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American Foundry Society, Inc.

Acw Keystone Chapter Serving the Foundry Industry VOLUME 112 February 2004 ISSUE 4

CHAIRMAN Mark Bidoli

Hickman, Williams & Co.

1st VICE-CHAIRMAN George Frigm

Heraeus Electro-Nite Co.

2nd VICE-CHAIRMAN Anthony Day

Allied Mineral Products

RECORDING SECRETARY Stephen Ducharrne

H. Kramer & Co.

SECRETARY-TREASURER Richard Boyd

Nova Precision Casting Corp.

DIRECTORS Term Expire 2004

Ed Freiwald. Jr. Boyertown Foundry Co.

Steve Ducharme H Kramer & Co.

Al Ebling Quaker Alloy, Pa. FdIy Group

Term Expire 2005 Rick Field

Red Hill Grinding Wheel Corp. Jon Giesige

Boose Aluminum Foundry

Term Expire 2006 Greg Witmyer

Kore-Mart Ltd Ron Keiser

Motor Technologies, Inc. Chuck Bernhardt, Jr.

Conestoga Foundry Supply

PAST CHAIRMAN Greg Hollenbach

Foseco

Chapter Correspondence

Keystone Chapter AFS correspondence should be addressed to:

Keystone Chapter - AFS do Nova Precision Casting Corp. 12 Hickory Dr. Auburn, PA 17922-9028 570-366-2679

This address is for general questions and address corrections. Golf outing and Christmas party questions should be directed to the Entertainment Committee secretary, Madelyn Nawrocki at (610) 678-2583

Mini Technical Meeting

Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Dinner meeting at the Deer Lake Inn, Rt. 61, Deer Lake Pa.

5:30 - 6:00 Networking at Cash Bar 6:00-7:00 Dinner 7:00 Speaker - Chris Balotescu,

Niton Corp., Bellerica, MA

There will be a demonstration of hand held portable analyzers and a discussion of what has become possible. Individuals can also bring samples to have demonstrations on their samples. All base metals with analysis of elements of Ti or higher atomic number.

This is a selective presentation with a real appeal to tech individu-als of our industry, working for foundries, suppliers and associated companies..

Directions to Deer Lake Inn, North from Rt. 61 interchange of 178, Exit 29, approximate 6 miles on Rt. 61, right hand side head-ing north.

Make reservations by calling Rick Boyd at Nova Precision Castin g, 570-366-2679 - FAX 570-366-2448 - E-mail [email protected] . Your cooperation is requested to make your reservations by Friday, Feb-ruary 6th, 2004. Dinner cost of $25.00 per person is payable at the door.

Call and make reservations now!

HENRY J. YEAGER Laboratories Chemists and Metallurgists

ROSS & MARKET STREETS

BOX 4063 (717) 397-9614 LANCASThR,PA 17604

BOB WILLIAMS PH. (717) 872-6509

64 GINKGO COURT FAX (717) 872-1563 LANCASTER. PA 17603 CELL (717) 940-6153

BOB WILLIAMS COMPANY MANUFACTURING REPRESENTATIVE FOUNDRY EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS

Since 1944 •MRO & SHOP SUPPLIES.

•POWER TOOLS & ACCESORIES.

'SAFETY PRODUCTS, _.L?ViG PRCWIRS 1=1 6 'AIR & ELECTRIC V1BRATORS. h: NO.332.9M Fi: $0964.3866 'BOSCH TAMPERS & THE CROSS'.

www.lnnstk.com 'BELT & SCREW CONVEYOR EQUIP.

CONESTOGA FOUNDRY SUPPLY CO.

P.O. BOX 464 HAMBURG, PA 19528 • TELEPHONE 810.582.3836

FAX 610•562-0726

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HATTEN AND COMPANY, INC.

