December 2014 - american foundry society piedmont chapter
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December 2014 - american foundry society piedmont chapter
Piedmont AFS Chapter www.afspiedmont.org December 2014 Chairman Donald McLain J.C. Steele & Sons (704)-619-3932 Vice Chairman Michael Looby Inductotherm Corp. (609)257-7544 Second Vice Chairman Joe Whiteside, Jr. Metal Energies Inc. (770)736-0090 Secretary James Sturgeon Conbraco Industries Treasurer Greg Southerland Specialty Foundry Products Directors (Term Expires 2015) Robbie Gallagher Piedmont Foundry Supply, Inc. Mike Hall Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co. James Lewis Coastal River Technologies Directors (Term Expires 2016) Ron Benjamin Conbraco Industries Inc. Alan Kolstad Bingham & Taylor Corp. Greg Hermeyer HA International Directors (Term Expires 2017) Jeff Gallagher Piedmont Foundry Supply, Inc. Jeremy McLimans Hickman, Williams & Company ShakeOut Chairman Shaun McGuirt/Bob Currie Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Membership Chairman Michael Looby Inductotherm Corp. Education Chairman Paul Huffman Dominion Mettallurgical, Inc. Registration Chairman Ted Kostilnik Specialty Foundry Products Publicity Chairman Shawn McKinney SELEE Corporation Past Chairman Greg Southerland Specialty Foundry Products AFS Piedmont Chapter Members and Friends, With the holidays upon us, I hope this correspondence finds everyone doing well and ready for the winter season! The Piedmont Chapter is approaching the halfway point of our yearly meetings. Our attendance has been great! Thank you and your companies for the strong support of our chapter. The November meeting in Huntersville was well received and our attendance was outstanding. Topics such as “Sands, Clays and Binders” brought experienced speakers as well as many years of Foundry knowledge to the meeting. With a full day of technical sessions, it allowed everyone to take away something from the sessions that could be applied back at their respective facility. It was a pleasure to have the AFS National Representative, Stephanie Salmon out of Washington, DC as our dinner speaker. She explained the efforts that AFS is doing to help fight congress for the metal casting industries. She also shared what the metal casting industry can do to help the cause in Washington, DC. I would personally like to thank each and every speaker for their time and effort put forth to make this meeting a successful endeavor. Our next meeting will be held in Athens, Georgia on January 21-22, 2015 and will entail “Keys to Improving Your Furnace Refractory Lining Life”. Join us for a great day of technical sessions on improving your refractory lining life for channel, pressure pour, and coreless furnaces. Speakers from United Refractories, Saveway, Allied Mineral Products, and Gradmatic Equipment will be discussing refractory, linings, gunning, shot-creting, maintenance, monitoring systems, installation equipment, and more. We have a private tour of the Terrapin Brewery scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. During dinner a representative from FEF – Foundry Educational Foundation will be discussing how critical college foundry education programs are for our industry. On January 22, 2015 we have the pleasure of touring TICA (Toyota Industries Compressor Parts America Co.) of Pendergrass, GA. It is one of several new foundries in the state of Georgia. It should be an exciting look at production in a new foundry layout. Please mark your calendars for our upcoming 2015 meetings which can be found in this “Shakeout” addition. You will be receiving a flyer by e-mail that details the May outing; it will be sent out soon. The Piedmont Chapter is diverse with knowledge and strength; lets culminate our efforts to continue making the Piedmont Chapter one of the prominent AFS Chapters. Attendance brings support and support brings knowledge! Kind Regards, Donald McLain AFS Piedmont Chairman CHECK OUT WHAT’S NEW FOR MEETING REGISTRATION!!!!!! Now you can register ON-LINE if you choose to do so! The Chapter Board has approved the development and use of a new tool that will really automate and streamline our Registration process for our members, guests, and friends of the Piedmont Chapter who prefer to do things digitally. We are using a system managed by EVENTZILLA©. You’ll be receiving your regular Meeting Announcement emails from Mike Looby, and included in the email message will be a link for you to go directly to our Chapter Meeting Registration “event” site within Eventzilla©. It’s