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 moreCongress passes AFS-supported water infrastructure package
A comprehensive water infrastructure bill backed by AFS won resounding support from Congress.
Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved America’s Water Infrastructure Act (S. 3021), which provides more than $6 billion in funding for water infrastructure projects nationwide. The…
Ted Schorn and AFS: A comprehensive approach to visual inspection
Ted Schorn has a story to tell about visual inspection, and he’s sharing it three ways: in a course sponsored by AFS, at the AFS Aluminum Casting Conference, and in a new book.
Ted SchornSchorn, an expert in his field, published Improving the Effectiveness of Visual…
OSHA agrees use of non-HEPA industrial sweepers is acceptable under new silica rule
OSHA’s crystalline silica rule did not clearly state which types of industrial sweepers are permitted under its new standard. For the past several months, AFS and its attorney have been engaged in conversations with OSHA staff and their attorneys in order to clarify the types of sweepers…
AFS welcomes new Corporate Members
The American Foundry Society, North America’s leading metalcasting trade association and professional society, welcomed 11 new Corporate Members from July to September 2018. “We thank these new AFS Corporate Members for their membership, and for their support of AFS’ mission of advocacy,…Manufacturing Day a success for metalcasting at #AFS
After pouring molten metal during the American Foundry Society’s Manufacturing Day open house Oct. 5, a student had a predictable reaction. “This is really cool,” he said.Students from near AFS headquarters and from the South Side of Chicago agreed.
…AFS Institute completes $1 million investment
A five-year, $1 million investment is set to pay off for the AFS Institute and its students.
Since 2013, the Institute has redeveloped its course catalog with the backing of a $1 million pledge approved by the Board of Directors. Recently, that work concluded, and the results are…
Hotel deadline extended for 2018 Aluminum Casting Conference
The deadline to book a hotel room for the 2018 Aluminum Casting Conference has been extended to Oct. 10.
Conference attendees can reserve a room at the Crowne Plaza Knoxville at the AFS-negotiated group rate until Oct. 10. After that date, attendees should contact the hotel’s…
AFS to celebrate Manufacturing Day by opening doors to students
Along with AFS Corporate Members across the country, the American Foundry Society will celebrate Manufacturing Day with hands-on metalcasting demonstrations and an open house for students at its headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois, on Friday, Oct. 5.
School groups and homeschoolers have…
AFS releases handbook on silica compliance, no cost to members
AFS members soon will have a step-by-step guide to silica compliance.
The Silica Handbook for Small and Medium-Sized Foundries was compiled by AFS Safety and Health Committee members. All AFS members, corporate and individual, will have access to the digital book this fall.
“This…
Foundries primed for metalcasting success at revamped Cast in North America exhibit
Metalcasters are getting ready for big crowds—and big success—in the revamped Cast in North America (CINA) exhibit at CastExpo 2019, April 27-30 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The new-look CINA has big changes in store this year: a new educational track just for designers and buyers, the return of…