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Your Board of Directors
Casey Sheriland: Chair
Highland Foundry Ltd.
David Lalonde: Vice Chair
Inproheat Industries Ltd.
Brian Palm: Secretary / Treasurer
Robar Industries Ltd.
Kia Damghani: Entertainment
Thompson Foundry Ltd.
Kyle Martin: Education / Membership
Pacific Mako
Drew Johnston: Sports
Rypac Aluminum Recycling
Tim Olson: Apprenticeship
Adanac Pattern Shop Ltd.
Eric Hasselmann: Public Relations
Century Pacific Foundry
Crystal Lambert: Past Chair
Purity Casting Alloys Ltd.
American Foundry Society—BC Chapter
Inside this issue:
November Meeting, Nov. 22 1
Christmas Dinner, Dec. 14 2
Give clear rules to follow! 3
AFS Student Bursary 3
Apprenticeship Contest 3
Follow-up—Fall Golf 4
Follow-up—BC Place Tour 5
AFS HQ News & Events 6
Chapter Sponsors 7
Calendar of Events 7
November 2012 Volume 3—Issue 3
Rick Gibbs, President of Neutron Factory Works,
has over 20 years experience working in industrial
manufacturing facilities providing electrical control
and mechanical solutions to local companies. Rick
continues to support the industry’s strategic
growth, planning and development initiatives by
providing key insight into new technologies and best
practices and regularly presents to large groups
on industry related challenges and solutions.
Rick will cover the following during his presentation:
A brief overview of Automation and Robotics in
industrial applications
Identifying areas in your foundry that make sense
to automate
Identifying areas in your foundry that make sense
for robotic applications
Eliminating unsafe conditions for workers
Understanding costs and ROI’s
Look at a case study
Q & A
Date: November 22nd, 2012
Time: 6pm Social Hour
Location: Langley Events Center
Level 4-Meeting Room B
7888 200th St. Langley
Cost: $50 per person
Please contact David Lalonde to sign up!
604.999.0461 or [email protected]
Please join us at our next Dinner Meeting
on Thursday Nov. 22nd to hear about:
Automation and Robotics in Industrial
Environments
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HO HO HOHO HO HOHO HO HO Annual AFS BC Christmas DinnerAnnual AFS BC Christmas DinnerAnnual AFS BC Christmas Dinner
Please join us for the AFS BC Chapter’s 2012 Christmas
Dinner, Dance and Service Pin Awards
The evening will be held at Westwood Plateau G&CC
on Eagle Mountain in Coquitlam, BC.
Date: Friday, December 14th, 2012
Time: 6:00pm Cocktails & Cheer, 8:00pm Dinner, and then Dancing ‘til dawn* to a LIVE BAND!
Location: Westwood Plateau Golf & Country Club
3251 Plateau Blvd
Coquitlam, BC V3E 3B8
Cost: TBA
Contact: Casey Sheriland, Highland Foundry Ltd. Ph: 604.881.5490, Email: [email protected]
Sign up by December 7th, 2012
Band: The Express *actually until 12:30am
Donations of non-perishable food items** and cash will be
collected on behalf of The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. **canned meat/fish, natural peanut butter, whole wheat pasta/rice, pasta sauce, canned fruit & vegetables, 100% fruit juice, low-sugar cereal, baby food & formula
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The Toyota Way: “Don’t Give People Rules They’re Unable to Follow”
This tip applies in many ways, but in this case it relates to the rule of never knowingly passing
defects to following processes.
This involves more than just telling people not to do it.
What do they do if they find a defect? Who do they call? Where do they put it?
If these issues are not defined, the people will be confused and conflicted. They want to do the
right thing and follow instructions, but if it isn’t possible to follow the rule and get the job done
effectively, they will choose to get the job done and violate the rule.
Watch to see what happens. Try the task yourself to get firsthand experience. Don’t assume
that people break the rules because they don’t care. Maybe there is not a good system for
helping people to follow the rules.