9vt2mufiicturei? Qepre4ceniative Found?y Supplies an Equipment

"Serving the Foundry Industry for Three Generations" P.O. Box 1283 (610) 853-3303 Havertown, PA 19083 FAX (610) 863-1049

CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE

When one looks at our industry it is certainly one which combines many talents of individuals to produce a cast part. The meeting this month represents a change from the normal format of a general appeal topic to one which is directed at a select group of individuals within our industry. The ability to perform a chemical analysis of our product fits the phase "we have come a long way baby". The movement from a wet chemical labo-ratory performing selective analysis to a hand held unit giving more information than we really need to know represents this transition. Please pass information on this meeting to your technical individuals so that they can take advantage of the opportunity of seeing where the industry stands now.

Mark Bidoli Chapter Chaiman Keystone AFS

Email

The Keystone Chapter is requesting that you send us your Email address. This will allow us to keep you better informed of happenings in the foundry industry in this local area. The best way to get us your address is to send an Email to Rick Boyd our Chapter Secretary at

richardboydearthlirik.net The Keystone Chapter also has a web site at www.keystoneafs.org . which can be checked for

the latest information about the chapter and a lot of its history.

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lr~s- INDUSTRIES, INC. 400 Orrton Ave, P0 Box 1053, Reading, PA 19603

Craig Weidenhammer - John Pergine Manufacturers of

Core & Mold Coatings, Refractories, Adhesives, Partings, Release Agents

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Contact: Charles H. Fink, Jr., Distnct Manager

7-9527, email: salesCinductothe

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P.O. Box 157

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KUHL METALS Service as solid as our metals.

Primary and Socondory Aluminum Alloys Bros and Bronzo Ingot

Copper - Njickol - Tin - Zinc

Solid Service for over 30 years. 24 An. St. . Koorny. NJ 07032 - (20)1 998-8300 - oI 9k.hIeotaI,coe,

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Mechanical Testing t Specimen Machining Tensile l Charpy Impact t Rockwell & Brinell Hardness

Stress Rupture t Corrosion Testing Welder & Weld Procedure Qualifications Tests

Weldability Testing MeteHography t Drop Weight

1243 LAFAYETIE STREET LEBANON PA 17042-6626

PHONE (717) 274-4007 FAX (717) 274-2677 Email - ,satartalaevantlr*com

February 10, 2004 Mini Meeting, Portable Alloy Analysis

Chris Balotescu, Niton Corp. Deer Lake Inn, Rt 61, Deer Lake, PA

Tuesday, March 9, 2004 Guest Night, Report from National Directors Trade Action Status

Location to be announced.

March 21 — 23, 2004 Government Affairs Conference

J. W. Marriott Hotel Washington, D.C.

Friday, September 10, 2004 Summer Outing

Heidelberg Country Club

September 2004 East Coast Regional Conference

Inner Harbor Sheraton, Baltimore, MD

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KORE MART LTD 7 Hill Drive P_ 0. Box 175 Hamburg, PA 19526 610 - 562-5900 610 — 562-0726 — FAX

QUALITY. CONSISTENCY. TECHNICAL SERVICE. AND A COMPLETE UNE OF MOLDING SYSTEM PRODUCTS Phone: 800-243-9004 E-mail: [email protected]

L '1 Refractory Coating Technologies, Inc 542 Collins Boulevard it Orrville, Ohio 44667

REFCOTEC Where mold and metal meet. (330) 6832200

Manufacturing of Custom and Standard Core and Mold Coatings

CLEVELAND VIBRATOR EST. 1923

AIR-PISTON, BALL, ROTARY ELECTRIC, ELECTROMAGNETIC VIBRATORS SHAKE-OUT TABLES, VIBRATORY FEEDERS, SCREENERS AND CONVEYORS

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See What the Finest Products Can Do For Your Laboratory Sample Preparatation Equipment Metallographs Hardness Testers

Image Analyzers Accessories 8 Supplies. Elemental Analysis (OES CISIN/O/H)

Jim Bartoe • 724.339.4524

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Announcement

Gregory Witmyer of Kore-Mart Ltd., Hamburg, PA has been appointed as a Chapter Director, term ending 2006. Greg, a ceramic engineer and fifth generation foundrymen is replacing Thomas Kaag, who recently had to resign his position with our chapter. We welcome Greg and look forward to his help and new ideas.

