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American Foundry Society, Inc. 1"

Keystone Chapter Serving the Foundry Industry VOLUME 118 October 2009 ISSUE I

CHAIRMAN Edward J. Freiwald, Jr.

IFS Industries VICE-CHAIRMAN

Donald Varner Boose Aluminum Foundry Co.

2'' VICE-CHAIRMAN Greg Hollenbach

Foseco, Inc. RECORDING SECR.

Stephen Ducharme H. Kramer & Co.

SECR.-TREASURER Richard W. Boyd

Nova Precision Casting Corp. DIRECTORS

Terms Expire 2010 George Frigm

Heracus Electro-Nite Co. Stephen P. Ducharme

Fl Kramer & Co. Greg Hollenbach

Foseco, inc. Terms Expire 2011 Jon Giesige

Boose Aluminum Fdry Mark E. Bidoli

Hickman-Williams & Co. Phil Waser

Ervin Industries, Inc. Terms Expire 2012 Rocco Barra

Victaulic Company of America Chuck Bernhardt

KJS industrial Services, Inc. Scot Boyd

Nova Precision Casting Corp.

PAST CHAIRMAN Trevor Shelihammer

Shellhammer Consulting.

Chapter Correspondence

Keystone Chapter AFS correspondence should be addressed to:

Keystone Chapter - AFS do Nova Precision Casting Corp. 12 Hickory Dr. Auburn, PA 17922

Joint Meeting with Conestoga Foundrymen's Assoc.

Tour & Technical Meeting Beck Aluminum Alloys

Wednesday, October 21st

Tour: (last tour leaves at 4:3 0)

3 :OOpm-5 :OOpm

Cash Bar

5:00pm

Dinner

6:00pm

Technical Presentation

7:00pm

Beck Aluminum Alloys Lantern Lodge

24 Keystone Drive

411 North College St. Lebanon, PA 17042

Myerstown, PA 717-277-0300

Directions to Beck Aluminum Alloys From Route 72, about 2 miles north of the PA turnpike turn east onto North Zinns Mill Road (a left turn from 72 south, a right turn from 72 north). Drive 2 miles to State Drive. Turn right onto State Drive. Drvie 1,2 mile turn left onto Lebanon Valley Park-way (Lebanon Valley Business Park), take the first right onto Lebanon Valley Park-way, take the second right onto Lebanon Valley Parkway. Drive .2 miles turn right onto Keystone Drive, the plant will be on the left.

Check out their website for more info: http:/Iwww.beckaluminum.comlbaainfo.html Parking is limited, we can meet at Boose Cornwall and carpool also.

Cost of the Tour & Dinner is $25.00. Make reservations by October 15th with Rick Boyd at sec-treaskeystoneafs.org or call (570) 366-2679.

www.KEYsTONEAFS.oRG

HENRY J. 'YEAGER Laboratories Chemists and Metallurgists

ROSS & MARKET STREETS

BOX 4063 (lii) 391-9614 LANCASTER. PA17604

BOB WIWAMS PH. (717) 872-6509 64 GINKGO COURT FAX (717) 872-1563

LANCASTER, PA 17603 CELL (717) 940-6153

BOB WILLIAMS COMPANY MANUFACTURING REPRESENTATIVE

FOUNDRY EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS

QUALITY

Uflhlfllfl CONSISTENCY. TECHNICAL SERVICE.

AND A COMPLETE LINE OF MOLDING SYSTEM PRODUCTS

UNIMIN CORPORATION Phone: 800-243-9004 www.metalcaster.com E-mail: [email protected]

FOUNDRY

phone:

FROM START To FINISH

Contact: our Local Rep: 'I CORPORATION :si ;s

0 Greg Barber, District t4anaqer (liVestern PA)

LJAI!k&' tI4Jfljj _ Your • ARMS' (Automated Robotic Melt Shop) Systems

Competitive Edge • Induction Melting, Heating, Holding & Pouring Systems Material Handling & Computer Control Systems

For All Metals • Electric & Gas Fired Aluminum Melting Systems

Call Toll Free: 1.800.257.9527• Email: [email protected] - Visit www.inductothesm.coni

HATTEN AND COMPANY, INC. Miufiwturet5' Representative Foundry Supplies and Equipment

"Serving the Foundry Industry for Three Generations" P.O. Box 1283 (610) 853-3303 Havertown, PA 19083 FAX (610) 853-1049

CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE Welcome Back and congratulations, if you're receiv-ing this newsletter chances are you are still employed and that deserves recognition, so congratulations! Like you I wish I had a crystal ball to be able to pre-dict when the economy will turn for the better but alas, I do not. We will need to continue operating as efficiently as possible with the optimism that this will turn around. When it does turn we will come thru stronger and smarter than ever.

This year Don Varner and his committee have put to-gether a great program loaded with plant tours and informative topics and speakers. Now more than ever we must support our chapter to keep the interest alive! Come to the meetings, ask questions, offer comments be involved! Each of you has so much to offer. I can tell you my career has been enriched not by the molds or cores I've made but by the Foundry-men and Women I've had the pleasure to be ac-quainted with.

One final note, this years Golf outing had to be post-poned for the first time in 40 years! I want to person-ally thank all the participants that were able to re-schedule to be able to attend the event. I would also like to thank all the sponsors and contributors for their support. Unfortunately the event continues to loose money and changes need to be made in order to continue with the outing. I welcome questions and comments regarding venue and menu changes for next year.

See you at the Tour of Beck Aluminum!

Ed

Email The Keystone Chapter is requesting that you send us your Email address. This will allow us to keep you better informed of happenings in the foundry industry in this local area. The best way to get us your address is to send an Email to Rick Boyd our Chapter Secre-tary at

Sec-TreasKeystoneAFS.org

The Keystone Chapter's web site: www.keystoneafs.org

o IFS INDUSTRIES, INC.

INS Ed

Core & Mold Coatings Refractor/es Adhesives Partings

Elkem Metals, DuPont Minerals, SphereOX

P.O. Box 1053 400 On-ton Ave. Reading, PA 19(71)3 610-378-1381 fax 484-334-9378 Cell 610-3343256

irrhiiiui Non-Ferrous Melting and

Holding Furnaces MORE THAN HEAT 30-3000C Electric Heated or Fuel Fired

54 Read's Way New Castle, DE 19720 Please call or visit our web site

ww.nabertherrn-usa .com Phone: 302-322-3655 1 M.d* for a copy of our catalog Fax: 302-322-3215 Ih

Primary and Secondary Aluminum Alloys Brass and Bronze Ingot • Copper • Nickel • Tin • Zinc

Solid Service for over 40 years. 24 Ann Street Kearny NJ 07032 201-998-8300 • 201-998-0769 Fax - K'• -.•

ALCOA [email protected] www.kuhlmetafscom

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, October 21st 2009 Tour & Meeting

Beck Aluminum Alloys Lebanon, PA

March 20-23, 2010 CastExpo 201.0 Orlando, FL

September 23-24, 2010 East Coast Regional Conference

Lancaster Host Resort Lancaster, PA

KORE MART LTD 7 Hill Drive P. 0. Box 175 Hamburg, PA 19526 610- 562-5900 610 - 562-0726 — FAX

CONESTOGA FOUNDRY SUPPLY Co.

P.O. BOX 464 HAMBURG, PA 19526 • TELEPHONE 610-562-3836

$ FAX 610-562-0726

Whatz Wootz

Carbon nanotubes are no longer the proud boast of 21St cen-tury materials scientists. It appears their discovery was unwit-tingly made by mediaeval Muslim sword-smiths whose tough Damascus blades taught the Crusaders invading the Holy Land a 1000 years ago the true meaning of cold steel.