easy to use, and user friendly. At the end of the Registration process, you’ll have a choice of paying for your registration by credit card. Payments are handled through PayPal™, so it’s also easy and very secure. If you’d rather pay by check, you can select that option instead, and mail in your check. If you’d like to continue sending your paper Registration Form and check by US Mail, you can certainly continue to do that- no problem. We’re here to serve, and to help make it easy for our Members, their Guests, and Friends of the Piedmont Chapter to attend and benefit from the Chapter Meetings and activities. Please communicate any feedback, comments, suggestions, etc. to me either by email: [email protected], or by phone: 706-302-4809. Ted Kostilnik AFS PIEDMONT CHAPTER MEETING REGISTRATION January 21 & 22, 2015 Athens, GA Hilton Garden Inn 390 East Washington Street – Athens, GA 30601 Reservations: 706-353-6800 Mention AFS - American Foundry Society or Group Code 00AFS When Booking Rate $109/Night for 1 King or 2 Queen Room ** MUST BOOK BY JANUARY 7, 2015 ** Meeting Topic: “KEYS TO IMPROVING YOUR FURNACE REFRACTORY LINING LIFE” Wednesday, January 21 7:30 – 8:00 am 8:00 – 8:45 am 8:45 – 9:15 am 9:15 – 10:15 am 10:15 – 10:30 am 10:30 – 11:15 am 11:15 – 12:00 pm 12:00 – 1:00 pm 1:00 – 2:30 pm Meeting Registration “Improved Repair Material for Extending Furnace Life”: Rick Volk – United Refractories Co. “Safely Optimizing Inductor Life”: Pat Leper – Saveway USA Corp. “Coreless Furnaces: Seven Steps to Maximizing Refractory Lining Performance”: Pete Satre – Allied Mineral Products, Inc. Break “An Engineered Method For Installing Refractory In Coreless Furnaces”: Ayton Grady – Gradmatic Equipment Inc. “Analysis and Early Identification of Lining Failures”: Pat Leper – Saveway USA Corp. Lunch on your own Chapter Board Meeting 3:00 – 5:00 pm Terrapin Beer Co. – Private Brewery Tour $16/Person (Includes Souvenir Glass) 265 Newton Bridge Road Athens, GA 30607 6:00 – 7:00 pm 7:00 – 9:00 pm Social Hour at Hotel Dinner at Hotel with Speaker Jim Frost, FEF – Foundry Educational Foundation Thursday, January 22 9:30 – 10:30 am Tour: TICA – Toyota Industries Compressor Parts America Co. 500 Valentine Industrial Parkway, Pendergrass, GA 30567 NOTE: Each person’s tour admission is subject to approval by TICA AFS PIEDMONT CHAPTER MEETING REGISTRATION January 21 & 22, 2015 Athens, GA Hilton Garden Inn 390 East Washington Street – Athens, GA 30601 Reservations: 706-353-6800 Mention AFS - American Foundry Society or Group Code 00AFS When Booking Rate $109/Night for 1 King or 2 Queen Room ** MUST BOOK BY JANUARY 7, 2015 ** Meeting Topic: “KEYS TO IMPROVING YOUR FURNACE REFRACTORY LINING LIFE” Join us for a great day of technical sessions on improving your refractory lining life for channel, pressure pour, and coreless furnaces. Speakers from United Refractories, Saveway, Allied Mineral Products, and Gradmatic Equipment will be discussing refractory, linings, gunning, shot-creting, maintenance, monitoring systems, installation equipment, and more. We have a private tour of the Terrapin Brewery scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. During dinner Jim Frost from FEF, Foundry Educational Foundation, will be giving an FEF update and discussing how critical college foundry education programs are for our industry. Thursday morning we will be touring one of the newest foundries in Georgia – TICA (Toyota Industries Compressor Parts America Co.) in Pendergrass, GA. PLEASE PRE-REGISTER by January 14, 2015. Name_______________________________ Company______________________________ Meeting Registration $95.00 x ____ = ______ Terrapin Tour $16.00 x ____ = ______ Late Registration Fee After 1/14/15 $10.00 x ____ = ______ Total ______ Attending Dinner? Y N Attending TICA (Toyota) Tour? Y N NOTE: Each person’s tour admission is subject to approval by TICA Online Registration: http://afspiedmontjanuary.eventzilla.net Make checks payable to: AFS Piedmont Chapter Mail registration form and payment to: Ted Kostilnik - Specialty Foundry Products 166 Lumber Lane Mt. Holly, NC 28120 Calling All Hands on Deck!!!!!!! If you are a new member of the AFS Piedmont Chapter, or you are a long time member looking for a cause to volunteer your time towards, then you are most welcome to let your interests be known! Please don’t be shy or worse yet assume that you don’t have the skills or the time to do any volunteer SERVICE for your Chapter. Make contact with any of your Chapter Officers or Directors listed on the front cover page of this newsletter