Deere Recalls 68 Employees in Iowa
Buy One – Get One Free Registration for Government
Affairs Conference
World Energy Consumption Increased by 60% during the
Last 26 Years
Designing Porosity Out of Your Part
Candidates for Doehler Awards and Others Being Sought
NADCA’s Most Popular Course Scheduled for May
Deere Recalls 68 Employees in Iowa
Due to increased orders for some construction products,
68 of the employees recently laid off at the John Deere Davenport Works are being recalled, Deere & Company
announced today. The employees will be back to work effective April 27. The John Deere Davenport Works
manufactures articulated dump trucks, cabs, felling heads, four wheel drive loaders, motor graders, wheeled
feller bunchers, and skidders.
Buy One – Get One Free Registration for Government Affairs Conference
NADCA and AFS are offering buy one, get one free
registration to this year’s Metalcasting Industry Government Affairs Conference for individuals from
the same company. With a new administration in office, it is important to show a strong united front
this year in the face of new legislation that is being proposed, which could adversely affect the
health of the industry. The annual conference is being held May 4-5, at the Capitol Hilton in Washington,
D.C. Learn more, and register online.
World Energy Consumption Increased by 60% during the Last 26 Years
World energy consumption increased by 60% during
the last 26 years. Energy use in the U.S. increased by 81% during the same time period and continues
to increase every year with new gadgets and appliances that require electricity to function. The U.S.
is now competing with emerging economies, such as China and India, for energy resources. Along with
the demand increase, prices are increasing, too. Requirements to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions are
pressuring utilities to find alternate sources of supply. These costs will be added to the system.
There are many ways to reduce energy use, thereby decreasing total energy costs and becoming more
environmentally sensitive. To read the full article in LINKS magazine on how to reduce energy use,
click here to log in.
Designing Porosity Out of Your Part
Specifying porosity in die castings can be challenging.
At this time, there is not a universally accepted and published comprehensive standard for specifying
and evaluating porosity in die castings. The amount and location of porosity in die castings can be
controlled to a significant degree via casting design, die design, and processing methods. Learning
how to identify and reduce porosity in parts is detailed in the new,
Die Casting Porosity Guidebook
This recently released book is priced at $80.00, with applicable discounts for NADCA members.
Candidates for Doehler Awards and Others Being Sought
NADCA has just given its annual awards at the
Metalcasting Congress in Las Vegas in April. Although these three awards —Instructor of the Year,
Technical Committee Member of the Year and Best Congress Paper ―bring high honor to the winners,
NADCA also gives International Awards only during CastExpo years which are nominated by you, die
casting industry professionals. Because these honors are not awarded annually, they bring even more
prestige to the winners. These awards, which recognize those individuals who have made significant
contributions of time and expertise toward the advancement of the die casting industry and NADCA,
are a great long-standing tradition that encourages industry growth and involvement.
The Herman H. Doehler award was first given in 1950, and the other four awards were first given in
the 1960s. Many of the past award winners were honored as Distinguished Life Members of NADCA and
its predecessors. If you know of someone that you feel should be honored with one of these prestigious
awards please nominate them. You can do so by visiting NADCA’s website and filling out the
online form.
Winners will be honored at a special banquet at CastExpo‘10 in Orlando, FL, March 20-23, 2010.
NADCA’s Most Popular Course Scheduled for May
EC-515 Die Casting Defects is scheduled May 12-13 at
NADCA headquarters in Wheeling, IL. The course provides useful information and remedial action techniques
to those individuals charged with the responsibility for process settings and production of quality
castings. The course is also helpful to those who are less familiar with defects, as it discusses the
various types and causes of defects. Additional information and registration is available via
NADCA’s website.
