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AFS CHICAGO CHAPTER
PAST MEETINGS – 2002-2007
___________________________________________________________________ 2002-3 PROGRAM: Chapter Meetings Schedule PAST MEETINGS
9/12/02
Joint meeting with ICMA
Speaker – State Representative Jim Durkin 10/10/02
Update on Simulation
Tim McMillin – Magma Foundry Technologies 11/21/02
Panel Discussion on Quality Programs in the Chicago Area
Panelists:
Mike Connelly, Vice President, Casey Products
Phil Cunliffe, Quality Administrator, Manufacturers Brass and Aluminum
Foundry Nick Fox, Casting Coordinator, Galesburg Castings Inc.
1/16/03
Minimizing the Use of Electrical Energy Bill Pflug – Inductotherm International
Topic summary:
Foundry melting energy bills represent a large portion of overall cost per
pound.
Bill will be presenting a talk that will include practical ideas that
will help minimize the amount of energy used for electric melting.
Not only will higher-efficiency equipment be presented, but practical,
no-cost ideas will be addressed that can be used in any melt shop. 2/20/03
Panel on what’s expected for the industry - insights into the future
Panel Members:
Predictions for the industry from the following perspectives:
Mr. Alagarsmy >> Foundry
Technology
Mr. Barnhart
>> Foundry
Associations
Mr. Bumbar
>> Foundry Production
Mr. Morrison
>> Foundry Suppliers NOTE: Invitation
to Past Chairmen of the Chicago Chapter: The
Chicago Chapter has designated our upcoming meeting to be “Past Chairmen’s
Night”. 3/20/03
Presentation on Methods for Analyzing Casting Defects
George M. Goodrich – Professional
Metallurgical Services Title: "If You Want To Fix It, It Helps To Find Out What Went Wrong" Several case histories involving
aluminum, brass, steel, and cast iron castings will be presented. These will show how combining laboratory tools, experience,
and resources can sort out problems that occur with castings due to customer
processing, vendor processing, and yes, even foundry processing.
The tools are simple: hardness testing, metallographic analysis, visual
inspection, scanning electron microscope, energy dispersive x-ray analysis,
and even electron probe analysis. Special Note: George will be
receiving an award of Scientific Merit at this year's Casting Congress, and
will be presenting the Hoyt Lecture at next year's Casting Congress. 5/15/03
Marketing of Castings
Mike Lessiter – Modern Casting/Engineered
Casting Solutions
“What the X?@*%
is Marketing, Anyway?” Presented by:
Michael J.
Lessiter - American Foundry Society Summary: Marketing of Castings: Mike will discuss & show new ways to market castings 2003-4 PROGRAM: Chapter Meetings Schedule
PAST MEETINGS
9/18/03
Human Resources:
Behavioral Interviewing As the economy continues to improve
and we consider adding people to our operations, it is more important than
ever to make sure we bring in the “right” people, particularly in the
current competitive business environment. This is what Jack Matens will
stress in his own entertaining and engaging way during his presentation
“Behavioral Interviewing” at the AFS Chicago Chapter’s kick-off meeting for
the 2003-2004 season. In his presentation Jack points out
that the “Costs associated with recruiting, interviewing and hiring the
wrong employee can be staggering.
An effective selection process can increase the odds of choosing the right
employee.” A cornerstone of an
effective process is a widely used set of hiring techniques referred to as
behavioral interviewing.
Jack’s presentation will outline the following major components of this
method, which include: * Major
competencies needed to succeed in a specific position.
* Specific dimensions or characteristics for
that position.
* Weak and illegal questions versus
insightful and legal questions.
* Analyzing information and deciding on the
best candidate. In addition to being a veteran human
resource, training and development professional with more than 10 years of
foundry experience, Jack is a highly entertaining and dynamic speaker.
_____________________________________ Prior to his college career, Jack
invested three years in the U.S. Marine Corps in the military police.