"Wanted" !!! A FEW GOOD MEN

The Nominating committee needs chapter members in good standing to serve as officers, directors and in capacities on the following committees;

1 Call, write or fax to put our experience to work for you

THE FREMONT FLASK COMPANY - 1000 WOLFE AVE. Phone (419) 332-2231 - FREMONT, OHIO 43420

Fax (419) 332-2446

' LANCASTER FOUNDRY SUPPLY CO., INC. Quality Supplies & Excellent Service

2314 Norman Road Lancaster, PA 17601-5930 717-394-0753 800-732-3519 FAX 717-394-7733

wwwiancasterfoundrysupply.com e-mail: [email protected]

H. KRRMER & CO. hww",% A4wu 4 mewh

1339-1345 WEST 21st STFEET • TELEPHONE (312) 226-6600

CHICAGO, IWNOIS 60608

Auditing, Advisory, Constitution! By-Laws, Education, Entertainment, History, Program, Publicity, Scholarship, Government Affairs, Political Action

The only experience you need is your own incentive, initiative and experience — guidance will be provided in conjunction with our current directors.

Please contact Chuck Bernhardt of Conestoga Foundry Supply — Cell# 717-468-0223, to have your name placed in nomination. We need new people, new ideas and a little of your time. Become a working part of your foundry chapter.

NABERTHERM Inc. Non-ferrous Melting 54 Read's Way New Cas 19720

and Holding Furnaces

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Chapter Committee Chairmen Auditing Rick Field Advisory Greg Hollenbach Nominating Chuck Bernhardt Constitution/By-Laws Chuck Barnhardt Education Rick Field Entertainment Craig Weidenhammer Membership Ed Freiwald Program 03/04 George Frigm Program 04/05 Anthony Day Publicity Rick Field

Newsletter Advertising The Chapter would like to direct your attention to those suppliers whose ads appear in this newsletter. These companies, through their ad-vertising donations, have helped to offset the printing and mailing costs of the Chapter and are worthy of your support.

Scholarship Applications The Scholarship Committee is presently accepting

applications from students who will be entering the junior or senior year of education at an accredited university. The student must be pursuing a BS de-gree in an engineering field and meet one of the following qualifications:

attend a university within the Keystone Chap-ter area.

Be a child of a Keystone Chapter AFS member attending a university anywhere.

Be a child of an employee of a Keystone Chapter AFS company member attending a university anywhere.

Applications must be received by June l for award in the fall of 2002. Forms can be obtained by writ-ing or calling the Chapter office or by downloading from http://www.keystoneafs.org under "Scholarship".

Asbury Graphite Mills Inc.

•D ASBURV Skip Brown

Territory Manager

405 Old Main St. Phone (908) 537-2155. Ex. 240 P.O. Box 144 Fax (908) 537-2908 Asbury, NJ 08802-0144 Cell Phone (810) 248-8666

E-Mail: [email protected]

Safety Headquarters Inc. 1120 COMMONS BOULEVARD Phone #888-926-0101 READING, PA 19605 Fax # 610-926-5040

RONALD L. WITMAN BARRY COOK

IC INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL PRODUCTS

Div. of Foundry Service & Supply Co., Inc.

Manufacturers Of: F/A Binder Systems 'Warm Box Binder' Core OH

Sodium Slcate • Coatings Release Agents ' Mold/Core Sprays (410) 484-5865 P.O. Box 5898

FAX (410) 488.7071 Plkesvlfle, MD 21208-5989

Furnaces Your Maintenance Partner

Furnaces • Coils • Cables Fast turnaround ' Any time of day

Any make, size, damage Parts & materials

65 Indel Avenue P. 0. Box 492

Racocas, NJ 08073 Tel: 800-858-7030 Fax: 609-265-2144 www.emsco.com

Call Amy or Scott


Keystone Chapter .. Serving the Foundry Industry

VOLUME 112

March 2004

ISSUE 5


Hickman, Williams & Co.