To Europeans, Damascus steel blades seemed magical. Not only could they cut a piece of silk in half as it fell to the floor, they could also cleave rocks and armor without losing sharp-ness. How were these magical blades made? The problem facing sword smiths of the day was how to produce steel that was both hard and malleable. Too much carbon and the steel became hard and brittle; too little and it was too soft and mal-leable to hold an edge when sharpened. Damascus steel blades were forged out of small pure cakes of steel containing 1.6 - 1.7 percent carbon, called wootz. Produced in India, in small mud iron smelting furnaces, using local ore, wootz cakes were shipped to the Middle East where expert sword smiths forged them into blades.

Steel that contains this amount of carbon forms plates of ce-mentite (Fe3C) which, on its own, makes the steel brittle. However, the iron ore from India contained small amounts of impurities such as V, Cr, Mn, Co, and Ni which together had the effect of forming the cementite into bands. This gave the blades great strength, malleability, and a distinctive wavy-band pattern known as damask or sometimes referred to as Mohammad's ladder. The skill had been lost by the 18th cen-tury, mainly because supplies of the India iron ores ran out.

Micro-structural examination of the bands had previously shown they contained nanowires of Fe3C. Now the presence of carbon nanotubes has been confirmed by exposing a small piece of an original blade to corrosion by hydrofluoric acid, and examining the effects under a high resolution scanning electron microscope. In some remnants the researchers saw evidence of incompletely dissolved Fe3C nanowires, suggest-ing the nanotubes could have encapsulated the nanowires. This would not only have given the blades their renowned strength and sharpness, but also their characteristic banding pattern. The nanotubes probably came from the addition of mandatory "secret" organic ingredients we know were added during wootz production, such as wood and leaves. So, by optimizing their blade-treatment procedures, these craftsmen made carbon nanotubes more than 1,000 years ago.

George Frigm

KEN BEHLER

210 PINE BOULEVARD PRESIDENT

DEER LAKE, PA 17961

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ABRA SI VES'FERROALLO VS CARBON ADDlT,VESSPECIALTY ALLOYS COK.FLOURSPAR.MINERALSNlCKELSll1CON CAR81DEPIG IRON

Philadelphia Sales Office. Blue Bell, P.O. Box 251 Ph. (215) 628-2686 Fax (215) 542-7624

Asbury Graphite Mills Inc. 1895

i?ASBURY CAR SONS

Skip Brown Territory Manager

405 Old Main St. Phone (908) 537-2155 P.O. Box 144 Fox (908) 537-2908 Asbury. NJ 08802-044 Cell Phone (60) 248-8666

E-Mail: [email protected]

• ..Since 1944

.MRO & SHOP SUPPLIES.

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' LANCASTER FOUNDRY SUPPLY CO., INC. Quality Supplies & Excellent Service

2314 Norman Road Lancaster, PA 17601-5930 717-394-0753 800-732-3519 FAX 717-394-7733

www.lancasterfoundrysupply.com e-mail: [email protected]

H. KRAMER & CO. hnuf" 41

1339-1345 WEST 21st STREET • TELEPHONE (312) 226-6600

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60608

HENRY J. YEAGER Laboratories Chemists and Metallurgists


BOX 4063 (117)391-9614 LANCASTER. PA17604-

BOB WILLIAMS PH. (717) 872-6509 64 GINKGO COURT FAX (717) 872-1563


BOB WILLIAMS COMPANY MANUFACTURING REPRESENTATIVE FOUNDRY EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS

QUALITY.

ii CONSISTENCY. unimin. TECHNICAL SERVICE.

' AND A COMPLETE LINE OF MOLDING SYSTEM PRODUCTS


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Greg Barber, Disinct, Manager ("estern PA; f INDUCTOTHERVIIII Your • ARMS"' (Automated Robotic Melt Shop) Systems

Competitive Edge • Induction Melting, Heating, Holding & Pouring Systems • Material Handling & Computer Control Systems


Call Toll Free: 1.800.251.9527 • EmaI: salesnductotherm.com • Visit www.jnduelotherm.com

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CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE Welcome Back and congratulations, if you're receiv-ing this newsletter chances are you are still employed and that deserves recognition, so congratulations! Like you II wish I had a crystal ball to be able to pre-dict when the economy will turn for the better but alas, I do not. We will need to continue operating as efficiently as possible with the optimism that this will turn around. When it does turn we will come thru stronger and smarter than ever.

This year Don Varner and his committee have put to-gether a great program loaded with plant tours and informative topics and speakers. Now more than ever we must support our chapter to keep the interest alive! Come to the meetings, ask questions, offer comments be involved! Each of you has so much to offer. I can tell you my career has been enriched not by the molds or cores I've made but by the Foundry-men and Women I've had the pleasure to be ac-quainted with.

One final note, this years Golf outing had to be post-poned for the first time in 40 years! I want to person-ally thank all the participants that were able to re-schedule to be able to attend the event. I would also like to thank all the sponsors and contributors for their support. Unfortunately the event continues to loose money and changes need to be made in order to continue with the outing. I welcome questions and comments regarding venue and menu changes for next year.

See you at the Tour of Beck Aluminum!

Ed


Sec-Treas@KeystoneA,FS.org

The Keystone Chapter's web site: www.keystoneafsorg

American Foundry Society, Inc.

Keystone Chapter Serving the Foundry Industry VOLUME 118 November 2009 ISSUE 2

CHAIRMAN Edward J. Freiwald, Jr. IFS Industries

VICE-CHAIRMAN Donald Varner

Boose Aluminum Foundry Co.

2' VICE-CHAIRMAN Greg Hollenbach



SECR-TREASURER Richard W. Boyd



Heracus Electro-Nite Co. Stephen P. Ducharme

H Kramer & Co. Greg Hollenbach

Foseco, Inc. Terms Expire 2011 Jon Giesige

Boose Aluminum Fdiy Mark E. Bidoli



Victaulic Company of America Scot Boyd

Nova Precision Casting Corp. Chuck Bernhardt






Technical Meeting Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Top 10 Things Companies Can Do to Keep Freight Costs Down

Speaker:

George Muha, Logistics Management Inc.

Board Meeting 4:00PM Social Hour (Cash Bar)

5:00PM Dinner 6:00PM Speaker 7:00PM

Location: Union Barrel Works

6 N. Reamstown Road Reamstown, PA 17567 717-335-SUDS (7837)

Reservations - Make reservations by calling Rick Boyd at Nova Precision Casting, 570-366- 2679 or FAX 570-366-2448 or E-mail Sec-TreasKeystoneAFS.org . It is strongly advised that you make a reservation if you plan to attend. Make your reservations no later than Monday, November 9th! A cost of $25.00 per person is payable at the door.

