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Reservations to attend the meeting and dinner buffet are due Friday, March 4th at noon by emailing: [email protected] sics in this presentation, high- lighting the new theories to filling system design, and briefly dis- cuss the challenges and obsta- cles that come with trying to implement them into our existing systems. About Jennifer Head… Jennifer began her career as a high school teacher before tran- sitioning into the metalcasting industry in 2005. As the head of Cast Metals Institute she is re- sponsible for administration and operations of all educational programs, including curriculum development and implementa- tion. Utilizing her passion for science and teaching, she also instructs on several courses, including gating. On February 8th, Michelle K. Smith, Safety Consultant at MNOSHA Safety Consultation, was the guest speaker at the annual AFS TC Chapter meeting at Jax Café. She talked about why safety consultation is a great idea for foundries (and other manufacturing plants) to approximately sixty-five attendees. There are specific issues that concern foundries, and Michelle discussed how existing information is handled, services that are available, and grant programs that exist to help workplaces. “Foundries can benefit greatly from MNOSHA Safety Consultation services.” “Gating 101: The New Basics” March 8th INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Meeting Info 2 Directions to Green Mill 2 Serve Your Chapter 3 CMI Course March 8-9 3 Program Year Schedule 4 American Foundry Society Twin Cities Chapter MARCH 2011 VOLUME 13, ISSUE 6 2010-2011 BOARD • Chairman Mel Koenig • Vice Chair Dan Daubenspeck • Asst. Vice Chair Josh Jaycox • Sec./Treasurer Joy Clifford • Past Chair Mike Suchy • Term 2011 Michael Bensing Michael Cahill Alan Gergen • Term 2012 Therese Benkowski Shawn Conners Mark Le Feber • Term 2013 Jordan Carley Jim Trudeau Ross Vass Jennifer Head, Director of Education at Cast Metals Institute, will be the featured speaker at the Green Mill in Shoreview on March 8th. The Twin Cities Chapter of the American Foundry Society will host a dinner and meeting on Tuesday, March 8th at Green Mill in Shoreview, MN. The featured speaker, Jennifer Head, Director of Education at Cast Metals Institute, will pre- sent “Gating 101: The New Ba- sics.” About the Talk… Much re- search has been done over the years on filling and feeding sys- tems and what was once thought to be true about the best design and layout has now been brought under fire. What are these controversial principles, and how are they different from what we’ve been taught in the past? We’ll go back to the ba- February 8th Meeting
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Reservations to attend the meeting and dinner buffet are due Friday, March 4th at noon by emailing: [email protected]
sics in this presentation, high-lighting the new theories to filling system design, and briefly dis-cuss the challenges and obsta-cles that come with trying to implement them into our existing systems.
About Jennifer Head… Jennifer began her career as a high school teacher before tran-sitioning into the metalcasting industry in 2005. As the head of Cast Metals Institute she is re-sponsible for administration and operations of all educational programs, including curriculum development and implementa-tion. Utilizing her passion for science and teaching, she also instructs on several courses, including gating.
On February 8th, Michelle K. Smith, Safety
Consultant at MNOSHA Safety Consultation,
was the guest speaker at the annual AFS TC
Chapter meeting at Jax Café. She talked
about why safety consultation is a great idea
for foundries (and other manufacturing plants)
to approximately sixty-five attendees. There
are specific issues that concern foundries, and
Michelle discussed how existing information is
handled, services that are available, and grant
programs that exist to help workplaces.
“Foundries can benefit greatly from MNOSHA
Safety Consultation services.”
“Gating 101: The New Basics” March 8th
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Directions to
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CMI Course
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Program Year
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American Foundry Society Twin Cities Chapter
M A R C H 2 0 1 1 V O L U M E 1 3 , I S S U E 6
2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 1 BOARD
• Chairman Mel Koenig
• Vice Chair Dan Daubenspeck
• Asst. Vice Chair Josh Jaycox
• Sec./Treasurer Joy Clifford
• Past Chair Mike Suchy
• Term 2011 Michael Bensing Michael Cahill Alan Gergen
• Term 2012 Therese Benkowski Shawn Conners Mark Le Feber
• Term 2013 Jordan Carley Jim Trudeau Ross Vass
Jennifer Head, Director of Education at Cast Metals Institute, will be the featured speaker at the Green Mill in Shoreview on March 8th.
The Twin Cities Chapter of the American Foundry Society will host a dinner and meeting on Tuesday, March 8th at Green Mill in Shoreview, MN. The featured speaker, Jennifer Head, Director of Education at Cast Metals Institute, will pre-sent “Gating 101: The New Ba-sics.”