and let us know you are interested in stepping forward! It doesn’t take a lot of time, and it usually doesn’t cost anything. This would even be a great way to participate in the activities of your Chapter even if you are unable to attend the scheduled meetings throughout the year. We have a multitude of activities this year and we are not ashamed to ask for HELP. We are hosting the Southeast Regional Conference, we have meeting arrangements to be cared for, we have a mission of Member Outreach to accomplish, etc. With the use of modern technologies, anyone can participate no matter where you are! “Volunteering” is much better than being “Assigned” to do something. It is much more rewarding! DON’T SIT ON THE SIDELINES – BE AN ACTIVE CHAPTER MEMBER!!!!! Support the Chapter’s Mission of Education Your Chapter website address is www.afspiedmont.org Several companies have found value in being a Sponsor of the Chapter Website and by doing so have their company name and other key information shown on a special page of the Chapter Website. The support received through monetary donation by the companies sponsoring the website is 100% used to further the Mission of Education that your Piedmont Chapter is dedicated to. Metal Casting producers and Suppliers are invited and encouraged to participate in this worthy cause. The cost is minimal and the benefits can be tangible. Please consider showing your support for the activities of your Piedmont Chapter by becoming a Website and Education Program Co-Sponsor. Getting started is easy! Just contact Greg Southerland and he will take very good care of you!! The future employees, managers, and owners in this metal casting industry are looking for you- and they don’t use the Yellow Pages. They surf the NET, and linking up through the Piedmont Chapter will help them find you!! Piedmont Chapter Education Report December 2014 “Progress through Education” By: Paul Huffman, Education Co-Chairman Adam Humphrys, Education Co-Chairman FEF Certification In mid-September VT FIRE was visited by members of the Foundry Education Foundation (FEF) Board. This was the first re-certification visit to the VT FIRE program since its inception. We are proud to announce under the leadership of Alan Druschitz and with the support of our industry, the VT FIRE program has been awarded certification for the next five years. It should be noted this is a tremendous achievement as the maximum allowable certification is six years. The review and certification by the FEF board has affirmed the VT FIRE program is committed to excellence in foundry education. One of the many benefits of FEF accreditation is an invitation to the annual FEF College Industry Conference (CIC). The conference is structured to introduce students from FEF recognized schools to a wide range of casting industry representatives in the hopes of facilitating recruitment. This will mark the 5 th consecutive conference Virginia Tech has attended. In addition to sending students to the conference, Virginia Tech took a turn at creating the commemorative castings given to all participants. The FEF CIC Hokie Bird pictured below was created from a 3d printed model and investment cast in grey iron. VT FIRE supplied 220 of these castings made by students and staff. 2014 FEF CIC Commemorative Hokie Bird Casting If you would like to know more about the FEF, or make a donation, please visit their webpage at www.FEFinc.org Education Report (Continued) VT FIRE and Student Updates The fall semester has come to a close since our last update. During this time students were busy finishing final projects and studying for final exams. The VT FIRE students spent many of their recent weekends in the foundry putting final touches on casting projects. I was fortunate enough to witness students performing everything from mold making to shake out under graduate supervision. We wish all of the students the best of luck and a relaxing winter break. As we have previously mentioned, the VT FIRE students have developed a taste for competition. We highlighted the first place win for the ASM “Domesday” Competition in the October shake out. For those of you subscribed to Advanced Materials & Processes, please check out page 66 for a photo of VT FIRE’s winning team. Their winning casting is pictured below. The 3D Printed pattern for investment casting and the final aluminum dome in the compression tester at MS&T. The competitive streak continues as VT FIRE students set their sights on the upcoming spring semester. Students have voiced interest in everything from technical