Saturday, March 20, 2010
2:00 PM
Room: S320 F
How to Identify a Quality Casting
Supplier (10-169)
Robert Mueller Jr., P & H Mining Equipment, Milwaukee,
WI.
When sourcing components, it is
critical you have confidence in your suppliers. They need to
meet lead time and quality requirements while also providing
value-added services that make them more than a commodity
supplier. This presentation details one purchaser’s opinion
of how to select “World-Class” suppliers of engineered cast
components to ensure your needs are met today and into the
future.
Casting Simulation: A Primer for
Casting Buyers & Designers (10-133)
Christof Heisser, Steve Sikorski, Magma Foundry
Technologies Inc, Schaumburg, IL.
Casting process simulation is widely
used and accepted in metalcasting facilities throughout the
U.S. and the entire world. They use simulation software as a
communication tool to designers to support the part
development process with the following objectives: ·Reducing
development time and costs through improved virtual
component design ·Reliable assessment of fatigue life
considering local material behavior .Exploitation of full
material potential ·Scrap reduction through early
integration of process simulation ·Castable designs ·Early
identification of potential problems ·Robust quality and
improved reliability In many cases, casting process
simulation is an afterthought, when the design of a part is
already finalized. Often this is too late to make any
changes on the design, limiting the full potential castings
have to offer. The goal is to create a fully integrated CAE
process through simultaneous optimization by utilizing
simulation and, eventually, no need for prototypes. The
seminar will present examples of the successful application
to and implementation in to the part development process.
3:45 PM
Room: S320 F
A Buyer’s & Designer’s Intro to
Metalcasting Processes & Alloys (10-170)
Alfred Spada, Leo Baran, American Foundry Society,
Schaumburg, IL.
To understand how to design and source
engineered metal castings, you must understand the
relationship between the various metalcasting processes and
alloys and how that marriage can unleash the geometric power
metalcasting offers. This presentation reviews those
processes and alloys, and illustrates some successful
designs achieved through the marriage.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
2:00 PM
Room: S320 F
Cost-Effective Casting Design: A
How to for Designers and Purchasers (10-131)
Mike Gwyn, Advanced Technology Institute, North
Charleston, SC.
An innovative, conceptual approach to
the design of metal castings will be emphasized in this
presentation. Designers and buyers will learn the importance
of alloy selection and how it impacts the design boundaries
of a casting. The session also examines a systems approach
to casting design that can be applied with new designs or
conversions to castings. This presentation also will review
the correlation between costing processes and the design of
the casting.
3:45 PM
Room: S320 F
Designing with Austempered Ductile
Iron (ADI) (10-129)
John Keough, Kathy Hayrynen, Applied Process Inc.,
Livonia, MI; Greger Pioszak, University of Michigan, Dewitt,
MI.
Much of the specific metallurgical and
engineering property data related to Austempered Ductile
Iron (ADI) has been thoroughly explored in the past three
decades. However, design engineers have largely been unaware
of ADI as an option in their design decision making process.
Faced with a wide array of material/process options, the
design engineer must consider everything from cost, to mass
to dynamic performance and manufacturablity. This paper
outlines and analyzes the engineering decision making
process and uses ADI as the material under consideration.
Designing Aluminum Casting Success
(10-171)
American Foundry Society Marketing Division, Schaumburg,
IL.
The trend toward light-weight metals
in design has opened up tremendous levels of new
applications for aluminum. With the power of geometry
available with the metalcasting process, aluminum is
unleashed even further into structural applications
replacing steel. This presentations reviews successful
aluminum casting designs to provide tips for designing in
the future.
Monday, March 22, 2010
10:00 AM - Room:
S210 C/D
NADCA Design Seminar -
Beginner
The morning session of this
seminar will provide an overview of designing products for
die casting. Various considerations need to be taken into
account and these will be reviewed. The afternoon session
will provide details for die casting product design such as
alloy properties and selection, dimensional capabilities,
and tolerances. Both OEM Seminar sessions are based on the
full two-day NADCA Design Seminar.
2:00 PM
Room: S210 C/D
NADCA Design Seminar - Advanced
The morning session of this
seminar will provide an overview of designing products for
die casting. Various considerations need to be taken into
account and these will be reviewed. The afternoon session
will provide details for die casting product design such as
alloy properties and selection, dimensional capabilities,
and tolerances. Both OEM Seminar sessions are based on the
full two-day NADCA Design Seminar.
Room: S320 F
Identifying a Candidate for
Conversion to Casting (10-172)
Robert Mueller Jr., P & H Mining Equipment, Milwaukee,
WI.
Engineered metal castings can provide
buyers and designers weight and cost reductions compared to
weldments, fabricated assemblies and forgings. The key is to
know when to convert. This presentation provides an
experienced look at what makes a potential casting
conversion successful and how to identify components that
can be successfully converted at reduced weights and costs.
Several case study examples will be examined.
Continuous Cast Ductile Iron as an
Alternative to Wrought Steel (10-144)
Bob O'Rourke, Dura-Bar, Woodstock, IL.
Continuously cast iron bar stock is
widely used throughout the world in a variety of parts in
the fluid power industry, machine tools, oil and gas,and
heavy equipment. Ductile iron bar stock is an excellent
alternative to carbon steel because of it's high quality,
strength, ability to heat treat, and excellent machinability.
This presentation will cover: the continuous casting
process, sizes and shape capabilities, properties and
grades, applications, how to convert from wrought steel to
ductile iron, design parameters for cast ductile iron, and
the difference is machining between wrought steel and
ductile iron.
3:45 PM
Room: S320 F
Designing Ductile Iron Success (10-173)
Ductile Iron Society, Strongsville, OH.
The growth of cast ductile iron
applications defines the success of this material for design
engineers. This panel presentation will look at successful
conversions to ductile iron castings. It will examine the
factors that made these components ripe for conversion and
then how the designer-metalcaster team made them a reality.
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