Heraeus Flectro-Nite Co.



RECORDING SECRETARY Stephen Ducharme

H Kramer & Co




Ed Freiwald, Jr. Boyemlown Foundry Co

Steve Ducharme H Kramer & Co

Al Ebling Quaker Alloy. Pa. Fdrv Group


Red Hill Grinding Wheel Corp.

Jon Giesige Boose Aluminum Foundry


Kore-Mart Ltd

Ron Keiser Motor Technologies, Inc.

Chuck Bernhardt, Jr. Conestoga Foundry Supply


Foseco



Keystone Chapter - AFS do Nova Prevision Casting Corp. 12 Hickory Dr. Auburn, PA 17922 570-366-2679

This address is for general questions and address corrections. Golf outing and Christmas party questions should be directed to the Entertainment Committee secretary. Madelyn Nawrocki at (610) 678-2583

Chapter Meeting and Tour of Boose Aluminum Foundry

Tuesday, March 9, 2004

12:30 PM Meet in Boose Aluminum parking lot for tour. 3:00-4:30 PM Olde Lincoln House, upper level for

technical presentations. 5:00 PM Cash Bar 6:00 PM Dinner (Chapter Board Meeting After Dinner!)

We will begin our meeting with a tour of Boose Aluminum in Reamstowns PA, followed by a presentation from Tom Kuhn, Technical Staff at Aloca concerning new developments in alumi-num alloys.

We will also have a presentation from Steve Ducharme - H Kramer & Company, discussing "Current Developments in the Copper Based Industry". We will conclude with dinner at the Olde Lincoln House in Ephrata.

Boose is on Reamstown Road, I mile south of the PA Turnpike connector road. The PA Turnpike exit is 286.

Old Lincoln House is located at 1398 West Main Street (Route 322), Ephrata PA, 1.1 miles (2nd traffic light) west of Route 272.

The restaurant is on the left; parking is in the rear.

Total attendance is limited and will be on a first come first serve basis. Cost — $30.00 (includes tour, technical presentations and dinner) Make reservations by calling Rick Boyd at Nova Precision Casting, 570-366-2679 or FAX 570-366-2448 or E-mail [email protected] . Your cooperation is requested to make your reservations by Friday, March 5th, 2004. Cost of $30.00 per person is payable at the door.

Make Your Reservations Now

HENRY J. VEAGER Laboratories Chemists and Met aThirgists


BOX 4063 (717) 397-9614 LAI4CASTER, PA 17604

BOB WLLAMS PH. (717) 872-6509

64 GINKGO COURT FAX (717) 872-1563

LANCASTER. PA 17603 CELL (717) 940-6153

BOB WILLIAMS COMPANY MANUFACTURING REPRESENTATIVE

FOUNDRY EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS

Since 1944 •MRO & SHOP SUPPLIES,

'POWER TOOLS & ACCESORIES.

*!SAFETY PRODUCTS, .*$ftfl MOOUCERS EXI 'AIR & ELECTRIC VIBRATORS.

Ph: 800.332.9T70 Fx: 888.964.3866 •BOSCH TAMPERS & THE CROSS'. w.blrmat}c.com 'BELT & SCREW CONVEYOR (QUIP.

CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE

Fellow Members,

Spring is in the air and what a great time for a foundry tour. Make sure you make your reserva-tions for the Boose Aluminum Tour, located in Reamstown, PA. It should be an exciting tour for many. The chapter thanks Boose Aluminum for allowing us to visit their facility.

Following the tour we will have two speakers, Mr. Tom Kuhn of ALCOA and Mr. Stephen Ducharme of H. Kramer & Company, to talk to us about new developments of the Non-ferrous Foundry Industry, as well as the outlook for the the future. Dinner will follow the technical pres-entation at the Old Lincoln House. See the web-site for directions.

