AFS announces Millionaires Safety Award winners

Five AFS Corporate Members have been honored for outstanding safety achievements in their plants.

The annual Millionaires Safety Award from AFS recognizes facilities that reach a minimum of one million safe-hours worked without a lost-time injury or illness. The recipients were honored…

AFS Corporate Members honored for exemplary service

The American Foundry Society honored two AFS Corporate Members, Carley Foundry and Elkem, with AFS Corporate Contribution Awards during CastExpo 2019 in Atlanta. The awards recognize each company’s exemplary service to AFS.

Carley Foundry (Blaine, Minnesota) has contributed time,…

AFS welcomes Reich as new president

Peter Reich, co-owner of LAEMPE REICH (Trussville, Alabama), began his one-year term this week as president of the American Foundry Society and the Institute for 2019-2020.

Reich was welcomed as the new AFS President during a luncheon at CastExpo 2019 in Atlanta. The…

AFS welcomes new technical director

The American Foundry Society is pleased to welcome Tom Dore as Technical Director.

Formerly a vice president at AFS Corporate Member Alu-Bra Foundry, Dore has years of hands-on experience in foundry operations, including plant engineering, heat treating, sand casting, customer quality,…

32 countries to be represented at CastExpo

Metalcasters, casting buyers, and suppliers from around the world will gather April 27-30 in Atlanta for CastExpo, for the world’s first look in 2019 at new technologies and equipment for the foundry industry. American Foundry Society, the show sponsor, announced today that attendees from 32…

AFS releases updated Safety Data Sheets

The American Foundry Society is helping metalcasters stay compliant with the Hazard Communication Standard by publishing new Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) for a variety of alloys.

SDSs will be on sale for 10% off through April 30, 2019, and they may be purchased at CastExpo for the same…

AFS Institute partners with NoRedesign to provide training for casting design engineers

Design engineers can improve their castings and cut costs with a program from NoRedesign.com offered in partnership with the American Foundry Society Institute.

NoRedesign and the AFS Institute will provide 32 instructional videos from leading metalcasting expert Mike Gwyn, who…

AFS President Bye wins STEP Ahead Award

American Foundry Society President Jean Bye (Dotson Iron Castings, Mankato, Minnesota) has been announced as a winner of the STEP Ahead Award from The Manufacturing Institute.

Lizeth Medina Balliet, left, and Jean Bye pose with their STEP Ahead Awards April 11 in Washington, D.C.

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Host a congressional visit at your foundry this spring

Metalcasters have significant opportunities in the next few weeks to educate congressional lawmakers about the importance of the industry.

These opportunities are Congressional recesses, April 15-27 and May 27-31, when representatives and senators are back in their states and districts,…

AFS research seeks to improve steel casting quality

Ongoing AFS-sponsored research seeks to address costly inclusion defects that plague steel casting production by exploring how various gating designs affect filling conditions and casting quality.

Principal investigator Laura Bartlett and her team at Missouri University of Science and…