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AFS News
The American Foundry Society (AFS) has released a new publication, Magnesium Castings: Design, Products & Applications. The new publication includes valuable magnesium specific information on melt and process control, solidification, heat treatment, materials selection, and the various casting processes, including sand, permanent mold, high pressure die, lost foam, ablation and semi-solid casting.
The publication of this book is timely in view of the important role magnesium contributes to the transportation industry and other industrial applications that use the latest casting and processing technologies. Being a structural material with low density and a high strength-to-weight ratio, magnesium can reduce vehicle weight and, in turn, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase fuel economy. This publication will be an invaluable tool for design engineers, and students of metallurgy and materials science.
To purchase this publication, visit www.afsinc.org/estore or contact AFS customer service at 800/537-4237.
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The AFS Northwestern Pennsylvania Chapter awarded four students scholarships at a recent chapter meeting. Ryan Disselhoff, Zack Quidetto, Addison Root and Eric Moser, all engineering students at Penn State Behrend, Erie, Pa., were awarded academic scholarships for their academic success and chapter involvement.
The scholarship recipients were acknowledged during the April meeting with speaker Shankar Nadkarni, a consultant on metallurgy and quality. Shankar spoke on creating a customer focused total quality program in the metalcasting industry and the importance of quality in the global market.
For more information, visit http://www.nwpaafs.org/.
 Penn State Behrend students (left to right), Ryan Disselhoff, Zack Quidetto, Addison Root and Eric Moser (not pictured) were awarded scholarships at a recent Northwestern Pennsylvania Chapter meeting. |
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How you manage energy consumption and costs has a major effect on the long-term health of your business. Do you know how much you are spending on energy for each ton of castings shipped? Do you know where the energy is being used? Can you identify what equipment or process is the biggest energy consumer? Find answers to these questions and more at the upcoming workshop on energy efficiency.
The event also will include presentations on energy costs and trends, energy procurement tips, understanding your energy bill and demand charges, successful energy management and energy saving opportunities. A workshop also is planned where you will learn the effects upcoming climate change regulations and how to calculate your facility’s carbon footprint.
To visit the conference webpage, click here. To register for the event, click here.
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In the preamble to the Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary
Materials as Solid Waste (NHSM) rule that was promulgated on March 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated for the
first time that when foundry sand is processed in thermal sand
reclamation units, the contaminants in the sand are being burned for
discard. According to EPA the material is, therefore, a solid waste and
the thermal sand reclamation units would be subject to commercial and
industrial solid waste incinerator (CISWI) standards.
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On Thursday, May 12, Bradford Muller, vice president of marketing and corporate communications for AFS Corporate Member Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company, Charlotte, N.C., testified before the U.S. House of Representatives House Small Business Committee Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Regulations at a hearing “Green Isn't Always Gold: Are EPA Regulations Harming Small Businesses?”
Muller testified unequivocally that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations are hurting the metalcasting industry due to excessive regulations. Specific examples he discussed were EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, national ambient ozone air quality standards, particulate matter, the boiler MACT rule and draft guidance defining the waters subject to clean water jurisdiction.
“Charlotte Pipe and AFS member companies understand and support the need for reasonable regulations to protect the environment, worker safety and health and a host of other workplace issues,” Muller said. “But we also recognize that our industry and the entire manufacturing sector are facing unprecedented pressures in their efforts to remain competitive in the global economy.”
The purpose of the hearing was to examine EPA regulations that negatively affect small business, most specifically those related to the Clean Air Act and the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act. The Subcommittee heard testimony about how EPA has neglected to take into account the Regulatory Flexibility Act when promulgating regulations despite significant direct and indirect burdens experienced by small businesses.
“The key is to find the balance between ensuring a safe and healthy workplace and allowing that workplace to compete in order to be able to continue to provide employment. That is where the current U.S. regulatory process is lacking,” Muller went on to say.
To read Muller's testimony, click here. To view his testimony in its entirety, click here.
For more information on Muller’s testimony, contact Dave Krugman, AFS PR and marketing coordinator, at 800/537-4237 x286 or
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