Following this, he received his B.S. in Psychology from Louisiana State
University. This was followed
up with a M.A. in Education from Tennessee Tech University, and then another
M.A. in Community Counseling from the University of Tennessee. After several years in education, he
joined the Wheland Automotive Division of North American Royalties, as
Corporate Director of Training and Development and Human Resources Manager
in 1991. Wheland Foundry, at
that time was the largest U.S. independent manufacturer of cast automotive
brake components with sales of $400 million and employed 1900 employees. Jack worked at Wheland until 2001 when
he and his partner formed the Roundtable Group – Mediation and Arbitration
Services, where he devotes his time today.
10/16/03
Metalcasting’s Role in the War on Terrorism How the AMC/CMC R&D Programs are
benefiting the Metalcasting Industry During the course of the war on
terror, our military have been using many aging weapon systems that still
fight effectively in places like Afghanistan and Iraq.
Keeping parts available for these aging systems is one of the
objectives of DoD’s metalcasting R&D program.
Castings play an integral role in many hard-to-procure parts for these
systems. The metalcasting industry continues to
benefit from the long-standing, mutually beneficial research relationship
with the Departments of Defense and Energy.
For a decade in one program and nearly so in the other, AFS and its members
have been participating in research that has led to much of the industry’s
current technology. Some of
these developments include rapid tooling and lost foam casting of aluminum
parts. And more is on the way. ________________________ Mike Gwyn is the Director of the
Metals Technology Business Unit for the Advanced Technology Institute.
This organization is responsible for metals technology that manages
collaborations for the Defense Logistics Agency, ManTech, U.S. Army and the
Department of Energy. These
programs total over $35 million in R&D , technology transfer and application
engineering. Prior to joining ATI, Mike was
President and COO of Pelton Casteel, in Milwaukee.
He was also Vice President of Electric Steel Castings in Indianapolis. Mike has received the Lorenz Gold
Medal from the SFSA in 1996 and was presented the Shepherd Award in 1998. His participation at AFS includes Chairman and Director of
the Cast Metals Institute.
He received the CMI Director’s Award as well as the AFS Service Citation. Mike received his BS degree in
Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana
University.
11/19/03
Foundries Around the World By Dean Martin - Hunter
Automated Machinery Corp. As sales manager for Hunter, Dean
needs to know what is going on in foundries around the world. Make sure to
be at the meeting where he will share his insights. All of us working in the U.S. foundry
industry are well aware that the level of metal casings imported into the
U.S. has grown significantly during the last several years. The capabilities
of foreign foundries to ship castings into American markets continues to
grow for a variety of reasons. What edge do these foundries have that we
don’t? During the last several years Dean
Martin has had the opportunity to visit a wide range of castings plants
overseas. In his presentation “Foundries Around the World”, Dean provides an
in-depth look at the metal casting operations in several countries while
exploring many of the foundry practices used abroad. He will also give us a
glimpse at the situation “from” China.
1/22/04
What Can We Do To Help Save Manufacturing Jobs in Illinois? Speaker:
Illinois State Representative Carole Pankau
2/19/04
Selling in the Foundry Industry – Sales Strategies & Techniques John Martin - Total Selling Solutions “Break the Rules…Close More Sales“ - A
45-Minute Interactive Workshop Designed for today’s economy (where everybody
is selling!) Innovative and effective training and
consulting can put the sales professional and organization a step ahead of
the competition, and provide the path to attaining professional goals
3/18/04
Foundry Industry Panel/Discussion Past Chairperson Night Where’s The Industry Going? A panel of experts will share their
views on where the industry is headed. We will hear views from the
perspective of foundry production, suppliers, technology, and societies. Our
panelists are: Mr. Norman Bliss, Vice President -
Technology American
Foundry Society Mr. Tim Eilers, Plant Manager The Francis
and Nygren Foundry Company Mr. Paul C. Gerhardt Jr., General
Manager Rio Tinto
Iron & Titanium America
4/15/04
Panel Discussion – Maintenance Concerns in the Foundry Industry A panel discussion with an opportunity
to ask questions of the experts about today’s relevant issues in the crucial
area of foundry maintenance. Mr.