About the Talk… Much re-search has been done over the years on filling and feeding sys-tems and what was once thought to be true about the best design and layout has now been brought under fire. What are these controversial principles, and how are they different from what we’ve been taught in the past? We’ll go back to the ba-
February 8th Meeting
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A M E R I C A N F O U N D R Y S O C I E T Y
T W I N C I T I E S C H A P T E R
The Schedule
Reservations: It’s important to make reservations and equally important to make the dinner reservations EARLY with the TC Chapter AFS. Reserva-tions for dinner at Green Mill are due on Friday, March 4th at Noon by emailing [email protected]. NO EXCEPTIONS. If you are unable to attend the dinner after you have made your reservation, we must invoice you for the cost of your dinner because we are charged for it.
Membership: If you would like to become a member of the TC Chapter AFS, please contact the National office at www.afsinc.org or call 1-800-537-4237 (follow prompt for Membership). Payment: When you arrive at the Green Mill by 5:00 p.m., you or your company may pay for the dinner by cash or check made payable to “AFS TC Chapter.” The Twin Cities Chapter AFS does not accept credit cards. Hotel Information: If you are planning an overnight stay, make your room reservation on your own by calling 651-482-0402 (The Hampton Inn is con-nected to the meeting area.).
7:00 pm Presentation
7:45 pm Program Chairman Mel Koenig, Vice Chair Dan Daubenspeck (Speaker Gift, Raffle, Announcements)
Meeting Information
Directions Directions: The Green Mill/Hampton Inn is
located north of St. Paul off of Highway 694
and Lexington Avenue, off of the frontage/
service road, at:
1000 Gramsie Road
Shoreview, Minnesota 55126
www.greenmillshoreview.com
5:00 pm Social Sponsor: Carpenter Brothers Cash Bar & Hors d’oeuvres Buy 50/50 raffle tickets to support the TC Chapter Scholarship Fund.
6:00 pm Dinner Buffet $25, RSVP by March 4th at Noon [email protected]
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Practical Green Sand Control
March 8-9 • 8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. (both days) • Green Mill•Shoreview, MN
Member: $735 • Non-member: $835 • www.castmetals.com
This course presents the best practices for maintaining a green sand system. Top-
ics include clay, water and additives, mixing and mulling, establishing a sand con-
trol program, and controlling green-sand related defects. This course covers all
alloys, ferrous and nonferrous.
Instructors: Vic LaFay, S&B Industrial Minerals, N.A.; Larry Stahl, Retired, GM
Chapter Co-sponsored CMI Course
Serve Your Chapter The Twin Cities Chapter American Foundry Society nominating committee is
seeking three individuals to serve as directors for Term 2014 (three-year term),
beginning at the close of the annual business meeting on May 10th, 2010. If you
are interested in serving your chapter, please call the chapter office at 763-413-
7933 or email Joy at [email protected]. The responsibilities include deci-
sion-making for the chapter on behalf of the membership and attending 5 board
meetings per year. We need you; Volunteer today!
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AMERICAN FOUNDRY SOCIETY Twin Cities Chapter 438 147th Lane NE
Ham Lake, MN 55304 (763) 413-7933
“The American Foundry Society exists to provide and promote knowledge and services that strengthen the metal casting industry for the ultimate benefit of its customers and the Society. The objectives of the Twin Cities Chapter are those of the American Foundry Society, namely, exclusively to advance through research and education the arts and sciences relating to the manufacturing and utilization of metal castings….”
DATE TYPE TOPIC SPEAKER MTG SPONSOR
Tuesday, September 14 Technical Shoreview, MN
“Training Within Industry: Su-pervisor Skills Development”
Sam Gould Enterprise Minnesota
Key Associates
Tuesday, October 12 Technical Shoreview, MN
“Super Insulation: Energy Effi-ciency in Insulation Materials”
James A. Smith Stellar Canada
Rice Industries
Tue-Wed, March 8-9 Technical/Seminar Shoreview, MN
CMI-“Practical Green Sand Control” Evening-”Gating 101”
Vic LaFay/Larry Stahl Jennifer Head, CMI
Carpenter Bros.
Tuesday, April 12 Plant Tour Bloomington, MN
CPP-Minneapolis Operation CPP Staff NONE
Tuesday, May 10 Annual Business Mtg Shoreview, MN
Ergonomics (UW Milwaukee) Karen Cooper Naira Campbell-Kyureghyan
TBD
Tuesday, November 9 Technical/Scholarships Shoreview, MN
“Casting Finishing Solutions” Keith Panuce Advanced Foundry Specialists LLC
Ermak Inc
Tuesday, January 11 Technical/Joint NADCA Shoreview, MN
“Casting Defects...Gas or Shrink”
Ralph Showman Ashland / ASK Chemical
Spectro Alloys
Tuesday, February 8 Technical/Education Jax Café, Mpls
OSHA Training Presentations
Michelle K. Smith OSHA Consultation
Tinker Omega, Ervin Ind., Northern Iron
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