WWW.KEYSTONEAFS.ORG



BOX 4063 (717) 397-9514 LANCASTERI, PA 17604



BOB WILLIAMS COMPANY MANUFACTURING REPRESENTATIVE

FOUNDRY EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS

JIz1. QUAUTY. CONSISTENCY. '- Uflhlfllfl TECHNICAL SERVICE. -



FOUNDRY FROM START To FINISH

(ontact our Loccol Rep: ROBERTS SINTO KJS Industriol Services

C 0 A P 0 P. A T 1 0 N. ne: 1 -800-748-038

717-757-3862 www.RobertsSinto.com

I Greg Barberg District Manager (Western PA) NBUCTOTHERM Robert Keshecki l District Manager (Eastern PA)

Your • ARMS" (Automated Robotic Melt Shop) Systems

Competitive Edge

• Induction Melting, Heating, Holding & Pouring Systems Material Handling & Computer Control Systems


Call Toll Free: 1.800.257.9527• Email: [email protected] • Visit: in'w.inductotflerm.corn

HATTEN AND COMPANY, INC. 7vfiirn9'adureis ' 2cpresentative Foundry Supplies and Equipment


CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE It was like any other Tuesday night, dinner with our son and grandsons and off to bowling. Mary keeps an eye on the boys at the bowling alley until my daughter in law is done with her evening class. Of course when I was not bowling I too spend some time with the boys, just like every Tuesday night. Wednesday morning we get the call from our daughter in law," Tyler woke up this morning with a temperature of 103!" Yikes! I just remembered the big sloppy kiss he had given me the night before as he was preparing to leave. I was DOOMED! By Sunday night I had a fever of 103! The following week I ran the gamut of chest congestion to coughing to body aches to runny nose. It took a solid week to kick it. I know your thinking "where is he going with this and what does it have to do with the foundry"? Good question and the answer is, it has everything to do with the foundry and every other business that requires interaction with oth-ers. It's quite common for the boss to drag him or her self into work no matter how bad we feel because "the foundry must run". However if you are spreading your cold/flu or whatever to others in the company are you really helping to make the foundry run? We often like to set the example of how others in the organization should conduct them-selves, and we can't let a little thing like the flu keep us home right? I heard on the news this morning that is estimated that 1/3 of the World's (yes, World's) population will get the H1N1 flu this season. The best thing each of us can do is stay away from those that are sick and if we do get sick stay home and take care of yourself and don't spread it to oth-ers! Be healthy, be safe, and I hope to see you soon,

Ed Freiwald


Sec-TreasKeystoneAFS.org

The Keystone Chapter's web site: www.keystoneafs.org

IFS INDUSTRIES, INC.

ILS Ed Frewald Core & Mold Coatings

Refractor/es Adhesives Partings Elkem Metals, DuPont Minerals, SphereOX

P.O. Box 1053 400 On'ton Ave. Reading, PA 19603 610-378-1381 fax 484-334-9378 Cell 610-3343256

II1iliNiii1 M 0 R I TH A N 4 r AT 30-3000%

54 Reads Way New Castle, DE 19720

Phone; 302-322-3865 IM.d.

Fax: 302-322-3215 IL,

Non-Ferrous Melting and Holding Furnaces

Electric Heated or Fuel Fired

Please call or visit our web site www.nabertherm-usa.com for a copy of our catalog


Solid Service for over 40 years. 24 Ann Street Kearny NJ 07032 201-998-8300 201-998-0769 Fax K

MAAJA [email protected] * www.kuklmetals.com

Upcoming Events

November 10, 2009 "Top 10 Things Companies Can Do to

Keep Freight Costs Down" Reamstown, PA

January 12, 2010 Technical Meeting via Webinar

Details TBA

March 20-23, 2010 CastExpo 2010 Orlando, FL



ff man KORE MART LTD 7 Hill Drive P. 0. Box 175 Hamburg, PA 19526 610 - 5625900 610 562-0726 - FAX

CONESTOGA FOUNDRY SUPPLY CO. P.O. BOX 464

C HAMBURG, PA 19526 .TELEPHONE 610.562-3836 I FAX 610-562-0726

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flhi. WiWarns & Cornpan ABRASIVES-FERROALLOYS-CARSON AODSTSVES.SPECJALTY ALLOYS

COKE.'FLOURSPAR.MINERALS-NICKEL-SSLJCON CARBIDE-MG IRON

Philadelphia Sales Office, Blue Bell, P.O. Box 251 Ph. (215) 628-2686 Fax (215) 542-7624

Asbury Graphite Mills Inc. Founded

a Division 10010PASHURV Skip Brown

Territory Manager

405 Old Main St. Phone (908)537-2155 P.O. Box 144 Fax (908)537-2908 Asbury. NJ 08802-044 Cell Phone (60) 248-8666


...Since 1944

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e-mail: [email protected]

H. KRRMER & CO. 4m&kb % uf~nw 4 me"

1339-1345 WEST 21st STREET • TELEPHONE (312) 226-6600

CHICAGO, ILUNOIS 60608

Nucor Steel Combats Downturn with Soldier Sculptures

The factory floor inside the Nucor steel plant in Starkville is long, loud and bustling with working men. Enormous steel beams sit row by row, and bright sparks bounce off freshly cut metal. Nucor, which has been in Starkville, MS since it purchased Gulf States Manufacturers in 2007, specializes in making steel buildings for companies looking to grow their business. During the recent economic downturn, however,

demand for Nucor's services has dropped considerably. . .. . .

But instead of reduce the number - .s

employees, as so many other companies around the nation have . •

done in recent months Nucor has -.

found a creative way to cut costs 4 and keep its workers busy.

Nucor recently produced seven -. .... -.

steel soldiers for local Army Na- tional Guard units, and the corn- .- .. iJ-JJ pany now is working to make ' .'-

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even more of the 6 1/2-foot steel .

cutouts for armories throughout Mississippi When completed i. Nucor will have produced 80 , . .- .. . ..

soldiers out of about 10 tons of .°

steel. The soldiers are in the shape of the Army National Guard logo, with a man holding a rifle at his hip. Nucor also is producing miniature versions of the soldiers, which stand at about 18 inches tall, for em-ployees and clients, and is considering selling them to the public. According to the company, the project not only shows Nucor's commitment to the U.S. military, but also keeps the company's 168 employees on the clock during these slow economic times. "Nucor's policy is to lay off costs, not people," President Danny Coggins said. "We save costs every way we can, but we're also looking for ways, looking for projects, to keep our employees busy and still serve the community. I think this is a great project." Jeffrey Jordan is one of the Nucor employees who has stayed busy with the National Guard project. Jordan's son, Steven Miller, is in the Army Reserves and is about to ship out to basic training, so the project is especially meaningful, Jordan said. "It makes me proud to do it," Jordan said. "I've always been a sup-porter of the military and, now that my son is in it, I'm an even big-ger supporter. They're protecting our lives and our freedoms, so this is something I'm happy to do."

George Frigm

PHONE: (570) 366-2158 FAX: (570) 366-0642

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KEN BEHLER


DEER LAKE, PA 17961

World's largest producer

and supplier of quality green

sand molding materials.

American Colloid Company Metalcasting Products Group

600 Lincoln Street - York, PA 17404

Tel: 717-845-2937

Fax: 717-845-7363

Web site: www.colloid.com

E-Mail: Harry.Galloway@ Colloid.com

OSHA Creates New Inspection Program

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has created a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) aimed at combating injury and illness underreporting. The focus of the NEP is on facilities with low incidence rates in historically high rate industries, which includes the primary metals industry.

The inspections will be conducted over the next 12 months and include a review of medical files for occupational and non-occupational cases for 2007 and 2008, including 301 forms, worker's compensation forms, absentee reports and audiograms for a selected sample of employees. Employees, management and facility recordkeepers also will be interviewed, and health care providers will be questioned as to whether the employer has at-tempted to influence the treatments provided and the recordabil-ity of cases.

A walk-around inspection of the facility will be conducted to determine if the hazards in the facility correspond with the inju-ries and illnesses that have been reported. Citations may be issued for any observed violations. In order to prepare for these inspec-tions, metalcasters should review past cases and ensure the accu-racy of reported illnesses and injuries.

Source: http://www.metalcastinggov.com! newoshainspectionprogram. asp

Metalcasting Technology Theater to Debut at CastExpo'lO

AFS and NADCA will unveil the first ever Metalcasting Tech-nology Theater at CastExpo' 10. The theater will provide practical shop-floor presentations for metalcasters and casting buyers on the CastExpo exhibit floor. The theater will complement the an-nual Metalcasting Congress sessions held in meeting rooms away from the show floor.

