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Climate change legislation and greenhouse gas regulatory requirements that could impact the metalcasting industry are receiving increased attention and focus in Washington, D.C. The AFS Committee for Air Quality (10-E) greenhouse gas emissions working group has prepared a tool for metalcasting facilities to calculate their direct greenhouse gas emissions from fuel consumption. The tool can be downloaded from the AFS website by clicking here.
The primary purpose of this tool is to generate a preliminary estimate of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a metalcasting facility. The tool is not intended to be a substitute for a detailed GHG inventory or to meet the reporting and other requirements of any current or future local, state, or federal laws or regulations. The GHG estimate can, however, help a facility determine how Climate Change legislation and GHG emissions regulations may impact their business.
For more information, contact Jeff Hannapel, AFS Washington Office, at
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In an effort to further promote beneficial reuse of sand in the metalcasting industry, the American Foundry Society (AFS) is announcing a new consortium with Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today (FIRST). The new organization, which is now called AFS-FIRST, is currently developing a plan to aid the metalcasting industry in recycling 50% of sand used in its facilities by 2015.
Beyond that goal, other organizational purposes include:
- Promotion of the reduction, reuse and recycling of metalcasting industry by-products through education, research and information dissemination;
- Development of educational partnerships with governmental agencies, universities, industry associations and other corporations;
- Conducting and sponsoring research in cooperation with governmental agencies, universities, industry associations and other corporations.
“AFS is proud to work with FIRST on this new consortium,” said Jerry Call, AFS executive vice president. “One of the immediate goals of AFS-FIRST is to develop the necessary tools to help metalcasting facilities increase the amount of sand they recycle annually. In addition, we are working on ways to find more outlets for by-products of metalcasting operations. As things progress, we feel the industry will find itself in a better position to reduce its cost of operations due to recycling sand.”
In addition, AFS will be working on integrating the existing FIRST website from its current domain, which can be located at http://www.foundryrecycling.org/, to www.afsinc.org/first.
For more information, contact Dave Krugman, AFS PR and marketing coordinator, at 800/537-4237 x 286 or
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AFS will be producing a free webinar on hearing conservation July 9 at 11 a.m. EST. The goal of this webinar is to help prevent employee hearing loss in metalcasting facilities as well as educate on OSHA requirements for a hearing conservation program. Topics will include:
- Assessing employee noise exposures;
- Elements of hearing conservation programs;
- Selection of hearing protectors and new noise reduction rating labels;
- Education & training.
To register for this webinar, click here or contact Dave Krugman, AFS PR and marketing coordinator, at 800/537-4237 x 286 or
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Investment plant Aurora Casting and Engineering Inc. pours steel and aluminum castings primarily for aerospace customers. Join the editors for a guided tour of the plant's melting, molding and finishing areas.
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The 2009 Environmental Health & Safety Conference will be held Aug. 16-19 at the Indianapolis Marriott East, Indianapolis. Conference topics and speakers will include EHS Activities Are a Priority, Ted Schorn, Enkei America, EHS Strategies in a Small Facility, Dwight Barnhard, Superior Aluminum Castings, George Doremus, Morrison Brothers Co., Adam Wylie, Metal Technologies Inc., Carbon Footprint Reduction in Metalcasting Facilities, Jeet Radio, McWane Inc., Jeff Loeffler, Kestrel Management Services Inc., Heather Klesch, Clow Water Systems Company, What’s Hot, What’s New…What Could Impact Your Metalcasting Facility in 2009-10, Jim Schifo, AFS Div. 10 Chair, Jeet Radia, McWane Inc., Mark Remlinger, Matthews International Corp., Tom Slavin, Navistar, Inc. and Sand Reuse in a Metalcasting Facility, Dan Oman, RMT Inc., Mike Lenahan, Resource Recovery Corp., Keith Chanon and Lee Hoffmann, United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The hotel for this conference is the Indianapolis Marriott East. Reservations can be made directly by calling 317/322-3716, and the hotel cut-off date is July 24. For more information, contact Fred Kohloff, AFS director of environmental, health & safety, at 800/537-4237 x 230 or
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