Stork engineers have high profile at CastExpo '08
WIXOM, MI - May 2, 2008
Stork engineers are participating heavily in CastExpo ’08, the joint exposition of the American Foundry Society (AFS) and the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA). Stork Climax Research Services and Stork Technimet are exhibiting together in booth 604.
On Sunday, May 18, Stork CRS Senior Metallurgist George Goodrich will receive The John H. Whiting Gold Medal at the AFS Annual Banquet. The award is bestowed by AFS for his "untiring efforts to improve the foundry industry through research, publication of articles and books, leading and serving on committees in the AFS Cast Iron and Steel Divisions, and teaching for the Cast Metals Institute."
Additionally, Richard Gundlach, Senior Metallurgist for Stork CRS, has been selected to give the honorary lecture for the cast iron division of the AFS, which is scheduled for Sunday, May 18, at CastExpo '08.
Experts from Stork Climax Research Services are on the schedule for the Cast Iron Division of CastExpo '08 as follows:
- Sunday, May 18, 8:30 AM
PANEL: Mold/Metal Interface Phenomena and Metal Penetration Defects in Iron Castings (08-131)
Chantal Labrecque, Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium, Sorel-Tracy, PQ Canada; Doru Stefanescu, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; Don Craig, Selee Corp., Hendersonville, NC; George Goodrich, Stork Climax Research Services, Wixom, MI
Panel Topics:
Labrecque: Segregation Defects
Stefanescu: Penetration Defects
Craig: Inclusion Defects in Ductile Cast Iron
Goodrich: Skin Effects - Sunday, May 18, 10:15 AM
Honorary Lecture: Observations on Structure Control to Improve the Properties of Cast Irons (08-158)
Richard Gundlach, Stork Climax Research Services, Wixom, MI
Sunday, May 18, 2:00 PM
The Status of Austempered Cast Irons in 2007 (08-135)
Kathy Hayrynen, John Keough, Applied Process Inc., Technologies Division, Livonia, MI
Sponsored Research: The Effect of Ti and N on Iron Age Strengthening (08-063)
Thottathil Anish, Simon Lekakh, Von Richards, Univ. of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO
Sponsored Research: Cast Iron Research-Past, Present and Future (08-152)
George Goodrich, Stork Climax Research Services, Wixom, MI - Sunday, May 18, 3:45 PM
PANEL: Considerations for Proper Sampling of Cast Iron (08-137)
H. Fred Linebarger, Miller and Co., Rosemont, IL; George Goodrich, Stork Climax Research Services, Wixom, MI; George Frigm, Brian Garrison, Heraeus Electro-Nite, Langhorne, PA; Paul Becker, Lufkin Industries, Lufkin, TX; Vasko Popovski, Applied Process Inc., Technologies Division, Livonia, MI
Panel Topics:
Goodrich: Sampling Cast Iron for Mechanical Properties
Frigm: Thermal Analysis
Garrison: Temperature
Becker: Sampling for Spectrographic Analysis
Popovski: Chill Wedge Sampling in Gray Iron
For more information about Stork Climax Research Services or Stork Technimet, Inc., click on the links. To learn more about CastExpo '08, visit www.castexpo.com.