OFFICERS 0

CHAIRMAN B. A. MILLER

Cramp Brass & Iron Fdrs. Div. Baldwin Locomotive Works

VICE-CHAIRMAN E. C. TROY

Dodge Steel Company

SECRETARY-TREASURER W. B. COLEMAN

W. B. Coleman & Co. 9th St. and Rising Sun Ave.

Phone: Sagamore 2-7715

DIRECTORS I. M. ROBB, JR., Hickman, Williams & Co.

C. L. LANE, Florence Pipe Fdry. & Machine Co.

H. V. WITHERINGTON, H. W. Butterworth & Sons Co.

H. E. MANDEL, Penna. Foundry Supply & Sand Co.

EARL EASTBURN, Phosphor Bronze Smelting Co.

W. A. MORLEY, Olney Fdry. Div., Link-Belt Co.

A. C. GOCHER, Fletcher Wks., Inc.

1946-1947 PROGRAM

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American Found rymen's Association

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ENGINEERS' CLUB

SECOND FRIDAY, MONTHLY

PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER, A. F. A.

1946 - - f)4o94a#n - - 1947

DATE SPEAKER - SUBJECT October 11, 1946 "PLASTER PATTERNS'

E. H. SCHLEEDE, Development Engineer, U. S. Gypsum Co., Chicago, Ill.

November 8, 1946 'ROUND TABLE" H. L. ULLRICK, Superintendent,

Socks-Barlow Foundries, Inc., Newark, N. I. December 13, 1946 "WHAT IS STRENGTH?"

J. B. CAINE, Metallurgist, Sowbrooke Steel Casting Co., Cincinnati, 0.

December 19, 1946 CHRISTMAS PARTY

January 10, 1947 "BRASS—PHYSICAL PROPERTY VS. SECTION SIZE" W. B. GEORGE, Metallurgist,

L. Lavin & Son, Chicago, Ill.

February 14, 1947 "GATING & RISERING CAST IRON" H. H. KESSLER, Metallurgist,

Sorbo-Mat Process Engineers, St. Louis, Mo.

March 14, 1947 "NON-FERROUS NIGHT"—Subject to be announced

April 11 1947 "CONSERVATION ALLOYS IN STEEL MANUFACTURE" F. W. HANSON, Metallurgist,

Electra-Metallurgical Company, N. Y. C.

May 9, 1947 "SYNTHETIC VS. NATURAL SAND FOR CAST IRON" H. F. HARRINGTON, Superintendent, A. WRIGHT, Metallurgist,

Hunt Spiller Mfg. Co., Boston, Mass.

DINNER AT ENGINEERS' CLUB, 6:30 P.M., 1317 SPRUCE STREET RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE FOR THE DINNERS

MEETING AT 8:15 P.M.

Members of the general committee in charge of the recent Regional Foundrymen's Conference at Philadelphia. Left to right: B. A. Miller, committee chairman and chairman of the Philadelphia Chapter; H. L. Ullrich, chairman, Metropolitan

New York Chapter; David Tamor, chairman, Chesapeake Chapter

PHILADELPHIA CONFEUENCE Draws 500 Eastern Foundrymen

A WELL diversified program of ex-cellent technical papers w a s largely responsible for success of

the Regional Foundrymen's Conference held under the sponsorship of the Metro-politan New York, Philadelphia and Chesapeake Chapters of the AFA at Town Hall, Philadelphia, Nov. 1-2. The two-day program, which included one general session and six technical sessions —the latter made up of two gatherings by each of the steel, gray and malleable iron and nonferrous groups—attracted a registration of approximately 500.

The committee in charge of arranging the program was headed by C. L. Lane, Florence Pipe Foundry & Machine Co., Florence, N. J., other members being E. C. Troy, Dodge Steel Co., Philadelphia, H. A. Deane, American Brake Shoe Co., New York, and Dr. Blake M. Loring,

By WILLIAM G. GUIDE

Managing Editor

and BEN K. PRICE New York Editor

Naval Research Laboratory, Washington. At the opening general session B. A.

Miller, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, chairman of both the Phil-adelphia Chapter and the general com-mittee for the conference, welcomed the audience and presented William W. Ma-loney, national AFA secretary, who in-troduced the principal speaker, Frank C. Steinebach, editor, THE FOUNDRY

Discussing "Progress in . Castings," Mr. Steinebach traced the wartime experi-ence of the foundry industry in expand-ing production for military purposes, and cited the numerous developments which occurred in foundry practice and

casting metallurgy during the period. Speaking of lessons that foundrymen

should have learned during the war, Mr. Steinebach stated that it is apparent the fortunes of one branch of the industry are closely interwoven with the success of all other branches, consequently the future success of the entire industry de-mands the co-operative efforts of all types of foundries. In this connection he recommended the creation of an over-all organization that will correlate the efforts of the different groups and will represent the entire industry when such occasion demands. Other requisites to future progress he cited included re-search, increased attention to good house-keeping and plant modernization, better customer relations, improved cost con-trol, more uniformity of product and the interesting of young men in foundry careers.

At the first gray and malleable iron session, W. C. Reichert, president, W. C. Reichert Engineering Co., Newark, N. J., urged foundrymen to make careful surveys of various departments in their respective plants to see what could be done in the economical mechanization of their operations. He suggested how -

ever, that they first see what they could do toward improving their practice with what equipment they have before buying more; in other words, develop operations as efficiently as possible first.

