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In this March 3, 2010 Publication:
Who’ll Stop EPA from Regulating Greenhouse
Gas Emissions?
Gauge Of Consumer Confidence Plummets
Newest Gating Software at Discounted Price
until 4/1/10!
Improved Tooling Performance with Advanced
Die Materials
OEM LEADS - Ready for Corporate Members
Who’ll Stop EPA from Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has joined a growing list of business groups hoping to stop
EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions.
At issue is EPA’s “endangerment” finding, which cleared the way for the agency to use
the powerful Clean Air Act to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) and other global warming
emissions.
The Chamber says EPA failed to consider the dire economic pain that its rules will
inflict on industry, especially small businesses.
EPA already requires about 13,000 of the largest CO2 emitters to track and report their
greenhouse gas emissions.
This spring, the agency intends to issue final rules that will limit CO2 tailpipe
emissions from cars and trucks, large facilities, and power plants. EPA insists it will
only target the very largest facilities, those releasing more than 25,000 tons a year of
greenhouse gases.
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Gauge Of Consumer Confidence Plummets
The AP (2/24,
D'Innocenzio) reports, "Americans' confidence in the economy has suffered a sudden
relapse, dimming hopes that they will start spending -- and spurring job growth -- any
time soon." The AP adds that "the Consumer Confidence Index figures released Tuesday
were much worse than analysts had expected," with the index falling "almost 11 points to
46 in February, down from a revised 56.5 in January and the lowest level since a 40.8
reading in April 2009." Bloomberg News (2/24, Willis) notes that "economists forecast the
confidence index would decrease to 55 from a previously reported 55.9 January reading,
according to the median of 68 projections in the Bloomberg survey. Estimates ranged from
50.9 to 59."
Newest Gating Software at Discounted Price until 4/1/10!
NADCA’s new Gating program has arrived. In an effort to make this software quickly
available, NADCA has made it completely downloadable. This software program is intended
to help the user develop the shape of the runner and gate system, and it will help the
designing engineer quickly calculate and record the engineering data needed to properly
design the gating system.
New features include:
• New and improved user interface requiring fewer clicks to produce gating designs faster
• Now Tangential Gate Geometries can be calculated
• Gates and runners can be drawn directly over a casting image
• Gate dimensions can be directly exported in comma delimited files and imported directly into Excel and solid modeling programs.
This exciting new software will be available for a discounted price of $200 until April
1st. To purchase or download a 30 day free trial of this software visit:
www.diecasting.org.
Improved Tooling Performance with Advanced Die Materials
Over the years, catastrophic failures of die materials have become less common with
advancements in steel making, heat treatment and technical advancements associated with
the die casting process. NADCA has been a driving force for most, if not all, of these
advancements. However, ongoing issues associated with tool life are still occurring. The
range of failures is not associated with a particular die caster, material producer or a
heat treatment facility. Impact toughness has been a focus of the North American die
casting industry for several years, but how do these improvements relate to improved
heat check resistance? To read more about additional mechanical and physical steel
properties, besides toughness, that address the most common failure mode associated with
thermal fatigue, click
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OEM LEADS - Ready for Corporate Members
This is your monthly reminder to corporate members. Leads
generated during February can now be accessed by logging in to myNADCA.
Click here to login.
Not sure of your login? Click here to get your login resent. Want to export your leads? Click on
"Lead Report Data Export" and search ALL the leads by categories such as state, company type, metal.
Results can be viewed online or exported to an Excel document. If you need further assistance accessing
the leads, please contact NADCA President, Daniel Twarog at twarog@diecasting.org or (847) 808-3162.
