Sand Mountain Reporter: Mueller Co. hosts first AFS meeting, facility tour
Members of the American Foundry Society Lost Foam Division met at Mueller Co. in Albertville for the first time.
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Shaw Media: AFS VP of Business Development named to school board
American Foundry Society Vice President of Business Development Ben Yates has been appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Community Consolidated School District 89 Board of Education.
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Midland Daily News: AFS Saginaw Valley Chapter does Foundry-in-a-Box with after-school program
A representative from the American Foundry Society Saginaw Valley Chapter explains how casting metal works during a "foundry in a box" activity.
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Futurecom: McWane Ductile Utah hosts American Foundry Society meeting
McWane Ductile Utah recently hosted the annual American Foundry Society (AFS) 8F chapter meeting.
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Radford News-Journal: VT students host ‘foundry in a box’ program at CHS
The Virginia Tech Student Chapter of the American Foundry Society came for a visit to the Robotics One and the Materials and Processes of Manufacturing classes at Christiansburg High School Dec. 1.
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Eagle Group: Foundry in a Box: Bringing Metal Casting to the Classroom
Foundry in a Box is exactly what it sounds like: a portable kit containing everything needed to create sand-molded metal castings.
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Meadville Tribune: AFS Millionaire Safety Award winner recognized in Pennsylvania for safety record
AFS Corporate Member Advanced Cast Products Inc. received the 2017 Governor’s Award for Safety Excellence in a ceremony held at the foundry. ACP joins a group of 160 companies to achieve the recognition in its 20-year history.
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Toledo Blade: Melting Point magazine, an AFS publication, cited by Toledo Blade in story covering local art foundry
According to the Melting Point, a publication released by the American Foundry Society and Institute, more than 30 universities and independent colleges have foundries, although many are operated out of engineering departments.
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Equipment World: AFS challenges new dust-control rules
The American Foundry Society and five other metal-casting trade groups have called on the Trump administration to change the rules to help their members.
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Defense News: Pentagon: New AFS technical committee supports defense OEMs
As a result, industry has increased a focus on the technology and the American Foundry Society’s industrial members have created a technical committee to encourage its use.