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Program
Sunday 19 October 2008
| 7.30am |
Golf |
| 12.00pm |
Registration Desk Opens |
| 5.00-7.00pm |
Welcome Address and President's Reception |
Monday 20 October 2008
| 9.00-9.40am |
Melting Metals and Memories
Don Lakeland |
| 9.40-10.20am |
Die Casting Markets Data, Trends and Opportunities
Bruce Gunn, CAST CRC |
| 10.20-10.40am |
Morning Tea |
| 10.40-11.20am |
Production of Iron Castings Utilizing a New Generation of Feeding Systems
Phil Dahlstrom, Foseco |
| 11.20-12.00pm |
Bioremediation treatment of Hydrocarbons
Gareth James, Dickinsons Environmental |
| 12.00-12.40pm |
Factors influencing gas porosity defects in grey cast iron
Ulf Gotthardsson, Swecast |
| 12.40-1.50pm |
Lunch |
| 1.50-2.30pm |
Chunky graphite in thick section Ductile Iron
Chris Ecob, Elkem |
| 2.30-3.10pm |
Casting Failure Analysis: A Case Study
Steve van der Lit & Monty Luke, Amdel |
| 3.10-3.30pm |
Afternoon Tea |
| 3.30-4.10pm |
Trade Evolution. Let's see how far we have come
Anthony Freemantle, SkillsTech |
| 4.10-4.50pm |
"Training Australia" - A study of those bloody Training Packages
Les Johnson, SkillsTech & Mark Dawson, CMS |
| 7.00pm |
AFI Tribal Dinner |
Tuesday 21 October 2008
| 9.00-9.40am |
The Survival of Patternmaking Towards 2010
Kevin Beasley, K&L Beasley Patternmaking |
| 9.40-10.20am |
Practical epoxy chemistry for the pattern shop & the latest tooling techniques of other industries
Nicholas Cossich, ATL Composites |
| 10.20-10.40am |
Morning Tea |
| 10.40-11.20am |
The Importance of using Coatings in the Metal Casting process
Martin Spence, CMC Australia |
| 11.20-12.00pm |
Methoding Manganese Steel
Barry Wingfield, Foseco International |
| 12.00-12.40pm |
Failure Modes Associated with Foundry Tensile Test Bars
Steve van der Lit & Monty Luke, Amdel |
| 12.40-1.50pm |
Lunch |
| 1.50-2.30pm |
Ground Leakage Detection
Merv Atcheson, Inductotherm |
| 2.30-3.10pm |
Carbophen - CO2 process
Klaus Loechte, Huettenes-Albertus |
| 3.10-3.30pm |
Afternoon Tea |
| 3.30-4.10pm |
Sand reclamation
Keith Carter, BC Maintenance |
| 4.10-4.50pm |
The Basic Principles of Alkaline Phenolic Binder Systems
John Mills, Hexion |
| 5.00-6.00pm |
Happy Hour |
Wednesday 22 October 2008
| 9.00-9.40am |
European legislation on Hand Arm Vibration
Andy Duggan, Atlas Copco |
| 9.40-10.20am |
Metal Bridging
Merv Atcheson, Inductotherm |
| 10.20-10.40am |
Morning Tea |
| 10.40-11.20am |
Non-Ferrous and Stainless Steel Scrap Procurement
Trent Raines, Sell & Parker |
| 11.20-12.00pm |
The Increasing Importance of Ladle Lining Technology in the Modern Ferrous Foundry
Nick Child, Foseco Europe |
| 12.00-12.40pm |
Benefits of Isostatically pressed ceramics in non-ferrous metal casting industry
Eric Chen, Vesuvius |
| 12.40-1.50pm |
Lunch |
| 1.50-2.30pm |
Robotic Fettling of Castings and Energy Monitoring in Melting
Clyde Campbell, Machinery Automation & Robotics |
| 2.30-3.10pm |
Future trends in Filter Flow Modeling
Phil Dahlstrom, Foseco
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| 3.10-3.30pm |
Afternoon Tea |
| 3.30-4.10pm |
The Power of Qualitative Leadership
Doug Harland, Doug Harland Consulting |
| 4.10-4.50pm |
AFI AGM |
| 7.00pm |
Convention Banquet |
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