Tim Eilers
Mr. Peter A. Gerike
PAST MEETINGS
September - 9/16/04: Tour of the new facilities at AFS Headquarters October – 10/14/04: Tour of Urschel Labs – new nobake foundry
facilities Coordinated with the Non-Ferrous Group / Chicago November –
11/11/04: Presentation and Discussion “Methods to
Evaluate and Improve Efficiency in Manufacturing” Jose
Urzagaste and his associates from Management Innovations will share with us
their methods for evaluation and improvement of processes and efficiencies.
They will also be giving us some insight into procuring funding from the
State of We will open
the subject to discussion, providing an opportunity to share knowledge and
experience on these subjects. December – no meeting (Holidays) January – 1/20/05: "The Casting Process - a Marriage of
Basics and Technology" Presented by Steve Sauer, Carpenter
Brothers, Inc. (Corporate Metallurgist and Sales Representative): Steve Sauer, Corporate Metallurgist
and Sales Representative for Carpenter Brothers, will cover this topic from
specifications right through to melt treatment. Steve is a highly qualified speaker on this topic and has
presented papers at both the national and local AFS levels.
He was the recipient of an AFS Service Citation at the Casting Congress
in 2002 and remains very active in both the upper levels of AFS and on the Board
of the Ductile Iron Society. February – 2/17/05: Presentation by Stephen V. Heller (VP) of the
United States Business and Industry Council (USBIC) Title: “The
Status and Future Prospects for SUMMARY: USBIC
is a small business organization that focuses on domestic manufacturing and
national security policy and their relationship to trade policy.
Unlike groups like the "The USBIC Pro-business" agenda: “We seek to expand our
domestic economy, with particular emphasis on our manufacturing, processing, and
fabricating industries, and through the resulting growth to extend a high
standard of living to all Americans.” -
http://www.usbusiness.org The USBIC was started in 1933 to further the interests of
its members. Current membership approximates 800, primarily middle-market
American manufacturers. About half
of the organization's resources support a "think tank" about issues impacting US
Manufacturing; the other half of its resources lobby members of Congress on
these issues on a daily basis. March – 3/24/05: (Past Chairmen Night) · Identifying
& Controlling Foundry Costs
- DAVID GILSON, Global Marketing Director—Binders,
Trends In Raw Materials Serving The Casting Industry And Industry Trends On A
Global Basis
- BILL BREMNER, President, Behr Iron & Steel;
Foundry Costs, Costs In Raw Material Scrap
- ROB HUTTON, Rock Transfer & Storage;
Freight And Logistics (90+% of this company’s business is foundry business) ·
FEF Speaker: Bill Sorenson:
"The Foundry Educational Foundation - Where you'll find the future leaders of
the metal casting industry today." April – CastExpo, no meeting May – 5/19/05 * Foundry Practices & Finances
- information on how foundries are able to secure grants and other business
programs; presentation by Rowe Foundry * Foundry Technology and Development – converting from Green Sand to No-Bake Sand; presentation by Rowe Foundry
November 9, 2006 Chapter Meeting
October
19, 2006 Chapter Meeting September
21, 2006 Chapter Meeting October 11, 2007 5:30-7:30 PM
September
10, 2007 5:30-7:00 PM June 25,
2007 Monday, 5:30 PM June 12-15, 2007 GIFA Fair - Dusseldorf, Germany May 15-18, 2007 - Metalcasting Congress - Houston, Texas
April 19, 2007 -
Chapter Meeting
March
26 2007 Board Meeting
SPECIAL LOCATION!! March 15, 2007 -
Chapter Meeting
February 15,
2007 - Chapter Meeting January 29, 2007 - Board Meeting January 22, 2007 - Board Meeting January 18, 2007
- Chapter Meeting
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