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WEBSITES
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American
Foundry Society
www.afsinc.org
The
American Foundry
Society (AFS) is a trade
association for the metal casting industry. Site features include
industry site links, an industry documents search engine, and an online
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AFSearch TM Service
www.afslibrary.com
The
AFSearch Service offers the metal casting professional (designer, user,
supplier, manufacturer, academic) a real-time, precision tool to locate
both current and historical information necessary for their technical,
production and marketing decisions. |
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American
Metalcasting Consortium
http://amc.aticorp.org/
The
American Metalcasting Consortium (AMC) is a group of metal casting
producers and research organizations that focus on research, technology
transfer and production issues. AMC has
significant links with the Department of Defense. The
site provides information on AMC activities.
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Casting
Emission Reduction Program (CERP)/ Technikon
www.cerp-aiger.org
CERP
is the outgrowth of a significant government and industry-led effort to
improve and/or develop materials and processes in foundry technologies.
This, in turn, will increase US casting industry competitiveness while
also working to achieve a near zero effect on the environment. Technikon is a new private organization established to
carry on these efforts and other foundry program innovations.The
CERP foundry produces castings using environmentally sound
technologies, processes, and new materials. The resulting information
and research data is then shared with industry. Research
reports are available at the site. |
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Cast Metals Coalition
http://cmc.aticorp.org/
Cast Metals
Coalition (CMC) promotes research and development for the metal casting
industry. The site provides energy and
waste statistics for the industry and information on CMC research
projects.
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Cast Metals Institute
www.castmetals.com
Cast Metals
Institute (CMI) is the educational arm of AFS. It
offers specialized education for metal casters. Educational
material can be researched and purchased online.
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Castings Development Center
www.castingsdev.com
The
Castings Development Center is an international organization providing
research and services for casting producers and users. These services
cover all aspects of the design, manufacture, use and performance of
castings. The site includes a
literature search engine |
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Casting Industry Suppliers Association
www.cisa.org
Casting
Industry Suppliers Association (CISA) is a trade association of
executives and managers representing companies which supply equipment,
materials and services to the metalcasting industry. The
site provides a member directory, industry statistics and publications. |
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Ductile Iron Society
www.ductile.org
The
main objective of the Ductile Iron Society is to advance the
technology, art, and science of ductile iron production and to
disseminate all such information to the members. The
site includes a technical library and information on current research
projects. |
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Foundry Educational Foundation
www.fefinc.org
The
Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF) is an educational program at the
college level. It includes a community college, four-year technology
schools as well as traditional engineering colleges and graduate
schools. Employment programs cover
production supervision to specialized research. The
site includes college contact information and a job posting board.
The FEF is financed through annual contributions
with all revenue received from annual contributors going into the FEF's
general fund and is used to support the regular scholarship program as
well as all other FEF activities. In addition to this revenue, the FEF
receives funds for special purposes - named scholarships, AFS
Chapter
scholarships, memorial contributions and year-end contributions. |
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Foundry
Industry Recycling Starts Today (FIRST)
www.foundryrecycling.org
The
Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today Project (“FIRST”) is a
metalcasting industry consortium focused on market development of
sustainable options for beneficial re-use of foundry industry
byproducts –
primarily spent sands, slags and dusts. FIRST
was established in 1998 by the state metalcasting associations in
Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in
recognition of the fact that individual foundries and states were
encountering the same engineering, educational and economic barriers to
market entry. The site includes
library, database, and specific
technical information on beneficial reuse options. |
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Iron Casting
Research Institute
www.ironcasting.org
A
research and
technology dissemination organization. The
site includes an online member discussion tool. |
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Investment Casting Institute
www.investmentcasting.org
The Investment
Casting Institute publishes related surveys and publications. The site includes publications for purchase and a
member search engine. |
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Non-Ferrous Founders' Society
www.nffs.org
This
trade
association site presents current government issues that are important
to the industry. The site also has publications
and videos for purchase. |
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North American Die Casting Association
www.diecasting.org
This
trade
association site provides a technical discussion group as well as
publications and training materials. The site
also has industry surveys, statistical information, and a member
directory. |
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Ohio Cast Metals Association
www.ohiocastmetals.org
This
trade
association site tracks state and federal regulatory issues. The site also provides information on current
projects. |
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Steel Founders' Society of America
www.sfsa.org
The Steel Founders’
Society of America is a trade association representing steel foundries.
Membership is open only to companies producing steel castings - not
individuals. The site has
information on publications and research
projects. The site also has a tool to identify
steel foundries. |
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Magazines
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Modern Casting
www.moderncasting.com
The official monthly
publication of the American Foundry Society dealing with a variety of
subjects of interest to AFS members.
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Casting Source Directory
www.castingsource.com
Casting
Source Directory...Online is a timesaving resource for comprehensive,
reliable information about cast metals and alloys, casting processes
and virtually every metalcasting company in North America
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Engineered Casting
Solutions
www.castsolutions.com
A magazine,
maintained by AFS, to educate and train the reader in design of castings.
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Foundry Management & Technology
www.foundrymag.com
Foundry
Management
& Technology is a metal casting trade publication. The
site includes classifieds, links to other industry sites, and industry
news. |
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Metal Casting Technologies
www.metals.rala.com.au
Published
in Balmain, Australia, "Metal
Casting Technologies" magazine, provides relevant coverage of news,
issues and new technology affecting the Metal Casting Industry in the
Asia Pacific Region. It is considered the voice of the
foundry industry in the area < style="font-family:
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information, and technical data. |
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