We are planning to have Reading Phillies Night sometime in May. Make sure you make your reservations early since there will be a limited number of tickets available.

Hopefully the weather will be nice and we will see you in Reamstown!

Mark Bidoli Chapter Chaiman Keystone AFS

Note! There will be a Chapter Board meeting following dinner.

Your Critical Link to Quality through Sensor Technology

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Tel: (215) 944-9000 Fax: (215) 860-6657 [email protected]

HATTEN AND COMPANY, INC. mufactum? Repirseivative

Foundry Supplies ana Equipment "Serving the Foundry Industry for Three Generations" P.O. Box 1283 (610) 8533303 Havertown, PA 19083 FAX (610) 853-1049

Email


[email protected] The Keystone Chapter also has a web site at www.keystoneafs.org, which can be checked for


610-378-1381 Fax 610-288-4127

lrjjs. INDUSTRIES, INC. 400 Orrton Ave, P0 Box 1053, Reading, PA 19003

Craig Weidenhammer John Pergine Manulactuters of

Core & Mold Coatings. Refractories, Adhesives. Partings, Release Agents

ISO 90011

Induction MeltIn2 & Heating S .N stems Certified

Automatic Systems DP1PThRL Electric & Gas Fired Aluminum \Ielting Systems 10 ind& Ave.

Remanufacrured Equipment & Repairs P.O. Box 157

Contact: Charles H. Fink, Jr., District Manager Rancocas, NJ 08073

KUHL NIETALS Service as solid as our metals.

Prsninry and Secondary Aluminum Alloys Brass and Bronze Ingot

Copper - Nickel - Tin - Ziror

Solid Service for over 30 years. €124 Ann St. - Xony. N) 07037 - (201) 998-8300 - ,lo kuhi,aeoI, ,on,

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jJT-EVAL INC SERVING THE FOUNDRY INDUSTRY SINCE 1945

Mechanical Testing i Specimen Machining Tensile k Charpy Impact Rockwell & Brinell Hardness

Stress Rupture Corrosion Testing

Welder & Weld Procedure Qualifications Tests Weldability Testing g Metollography F Drop Weight

1243 LAFAYETTE STREET LEBANON PA 17042-9829

PHONE (717) 274-8007 FAX (717) Z74-2677 EmsIl - ,w.t94.1945.vonUn&com

March 20-23 AFS Metalcasting Industry Government Affairs Conference

J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Tuesday, May 11 Reading Phillies Baseball Night (to be confirmed)

Friday, September 10, 2004 Summer Outing

Heidelberg Country Club

September 2004 East Coast Regional Conference

Inner Harbor Sheraton, Baltimore, MD

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unimcn UNIMIN CORPORATION

www.metalcaster.com

KORE MART LTD 7 Hill Drive P. 0. Box 175 Hamburg, PA 19526 610 - 562-5900 610 - 56240726 — FAX

QUALITY. CONSISTENCY. TECHNICAL SERVICE. AND A COMPLETE LINE OF MOLDING SYSTEM PRODUCTS Phone: 800-243-9004 E-mail: [email protected]

Refractory Coating Technologies, Inc. 542 Collins Boulevard • Orrville, Ohio 44667

REFCOTEC Whete rrietd and metal meet. (330) 6832200

Manufacturing of Custom and Standard Core and Mold Coatings




Wdman Williams & Crnpa. ABR4SiVES.#ERR0ALL0YSCAR80N ADDITIVES—SPECIALTY ALLOYS

COKE.FLOURSPARMINERALSWICK-ELSLUCON CARBIDE-PeG IRON

Ptdadelphia Sales Office, Blue Bell, P.O. Box 251 Ph. (215) 628-2686 Fax (215) 542-7624

See What the Finest Products Can Do For Your Laboratory Sample Preparatation Equipment Metal!ogrophs Hardness Testers

Image Analyzers Accessories & Supplies Elemental Analysis (OES CISINIOIH)

Jim Bcirtoe • 724-339.4524

For FREE product informaon IRO Corporoli000 5$. Joseph, Midogan

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THE FREMONT FLASK COMPANY 1000 WOLFE AVE. - Phone (419) 332-2231 - FREMONT, OHIO 43420

Fax (419) 332-2446

' LANCASTER FOUNDRY SUPPLY CO., INC.

