AFS Institute Introduces Free "Metalcasting Facility Safety" Module for Every Employee at Member Companies
The AFS Institute, the education arm of the American Foundry Society, today announced the availability of a newly revised and updated Foundry E-learning module on "Metalcasting Facility Safety." The Institute is offering the module at no charge to every employee at all 1,125 AFS-Member companies.
Read moreSouthern California Chapter holds casting contest for next generation of metalcasters
Since 1986, Bill Gardner has spent every January visiting high schools and colleges with metalcasting programs in Southern California. He delivers donated supplies such as sand, aluminum, and coreboxes to students who are interested in entering the AFS Southern…
Questions from our members
With 860 Corporate Members, 6,600 individual members, 43 regional chapters and dozens of student chapters, the American Foundry Society has a dynamic membership base. AFS members and volunteers are integrally involved in helping our organization achieve our…
Longtime AFS employee to retire after four decades
When AFS Director of Finance and Accounting Kris Drager retires this summer, it will mark the end of nearly 40 years of work for the society.
Drager, currently the longest-serving employee at AFS, began her career in April of 1979 as…
Beware of unauthorized hotel offers for Metalcasting Congress and CastExpo
Unfortunately, it is now common practice for unauthorized companies to claim to be official housing providers for trade shows and other large events, including Metalcasting Congress and CastExpo. Usually called “room poachers,” these companies target exhibitors and attendees with aggressive…
AFS issues call for papers and presentations
The American Foundry Society is issuing a call for papers and presentations for CastExpo 2019 and the 123rd Metalcasting Congress.
AFS is seeking technical papers covering all issues related to metalcasting, diecasting and foundry operations, including in-plant procedures, new…
AFS Air Quality Committee meets with EPA officials
Members of the American Foundry Society Air Quality Committee met recently with EPA officials regarding the upcoming Residual Risk and Technology Review (RTR) for the iron and steel foundry National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) rule for major sources.
The May…
AFS participates in EPA’s Smart Sectors Program Roundtable with Administrator Scott Pruitt
AFS leaders Dan Oman and Jeff Hannapel took part in the EPA’s Smart Sectors Program Roundtable on May 9, where EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt talked about regulations, permit reform and more.
The AFS representatives were among a group of leaders from various industries invited to take…
AFS accepting sponsors for metalcasting conferences
A limited number of sponsorship opportunities – including a few first-time slots – have opened for some of the metalcasting industry’s premier events.
The American Foundry Society is now accepting sponsors for three upcoming conferences:
AFS 2018 Additive Manufacturing for…AFS members carry invest in infrastructure message to D.C. during Fly-In
AFS and NAM send DOL a request to delay silica enforcement
Metalcasters were in the middle of the action in Washington at this year’s AFS Fly-In, May 15-16. The event combined up-to-the minute policy briefings on key issues moving through Congress affecting the industry, as well as an…
Review: Improving the Effectiveness of Visual Inspection “belongs in every industrial library”
A new book from the American Foundry Society by quality inspection expert Ted J. Schorn is gaining a reputation as a must-have for industrial libraries.
Based on Schorn’s firsthand experience in examining different visual inspection procedures, Improving the Effectiveness of Visual…