In addition to the many short-format technology presentations that are scheduled, the theater also will host the AFS President's Session, where AFS President Stephen Reynolds will announce the president's theme for 2010, and the Metalcasting Economic Forum, which will bring industry leaders together to discuss the current state of the metalcasting economy.

Source: http://www.afsinc.org/content/view/836f192/

QUIGLEY CRUCIBLE REFRACTORIES & SPECIALTIES CO., INC.

ONE SCHUYLKILL PARKWAY, BUILDING A BRIDGEPORT, PENNSYLVANIA 19405

PHONE (610) 272-5450 PETE QUIGLEY

FAX (610) 272-5580

Hetcieus i/E1ectroNite

Your Critical Link to Quality Through Sensor Techno!og

One Summit Square, Suite 100 Langhorne, PA 19047

Tel: 215-944-9000 I Fax: 215-860-6657 [email protected]

A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON PERFORMANCE

Foseco Metallurgical Inc. 20200 Sheldon Road Cleviand OH 44142 TeL 440-826-4548

FOSECO

52 Years of Carbide Bur Experience JVWAI 2750Terwood Road TOOL COMPANY

Willow Grove, PA 19090 Phone (215) 657-3660 FAX (215) 657-9691 Robert C. Ruch, III

Email [email protected] President

Website www.ruchcarbide.com

Manufacturing & Repairing of Carbide Burs

Thaiheimer Brothers, Inc. Non-ferrous MetaLs & Residues

5550 Whitaker Ave., Phila., PA 19124 (215) 537-5200 www.thalbro.com

ASHLANJE Timothy J. Matthews Account Manager

Casting Solutions

Ashland Performance Materials, Division of Ashland, Inc. P0 Box 2219, Columbus, Ohio 43216

Tel. 610-916-2859, Cell 610-223-8522 [email protected] www.ashpec.com


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Keystone Chapter Serving the Foundry Industry

VOLUME 118 February 2010 ISSUE 3


Boyertown Foundrys VICE-CHAIRMAN


2 nd VICE-CHAIRMAN Greg Hollenbach

Foseco, Inc. RECORDING SECR. Ste-

phen Ducharme H. Kramer & Co.




Heraeus Electro-Nite Co. Stephen P. Ducharme






Victaulic Company of America Scot Boyd







Technical Meeting Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Energy Procurement & Conservation For Metalcasters

Speaker:

Rob Homa, Senior Marketer—PPL EnergyPlus

With the deregulation of electric rates for some metal casters in Pennsylvania and the anticipation of others to be deregulated the end of this year, this is a welcomed and timely topic. Now is the time to fully understand your options of alternative sourcing. It is also the time to become fully aware of all energy sav-ing alternatives.

Board Meeting 4:00PM Social Hour (Cash Bar) 5:00PM Dinner 6:00PM Speaker 7:00PM



Reservations - Make reservations by calling Rick Boyd at Nova Precision Casting, 570-366-2679 or FAX 570-366-2448 or E-mail Sec-TreasKeystoneAFS.org . It is strongly advised that you make a reservation if you plan to attend. Make your reservations no later than Friday, February 5th! A cost of $30.00 per per-son is payable at the door.

WWW.KEYSTONEAFS.ORG

HENRY J. 'YEAGER Laboratories Chemists and MetaI1urgsts


BOX 4063 (717) 397-9614 LANCASTER PA 17604




QUALITY.

Uflh(TlIfl CONSISTENCY. TECHNICAL SERVICE.

-

AND COMPLETE LINE OF MOLDING SYSTEM PRODUCTS

UNIMIN CORPORATION Phone: 800-243-9004 www.metalcaster.com E-mail; [email protected]

Colonial Metals Co. NON-FERROUS METALS

•kO

217 Linden Street, P.O.Box 311 Columbia, PA 17512-0311

Phone: 717-684-2311 website: www.colonialmeta!sco.com

I INOUCTOTHEIRM-

Greg Barber, Distr;ct Manager (Western PA)

Your ARMS"' (Automated Robotic Melt Shop) Systems

Competitive Edge

• Induction Melting, Healing, Holding & Pouring Systems • Material Handling & Computer Control Systems

For All Metals • Electric & Gas fired Aluminum Melting Systems

Call loll Free: I .800.257.9527 • Email: sales@inductolhermcom • Visit wwwinductolherm.conl

HATTEN AND COMPANY, INC. 9'fimz4wtureis 'Qepreseniative Foundry Supplies and Equipment


CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays as much as I did. It was very uneventful except for the eating, that was an event!

I know it's difficult to be optimistic in these trying economic times but I think it's important that we try. Optimism can be contagious and that's a good thing. I've noticed there are many similarities among suc-cessful companies; one of those characteristics is an optimistic attitude. It's like the chicken and the egg thing, which came first, the optimistic attitude, or the success? I don't know for sure but my money is rid-ing on the optimism!

There are still several great monthly meetings coming up and I hope to see all of you there to support our chapter. We depend on you, our membership, to get to the meetings and contribute your knowledge, and your time to help each other.

Regards,

Ed Freiwald

ejfreiwaldcomcast.net

Email The Keystone Chapter is requesting that you send us your email address. This will allow us to keep you better informed of happenings in the foundry industry in this local area. The best way to get us your address is to send an Email to Rick Boyd our Chapter Secre-tary at

[email protected]

The Keystone Chapter's web site: www.KeystoneAFS.org

Upcoming Events

February 9, 2010 Energy Procurement & Conservation

For Metalcasters Union Barrel Works

Reamstown, PA

February 25, 2010 Metalcasting Job Fair

Leonhard Building Penn State University

State College, PA

March 9, 2010 Meeting & Tour of

Waste Recovery Solutions, Inc. Lantern Lodge Myerstown, PA

March 20-23,2010 CastExpo 2010

Orlando, FL



Primary and Secondary Aluminum Alloys Quality Supplies & Excellent Service KuhlIAPmt. hic ,. ' LANCASTER FOUNDRY SUPPLY CO., INC.

• Zinc 2314 Norman Road Lancaster, PA 17601-5930 Brass and Bronze Ingot • Copper • Nickel • Tin

Solid Service for over 40 years. 717-394-0753 800-732-3519 FAX 717-394-7733

24 Ann Street Kearny Ni 07032 • 201-998-8300' 201-998.0769 Fax www.lancasterfoundrysupply.com ALCOA [email protected] • www.kuhlmetats.com e-mail: [email protected]

THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

Two Different Versions! .Two Different Morals!

OLD VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Be respon-sible for yourself!

MODERN VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press confer-ence and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pic-tures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.' Acorn stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Rev. Jeremiah Wright then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake. Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share. Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the Government Green Czar. The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ants food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it. The ant has disappeared in the snow. The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident And the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote in 2010

"Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians." Chester Bowles

George Frigm

KEN BEHLER PRESIDENT

210 PINE BOULEVARD DEER LAKE, PA 17961

Asbury Graphite Mills inc. 1895

a OvIon of f,L BI1


405 Old Main St. Phone (908) 537-2155. Ex. 240 P.O. Box 144 Fox (908) 537-2908 Asbury. NJ 08802-0144 Cell Phone (610) 248-8666


SHLA1JL' Timothy J. Matthews Account Manager

Casting Solutions


Tel. 610-916-2859, Cell 610-223-8522 tjmatthewsashland.com www.ashpec.com



PHONE (610) 272-5450 PETE QUIGLEY FAX (610) 272-5580

'ii iwr

Helsocoaieus Your Critical Link to Quality Through Sensor Technology

411/ One Summit Square, Suite 100

4.