From The Toyota Way Fieldbook by Jeffrey K. Liker and David Meier
HO HO HOHO HO HOHO HO HO Annual AFS BC Christmas DinnerAnnual AFS BC Christmas DinnerAnnual AFS BC Christmas Dinner
Get Your AFS BC Chapter Bursary Applications In Now!
The AFS BC Chapter is pleased to offer two $500 student bursaries this year. One $500 bursary is for any student whose parent is a full
standing member of the AFS and the other $500 bursary will be given to a student that is currently enrolled in post secondary material sci-
ences.
Briefly outline your career goals, what you would do with the award and submit your application (maximum 2 pages), with your name, ad-
dress, telephone number, E-mail address, and your parents name if applicable . Please attach proof of registration in a post-secondary insti-
tution. Entries are to be submitted by January 1, 2011 to Casey Sheriland, Chairman of the AFS BC Chapter.
The Board of Directors will convene and review each entrant. The winner, and their parent, will receive the award at the Apprenticeship
Award Night, January 17th, 2013.
Thank you for your support and good luck to all entrants.
Apprenticeship Contest It is time once again for the annual American Foundry Society Apprentice Molding and Patternmaking contest. This contest is open to all, regardless if you are an
AFS member or not, as below:
1. Any person with 5 years pattern making experience or less.
2. Any person with 4 years moulding experience or less.
CONTACT: Tim Olson, Adanac Pattern Shop Ltd. Ph: 604.941.2511 or Email: [email protected]
By: ASAP
Congratulations to Candice Kent, the winner of our Facebook signup contest! She will enjoy a $50 gift certificate to The Keg.
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Thank you for your support at this year’s AFS BC 2012 FALL GOLF CLASSIC in Penticton!
Thank you to Drew Johnston for putting on another great golf weekend in sunny
Penticton!
We had a great turnout for the Wine & Cheese Social; thanks go out to Penticton
Foundry for sponsoring this event.
The spouses wine tour was also a hit, but next time around we might consider cutting down on
the number of wineries we plan to visit.
Winners: Low Gross - Jim O’Neill Low Net - Bob Crone Long Drive - Paul Culling KP - Bob Crone
Sponsors: Penticton Foundry Alpine Non-Ferrous Foundry Century Pacific Foundry Dhiman Industries Greenlite Traffic Systems Inproheat Industries Millbank Materials OCL Industrial Materials Purity Casting Alloys Terminal City Iron Works
Rypac Aluminum Recycling
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Everyone had a great time at our Oct. 3rd tour of BC Place Stadium and watched our Vancouver
Whitecaps FC beat Chivas USA 4 to 0!
Thank you to Taralynn Reburn of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC for setting up this great stadium tour and soccer game, and to Brian
Griffin, the Director of Facility Op-erations, for describing in detail the new roof and stadium up-grades, from start to finish.
One of their biggest challenges was to upgrade the stadium to the new building code, especially for earthquake safety. At lot
had changed in the building code since BC Place was originally built in 1981. We were also impressed by the immense weight of the entire roof structure.
Of course, we were not pleased to learn that all
the castings were sourced from Europe, e.g., France, Spain and Turkey. Despite news in the media to the con-trary, our local foundries were involved in the bidding pro-
cess early on and were shut out of the procurement for castings for the roof and seismic upgrades.
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American Foundry Society—Latest News from Headquarters Visit http://www.afsinc.org for all the details!