Quality Supplies & Excellent Sen'ice


wwwiancasterfound rysupplycom e-mail: [email protected]

H. KRRMER & CO. Ameu 4 mdaá

1339-1345 WEST 21st STREET • TELEPHONE (312) 226-6600

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60608

Government is Shaping Your Industry's Future —Are You?

Everyday policymakers in Washington are in-volved in decisions that impact your business' bottom line. Each new initiative in DC including foreign trade, environmental issues and defense spending has the potential to either be a boon for your company or bust it. Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Ad-ministration (OSHA) proposed a draft rule to drastically change how your company monitors your employees' exposure to crystalline silica. If allowed to go through, as is, it could devastate the foundry industry. Foreign trade and the loss of domestic manufac-turing remain strong topics of conversation in DC. Many think this is all cyclical and if left alone manufacturing will rebound. Can your company afford to just sit back and wait for a possible re-bound?

This is an election year. Now is not the time to be silent. Join us in DC to tell your elected gov-ernment officials what is happening to your busi-ness. Plan to attend the 2004 AFS Metalcasting Industry Government Affairs Conference, March 21-23, 2004.

We need your voice in Washington. It is criti-cal for our industry's survival. Highlights of this year's conference will include the signing of a cooperative ageement between OSHA, the Department of Labor and AFS; Mor-ton Kondracke will be the keynote speaker at the Monday luncheon and Joe Bogosian, assistant secretary of Commerce will address the admini-stration's manufacturing initiative. Other speakers will include Donald Manzullo, US Representative from Illinois; Paul Ruesch from the EPA Region V; Stephen Gold from the National Manufacturing Association and Paul Freedenberg from Ad-vanced Manufacturing Technology.

For more information or to register for the 2004 AFS Metalcasting Industry Government Affairs Conference, contact AFS at 800/537-4237 or visit our website at www.afsinc.oLg.

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Safety Headquarters Inc. 1120 COMMONS BOULEVARD Phone #888-926-0101 READING, PA 19605 Fax #610-926-5040


NABERTHERM Inc. Non-ferrous Melting . N 54 Read S Way and Holding Furnaces - New Castle. DL 19720

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The Brass Monkey

In the heyday of sailing ships, all military ships and many freight carrying vessels were outfit-ted with cannons. Of course, these cannons fired round iron cannon balls. For obvious rea-sons it was necessary to keep a good supply of balls near the cannon. But the great sailor's dilemma - how to prevent them from rolling about and damaging the deck?

The best storage method devised was a square based pyramid with one ball on top, resting on four, resting on nine, which rested on sixteen. Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon.

There was only one problem -- how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding/rolling from un-der the others. The solution was a metal plate called a "Monkey" with 16 round indentations. If this plate were made of iron (and naturally exposed to salt water), the iron balls would quickly rust to it, making it exceedingly diffi-cult to load the cannon. The solution to the rusting problem was to make "Brass Mon-keys." -

Few landlubbers realize that brass, when chilled, contracts much more and a whole lot faster than iron. Consequently, when the tem-perature dropped too far too fast, the brass in-dentations would shrink so much so that the iron cannon balls would come right off the monkey. Thus, it was quite literally, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a Brass Mon-key!"

Original research courtesy of Art Hamm — ISG Maryland

History, George Frigm

Asbury Graphite Mills Inc. Founded 1895

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Skip Brown Territory Manager

405 Old Main St. Phone (908) 537-2155. Ex. 240 P.O. Box 144 Fax (908) 537-2908 Asbury. NJ 08802-0144 Cell Phone (610) 248-8666



Keystone Chapter Serving the Foundry Industry

VOLUME 112

April 2004

ISSUE 6


Hickman. Williams & Co.