/ / Langhorne, PA 19047

dt ElectroI4ite Tel: 215-944-9000 I Fax: 215-860-6657 H [email protected]


Foseco Metallurgical Inc. 20200 Sheldon Road Clevland OH 44142 L •__J Tel.440-826-4548

FOSECO


INS Ed Fremald Core & Mold Coatings

Refractor/es Adhesives Partings Elkem Metals, DuPont Minerals, SphereOX

P.O. Box 1053 '*')O OnIon Ave. Reading, PA 19603 610-378-1381 fax 484-3349378 Cell 610-334-3256

Thaiheimer. Brothers, Inc. Non-ferrous Metals & Residues

5550 Whitaker Ave, Phila., PA 19124 (215) 537-5200 www.thalbro.com

U.S. House of Representatives Passes Another Stimulus Bill

In Dec., the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Jobs for Main Street Act of 2010 (H.R. 2847). Intended to stimulate job growth, the measure includes about $50 bil-lion for public works projects along with almost $50 billion for cash-strapped state and local governments.

Included in the bill are funds for various infrastructure in-vestments including $37.3 billion for transportation pro-grams, distributed as follows:

• $27.5 billion is for highways (freight and passenger rail and port projects are also eligible for these funds);

• $8.4 billion is for transit; and, $500 million is for Airport Improvement Program grants.

Other key provisions include:

• $2 billion to the Department of Energy Innovative Tech-nology Loan Guarantee Program (taken in July, 2009 to fund the 'Cash for Clunkers' Program), makes adminis-trative improvements to expedite awarding of funding, and allows for energy efficiency projects to qualify for these awards.

• $275 million for Green Jobs Grants for renewable energy and energy efficiency worker training programs. $2 billion for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to quickly create jobs and fund essential water infrastructure pro-jects in communities around the country. $354 million allocated to the Small Business Administra-tion (SBA), to continue two temporary loan guarantee authorities.

The controversial "Buy America" clause is included in the measure. The clause requires that all steel and manufac-tured goods (including castings) used in the projects be made in America. The Senate is expected to take up the measure early in 2010.

For more information, contact Stephanie Salmon, Metal-casters Alliance for Government Affairs Washington Of-fice, at [email protected] or 202/842-4864.



VOLUME 118 March 2010 ISSUE 4

CHAIRMAN Edward J. Freiwald, Jr. Boyertown Foundry


Boose Aluminum Foundry Co. 2nd VICE-CHAIRMAN

Greg Hollenbach Foseco, Inc.

RECORDING SECR. Stephen Ducharme H. Kramer & Co.









Ervin Industries, Inc. Terms Expire 2012 Ed Weir

Boose Aluminum Foundry Co. Scot Boyd



Shelihammer Consulting.




Tour & Technical Meeting Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Tour of Waste Recovery Solutions, Inc. Meeting will include a technical presentation by a representative of

Waste Recovery Solutions following dinner.

WRS offers a comprehensive range of waste management environmental services to help companies reduce their costs and stay in compliance.

WRS is committed to providing clients with cost effective innovative solutions to their complex waste management needs. The experienced staff of seasoned environmental professionals at WRS is dedicated to seeing every client's projects through inception to completion. This is done to ensure that the clients' needs are fulfilled and that every client is satisfied.

WRS was created to address the increasingly complex regulatory climate that exists today. WRS continuously challenges the management of industry to find the most cost effective solutions. WRS finds ways to address client's waste needs.

Tour 2:30-4:30PM Social Hour (Cash Bar) 5:00PM Dinner 6:00PM Presentation 7:00PM

Location:

Tour Dinner

Waste Recovery Solutions Lantern Lodge

343 King St. 411 N. College St.

Myerstown, PA 17067

Myerstown, PA 17067

Reservations: Make reservations by calling Rick Boyd at Nova Precision Casting, 570-366-2679 or FAX 570-366-2448 or E-mail Sec-TreasKeystoneAFS.org . It is strongly advised that you make a reservation if you plan to attend. Make your reservations no later than Friday, March 5th! A cost of $25.00 per person is payable at the door.

WWW.KEYSTONEAFS.ORG

HENRY J. YEAGER Laboratories Chemists and Meta11urgsts


BOX 4063 (117) 397.-9614 LANCASTERI. PA 17O4

BOB WIWAMS PH. (717) 872-6509 64 GINKGO COURT FAx (717) 872-1563



QUAUTY. CONSISTENCY. UflIlfl TECHNICAL SERVICE. AND A COMPLETE LINE OF MOLOVIG SYSTEM PRODUCTS

UNIMIN CORPORATION Phone: 800-243-9004 www.metalcaster.com E-mail: ContactUStmetaIcaster.com

METALS

:: M0b01Meta1sc0

NON-FERROUS

0 217 Linden Street, P.O. Box 311

Columbia, PA 17512-0311 Phone: 717-684-2311

weboite: www.colonialmetalaco.com

NDUCTOTHERM-

Your • MMST1 (Automated Robotic Melt Shop) Systems


For All Metals • Electric & Gas Fired Aluminum Melting Systems Call Toll free: 1.800257.9527 • Email: [email protected] • Visit www.inductthen.corn

HATTEN AND COMPANY, INC. IMziuzctureii 'Rcpreseiitative Foundry Supplies and Equipment


CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE They say March comes in like a Lion and goes out like a Lamb, I just heard the weather report for the end of the week and it seems like the Lion is on the way!

This is going to be a busy month for all of you that are planning to attend Cast Expo in Orlando. The GOOD news is that this months Keystone Chapter meeting is on March 9th at Waste Recovery Solutions in Myerstown and you will be able to come to the meeting, talk with old friends (make some new ones) eat a good meal and who knows, maybe even learn something, and STILL have plenty of time to catch your flight to FLA!

Please join us in Myerstown, I'll be there, and I hope to see YOU there!

Ed Freiwald

[email protected]

Scholarship Applications The Scholarship Committee is presently accepting applications from students who will be entering the junior or senior year of education at an accredited university. The student must be pursuing a BS degree in an engineering field and meet one of the following qualifications:

a) attend a university within the Keystone Chapter area.

b) Be a child of a Keystone Chapter AFS member attending a university anywhere.

c) Be a child of an employee of a Keystone Chap-ter AFS company member attending a univer-sity anywhere.

Applications must be received by June 1st for award in the fall of 2010. Forms can be obtained by writing or calling the Chapter office or by downloading from http://www.KeystoneAFS.org under "Scholarship".

Upcoming Events

March 9, 2010 Meeting & Tour of

Waste Recovery Solutions, Inc. Lantern Lodge Myerstown, PA

March 20-23,2010 CastExpo 2010

Orlando, FL

May 5-7,2010 Metalcasters Alliance Government Affairs Conference

J.W. Marriott Hotel Washington D.C.

June 21-22, 2010 AFS Improving Operations and Profitability

in the Small Foundry Conference AFS Headquarters

Schaumburg, IL




Solid Service for over 40 years. 24 Ann Street Kearny NJ 07032 • 201-998-8300 • 201-998.0769 Fax

IWI ALMA [email protected] . www.kuhlmetth.com

What is a measurement of 4 ft 8 '/2 "

Not Steve Ducharme's height (in heels)... Not Dave Young's longest drive at the 2008 East Coast Regional... Not the length of a craps table... Not the biggest crab at the Chesapeake Crab feast...................

It is in fact the "Stephenson Gauge" distance for standard USA distance between tracks. That stan-dard has been in effect since March 3, 1863. Why 4 ft 8 V2 "? It appears to be JUST BECAUSE... We can't blame the metric system - 4 ft 8 Y2" =

1435.1 mm (not really a whole number). Originally thought to be the width of a Roman Chariot: although that is just another internet fal-sity. Prior to the Civil War there were approximately 20 "STANDARD GAUGES" used in the USA and just as many in England. Southern railways used 5 ft or 4 ft 9". Texas used 5 ft 6". Erie used 6 ft. Ohio used 4' 10". Philadelphia transit used 5 ft 2 ¼". In fact each builder, city, state etc.. was free to choose their own track width. There was even a war fought over gauge width "The Erie Gauge War"— 1853-1854.