He was confident that most foundries would find that they could install some additional equipment to good advantage. He warned however, against too elabor-ate equipment.

Proper mechanization, the speaker de-

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Luncheon gathering of some of the 500 participants in the foundry conference at Philadelphia, Nov. 1-2

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Some of the speakers at the Philadelphia Regional Conference. Left to right: Karl Wheeler Jr., T. E. Egan, Henry C. Winte, Cecil E. Bales, Charles B. Schureman and Frank G. Steinebach

(Continued from page 134) dared, results in better controls, better help and a better finished product. Amortization of cost for new equipment should fall within a period of not more than two years if the improvement is to be truly economical.

The basic problem in casting and pattern design is how to produce most economically a final finished part which will satisfactorily serve required purpose, James M. Lansing, consulting engineer, Malleable Founders' Society, Cleveland, declared. This involves the following major considerations: Adequate strength and toughness and rapid and economical production in the foundry and in the machine and finishing departments.

The speaker outlined some of the prin-ciples which both the engineer and the foundryman must take into account. In this he spoke with particular regard to malleable, although indicating that the principles for the most part had general application to other types of castings as well. He declared (1) that the thickness of casting section should preferably be as near uniform as possible, avoiding abrupt changes of section; (2) that if changes to heavy section. are required, ribs of sufficient thickness to facilitate feeding may be placed on the light section so as to connect with, and feed into a heavy section or base; and (3) that provision should be made of a suitable section for gating and feeding.

Mr. Lansing also pointed out that (4) ample fillets should be provided; (5) that plates should be kept in tension and

ribs in compression; (6) that sufficient pattern draft should be allowed; and (7) that cores should be eliminated when possible.

H. T. Ulirich, superintendent, Sacks-Barlow Foundries Inc., Newark, N. presided at this talk.

Discussing modern foundry refractories, C. E. Bales, vice president, Ironton Fire Brick Co., Ironton, 0., outlined develop-ments in the manufacture of cupola blocks and described what he believed to be the best refractories suitable for lining the various sections of cupolas and other foundry melting units. He discussed also the installation of refrac-tories and what procedure to follow with respect to making repairs. He commented at some length on ladle linings and urged that care should be taken in seeing that scrap used in the furnaces is of proper size—neither too large nor too small.

W. W. Levi, metallurgist, Lynchburg Foundry Co., Radford, Va., presided.

The first of three subjects discussed presented at the final gray and malleable iron session was on "Molding Materials," with Charles B. Schureman, F. E. Schundler & Co., Joliet, Ill., the speaker and R. J. Allen, Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp., Harrison, N. J., the chairman. Mr. Schureman listed various circumstances in sand selection and prep-aration which can cause trouble. When synthetic sand mixes are employed the base sand and bonding material should be adapted to the type of casting being produced. Components of the mix should

be measured carefully with accurate con-tainers or other devices, and the mixing operation should be supervised by a re-sponsible individual, he stated.

The second speaker, Henry C. Winte, works metallurgist, Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp., Buffalo, had for his subject "Gates and Risers for Sound Castings." George Hadzima, superin-tendent, Robbins Conveyors Inc., Pas-saic, N. J., was chairman. Mr. Winte pointed out that the major difficulty with most riser designs is that the riser contains cold metal which is not capable of feeding back into the casting section which is shrinking. An effective cure for this is to gate through the riser, a method incorporated in the shrink bob riser de-:- sign. Examples were cited of shrink bob riser applications and of correct propor-tions of the riser. The speaker stated that it is extremely important that the drag bob extend sufficiently below the riser neck to insure molten metal in that section of the riser directly opposite the neck. One of the principal failings of gating systems utilizing the principle of gating through the riser is the absence of sufficient depth of drag bob to provide relationship between the liquid metal in the riser and the liquid metal in the cast-ing.

The concluding paper, "Casting De-fects—Their Causes and Corrections," by W. B. McFerrin, Electro Metallurgical Co., Detroit, was an exhaustive review of the subject and included some un-published data accumulated by the AFA

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Additional speakers shown left to right: J. E. Crown, William Morley, J. A. Wettergreen, Dr. Blake M. Loring, John Howe I4,.I1 A I Wn+I ,,1 I,..rr.e 14 1

A Other conference speakers, left to right: H. L. Smith, William W. Maloney, William B. McFerrin, Clyde L. Frear, Stanley

W. Brinson, C. A. Robeck and William G. Reichert

(Continued from page 137) Committee on Analysis of Casting De-fects, of which Mr. McFerrin has been a member for the past six years. The speaker listed 18 basic casting defects which are common to both gray and mal-leable iron castings and 11 factors in foundry operations which may be re-sponsible for one or more of these de-fects. Individual influence of these vari-ous factors was described in detail, and slides were shown to illustrate the types of defects outlined.

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Three papers were presented at the opening session devoted to brass, bronze and light metals. "Synthetic Sand in the Nonferrous Foundry," by Stanley W. Brinson, U. S. Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, Va., comprised a detailed description of practice at the speaker's foundry in prep-aration of synthetic molding sand and core sand mixtures. Clyde L. Frear, Bureau of Ships, Washington, acted as chairman. Base sands used by the Nor-folk foundry for nonferrous castings are of 55-70, 90-100 and 140-160 AFA grain fineness. Sand, clay and cereal binders are tested carefully for various proper-ties.