Heraeus Electro-Nite Co.



RECORDING SECRETARY Stephen Ducharme

H. Kramer & Co.




Ed Freiwald, Jr. Boyertown Foundry Co.

Steve Ducharme H Kramer & Co.

Al Ebling Quaker Alloy, Pa. Fdiy Group


Red Hill Grinding Wheel Corp. Jon Giesige

Boose Aluminum Foundry


Kore-Mart Ltd Ron Keiser

Motor Technologies, Inc. Chuck Bernhardt, Jr.

Conestoga Foundry Supply


Foseco



Keystone Chapter - AFS do Nova Precision Casting Corp. 12 Hickory Dr. Auburn, PA 17922 570-366-2679

This address is for general questions and address corrections. Golf outing and Christmas party questions should be directed to the Entertainment Committee secretary, Madelyn Nawrocki at (610) 678-2583

Chapter Meeting Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Deer Lake Inn, Rt. 61, Deer Lake, PA

Update on Washington, DC., Government Affairs Conference Matthew W Milam, Foundry Service Corp.

4:30 PM Board of Directors Meeting 5:30 PM Cash Bar 6:30 PM Dinner & Presentation

Matthew Milam joined Foundry Service Corporation, (FSC) 1981, a family owned business, concentrating on the transportation of foundry related products, started in 1969 as the result of the purchase by Jessie S. Morie Company of the sand mining operation. Located in Vineland, NJ, and serving three major sand producers, FSC specializes in bulk and flatbed hauling of all foundry products, both raw materials and finished castings. The traffic lanes include Maine to South Carolina and as far west as Illinois. Appointed president in April, 2000, after serving as Vice President since 1989.

Presently serving as Vice President of Miles & Co., Inc & K.J.M. Trucking Company, solely owned affiliates of Foundry Service Corp. Currently serving a second term as a National Director of AFS, Chairman of the AFS Metropolitan Chapter, and Chairman of Lehigh Valley Foundry-men's Assoc.

Native of South Jersey attended Williamstown Public Schools, Williams-town, NJ. Graduated Williamstown High School 1979. Attended Gloucester County Vo-Tec & Gloucester County College, majoring in Political Science.

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CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE

Fellow Foundrymen, Many thanks to our friends at Boose Aluminum

for the excellent foundry tour last month. I also thank the many people who attended and sup-ported our program.

Turning to this months program, Matt Milam, National AFS Director, will be speaking to our group concerning the AFS Government Affairs Conference held in Washignton D.C. If you were not able to attend the conference, you will want to attend our meeting to catch up on the details. The meeting will be held on April 13th at the Deer Lake Inn.

This will be my final Chairman's Message due to the Chapter foregoing the May meeting. Our Reorganization Meeting will be held in June where the new Chapter Chairman, George Frigm will begin his term. Thanks to the Board Members and Directors of the Keystone AFS for their support throughout the year. George Frigm put together an excellent program and it showed by the increased attendance throughout the year. Rick Boyd de-serves our thanks as well, for putting together the newsletters, managing the website and the many other duties he performs for the Chapter.

Finally, thanks to the membership for their sup-port. Be sure to attend the Chapter Golf Outing in September! We will see you there. Good luck to George Frigm on his upcoming term as the Key- stone AFS Chapter Chairman.

Have an excellent summer! Mark Bidoli Keystone AFS Chapter Chairman

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Casting for Hollywood Driving past the city of Philadelphia you can't help notice the

massive William Penn statue perched on City Hall. The 28 ton bronze statue was cast and assembled in 1891 by the Tacony Iron and Steel Company, which was near what is now the base of the Tacony Bridge on the Delaware River. The statue con-sisted of over forty individual castings and would be assembled to 37' in height. In addition to the "Billy Penn" statute, Tacony Iron and Steel manufactured the entire iron framework and the dozens of ornamental castings that adorn City Hall.

