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David Lalonde: Chair
Alma Consulting Group
Brian Palm: Vice Chair
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American Foundry Society—BC Chapter
Inside this issue:
May: Grinding Safety Seminar 1
Recap: Northwest Regional 2
AFS Spring Golf—Redwoods 3
AFS HQ News & Events 4
Chapter Sponsors 5
Calendar of Events 5
May 2013 Volume 3—Issue 7
LAST CALL!
GRINDING SAFETY SEMINAR
Thursday May 9th, 2013, Langley Events Centre, Langley, BC
Time: 8:30AM —1:30 PM
Member: $55 / Non-member: $65
(if we hit our target of 20 attendees this will drop by $15/person)
Continental Breakfast and Lunch included!
The AFS BC Chapter brings you a one day seminar highlighting grinding safety in the foundry. With the
inherent dangers involved in grinding castings we must all make sure to remain vigilant in the safe use
of abrasive wheel grinding tools and media.
During this seminar we will have two industry experts, one from WESCO Production Tools Ltd., Ross
Barbour, and one from Tyrolit, Kevin Robb, discuss the safe and proper use of grinding tools, including
guards, and abrasive media, and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). With many new em-
ployees joining the casting industry, often starting in the cleaning room, this safety issue is as im-
portant as ever!
We are looking forward to this informative and very important seminar, and we hope to see you all
there!
Space is limited, so register yourself and your team early.
Contact David Lalonde at 604-626-5109 or [email protected] to register.
Our presenters will be:
Kevin Robb, Western Regional Manager at Tyrolit, Vancouver, BC
Ross Barbour, Technical Representative, WESCO Production Tools Ltd., Burnaby, BC
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RECAP: 62nd AFS NORTHWEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE
P.I.E.—Productivity, Innovation, Embracing Opportunities
We came to Vancouver, and we got a piece of the PIE!
Every three years the metal casting community that makes up the AFS BC Chapter has the honour of putting on a Northwest Regional Con-
ference in Vancouver, BC. Bringing together the AFS chapters of BC, Washington and Oregon, this conference provides an opportunity for education and networking, with a focus on global issues, while also promoting our shared regional experience in the Pacific Northwest.
Thank you to all the speakers, the attendees, the exhibitors, the sponsors and advertisers, and of course, the organizing committee; thank
you to everyone for coming together and making this an excellent conference! The committee would like to give a special thank you to our driving force, Eric Hasselmann, the Conference Chair (aka big chief), for his vision (he often had PIE on his mind) and his w ill to put on a
great event!
We ended the conference on a high note at the Vancouver Aquarium, where we were entertained by and educated about the Pacific white-
sided dolphins. After the show we completed the business portion of the evening, our AFS chapter AGM, where the membership approved the
annual financial report. We also gave our thanks to Casey Sheriland for his many years of service on the board and for this past year as our
AFS BC Chapter Chair.
For your information, the Pacific white-sided dolphins at the Vancouver Aquarium aren’t just fun, frolicking animals; they’re also rescued
animals that are now serious research assistants. They’re helping researchers understand how they use their sonar (echolocation) to locate objects in the water. The discoveries from this study may one day help support dolphin-friendly fishing practices that will prevent dolphins from becoming entangled in nets in the future.
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Upcoming Events—May/June 2013 Visit http://www.afsinc.org for all the details!
May 14 – 16, 2013 : Gray & Ductile Iron Process Metallurgy & Metalcasting Practices #21-13, Schaumburg, IL May 14 – 18, 2013 : Aluminum Two Thousand Congress, 8th Edition, Milano, Italy www.aluminium2000.com
May 16 – 17, 2013 : California Metals Coalition Annual Meeting, Garden Grove, CA May 29 – 30, 2013 : 2013 Art Casting Conference, Loveland, CO June 2 – 4, 2013 : Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD June 4 – 6, 2013 : Society of Manufacturing Engineers Western Manufacturing Technology Show, Edmonton, AB June 5 – 7, 2013 : Ductile Iron Society (DIS) Annual Spring Meeting, Indianapolis, IN June 10 – 13, 2013 : Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) RAPID Conference & Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA June 11 – 14, 2013 : A Hands-On Introduction to Metalcasting #22-13, Pittsburg, KS This laboratory course covers the same lecture topics as our popu-lar lecture version, but includes valuable hands-on experience in green sand, nobake, shell, investment casting, lost foam, permanent molding, and metallurgical testing. Attendees participate in the mak-ing of several castings throughout the course. June 11 – 12, 2013 : ACRC Spring Symposium & Workshop, Worcester, MA June 12 – 14, 2013 : 28th Annual Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly, Providence, RI June 25 – 26, 2013 : Workshop on Classification, Testing & Characterization of Cast Irons, Wixom, MI How do you test your iron to make sure your iron castings will meet the customers requirement? The workshop will detail the test procedures for chemical analysis, metallography and mechanical testing of gray, nodular, ductile, CGI, white iron and malleable irons.
AFS—BC Chapter Sponsors
AFS Corporate Members
Inproheat Indus tr ies Ltd . Lethbr idge Ironw orks Ltd .
Norwood Foundry Ltd . OCL Indus tr ia l Mater ia ls Ltd .
Rypac A luminum Recyc l ing Ltd . Westmat Suppl ies Ltd .
Platinum Sponsors :
Adanac Centur y Pac if ic High land Inproheat
Patterns Foundr y Foundr y Indus tr ies
OCL Indus tr ia l Pac if ic Mako Purity Cas ting Penticton
Materia ls Al loys Foundr y
Gold Sponsors :
M i l lbank Mater ia ls Corp. Rypac A luminum Recyc l ing
Robar Indus tr ies Ltd . Thomps on Foundry Ltd .
Chapter sponsorships are now a va i lable for 2 013/2 014!
Contact Br ian Pa lm, Vice Cha ir,
for more in format ion , br ian. pa [email protected]
Date/Time E vent Location
AFS BC Calendar Of Events
Grinding Safety Seminar May 9, 2013 Langley Events Centre, Langley, BC
We’re on the web:
www.afsbc.ca
And check us out on facebook,
twitter and LinkedIn!
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AFS BC Spring Golf May 29, 2013 Redwoods Golf Course, Langley, BC
Letters to the Editor:
Have an idea for an article in the
newsletter? Want to publicly thank
someone in the industry? Have a
funny tale you’d like to share?
Send your submissions to me today!
David Lalonde
Chair AFS - BC Chapter
c/o
David Lalonde, Account Executive
Alma Consulting Group
4180 Lougheed Hwy
Burnaby, BC V5C 6A7
Tel: 604-734-0117 x 307
Cel: 604-626-5109
E-mail: [email protected]