Synthetic sand mixes are used as a facing ½ to 1 1/z in. thick. This facing subsequently is reclaimed and used as backing sand. Two regular and five special mixes now are used for nonfer-rous purposes, and Mr. Brinson listed the composition, physical properties and uses of these mixes. An improvement he cited in use of mold and core washes cansists of packaing the wash mixes in qua:t and gallon containers which facili-

tates the accurate mixing of the wash and prevents waste.

The second paper, "Pressure Tight-ness of Bronze Castings," was presented by Dr. Blake M. Loring, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, with David Tamor, American Chain & Cable Co., York, Pa., serving as chairman. Dr. Loring showed numerous slides to illus-trate some results, of a study of alloys, part of which program is related to pres-sure tightness. Influence of lead in im-proving tightness was described. Hot tears were mentioned as having the greatest influence in causing lack of pres-sure tightness, with shrinkage the next most important factor. The speaker rec-ommended use of clean dry scrap and careful deoxidation of the metal in the melting process.

Concluding this session, R. E. Ward, Eclipse Pioneer Division, Bendix Avia-tion Corp., Teterboro, N. J., discussed "Comparative Foundry Characteristics of Various Aluminum Alloys." Earl J. Bush, U. S. Naval Gun Factory, Wash-ington, presided. Mr. Ward described various casting defects in discussing the properties of the principal copper-alumi-num and silicon-aluminum alloys. Hot tears, which occur before solidification is complete, result from nonuniform so-lidification, with large grain size a factor. Readily collapsible cores are required to prevent hot cracking. Alloys containing silicon are more susceptible to gas ab-sorption than the copper-aluminum al-loys.

Commenting on melting and furnace problems in brass and bronze foundries

at the concluding session on nonferrous metals, H. L. Smith, Federated Metals Division, American Smelting & Refining Co., made three general recommenda-tions:

(1) Adjust burners on gas or oil-fired furnaces and the oxygen output in elec-tric arc furnaces until the furnace at-mosphere shows no carbon monoxide, about 0.50 to 2 per cent oxygen, and as high a carbon dioxide value as is possible. With induction furnaces, he continued, reduce the turbulence to a minimum and add the charge to the crucible in incre-ments during the melting cycle rather than fill the crucible with the entire charge; then proceed with melting.

(2) Maintain temperature ar.d pouring speed constant at all times and see that all avenues of feed to the castine proper are kept completely full during the en-tire pouring cycle. Never try to s..ary the speed at which molten metal enters the casting proper by manually trying to vary the pouring speed.

If these two fundaniental'recommendt-tions are carefully teBowed, he said, aiiv difficulties which may arise can then be corrected by (3) a proper placement of gates, risers, chills, etc. In this way the foundry will deal with only this one variable rather than try to control three variables, which must be the case when endeavoring to correct difficulties by changing combustion, temperature, pour-ing speed, along with changes in design —to say nothing of further changes in condition of sand.

While basica[y the same as in the (Continued on page 142)

Speakers shown left to right: Douglas J. Taylor, George Hacizima, H. E. Cragin, Robert E. Ward, Phillip DeHuff, Walter W Fdanc tint4 Wrilk, W ttvi

MAN T AN on tke 9#(V-&Aa&tck

"Foundry 'Yes' Men"

I N ONE way my foundry hobby is getting to be sort of a joke

around our house, for my son accuses me of going clear around Robin Hoods barn to make something out of a casting that might better be made some other way. His mother backs him up by insinuating that if she doesn't watch me I'll be trying to cut the lawn in the foundry. How-ever, I'm not 'very sensitive about the kidding so I go merrily on my way, trying new stunts, making mis-takes, some good castings and having a darned good time doing it.

News of all this must get around, for not over a week or two ago a sculptor from the art department of • college near by asked me to make • bronze casting of a battleship he had modeled in clay. Well, I took• one look at the model, shuddered and told him that the job was way over my head. While I admit that having read about Benvenuto Cellini and a flock of articles on the lost wax process, I would have liked to look over the shoulder of someone who knew how to do a job like that. But as for me, when I showed the sculp-tor the kind of castings I had been making, he readily agreed with me and we parted friends.

When I told about this experience to an old .timer. in.ihe foundry busi-ness, he surprised me by saying that he knew any number of foundries that would be a whole lot better off if they did what 'I had just done, turn down a job that was over their heads; He went on to say that a

By RALPH L. LEE

lot of foundry red ink was spilled in purThasing agents' offices every day by foundrymen who didn't know how to say no.

To this I said that, as far as I could see from my recent visits to foundries, most of them were so loaded up with orders they should be in a position to turn down just about any job they didn't like. My friend agreed that it probobly did look like that to an amateur but he guessed that there must be a gambling streak—in some foundrymen at least—that caused them, even in times like these, to take on jobs they weren't equipped or able to handle in the hope that with luck they would be able to muddle through somehow.

I was glad to take his word for it as I didn't have very much exper-ience, but just the same it seemed to me that in any up and coming business you had to take a flier every

once in awhile at a job you didn't quite know how to handle. Later on I learned from my experienced friend that he didn't mean a person shouldn't try hard jobs or new ways of doing old jobs but is was buying pigs in the poke that caused foundry people and their customers so much trouble.

