chapter.” The Twin Cities Chapter AFS does not accept credit cards (yet).
Meeting Information
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5:00 pm Social (Cash Bar) Sponsor: Carpenter Brothers
6:00 pm Dinner ($30) “Herb Crusted Chicken” Roulade of chicken breast filled with fresh herbs and lightly breaded and sautéed, place on herbed cream sauce. Served with Yukon Gold garlic mashed potatoes, fresh vegetables, a garden salad, roll and butter, chef’s choice dessert, Starbuck’s coffee, tea, or milk.
7:00 pm Presentation “Gating and Risering Techniques Recommended by John Campbell” Kevin Fleischmann and Ian Kay
7:45 pm AFS Announcements, Speaker Gift, etc. Josh Jaycox, Chairman; and Shawn Conners, Vice Chairman
Radisson in Roseville 2540 Cleveland Avenue N. Roseville, MN 55113 (651) 636-4567
The CMI Course and TC Chapter AFS meet-ing location for October 2nd and 3rd is at the Radisson in Roseville, north of the Twin Cities off of 35W and Hwy 36.
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P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 5 , I S S U E 2
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In Case You Missed It... On Tuesday, September 11th, the TC Chapter AFS toured Cummins Power Generation and members were given an overview of the manufac-turing, applications, and services provided at the Fridley location. Cum-mins Power Generation Inc. is a worldwide provider of electrical generators and power generation systems, components, and services in standby power, distributed power generation, as well as auxiliary power in mobile applications to meet the needs of a diversified customer base. Approxi-mately 23 people were in attendance for the tour and the post tour dinner at Two Stooges Bar and Grill. The TC Chapter AFS thanks Cummins for their generosity! [Pictured at left: Ross Vass presented a speaker gift to the host, Andrew Dick from Cummins.]
Don’t Miss This One... 117th Metal Casting Congress and CastExpo 2013… Building upon the success of the last Metalcasting Congress in Columbus,
CastExpo '13 will be better than ever as it brings together the Metalcasting Sup-
ply Chain for 4 days (April 6-9, America’s Center, St. Louis, MO) you can't af-
ford to miss!
Sponsored solely by the American Foundry Society (AFS), CastExpo is the sin-
gle largest trade show and exposition for metalcasting in the Americas. CastEx-
po’13 in St. Louis will offer metalcasters, suppliers, and casting buyers and de-
signers the opportunity to connect and educate themselves on the latest and
greatest metalcasting has to offer.
Whether you want to attend or plan to show your products or papers, go to
www.afsinc.org for the latest up-to-date information, and make plans today!
AMERICAN FOUNDRY SOCIETY Twin Cities Chapter 438 147th Lane NE Ham Lake, MN 55304
www.afstwincities.org
“The American Foundry Society exists to provide and promote knowledge and services that strengthen the metal casting industry for the ultimate benefit of its customers and the Society. The objectives of the Twin Cities Chapter are those of the American Foundry Society, namely, exclusively to advance through research and education the arts and sciences relating to the manufacturing and utilization of metal castings….”
DATE TYPE TOPIC SPEAKER MTG SPONSOR
Tuesday September 11
Cummins Tour Fridley, MN
“Cummins Power Generation” Andrew Dick Cummins Pwr Generation
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Tuesday-Wed October 2-3
Technical Roseville, MN
Cast Metals Institute (CMI) Course “Gating & Riser Design”
Kevin Fleischman Ian Kay, CMI Speakers
N/A
Tuesday October 2
Technical Roseville, MN
“Gating & Riser Techniques Recommended by Campbell”
Kevin Fleischman Ian Kay, CMI Speakers
Carpenter Brothers
Tuesday November 13
Technical/Scholarships Plymouth, MN
“Advancements... in Molten Aluminum”
Brian Began Foseco
Tuesday January 8
Technical Shoreview, MN
“Core Box Sand Additives” Ralph Showman ASK Chemical
Rice Industries
Wednesday February 12
Technical Jax Café, Mpls
“State of the Industry”
Al Spada AFS National
Northern Iron
Tuesday March 12
Technical/Seminar Shoreview, MN
Melt Seminar (1/2 Day) “Refractory Chemistries”
Russ Seider AFSA Division 8C
Tuesday April 9
Technical Shoreview, MN
“Machine Shop Forum” Various Speakers
Tuesday May 14
Annual Business Mtg Shoreview, MN
“Maintenance-Best Practices” Dale Piper, Grede Jim Trudeau, CPP
Sat-Tuesday April 6-9
Trade Show & Expo St. Louis, MO
“Cast Expo and Metalcasting Congress”
Go to www.afsinc.org N/A
TC Chapter 2012-2013 Program Schedule
