American Foundry Society
Twin Cities Chapter
V O L U M E
2014-2015
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Half-day Seminar and Dinner Meeting
Chairman
Chris Forster
Vice Chair
James Clifford
Asst. Vice Chair
Ross Vass
Sec./Treasurer
Joy Clifford
Past Chair
Shawn Conners
Term 2015
Scott Honeyman
Jill Kelby
Danforth Messerly
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Term 2016
Al Jacobson
Dewey Moreau
Clint Potter
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Term 2017
Josh Jaycox
Joe Kranz
Nate Reinke
Mr. Ken Copi, Elkem Metals Inc, Pittsburgh, PA
October 14th, 2014
AFS Twin Cities Chapter... Hosts a half-day
seminar beginning at noon and an evening dinner meeting featuring Ken Copi from Elkem Metals Inc, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, October 14th at the
Green Mill in Shoreview, Minnesota.
About the Topic… The half-day seminar will focus on “Improvements in your Ductile Iron Treatment Process” which will show ways to increase Mg
recovery, reduce smoke, slag, and ladle buildups, and
improve microstructures. The evening presentation topic will deal with “The Importance of Sand Additions
Ken Copi, Elkem Metals Inc
in a Coreless Induction Iron Melter.” Everyone is
welcome to register. The talks are especially beneficial for furnace operators, melt &
mold line supervisors, plant metallurgists, QA managers, and plant environmental
engineers.
About the Speaker… Ken Copi received his bachelor of science degree
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in Metallurgical Engineering from Michigan Tech University in 1970. He
worked at six different foundries mostly as a melt superintendent and plant
metallurgist, and was involved in green-field startups at Auburn and Victaulic.
Ken worked in metallurgical sales for several years and has been selling inoculants and MgFeSi with Elkem Materials since 2005. He served on AFS Division 8C since 1978 (past chair), five iron melting conferences (chair and vice
chair), and is a Ductile Iron Society member 1988-2000, 2005-present. Ken
has authored approximately 30 papers on SiC, coreless furnace operations,
gating and risering, and foundry alloys. He presented at various ASF and DIS
functions, Australasian Foundry Conference, and was AFS rep to Mexican
Foundry Society iron melting conference.
Reservations… Reservations to attend the dinner meeting are necessary
Joy Clifford, AFS & ASM
www.afstwincities.org
for space and catering orders. Register for the Seminar and Dinner Meeting
by Friday, October 10th at noon by going to www.afstwincities.org. Payment
can be made by credit card online or by cash, check, or credit card at checkin. Payment is due at check-in.
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Reservations: It’s important to make reservations and equally important to make
Meeting Information
the reservations EARLY with the TC Chapter AFS. Reservations for the meeting
are due on Friday, October 10th by going to www.afstwincities.org.
Refunds: Refunds are not provided after the reservation due date because we
are charged for it.
Membership: If you would like to become a member of the TC Chapter AFS,
please contact www.afsinc.org or call 1-800-537-4237 (follow prompt for Membership), or go to www.afstwincities.org and click “Join AFS.”
Payment: When you arrive, you or your company may pay by credit card, cash,
or check made payable to “AFS TC Chapter.” The Twin Cities Chapter AFS accepts Discover, Master Card, Visa, and American Express. Payment is due at
check-in.
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 connected to the
meeting area.).
The Schedule
11:45 am
Check-In
5:00 pm Social
Cash Bar in pool area
Appetizers by Carpenter Brothers
12:00 – 12:50 pm
“Magnesium treatment optimization, how to get
maximum Mg recovery”
1:00 – 1:50 pm
“The use of lower Mg alloys for ductile treatment”
2:00 – 2:50 pm
“Designing the ideal treatment ladle pocket”
3:00 – 4:00 pm
6:00 pm Dinner
6:45 pm Evening Presentation
“The Importance of Sand Additions in a Coreless
Induction Iron Melter”
7:30 pm Program
Chairman Chris Forster
Vice Chair James Clifford
(Speaker Gift, Announcements)
“Two-stage ductile inoculation with minimal addition rates”
Half-day Seminar 12-4
$125 Members/Non; $10 Full Time Students
Dinner Meeting 5-7:45
$29 Members/Non; $10 Full Time Students
Directions
Green Mill Restaurant
1000 Gramsie Road
Shoreview, MN 55126
www.greenmillshoreview.com
Directions: The Green Mill/Hampton Inn is
located north of St. Paul off of Highway 694
and Lexington Avenue, off of the frontage
road.
www.afstwincities.org
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In Case You Missed It...
On Tuesday, September 16th, 2014, AFS Twin Cities hosted Don
Covert from Humtown Products who gave a presentation on
"Leaving Coremaking to the Experts" at the Green Mill/Hampton
Inn in Shoreview, Minnesota. Don's presentation covered core
cost averaging, today's technology of core production and rapid
prototype options without incurring high capital costs.
Thanks to Humtown Products for sponsoring appetizers!
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“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….”
TC Chapter 2014-2015 Program Schedule
DATE
TYPE
TOPIC
SPEAKER
MTG SPONSOR
Tuesday
September 16
Technical
Shoreview, MN
“Leave Coremaking to the Experts” Don Covert
Humtown Products
Humtown Products
Tuesday
October 14
Technical/Seminar
Shoreview, MN
“The Importance of Sand Additions Ken Copi
in a Coreless Induction Iron Melter.” Elkem Metals Inc
Carpenter Brothers
Tuesday
November 11
Foundry Tour
Dotson Iron Castings
Tuesday
January 13
Technical
Roseville, MN
“Survival Strategies for North Amer- Christof Heisser
Magma
ican Foundries”
Tuesday
February 17
Technical
Jax Café, Mpls
“Future of Metalcasting”
TBA
Tuesday
March 17
Technical
Roseville, MN
TBA
TBA
Tuesday
April 14
Technical
Shoreview, MN
TBA
TBA
Tuesday
May 12
Annual Business Mtg
Shoreview, MN
TBA
TBA
TBD
Dotson Iron Castings