I could, see that he had a point, as I knew from what I'd heard that a lot of scrap, both in the foundry and the shop, could be traced to taking on jobs without F.B.I.'ing them first. On 'the other hand, maybe we don't reach out far enough in the foundry business, and are inclined to wait for others to tell us what can and what cannot be made in castings, almost as though a patient told his doctor what kind of pills he should prescribe.

Maybe I'm getting in clear over my head here, but in spite of it, the way the family is kidding me on try-ing to make everything out of castings, and the trouble foundries get into by biting off more than they can chew, I still think there is one whale of a lot of things being made of stampings, forgings and weldings that could be made out of castings better and cheaper if the right person looked around for them and figured out a way to do it.

While this line of thinking may seem a bit out of order with so many foundries loaded with work, some-thing tells me that after we get caught up we are going to find on top of the competitive heap some courageous souls, who didn't know a lot of things weren't being done, or co9ldn1 be done, and went right on ahead and did them.

By the way, after writing this arti-cle I called up the sculptor from the college and told him that while I hadn't changed my mind about his battleship, if he had some simpler statue, I might take a crack at it. I found he was having one heck of a time trying to get his stuff cast so we made a deal. I sort of figured that even my little foundry wasn't too small to do a bit of business development, even while business was good.

(Continued from page 140) red and yellow metals, melting practices in special alloys obviously involve special problems, W. W. Edens, Ampco Metal Co., Milwaukee, declared, in the second paper at this session. He agreed heartily with the conclusions made by Mr. Smith on the red and yellow brasses, and then went on to emphasize certain problems

in working with close analysis metals. He stressed the necessity for good

housekeeping, the importance of knowing precisely what raw materials are enter-ing the melt' and of having them all properly segregated and identified. Spe-cial care should be taken in the segre-gation of back scrap and in keeping the crucibles and furnaces clean and free

from contaminating elements. While special alloys can be produced

in a variety of furnaces, he thought cru-cibles or similar type melting units were best suited for the purpose. He empha-sized the importance of maintaining as high a wall temperature in furnaces as the refractories will permit, in order to

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insure fast melting. Mr. Edens spoke of the need for close

temperature control, and suggested that gating be arranged so that the metal can be poured at the lowest possible tempera-ture. Melting, he added, should also be done at the lowest possible temperatures.

He did not favor the use of special deoxidizers if they can be avoided, prefer-ring instead to rely on the elements in th mix for this purpose. He suggested the standardization of melting practice to the point where it runs the same each time.

J. E. Crown, U. S. Naval Gun factory, Washington, presided during the first part of the session and Clausen A. Robeck, Gibson & Kirk Co., Baltimore, during the second part.

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The opening steel session under the chairmanship of John Howe Hall, found-ry consultant, Swarthmore, Pa. featured discussions of both manufacturing and application problems. H. F. Cragin Jr., plant superintendent, Taylor-Wharton Iron and Steel Company, High Bridge, N. J., in a paper "Steel Castings for Nav-al Use" discussed numerous interesting factors affecting the foundry industry which he observed during his tour of duty as an officer in the Navy assigned to the Welding, Castings, and Forging Section of the Bureau of Ships.

Mr. Cragin indicated that coperation among the foundries was best when the going was toughest. However, in an earnest desire to participate to the full-est in the war effort, many foundries scheduled more orders than they could produce. In the speaker's opinion, efforts of the War Production Board to apply priorities, CMP and other schemes were relatively ineffective because of the lack of an efficient production scheduling sys-tem in foundries.

In additon to renair ship, land based repair activities were established upon islands throughout the Pacific. The found-ries at these bases initially were designed for the production of gray iron and non-ferrous castings. However, as the war progressed, the need for steel castings developed at these bases as well as from the repair ships, and the necessary de-velopment work was undertaken to per-mit the production of steel.

In the second paper, D. G. Taylor, field engineer, Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa., considered "Factors In-fluencing the Design of Sand for Heavy Duty Castings." Mr. Taylor said that greater progress in foundry problems could be attained if all fields of avail-able ceramic science were utilized, since the technical aspects of sand problems are largely ceramic.

A sand must act as a mild chill. If the sand does not chill the metal, and

the metal is free to do so, it will pene-trate the surface of the mold. Often in the case in heavy work, the sand first acts as a chill, setting up a thin skin of solid or viscous metal. When the heat-absorbing power of the sand is reached, the metal becomes more fluid and pene-tration results. For this reason, a high heat capacity sand sometimes is desired.

Mr. Taylor stated that spalling, one of the most important factors in brick de-sign, has been given little consideration in the design of foundry sands. It is the cause of numerous casting defects, such as penetration, scabs, cope drops and others.

In the final paper of the session, Phil-lip DeHuff, metallurgist, Westinghouse Electric Corp., Lester, Pa., discussed "Progress in Precision Casting." Mr. De-Huff said that the term "precision cast-ing" is a misnomer and that the type of casting being described should be called an "investment casting." He indicated that the industry has made considerable progress in filling the vacancy which had existed in sources of this type of casting. In his opinion the future field of such castings will range up to 5 lb in weight.

Cites List of Advantages

The following advantages were listed; 1. Obtaining fine detail and fairly good accuracy; 2. Producing very thin sec-tions; 3. Casting alloy for high tempera-ture use where other methods of forming cannot be used; 4. Producing contours that cannot be machined; 5. Eliminating most machine operations; 6. Low tooling cost; 7. Preparing castings for certain design studies which would be too ex-pensive by other methods. As to disad-vantages, Mr. DeHuff gave the follow-ing: 1. Only small castings can be pro-duced; 2. Inaccuracies in pattern in-fluence castings greatly; 3. Can have same defects as provided by other meth-ods of casting.