2314 Norman Road Lancaster, PA 17601-5930 717-394-0753 800.732-3519 FAX 717-394-7733

www.lancasterfoundrysupply.com e-mail: saleslancasterfoundrysupply.com

It took passage of the Pacific Railway Act on March 3, 1863 to standardize all rail track to 4 ft 8 V2". A mere 23 years later on June 1, 1886 all rail lines were said to be converted (imagine how long it will take us to fix health care). To this day Philadelphia still uses 5 ft 2 ¼" width and San Francisco 5 ft 6" width. There has to one in every crowd.

"I have my standards. They may be low, but I have them." -Bette Midler

George Frigm

PHONE: (570) 366-2158

-- FAX: (570) 366-0642

- - - Be/(erYaernJsc.

KEN BEHLER 210 PINE BOULEVARD PRESIDENT DEER LAKE, PA 17961

Asbury Graphite Mills Inc.


405 Old Main Si. Phone (908) 537-215& Ex. 240 P.O. Box 144 Fax (908) 537-2908 Asbury, NJ 08802-0144 CeI Phone (610) 248-8666

E-McI: [email protected]

ASHLAf4JL Timothy J. Matthews Account Manager

Casting Solutions






ACCURATE flJOLTEN METAL ('JONTROL_

Heraeus Your Critical Link to Quality Through Sensor Technology

J_/Electro-Nfte

O ne Summit Square, Suite 100 Langhome, PA 19047

Tel: 215-944-9000 / Fax 215-860-6657 [email protected]


Foseco Metallurgical Inc. 20200 Sheldon Road

L Cleviand OH 44142 Tel. 440-826-4548

FOSECO


INS. Ed Fretwald Core & Mold Coatings

Refractories Adhesives Partings Elkem Metals, DuPont Minerals, SphereOX

P.O. Box 1053 400 O,flon Ave. Reading, PA 1903 610-378-1381 fax 484-334-9378 Cell 610-334.3256

Thalheimer Brothers, Inc. Non-ferrous Metals & Residues

5550 Whitaker Ave., Phila., PA 19124 (215) 537-5200 www.tha1bro.com

Action Alert: Vote Yes to Resolution Prohibiting EPA From Regulating

GHG Emissions

In the next few weeks, the U.S. Senate will vote on a resolution of disapproval that would prohibit the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act.

As prospects fade that Congress will pass a compre-hensive climate bill this year, EPA is moving forward to write wide-ranging regulations to restrict emissions from vehicles, power plants and other major sources, including metalcasting facilities. AFS is concerned that these regulations could:

• impose significant new costs on metalcasing facilties;

• force customers to move overseas; • curtail domestic energy production; • lead to more job losses in the metalcasting industry.

Specifically, EPA has offered no guidance to large in-dustrial facilities as to what types of best available control technology standards will be required to con-trol GHGs. These costly burdens and uncertainty could harm competiveness in a global economy.

The resolution only needs a simple 51-vote majority to pass. It already has support of 40 Senators, including 37 Republicans and 3 Democrats.

Similar bills limiting EPA's authority to regulate GHG emissions have been introduced in the House (H.R. 4396 and H.R. 4572). AFS will distribute another ac-tion alert with a sample letter when the issue comes up for a vote in the House later this spring.

ACTION NEEDED NOW! Contact your Senators and tell them to vote YES on the resolution that will prohibit the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Simply follow the directions below. For more information, contact Alicia Oman, Metalcasters Alliance for Government Affairs Washington Office, at 202/842-4864 or aomanafsinc.org .



VOLUME 118 April 2010 ISSUE 5

CHAIRMAN Edward J. Freiwald, Jr. Boyertown Foundry


Boose Aluminum Foundry Co.

2 nd VICE-CHAIRMAN Greg Hoilenbach














Technical Meeting Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

A History of the Metalcasting Industry

Speaker:

Robert Cushing—EMSCO

Robert "Chuck" Cushing has been active in the manufacturing and foundry industries for over thirty years. He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and a graduate of Stritch Uni-versity. He began his career with the Eclipse Fuel Engineering Company in Rockford, IL where he was Director of Manufacturing and also served as Vice President & General Manager of the Sail-Eclipse brass foundry. In 2001 he retired as Vice President of Operations & Engineering from the Baker Manufacturing Company, an iron foundry and manufacturing company in Ev-ansville, Wisconsin. He joined the Inductotherm Group in 2002 and was Division Manager of EMSCO's west coast operations until 2008. He is presently the Manager of Technical Services at EMSCO. He is a member of the AFS Division 8C Coreless Melting Committee and is a past President of the Wisconsin Cast Metals Association.

Board Meeting 4:00PM Social Hour (Cash Bar)

5:00PM Dinner 6:00PM Speaker 7:00PM



Reservations - Make reservations by calling Rick Boyd at Nova Precision Casting, 570-366-2679 or FAX 570-366-2448 or E-mail Sec-TreasKeystoneAFS.org . It is strongly advised that you make a reservation if you plan to attend. Make your reservations no later than Friday, April 9th! A cost of $30.00 per person is payable at the door.


Shellhammcr Consulting.




WWW.KEYSTONEAFS.ORG



BOX 4063 (717) 397-9614 LANCASTER, PA 17604




QUALITY. UMM111 CONSISTENCY. -: TECHNICAL SERVICE.



Colonial Metals Co. NON FERROUS METAL

Linden Street, P.O. Box 311 ko eposte


website: www.coloniahnet.alsco.com

Robert Keshecki, District Manager (Eastern PA) 11 NDUCTOTHERVI

Greg Barber, District Manager (IoVestern PA)

Your • ARMS TM (Automated Robotic Melt Shop) Systems


For All Metals • Electric & Gas Fired Aluminum Melting Systems Call Toll Free: 1.800.257.9527 • Email: salesinduc1otherm.com • Visit www.inductothertmconi

HATTEN AND COMPANY, INC. 1*nzfacture15' Qepresentative Foundry Supplies and Equipment


CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE Well it appears spring has sprung and not a day too soon. I for one welcome the warmer weather and the "lack" of snow!

I was unable to attend Cast Expo so I don't know what the attendance was. With the economy still soft and many foundries still not working full schedules I did not antici-pate a good turn out. I hope those of you that were able to attend, fill me in at the April meeting.

For those of you that did not attend the tour of Waste Re-covery Solutions last month you missed a very interesting and informative event. When Don Varner and the program committee put together the program for this season I was pleased to see that they had included several tours. In the past tours have always brought out the foundryrnen with great attendance, alas" times they are a changing". To say the turn out was disappointing is an understatement. I have always believed that the apathy that grips most of the country doesn't apply to the foundry industry. Now more than ever we need to keep our industry alive and growing but that can only happen if WE make it happen.

Hope to see you at the April meeting,

Ed Freiwald


Scholarship Applications

The Scholarship Committee is presently accepting appli-cations from students who will be entering the junior or senior year of education at an accredited university. The student must be pursuing a BS degree in an engineering field and meet one of the following qualifications:



c) Be a child of an employee of a Keystone Chapter AFS company member attending a university anywhere.


