AFS Begins Work on Aluminum Casting Performance Initiative (ACPI) Projects
AFS announced that contracting for three new projects as part of the Aluminum Casting Performance Initiative FY2024 funding package has been finalized. These projects will provide a critical step towards improving reliability and quality of aluminum casting methods.
Read moreAFS announces 2019 award-winners for contributions to metalcasting
The American Foundry Society will honor five people for their contributions to metalcasting with awards at CastExpo 2019 and the 123rd Metalcasting Congress.
Von L. Richards is the winner of the 2019 Thomas W. Pangborn Gold Medal, the highest honor awarded by AFS. A professor emeritus of…
EHS Division announces new Innovation and Insight Award
The AFS Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Division is accepting applications for a new award, the AFS Safety and Health Innovation and Insight Award.
The award will be presented to winners in four categories:
Safety – This category assesses safety initiatives resulting in…AFS Institute premieres Training Best Practices Workshop
A new workshop from the American Foundry Society Institute teaches the best ways to improve training in metalcasting plants.
The Training Best Practices Workshop is a highly interactive one-day course providing a strategic view of industrial training. Students will get solutions and…
AFS releases ‘Careers in Metalcasting’ video
Across the U.S., foundries are struggling to find enough workers. To help the industry reach the audience of potential metalcasters who are making career choices, the American Foundry Society has produced a video sharing the exciting story of rewarding careers in metalcasting.
“The…
President signs executive order to encourage increased federal purchases of iron, steel and aluminum used for infrastructure
President Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 31, 2019, to encourage federal agencies to require the use of more American-made products in infrastructure projects they help finance. The order directs federal agencies to encourage recipients of loans, loan guarantees, grants and interest…
How to recognize and prevent hypothermia and how to outfit your car for safe driving in cold and snow
Frigid temps across the country have created unsafe conditions. AFS has some professional advice from its health and safety expert, Juliette Garesché.
During the current bout of severe cold weather, frostbite and hypothermia are serious problems. Tips follow for working in the cold…Air Products Foundation to donate to AFS Institute for each visitor at CastExpo
The American Foundry Society Institute, formerly the Cast Metals Institute, is pleased to announce it is receiving a generous donation from Air Products of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to support the Institute’s training for innovation in the workforce for the metalcasting industry.
The Air…
AFS board member talks unfair Chinese trade practices on Fox News
AFS Board Member Brad Muller appeared on Fox News Jan. 22 to discuss the theft of intellectual property by state-subsidized Chinese businesses.
Muller, vice president of marketing for AFS Corporate Member Charlotte Pipe and Foundry (Charlotte, North Carolina), told Fox…
OSHA publishes crystalline silica Frequently Asked Questions for general industry
On Jan. 22, 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) concerning the agency’s final rule regulating occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica in general industry.
For months, the American Foundry…
Casting designers and buyers: Metalcasting Congress has programs for you
AFS is offering a compelling educational program for casting designers, buyers and specifiers at Metalcasting Congress 2020, April 21-23 at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
The demand for these sessions at last year’s event drove attendance past expectations by 33%.…