Considerable discussion was provoked by the two papers presented at the con-cluding steel session, at which A. L. Wentzel, Birdsboro Steel Foundry & Machine Co., Birdsboro, Pa., was chair-man and James A. Gillis, Bethlehem Steel Co., Steelton, Pa., was co-chairman. De-scribing difficulties in effective use of the Washburn riser in producing small cast valve bodies of stainless steel, Karl Wheeler Jr., production superintendent, American Steel Castings Co., Newark, N. J., displayed samples of the castings in which shrinkage occurred in the flanges under the risers.

The speaker offered one explanatory theory that an oxide film forms around the core in the blind riser upon contact with the metal, thereby preventing at-

mospheric pressure from assisting in the subsequent feeding of the casting and causing the eventual shrinkage. This is particularly true of small castings, which require early feeding, he said. Some im-provement in the condition resulted from redesigning the core to incorporate sharp edges, the use of more oil in the sand mix and the insertion of the core deeper into the riser.

One suggestion was that the trouble resulted from gas develpped from the core which is less able to escape from small castings than from large ones. An-other was that a higher pouring tempera-ture be employed and that the core be made sufficiently small in relation to the riser size to prevent the chilling action which seems to shut off the effects of at-mospheric pressure.

"Problems in the Production of Tur-bine Castings," a paper given by J. A. Wettergreen, superintendent of foundry, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., included a number of interesting slides illustrating gating and risering practice in the production of these large castings weighing up to 60,000 lb. As explained by the speaker, the combination of light and heavy sections in turbine parts creates numerous problems for the found-ry; feeding requires the proper tempera-ture gradients, while the cored design complicates cleaning operations. While the chipping hammer, shot blast and flame cutting are employed mostly in cleaning castings, Mr. Wettergreen pre-dicted more extensive use in the future of chemical treatment for removing sand and scale.

Thursday evening preceding the con-ference a management meeting was held at the Bellevue-Stratford, attended by approximately 150 foundry executives from the Metropolitan New York, Phil-adelphia and Chesapeake Chapter areas. Brief talks were given by W. W. Ma-loney, who outlined activities of the American Foundrymen's Association, and by Max Kuniansky, Lynchburg Foundry Co., Lynchburg, Va., and national AFA vice president. Principal speaker was William B. Given Jr., president, Ameri-can Locomotive Co., New York, who traced the developments in foundry wo:king conditions and management-la-bor relations over the past 40 years. "We have done too little talking about man-agement faults and management short-comings in labor relations, over the years," he stated. "Currently, we are too much on the defensive against labo difficulties. The time is here for us to set about to re-win the confidence of our people. Acceptance of the fundamental that in large part recent troubles have come out of past management blindness will help us more capably make the fu-ture."

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MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE PHILA. CHAPTER AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION - ENGINEERS CLUB - 4:00 P.M.

October 11, 1946

Chairman Miller called the Executive Committee to order at 4:00 P.M. The following were present:

Messrs. Troy, Gocher, Robb, Lane, Eastburn, Keeley, Witherington and Coleman.

Bills presented were unanimously approved.

Mr. Troy went over the program for the year and everything is satisfactory for an interesting season. The thought was expressed that this year there would be no room for coffee talks at all.

Mr. Lane reported for the Educational Committee and promised that at the November Meeting he would report a definite program of action.

Mr. Robb reported for the Reception Committee and outlined what he wished to do to make it more pleasant for visitors. The following motion by Mr. Robb and seconded by Mr. Lane was unani-mously carried and is Vthat members of the Reception Committee be allowed reasonable expenses to be used in the entertainment of speaker or speakers the night of the meeting."

Mr. Robb, who is chairman of the Regional Conference Committee, reported for the committee as to all of the arrangements. There was one phase that he wished to have on record which was not an action of the chapter but an action of the representatives of the three chapters entering into the conference. That is, any losses sustained by the Regional Conference Is to be divided ttween the three chapters and any gains from the receipts of the Regional Conference be kept in a common fund for future conferences. Mr. Rodger Keeley being treasurer of the Regional Conference Com-mittee.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

W.' B. Coleman Secretary-T±easurer PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER AMERICAN FOUNDRThIEN'S ASS'N.

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MINUTES OF THE ECUTIVE COMMITTEE ETING OF THE PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION * ENGINEERS CLUB * 4:45 P.M.

November 8, 1946

The meeting was called to order at 4:45 by Chairman Miller with the following present:- Messrs. Tray, Gocher, Lane, Keeley, Henszey, Robb,ndell, Witherington, and Coleman.

The Treasurer's report was presented, and all bills were approved for payment.

On motion by Mr. Robb, seconded by Mr. Troy, it was agreed that the Government Bonds be deposited in the Federal Reserve Bank and that a receipt be obtained for them.

On motion by Mr. Tray, seconded by Mr. Robb, it was agreed that the Educational Course be dismissed this year, but the present committee is to line up a future program for the year of 1947-48 and give recom-mendations when it should be held. This report is to be presented at the January Executive Comnittee meeting.

Mr. Robb did not report in detail on the Regional Conference but will do so at the December Executive Committee Meeting.