Upcoming Events—December/January 2012/13
December 4 – 6, 2012 : Analysis & Reduction of Casting Defects #11-13 Critical analysis of defective castings, types of imperfections, causes and corrective measures for sand molds (green sand, shell, nobake, gas-cured, etc.) are among the subjects discussed. Group workshops, centered on defective cast-ings supplied by the participants, apply the ideas reviewed in class. December 10 – 11, 2012 : 2012 Marketing & Selling of Castings Conference Are you as busy as Santa but aren't achieving an acceptable profit margin? Learn to maximize your sales and profits at the 2012 Marketing & Selling of Castings Conference. December 10-11, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Woodfield in Schaumburg, IL December 11 – 13, 2012 : Chemically Bonded Molding & Coremaking #12-13 Each of the chemical binder systems and molding is reviewed, along with equipment and processing. This course covers all core processes and their effective application (shell, nobake and coldbox), as well as related defects. Also included is a session on coatings. December 12, 2012 : AFS/CMI Finance Committee Meeting December 12 – 16, 2012 : Steel Founders' Society of America National T & O Conference January 8 – 10, 2013 : Aluminum Process Metallurgy & Metalcasting Practices #13-13 This is a 3-day, laboratory-based, practical course in aluminum metallurgy for producers and users of aluminum alloy castings. Topics include selection of alloys, effects of alloying elements, furnace selection, degassing, ladle treatment, grain refinement, inclusions, melt quality tests, mechanical properties, gating and feeding characteristics, heat treatment and defect analysis.
OSU Discovers Sweet Approach to Sand Casting, November 14, 2012 Based on a new discovery by researchers at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore., the metalcasting industry may soon develop a sweet tooth. Experts in adhe-sion science in the OSU College of Forestry have discovered and applied for a patent on using sugar as a binder for metalcasting sand molds. “We were surprised that simple sugar could bind sand together so strongly,” said Kaichang Li, an OSU professor of wood science and engineering. “Sugar and oth-er carbohydrates are abundant, inexpensive, food-grade materials. The binder systems we’ve developed should be much less expensive than existing sand bind-ers and not have toxicity concerns.”
AFS—BC Chapter Sponsors
AFS Corporate Members
Inproheat Indus tr ies Ltd . Lethbr idge Ironw orks Ltd .
Norwood Foundry Ltd . OCL Indus tr ia l Mater ia ls Ltd .
Westmat Suppl ies Ltd .
Platinum Sponsors :
Adanac Centur y Pac if ic High land Inproheat
Patterns Foundr y Foundr y Indus tr ies
OCL Indus tr ia l Pac if ic Mako Purity Cas ting Penticton
Materia ls Al loys Foundr y
Gold Sponsors :
M i l lbank Mater ia ls Corp. Rypac A luminum Recyc l ing
Robar Indus tr ies Ltd . Thomps on Foundry Ltd .
Chapter sponsorships are now a va i lable for 2 012/2013!
Contact Br ian Pa lm, Secretary / Treasurer,
for more in format ion , br ian. pa [email protected]
Date/Time E vent Location
Calendar Of Events
AFS—BC Christmas Dinner December 14th, 2012 Westwood Plateau G & CC, Coquitlam, BC
We’re on the web:
www.afsbc.ca
And check us out on facebook,
twitter and LinkedIn!
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Hockey Night, Vancouver Giants February 1st, 2013 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC
TBD (tour or team building) March TBD TBD
Meeting: Automation and Robot-
ics in Industrial Environments November 22nd, 2012 Langley Events Centre, Langley, BC
Apprenticeship Night, possibly a
WCB/WorkSafe course January 17th, 2013 Langley Events Centre, Langley, BC
Letters to the Editor:
Have an idea for an article in the
newsletter? Want to publicly thank
someone in the industry? Have a
funny tale you’d like to share?
Send your submissions to me today!
David Lalonde: Vice Chair
AFS - BC Chapter
4123 Pine Cres.
Vancouver, BC V6J 4K8
Cell: 604-999-0461
E-mail: [email protected]
Notice something dif-ferent in the newslet-ter this month?
Yes, there is a new AFS logo! To find out more about the change please visit: http://afsinc.org
62nd AFS NW Regional Conf. April 24th-26th, 2013 Coast Plaza Hotel, Vancouver, BC
Safety Seminar: Grinding May 9th, 2013 Langley Events Centre, Langley, BC