The Tacony Iron and Steel Company was so well recognized in the field of casting and fabrication that a feature article about the company appeared in the October 1892 issue of Scientific America. Even after such fame and notoriety, the company fell into dire financial circumstances and closed it's doors for good in 1910.

The foundry claimed it's final fame when Siegmund "Pop" Lubin (a celebrated film producer in the early 1900's) decided to use the abandoned site in 1914 for his epic film "Gods of Fate". In the final scene, the small, controlled fire staged to rescue the stars from certain death, quickly got out of control - that was the real end for Tacony Iron and Steel and possibly an omen for the Lubin Company whose main film storage warehouse burned to the ground that same year, jettisoning the company to a quick end.

The building remained a skeletal, scorched pile of rubble, until the Dodge Steel Company was started on the site in 1919. Dur-ing 30's and 40's, Dodge Steel became one of the most techni-cally advanced and well-known steel foundries in the country. Eventually the Dodge Steel Company occupied 100,000 square feet of buildings at this location.

Soon to come, the site at the Tacony Bridge would again be idolized by the film industry. Two days after Pearl Harbor, foun-dry worker Albert Schmid left his family and job at Dodge Steel to join the Marines. In August 1942, Schmid was manning a machine-gun emplacement on the Tenaru River at Guadalcanal with orders "to hold at all costs" this important post protecting Henderson Airfield. Although a grenade injured Schmid and killed his partner, he single-handedly held his position and fought the Japanese for over four hours. Of the nearly 1,200 Japanese soldiers who reportedly tried to cross the Tenaru River that night, eighteen were wounded, two captured, and the rest killed.

Hollywood soon picked up the story. A feature film titled "Pride of the Marines" was released in the mid-1940's starring John Garfield as Al Schmid and Eleanor Parker as Ruth Hart-ley, Schmid's girlfriend and eventual wife. Parts of the movie were filmed at Schmid's home and Dodge Steel.

That was the beginning of the end, by the 1960's and 1970's; the only headlines made by the Dodge Steel Company were those of labor unrest. Striking union employees were now the only people making it to the TV screens. Mounting cash flow problems, caused by decreasing demand, remote management and out of control wage increases led to the ultimate closure in 1986. For six years, the site became the dumping grounds of choice for everything from tires to waste oil.

In 1992, as a final tribute to the once mammoth industrial site with a 100-year history of foundry excellence, local artist Brian C. Moss chose the abandoned foundry site as the subject of a nationally recognized photographic exposé 'What Helps Dodge Helps You."

In 1994, the federal and city government razed the site, what's left is a barren concrete slab the only remnant of this once proud industrial center. To this day, the site remains eerily vacant.

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KEYSTONE CHAPTER AMERICAN FOUNDRY SOCIETY

Proposed Slate of Officers and Directors - current and newly appointed *

Chairman: George P. Frigm Jr.

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- Allied Mineral Products Inc. Second Vice Chairman: Ronald J. Keiser

- Motor Technology Inc. Recording Secretary: Stephen P. Ducharme

- H. Kramer Co. Secretary/Treasurer: Richard W. Boyd

- Nova Precision Casting Corp.

Directors (3): Terms to Expire 2005 Richard A. Field - Red Hill Grinding Wheel Corp. Michael J. Galvin - Buck Co., Inc. * Jon Giesige - Boose Aluminum Foundry Co.

Terms to Expire 2006 Charles T. Bernhardt. Jr.

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Terms to Expire 2007 Stephen P. Ducharme Edward J. Freiwald Jr. Trevor Shelihammer

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- H. Kramer Co. * - Boyertown Foundry Co. *

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Past Chairman: Mark E. Bidoli - Hickman Williams & Co.

Respecifully submitted for your approval. Chuck Beruhardt, Nominating Committee

Scholarship Info. Be sure to check www.keystoneafs.org for scholarship information and application.

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