Mr. Troy reporting for the Program Committee suggested some mem-ento for speakers. This is to be brought up at the December meeting.

Mr. Witherington reported for the Publicity Committee and made mention of the fact that the American Foundrymen's Magazine was quite late for the meeting.

Mr. Mandel reporting for the Membership Committee stated that he was going to write many members a personal letter and enclose a member-ship blank. Also, more stress on membership is to be given at the meet-ings.

Mr. Henszey reported on History and suggested that the Chapter ought to know who made many of the permanent metal statues around Philadelphia. He will contact the Historical Society and Kern Dodge will also be approached for information on the old Tacony Iron Works.

Several of the Chapter officers had a long meeting with Mr.Maloney during the Regional Conference, and the outcome of this meeting and discussion was a motion by Mr. Robb, seconded by Mr. Lane that we write Mr. Maloney as follows:- "We again extend an invitation to hold the Convention and Exhibit of the American Foundrymen's Association in Phila. in 1948 provided we are assured that the Association receives the neces- sary guarantee of three thousand (3,000) rooms."

The meeting was adjourned at 6:30.

Respectfully submitted,

W. B. Coleman Secretary-Treasurer PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN'S ASS'N.

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MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE PHILA. CHAPTER, AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN'S ASST N. * ENGINEERS CLUB * 4:45 P.M.

Dec. 13, 1946 The meeting was called to order at 4:45 with the following

present:- Messrs. Miller, Troy, Morley, Lane, Eastburn, Keeley, Gocher, and Coleman.

The TreasurerT s report was presented, and all bills were approved for payment. Mr. Troy in speaking for the Program Committee discussed mementos

for speakers, but no final decision was made. Everyone agreed with the Idea and several suggestions were offered for the type of memento.

The complete report on the Regional Conference is to be rendered in January. The question of insuring the loudspeaker equipment was brought

up, and it was decided that the same would not be Insured. The Secretary presented the problem of placing the bonds with

the Federal Reserve for safe keeping. The bonds were obtained when the word "Metropolitan" was in use. A resolution Is necessary in order to have the bonds In our present name, and this was offered by Mr. Troy, seconded by Mr. Lane, and unanimously passed as follows:-

"It Is hereby resolved that all Government Bonds now existing in the name of the Metropolitan Phila. Chapter, American Foundrymen's Ass'n., an unincorporated association, 9th St. & Rising Sun Ave.,Phila. Penna. be returned to the Government with the proper filled in forms requesting a change to the Philadelphia Chapter, American Foundrymen's Ass'n.,an unincorporated association, 9th St. & Rising Sun Ave. Phila.

Chairman Miller read a letter from the National Office in regard to the possibility of a Convention in Phila. Decision has not been made. However, to be prepared, a committee was appointed to be known as the "Steering Committee for Convention." Mr. Troy will be chair-man, and Messrs. Morley, Lane, and Eastburn will be members. All letters and information are to clear thr. ugh this committee.

The Educational Committee reported that they are working on a report to be presented in January. Mr. Gocher reported on a meeting of the council of the Technical

Societies of Phila. He received the impression that It was made up mainly of civil engineers and that the discussion was entirely on civic affairs. Chairman Miller will write to the committee and offer our help if it is required. Mr. Miller also presented his report verbally on the Chapter Chairmen's Meeting in Chicago last July.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 P.M.

Respeetfullysubmitted,

W. B. Coleman Secretary-Treasurer PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN' S AEU'

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MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE PHILADELPHIA - CHAPTER, AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION * ENGINEERS CLUB

Jan. 10, 1947 4:45 P.M.

The - meeting - was called to order with the following present: Messrs. Miller, Troy; Mandel ., Gocher, Robb, Keeley ., Morley, Henszey, and Coleman.

A11 bills presented by the secretary were unanimously approved.

On motion by Mr. Robb, seconded by Mr. Troy,, the Executive Committee extends a vote of thanks - to the Entertainment Committee for their splendid Christmas Party.

Mr. Troy reported for the Program Committee.,and the memento for speakers will be reported on in February.

The Educational Committee - is - to make a report at the February meeting. The final report on the Regional Conference is also to be presented at the February meeting.

Mr. Mandel in reporting for the Membership Committee advised that the list of delinquents is being reduced.

A. committee termed Steeringcominittee was created; and on motion by Mr. Troy, seconded byMr; Mandel, and unanimously carried, past Chairman Robb is to studythe question of past chairmen meeting in a body and then approach the past chairmen to see if It might be agreeable for them to have .a meeting at some definite time to discuss various functions of chapter opera-tion and render a report in writing to the secretary - of the chapter to present at the first meeting of the new Executive Committee in June of each year.

On motion by Mr. Troy seconded by Mr. Mandel, a standing committee Is to be formed to lay plans for a future management meetingsimilar to the one given during the Regional Conference in November. Mr. Morley was appointed chairman of this committee.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:15.

Respectfully submitted,

W. B. Coleman Secretary-Treasurer PHILA. CHAPTER AMERICAN FOtJNDRYMEN'S ASS'N.

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MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF TIlE PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER., AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN'S ASS'N. ENGINEERS CLUB 4:45 P.M.

Feb. 14, 1947

The meeting was called to order at 4:45 P.M. with the following members present:

Messrs. Miller, Robb Gocher, Lane, Trcy, Morley, Mandel, Eastburn, Fred Sefing by invitation, and Coleman.