KEN BEHLER


DEER LAKE, PA 17961

PHONE: (570) 366-2158 FAX: (570) 366-0642

Primary and Secondary Aluminum Alloys Brass and Bronze Ingot • Copper Nickel • Tin • Zinc

Solid Service for over 40 years. fa 24 Ann Street Kearny NJ 07032 • 201-998-8300 • 201-998-0769 Fox

ALCOA [email protected] • www.kukImetoIs.com




Upcoming Events

April 13, 2010 A History of the Metalcasting Industry

Union Barrel Works Reamstown, PA

May 5-7, 2010 Metalcasters Alliance Government Affairs Conference



in the Small Foundry Conference - AFS Headquarters

Schaumburg, IL



Asbury Graphite Mills Inc. isgs

ji?A Ol SBURY .I.êOno C A P $ 0 N $

Skip Brown Tomtory Monoger

405 Old Main St Phone (908) 537-2155. Ex. 240 P.O. Box 144 Fox (908)537-2908 Asbury. NJ 08802-0144 Cell Phone (610) 248-8666

E-Mal: sbrowrost.uycorn

2010

East Coast Regional Conference

0 Vif;CCW0r;#4q AF$ East Coast Regional Conference 2010 WOW September 23 - 24, 2010 - Lancaster Host Resort - Lancaster, PA

OFFICERS and COMMITTEES

Chairman The 2010 ECRC program will include: George Frigm Heraeus Electro-NiteCo. LLC

• 9/23/10 Thursday AM - Plant tours - Anvil Foundry Vice Chairman Greg Barber and BAE (the old United Defense/BMY - Inductotherm

York, PA) Technical Program Ed Weir - Chairman Boose Aluminum Foundry Company • Thursday lunch - Group lunch with special guest Vasko Popovski speaker Applied Process, Inc.

Dave Patterson • Thursday PM - Golf outing at the Lancaster Host Neraeus Electro-Nite,Co. LLC Resort Arrangements Ed Freiwald - Chairman IFS Industries, Inc. • Thursday evening - WELCOME RECEPTION Chuck Bernhardt Casino night with great prizes, fabulous Treasurer food and open bar Glen Morrell Littlestown Foundry, Inc.

• 9/24/10 Friday all day - 12 technical presentations Secretary Susan Burkett August Mack Environmental, Inc. • Friday - Group lunch with special guest speaker Publicity • Conference adjourns at 4:30 pm John Mentzer - Chairman

Lancaster Foundry Supply

The committee has decided to change the format and offer a Susan Burkett August Mack Environmental, Inc. concentrated, focused conference, centering on excellent technical

presentations, plant tours and two relevant guest speakers. The cost Registration

of the conference will be economical so you can Discover t4c Vaesw of Greg Barber - Chairman Inductotherm networking and keeping up to date on stimulating new topics.

Susan Burkett Please Make Plans to Attend August Mack Environmental, Inc.

For more information or to request the most up to date events Mary Freiwald

schedule, contact George Frigm PH 215-796-0324 or email Solicitations David Young -Chairman

eorge.frigmheraeus comi or c ntact any of the ECRC members. J. Kuhl Metals Co., Inc.

Dave Stimson Weaver Materiel Service, Inc.

Past Chairman Rich Baldwin

Littlestown Pattern Works Inc.

Sponsoring AFS Chapters - Keystone, Chesapeake and Metropolitan

ASH LAT'*J L1. Timothy J. Matthews Account Manager

Casting Solutions






IMMERSION SENSORS AND SAMPLERS FOR ACCURATE MOLTEN METAL CONTROL

Heraeus Your Critical Link to Quality Through Sensor TechnoIogj,

One Summit Square, Suite 100

/ Langhorne, PA 19047

/ ElectroNite Tel: 215-944-9000 / Fax: 215-860-6657 I nfo.electro-nite. [email protected]


Foseco Metallurgical Inc. 20200 Sheldon Road Clevland OH 44142 1_._. J Tel. 440-826-4548

FOSECO


ILS Ed Fremald Core & Mold Coatings

Refractor/es Adhesives Partings Elkem Metals, DuPont Minerals, SphereoX

P.O. Box 1053 '*')O Orrton Ave. Reading, PA 19603 610-378-1381 fax 484-334-9378 Cell 610-3343256

Thaiheimer Brothers, Inc. Non-ferrous Metals & Residues

5550 Whitaker Ave., Phi/a., PA 19124 (215) 537-5200 www.thalbro.com

Meet Your Lawmakers, Discuss Climate Change at

2010 Government Affairs Conference

With the most active U.S. Congress and Administration in dec-ades, the challenges facing the metalcasting industry are real. It is imperative that you attend this year's Metalcasters Alliance for

Government Affairs Conference. Cosponsored by AFS and NAD-CA, the event will be held May 5-7, 2010 at the J.W. Marriott Ho-

tel, Washington, D.C.

Hear from top policymakers and lawmakers on the regulations

and legislation that mean the most to your facility, including eco-nomic recovery, climate change, tax policy, safety and health is-sues, and access to credit. Following a day of briefings on key

issues, you will spend the second day of the conference meeting

on Capitol Hill face-to-face with your U.S. Senators and Repre-

sentatives to discuss the impact pending laws will have on your business. In addition, a half-day session on day three will include an in-depth overview of a series of pressing regulatory matters,

such as:

• EPA ramping up its efforts to address climate change, toxic

chemicals, and air and water quality;

• Complying with the provisions of the Consumer Product Safe-

ty Improvement Act;

• OSHA's development of comprehensive regulations on com-

bustible dust and crystalline silica and potentially ergonom-

ics.

It is vital that YOU are involved in the discussion in our nation's Capital. It's your time to take a stand as lawmakers and admin-

istration officials need to hear your point of view.

Why You Need to Attend...

• Gain insights on upcoming legislation rule makings;

• Advance pro-manufacturing legislation on Capital Hill to spur

economic growth;

• Learn about expansions in workplace and environmental law;

• Meet with your elected representatives in pre-arranged meet-

ings;

• Network with other concerned metalcasters.

For more information or to register for this confer-ence contact AFS customer service at 800/537-4237.


Keystone Chapter =AP.. I Serving the Foundry Industry

VOLUME 118 May 2010 ISSUE 6


Boyertown Foundry VICE-CHAIRMAN


2nd VICE-CHAIRMAN Greg Hollenbach



















Foundry Tour Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Boyertown Foundry Co.

The Eastern Foundry Co. started business in Boyertown, PA in 1923 producing cast iron soil pipe and fittings. Since then, The Eastern Foundry Co. has incorporated a continuous program of plant expansion, equipment modernization and utilization of some of the most up to date work methods. In 1992, the name The Eastern Foundry Co. was changed to EAFCO, Inc. In 1993, EAFCO, Inc. became an independent corporation held jointly by Mestek, Inc. and Peer-less Industries. Boyertown Foundry Co. was born in 1998 when Mestek purchased Peerless Industries share of the company. Currently Boyertown Foundry Co. is the hydronic casting sup-plier for H.B. Smith Boilers, Peerless Heater Co, Advanced Thermal Hydronics and RBI of Canada.

Tour 1:30PM Dinner 4:30PM

Location: Tour Dinner

Boyertown Foundry Co. The Bally Hotel 9th & Rothermel Drive 660 Main Street (Rt 100)

New Berlinville, PA 19545

Bally, PA 19503

Reservations - Make reservations by calling Rick Boyd at Nova Precision Casting, 570-366-2679 or FAX 570-366-2448 or E-mail Sec-TreasKeystoneAFS.org . It is strongly advised that you make a reservation if you plan to attend. Make your reservations no later than Friday, May 7th! A cost of $30.00 per person is payable at the foundry tour.