papers to casting competitions. We are very pleased to announce a student team will be working with our chapter and a number of our member companies to take on the TMS Bladesmithing Competition. The students will again use casting to make their mark on this completion, and we have high hopes for the team. The rules and regulations can be found at: http://www.tms.org/ meetings/annual-15/AM15bladesmithing.aspx "We Appreciate our Chapter Website Sponsors" ABC Coke Company Advanced Energy Amcol Metalcasting Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company Conbraco Industries, Inc. - Apollo Valves Dauber Company, Inc. DeLong Equipment Company Disa Dominion Metallurgical, Inc. Emsco, Inc. Goldens' Foundry and Machine Co. Grede Biscoe HA International, LLC Humtown Products Company Hunter Automated Machinery Inductotherm Corp. MetalTech Systems Miller and Company Pangborn Corporation Piedmont Foundry Supply, Inc. Porter Warner Reich Companies Southern Cast Inc. Specialty Foundry Products Unimin Corporation Wheelabrator BE A PIEDMONT CHAPTER SPONSOR - Mike Looby [email protected] & “Be a chapter website Sponsor for 2015 / Contact Mike Looby” AFS Piedmont Chapter Officers – 2014 – 2015 Directors (2016) Chairman Ron Benjamin Donald McLain Treasurer Foundry Manager Quality & Process Manager Greg Southerland Conbraco Industries Inc. J.C. Steele & Sons Southeast Sales Manager PO Box 125 PO Box 1834 Specialty Foundry Products Pageland, SC 29728-0125 Statesville, NC 28687 71 Hollymeade Lane (843) 672-1509 (704)-619-3932 [email protected]. Daleville, VA 24083 [email protected] Vice Chairman Michael Looby District Manager Inductotherm Corp. 10 Indel Avenue PO Box 157 Rancocas, NJ 08073 (609) 257-7544 [email protected] 2nd Vice Chairman Joe Whiteside, Jr. President Metal Energies Inc. 1030 Cromwell Cove (540) 581-2522 [email protected] Allen Kolstad Past Chairman Plant Manager Greg Southerland Bingham & Taylor Corp. Southeast Sales Manager PO Box 939 Specialty Foundry Products Culpeper, VA 22701 (540) 825-8334 Directors (2015) Mike Hall VP Operations Greg Hermeyer Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co Technical Sales Representative PO Box 35430 HA International Charlotte, NC 28235-5430 248 Spruce Loop (704) 348-5501 Crossville, TN 38555 [email protected] (931) 337-1087 [email protected] Snellville, GA 30078-7334 (770) 736-0090 [email protected] Robbie Gallagher Vice President Piedmont Foundry Supply Inc PO Box 87 Secretary Cloverdale, VA 24077-0087 James Sturgeon (540) 353-1731 Assistant Foundry Manager [email protected] Conbraco Industries Inc Steel Products Division [email protected] PO Box 1076 James L. Lewis Coastal River Technologies Conway, SC 29528 PO Box 4065 (843) 347-4666 Ext. 1182 Calabash, NC 28467 [email protected] (910) 575-4213 [email protected] Directors (2017) Jeff Gallagher Sales Piedmont Foundry Supply Inc PO Box 87 Cloverdale, VA 24077-0087 (540) 580-6844 [email protected] Jeremy McLimans Technical Sales Representative Hickman, Williams & Company Committee Chairmen Education Chairman Paul Huffman Dominion Metallurgical, Inc. [email protected] Education Co-chairman Adam Humphrys Dominion Metallurgical, Inc [email protected] 3101 Alton Park Blvd., Suite B Chattanooga, TN 37410 Membership Chairman (423) 208-5468 Michael Looby [email protected] Inductotherm Corp. [email protected] Shakeout Chairman Shaun McGuirt Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co. [email protected] Registration Chairman Ted Kostilnik Specialty Foundry Products [email protected] Website Chairman Shawn McKinney SELEE Corporation 828-553-0946 [email protected] Publicity Chairman Shawn McKinney SELEE Corporation 828-553-0946 [email protected] MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW TO MAKE THESE 2014–2015 CHAPTER MEETINGS Piedmont Chapter Meeting Schedule 2014-2015 Meeting Schedule DATE LOCATION March 14 & 15, 2012 TOPIC Holiday Inn University TOUR 900 Prices Fork Road Blacksburg, VA 24060 TICA Jan. 21-22 Athens, Georgia March 18-19 Blacksburg, VA May 14-15 Charleston, SC Refractory Procedures and Maintenance Toyota Industries Compressor parts America Pendergrass , Ga TBA TBA Field Survey and Analysis Wild Dunes Resort Shakeout Newsletter Please send announcements, news about members, committee reports, or any items of interest for the Shakeout to: Shaun McGuirt Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co. P.O. Box 35430 Charlotte, NC 28235 E-mail: [email protected] Deadline for Articles in the next ShakeOut: February 1, 2015
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