Bills presented for payment totaling $71.88 were unanimously approved.

Mr. Robb reported on the Regional Conference giving various viewpoints and promised a final report at the March meeting.

Since the March meeting will be held at the Franklin Institute, there will be an Executive Committee meeting at the Franklin Institute at 4:30 P.M.

The chairman presented the following as the Nominating Committee which was unanimously approved:

J. M. Robb, Jr. Ralph Belleville Harold Henszey

They are to report their nominees at there are no further candidates, the sam at the Maymeeting.

Chairman Member Member

the April meeting; and if are to be declared elected

A letter from the Engineers C1utiawing attention to the House Rules in regard to gambling was read and placed in the hands of Mr. Mandel to be used if any of our membership indulged after the meeting.

In regard to the mementcs, on motion by Mr. Troy seconded by Mr. Robb, one hundred (*100.00) dollars is to be appropriated toward expenses for mementos for speakers.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:15.

Respectfully suitted,

W. B. Coleman Secretary-Treasurer PHILADELPHIA C HAP TER AMERICAN FOTJNDRMEN'S AS-SIN.

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MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE PHILA. CHAPTER, AMERICAN FOUNDREN'S ASS'N. ENGINEERS CLUB.

April 11, 1947

The meeting was called to order at 5:45 with the follow-ing members present:-

Messrs. Gocher, Lane, Keeley, Hanson byinvitation, Miller, Rob, Mandel, and Cleman.

Bills presenU for payment were approved.

Mr. Robb presented the final report of the Regional Con-ference. On motion by Mr. Lane and seconded by Mr. Mandel, the report was accepted. On motion by Mr. Lane and seconded by Mr. Robb, the report and a copy of the financial report are to be sent to the Metropolitan and Chesapeake Chapters with the request that the contents of the report be kept con-fidential. The proceeds of the Conference are to be held in escrow for the three chapters for future use.

The Nominating Committee reported for Chairman - Mr. E. C. Troy, Vice-Chairman - Mr. C. L. Lane, Secretary-Treasurer - Mr. W. B. Coleman, Directors - Mr. Clyde B. Jenni and Mr. W. B. Wilkins.

On motion by Mr. Robb seconded by Mr. Lane, Dr. Clamer is to get a photograph of each picture taken at the March 14th meeting.

It was also decided that each one of the officers at the base of the statue except Messrs. Troy, Morley, and Coleman be forwarded a photograph.

On motion by Mr. Robb and seconded by Mr. Lane, the return cards are to be compiled and listed and given to the chairmen of next year as a guide for committee appointments.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:45.

Respectfully submitted,

W. B. Coleman Secretary-Treasurer Phila. Chapter

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MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1EETING OF THE PHILA. CHAPTER ., AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN' S ASS' N FRANKLIN INSTITUTE

March 14, 1947

The Executive Committee Meeting was called to order at 4:45.

The followingmembers were present:- Messrs. Troy, Robb, Gocher, Miller and Coleman.

All bills presented for payment were approved.

Mr. Troy discussed the program and advised that Mr. Jenni will be the Technical Chairman for April and that Mr. George Bradshaw will preside in May

• On account of the Institute meeting, no other busi-ness was transacted, and the meeting was adjourned at 5:15.

Respectfully submitted,

W. B. Coleman Secretary-Treasurer PHILA. CHAPTER AMERICAN FOUNDRN' S ASS-11N.

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The following past chairmen of the Chapter met at the Bellevue Stratford on the afternoon of May 9th, 1947.

Messrs. Latham, Keeley, Coleman.

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PRELUDE

The Meding was held to increase interest in t hie '

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The following suggestions were made:- :•,..

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1. That the Chapter consider programs just a little more practical so as to reach and encourage attendance of foremen and shop men.

2. That -- more effort be made to see that persons attending meetings become better acqu.inted.

dv'e 3. That all committees be expanded so as to bring -

more persons into Chapter activities. - . i'• ,-i-: Ui•X

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4. That cOmpanies be contacted prior to meetings to remind them to send persons to meeting. The membership could handle this from the pocket cards.

5. That a civic, educational, or religious person be invited to attend the meetings as a guest. No talk

to be required - simply

6. That some plan be worked out so as to interest top management in work and activities of Chapter.

MINUTES OF ECUTfl1L COLvIITT LTfl'TG OF THE PHIL&, CHAPTER, ARICAN FOUIMYTIENIS ASS' N. - GARDEN COURT RESTXtJI?ANT

June 9th, 19147

The meeting was called, to order at :3O P.M. at the Garden Court Restaurant with the following present:

Messrs. Lane, Robb, Mandel, Gallana, Morely, Witherington, Jenni, Hartmann, Latham, Keeley, Gocher, Henszey, Eastburn, Miller, Troy, Mitchell, and Coleman,

After a few remarks by Mr. B. A. Miller, Mr. Troy took the chair to preside over the meeting. Bills presented for payment were unanimously approved.. On motion by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Henezey, and unanimously carried, letters soliciting contributions for the operation of the Chapter shall go out at once.

On motion by Mr. Miller, seconded. by Mr. Eastburn, and unanimously approved, the chairman, Mr. Troy, and the treasurer, Mr. Coleman, were authorized to jointly sign checks.