WWW.KEYSTONEAFS.ORG



BOX 4063 (717) 391-9614 LANCASTER, PA 17604

BOB WILLIAMS PH. (717) 872-6509 64 GINKGO COURT FAx (717) 872- 1563



QUAUTY. CONSISTENCY. UlnIM11M TECHNICAL SERVICE. AND A COMPLETE LINE OF MOLDING SYSTEM PRODUCTS


Colonial Metals Co. ON-FERROUS METALS

O 217 Linden Street, P.O. Box 311


website: www.colonialmetalsco.com

Robert Keshecki l District Manager (Eastern PA) I Greg Barberg District Manager ( ~Vestern PA)

Your . ARMSTM (Automated Robotic Melt Shop) Systems

Competitive Edge

• Induction Melting, Heating, Holding & Pouring Systems • Material Handling & Computer Control Systems


Call Toll Free: 1.800.257.9527 • Email: saIesinductotherm.com • Visit: www.inductotherm.com

HATTEN AND COMPANY, INC. 9k(aituftcturei5' Representative Foundry Supplies and Equipment


CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE

During my brief but enjoyable stint with IFS Industries I was able to visit many foundries throughout the North East. I had the opportunity to get to know many foundry men and women and to see their foundries in operation. Even though I've been in this business for 32 years I still welcome the chance to tour a foundry and I know I'm not alone in that thought. So it gives me great pleasure to be able to "return the favor" extended to me by so many of you and open the doors to our facility, Boyertown Found-ry, and host the final tour and Keystone Chapter meeting on Mat 11th. We have posted the tour will begin at 1:30 pm so that you will be able to see both molding lines in production mode. I realize that the time may be inconven-ient for some of you but if you give me a call we can ar-range for a tour around 2:30 (unfortunately the large molding line is done at 2:00).

As I mentioned this will be the last News Letter for this term of the Keystone Chapter AFS. On June 15 at our an-nual reorganizational meeting I will be turning over the Chairmanship to the very capable hands of Don Varner from Boose Aluminum Foundry Co. I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who came out to the meeting and the tours as well as all the great speakers. We could not do this without your contin-ued support.

It has been an Honor and a pleasure serving as your chairman,

Ed Freiwald


E-Newsletter The Keystone Chapter is requesting that you sign up for our e-newsletter. This will allow us to keep you informed of upcoming meetings faster and more easily than our tra-ditional newsletter. You can sign up by sending your email address to Rick Boyd our Chapter Secretary at Sec-TreasKeystoneAFS.org

Please also make sure to add "NewsKeystoneAFS.org " to your email program's address book so that our e-newsletter will not be intercepted as junk mail by any spam filters your company may have in place.

KEN BEHLER


DEER LAKE, PA 17961


Solid Service for over 40 years. ja 24 Ann Street Kearny NJ 07032 • 201-998-8300 • 201-998-0769 Fax

ALCE1A david.young@kuhlmetakcom • www.kuhlmetokcom




Upcoming Events

May 5-7, 2010 Metalcasters Alliance Government Affairs Conference


May 11, 2010 Tour: Boyertown Foundry Co.

New Berlinville, PA


in the Small Foundry Conference AFS Headquarters

Schaumburg, IL



405 Old Main St. Phone (908) 537-2155. N. 240 P.O. Box 144 Fox (908) 537-2906 Astury, NJ 06802-0144 Cell Phone (610)248-8666

E-Mo: [email protected]

Asbury Graphite Mills Inc.

• OhiIon S. AS II R Skip Brown

Territory Mager

2010 East Coast Fegional Conference

ThtcovcriHg AFS East Coast Regional Conference 2010 September 23 - 24, 2010 - Lancaster Host Resort - Lancaster, PA

OFFICERS and COMMITTEES

Chairman The 2010 ECRC program will include: George Frigm Heraeus Electro-Nite,Co. LLC • 9/23/10 Thursday AM - Plant tours - Anvil Foundry Vice Chairman Greg Barber and BAE (the old United Defense/BMY - Inductotherm York, PA) Technical Program Ed Weir - Chairman BooseAluminum Foundry Company • Thursday lunch - Group lunch with special guest Vasko Popovski speaker Applied Process, Inc.

Dave Patterson • Thursday PM - Golf outing at the Lancaster Host Heraeus Electro-Nite,Co. LLC Resort Arrangements Ed Freiwald - Chairman IFS Industries, Inc. • Thursday evening - WELCOME RECEPTION Chuck Bernhardt Casino night with great prizes, fabulous Treasurer food and open bar Glen Morrell Littlestown Foundry, Inc. • 9/24/10 Friday all day - 12 technical presentations Secretary Susan Burkett August Mack Environmental, Inc. • Friday - Group lunch with special guest speaker Publicity John Mentzer - Chairman • Conference adjourns at 4:30 pm Lancaster Foundry Supply

The committee has decided to change the format and offer a Susan Burkett August Mack Environmental, Inc. concentrated, focused conference, centering on excellent technical

presentations, plant tours and two relevant guest speakers. The cost Registration Greg Barber - Chairman of the conference will be economical so you can Discover t4a Vneme of Inductotherrn networking and keeping up to date on stimulating new topics.

Susan Burkett Please Make Plans to Attend August Mack Environmental, Inc.

Mary Freiwald

Solicitations David Young - Chairman J. Kuhl Metals Co., Inc.

Dave Stimson Weaver Materiel Service, Inc

Past Chairman Rich Baldwin Littlestown Pattern Works, Inc.

For more information or to request the most up to date events schedule, contact George Frigm PH 215-796-0324 or email george.frigm(heraeus.com or c9ntact any of the [CRC members.

Sponsoring AFS Chapters - Keystone, Chesapeake and Metropolitan AMERICAN FOUNDRY SOCIETY

ASH LAt1L Timothy J. Matthews Account Manager

Casting Solutions


Tel. 610-916-2859, Cell 610-223-8522 tjrnatthewsashIand.com www. ashpec. corn

QUICLEY CRUCIBLE REFRACTORIES & SPECIALTIES CO., INC.


PHONE (610) 272-5450 PETE QIJIGLEY FAX (610) 272-5580

IMMERSION SENSORSAND SAMPLERS FOR ACCURATE MOLTEN METAL CONTROL

Your Critical Link to Quality Helcleus Through Sensor Technologf

. J One Summit Square, Suite 100

•'A I Langhorne, PA 19047

7 Electro-Nite Tel: 215-944-9000 / Fax: 215-860-6657

£ j1 [email protected]


Foseco Metallurgical Inc. 20200 Sheldon Road

L Clevland OH 44142 Tel. 440-826-4548

FOSECO

IFS INDUSTRIES, INC.

ILTS Ed Fretwald Core & Mold Coatings

Refractories Adhesives Partings Elkern Metals, DuPont Minerals, SphereOX

P.O. Box 1053 400 Osfls Ave. Reading, PA 19603 610-378-1381 fax 484-334-9378 Cell 610-3343256

Thalheimer Brothers, Inc. Non-ferrous Metals & Residues

5550 Whitaker Ave, Phila., PA 19124 (215) 537-5200 www.thalbro.com

World Trade Center Steel Returning to PA Foundry Site

Forty-one years after they left Lukens Steel in Coatesville on a train destined for the World Trade Center and a sad but pivotal role in our nation's histo-ry, 10 fifty-ton steel "trees" are on their way back to Chester County Wednesday.

The 70-foot beams with three-prongs on the end are traveled from New York City in a mile-long 28-truck convoy.

Many of the 156 trees used in the World Trade Center were still standing after the attack of Sept. 11, forming an iconic image of the horror of that day.

Now, they are destined to become the centerpiece of The National Iron and Steel Heritage Museum in Coatesville, where for nearly 200 years Lukens' prod-ucts fueled the area economy. Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

Scholarship Applications The Scholarship Committee is presently accepting ap-plications from students who will be entering the jun-ior or senior year of education at an accredited univer-sity. The student must be pursuing a BS degree in an engineering field and meet one of the following quali-fications:



c) Be a child of an employee of a Keystone Chapter AFS company member attending a university any-where.


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