July 2008 Highlight
NIST Engages in with American Metalcasting Consortium in Technical Review
Kevin Lyons, at the invitation of Dan Gearing, Defense Logistics
Agency, attended the American Metalcasting Consortium (AMC) Technology
Review (http://www.amc.aticorp.org) held on June 25-26, in
Chicago
,
Ill.
The review highlighted new metal casting technologies to eliminate
backorders, reduce procurement lead times, enhance part quality and
reduce cost, increase yield and reduce scrap, create improved models
and simulations, and ensure a reliable
U.S.
metal-casting base to improve warfighter readiness. Most of the new
technologies are also essential to the commercial marketplace and
addressed sustainable manufacturing aspects. This community is very
pro-active in their pursuit and promotion of castings and all of the
researchers/practitioners with whom Lyons discussed NIST’s directions
in sustainable manufacturing asked that they be kept aware of the
program and participate in whatever way that was appropriate for the
program and the casting manufacturers.
Contact: Kevin Lyons, 301-975-6550
Program: Simulation-based Manufacturing Interoperability Standards and Testing
Category: Interaction