The Past chapter Chairmen's report of May 9th was presented to the committee. The Executive Committee extended a vote of thanks to the past chairmen for the splendid report. At various times during the rest of the meeting, various sections of the report were taken up for discussion.

Mr. Mnd.el was appointed chairman of the Reception Committee, and it was suggested that the pocket card be passed out on the first floor of the Engineer's Club or at least before dinner tickets are sold. It was suggested that officers might use badges with their names on it, but the Reception Committee should use a badge showing their function.

Mr. W. P. Graden was appointed chairman of the Membership Committee with a suggestion that Messrs. Mrkert, Ed.mondson, and Parry be members of the committee.

The Committee suggested that the Educational Committee follow the past chairmen's suggestion No. 5 by inviting a civic, educational, or religious person to the meeting as a guest, not to talk but simply to observe. A. further suggestion that the Committee bring in bogs from the trade school

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was given.

Mr. Al C. Gocher was appointed chairman of the Educational Committee, and Mr. Lane was asked. to "steer's the committee.

Past Chapter Chairmen's suggestion No. 6 was discussed at length, and Cha1rn 'Troy asked Mr. Henazey to lay out a plan so as to interest top management. The committee suggested that the program folders be printed same as in previous years.

On motion by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Mandel, and unanimously approved., the chapter will pay the expenses of the Vice-Chairman to the Chapter Chairman Meeting in Chicago.

The Entertainment Committee reported everything in splendid shape

for the outing on June 29th.

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Mr. Troy willt'ite up for the various committees what he expects of them.

Mr. Mitchell was appointed chairman of the Dinner Arrangement Com-mittee.

At a later date, a chairman will be appointed for the Management Dinner and By-Laws Committee. Mr. Robb was appointed general chairman of the Convention Committee for the convention here in 1911 from May 3rd to 7th inclusive.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:15.

Respectfully submitted,

W. B. Coleman Secretary-Treasurer PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER

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ArV!RICAN FOT DRYMkiN' S ASSOCIATION PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER

REPORT OF THn THE 1STJRER FOR TT PERIOD June 10, 1946 to June 7, 1947

BALANCE IN BANK - June 10, 1946 2,307.63

RECEIPTS

Rebate on Dues, A.F.A. ;1,422.95 Contributions 1 1 070.00 Interest on "Gt' Bonds 132.50 Return of deposit from-Engineer's club 2u.00 Received from A.F.A. for photographs 50.00 Received from Fenton Publishing co. photographs 63.00 Balance received from Regional foundry conference 10.28 Checks made out to Philadelphia chapter etc. Ajax ni-ht 234,50

008 .23 EXPENSES

Cigars 86.29 Miscellaneous Posta,.e 40.25 ivliscêllaneous Expense 2.22 Stationary 71.72 Dinner Guests 69.63 Meeting notices 441.36 Electric typing service 6.00 Garden Court expense 90.00 Advertising in Telephone book 6.00 Engineers Club 12.00 Secretarial service 150.00 Gift for Mr. Robb 65.00 Special expense--J.B. Caine 71.98 Safety deposit box--Fidelity Philadelphia 5.00 Photographs 64.00 Ajax night check--deposited and paid to W.B.O. 234.50

2,415.95 eceit3 in excess of disbursements 2.28 BALANCE 01 r 59

Balance in Bank 6/10/46 2;1.307.63 Plus receipts as above 3,008.23

5,3l5.86 Less expenses as above 1,415.95

3,89.9l .BAL:NCE IN BANK AS OF 6/7/47 3,899.9l

ASSETS: '5,300.00 - Government Bonds - Sries U

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REPORT OF TME TREASURER FOR TIC, PERIOD Tune 26th, 1945 to June 10th, 1946

LANCE IN BK - June 26th, 1945

RECEIPTS

Rebate on Dues, A. F. .t. Contributions Interest on "G" Bonds

$1,604.52

1,294.15 975.00 132.50

2,401.65

Cigars 116.00 Miscellaneous Postage 17.24 Telephone & Telegraph 15.10 Stationery Supplies, letterheads,

envelopes, yearly programs, etc. 56.99 Dinner Guest tickets and drawing

prize tickets 42.00 Meeting Notices, Stuffing and Mailing 342.40 Electric Typing Service for letters

of contribution 4.90 Garden Court Dinner - June 25, 1945 60.00 Education Course Program, Stuffing, postage, registration cards, and

certificates 93.40 Hotel Expenses - Mr. D. Tenor 7.00 Expenses - Mr. Clyde L. Freer 6.80 Postage on A.S.M. Envelopes for

Joint Meeting 15.00 Advertisement in Telephone Book 6.00 Deposit to Engineer's Club 25.00 Two Parker Sets purchased by Mr.Mandel 96.00 R. J. Keeley for Educational Course 532.71 Wins. Brown & Earle - Projector & Operator 30.00 Engineer's Club for use of Board Room

and Loud Speaker 27.00 H. Henszey for rent of Safe Deposit Box 5.00 H. E. Mandel for Membership Card Index 50.00 Secretarial Service 150.00

1,698.54 BALANCE of receipts in excess of disbursements

Balance In Bank 6/28/45 1,604.52 Plus receipts as above 2,401.65

4,006 .17 Less expenses as above 1,698.54

$2,307.63

703.11

BALANCE IN BANK AS OF 6/10/46

$2,307.63

ASSETS: $5,300.00 - Government Bonds - Series "Ge