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| Issue No. 3 2007 | Tony Thoma appointed DIS Vice President |
| Magnesium Recovery & Addition Rate in Tundish-Treated Ductile Iron | |
| DIS Fall Meeting Wrap Up | |
| Transitioning to a Lean Culture | |
| Autonomous Casting Process Optimization | |
| Analyzing Filter Flow Characteristics | |
| How Do We Become Metal Casting Missionaries-The Story of FEF Foundry in a Box Project | |
| The Lean Paradox | |
| Semi-Automated Core Line for Vertically & Horizontally Split No-Bake Core Boxes | |
| AFS Announces Metalcaster of the Year Winner | |
| Issue No. 2 2007 | Finding the True Eutectoid Point (TEP) - An Essential Task for Efficient Process Control of Ductile iron |
| AFS Announces Casting of the Year Winners | |
| AFS Announces Casting Design Assistance Program | |
| ATAS Practical Usage at Torrance Casting, Inc. | |
| Ductile Iron Welding | |
| Issue No. 1 2007 | Why Primary Graphite is Bad |
| Making a Large Ductile Iron Casting with Foam | |
| Friction and Wear Characteristics of Ductile Iron in Dry Sliding Conditions | |
| Mechanism and Control of Buildup Phenomenon in Channel Induction and Pressure Pouring Furnaces - Part 1 | |
| Issue No. 3, 2006 | Global Trends & Competition Latin America |
| Greenfield Experiences in Mexico | |
| U.S. Metalcasting: Competing in a Global Economy | |
| Power Curtailment | |
| Application of Lean Manufacturing in a Ductile Iron Casting Facility | |
| Issue No. 2, 2006 | Compacted Graphite Iron and Ultrasonic Testing |
| Influence of Graphite Morphology and Matrix Structure on Fatigue Strength and Wear Resistance of Ductile and Austempered Ductile Iron |
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| Production of Iron Castings Utilizing a New Generation of Feeding Systems | |
| Refractory Considerations for Melting Ductile Iron | |
| Issue No. 1, 2006 | Ductile Iron Society Holds Production Seminar |
| The Production of Austempered Ductile (ADI) | |
| A New Method for Chill and Shrinkage Control in Ladle Treated Ductile Iron | |
| Modeling, Model Verification, and Defect Formation in Iron Castings | |
| Issue No. 3, 2005 | Ductile Iron Society Awards Scholarships |
| Ductile Iron Treatment Optimization | |
| Green Sand - The Process of the Future | |
| Applications for Austempered Ductile Iron Castings | |
| An ADI Alternative for a Heavy Duty Truck Lower Control Arm | |
| Ten Steps to Improving Casting Yield in Ductile Iron Foundries | |
| Issue No. 2, 2005 | Environmental Embrittlement of Ductile Irons - A Review of Available Data |
| Tim Eilers Receives the DIS Annual Award | |
| Average Metalcasting Hiring Wage $9.58 According to AFS Survey | |
| Ductile Iron for Heavy Section Wind Mill Castings: European Experience | |
| Micro-shrinkage in Ductile Iron/Mechanism & Solution | |
| Applications of ADI in High Strength Thin Wall Automotive Parts | |
| Phase Transformation and Fatigue Properties of Alloyed and Unalloyed Austempered Ductile Irons |
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| Issue No. 1, 2005 | Ductile Iron Society Opens Membership Globally |
| Coping with Higher Molybdenum Prices in Iron Foundries | |
| A Study of the Machinability of an ASTM Grade 3 Austempered Ductile Iron | |
| Environmentally Assisted Embrittlement of ADI - Current Understanding | |
| Reticulated Filtration of Large Ferrous Casts and Castings | |
| Silicon Alloyed Ductile Iron with Excellent Ductility and Machinability | |
| Saint-Gobain Advance Ceramics Hamilton | |
| Issue No. 3, 2004 | "Monday Morning" Iron |
| AFS Section 332 Hearing | |
| Optimum Level of Inoculant | |
| Defect Analysis | |
| Effect of Charge Materials | |
| App. of Solidification Modeling | |
| New ADI Production Tech. | |
| Issue No. 2, 2004 | Millis Symposium Summary |
| FEF News | |
| Report on Spectrographic Standards | |
| Factors Influencing Ductile Iron | |
| Producing Quality Ductile Iron | |
| Cored Wire Use for Ductile Iron | |
| FEF Seeks Equipment | |
| Montreal Meeting Photos | |
| AFS News | |
| Issue No. 1, 2004 | New Process of DI Production |
| Ductile Iron and Wind Energy | |
| Melt Cold and Pour Hot | |
| AFS Signs Alliance Agreement with OSHA | |
| AFS Signs Alliance Agreement with OSHA | |
| Control of Slag and Insoluble Buildup in Ladles, Melting and Pressure Pour Furnaces | |
| Improved Ductile Iron Casting Quality Through Optimized Coating Technology | |
| Issue 3, 2003 | DIS Members Visit Scandinavian Foundries |
| Millis Scholarship Winner | |
| PQ-DIT Process | |
| Direct Flow Simulations in Pressed Foundry Filters | |
| SAE Fellow Award | |
| Thermodynamic Evaluation of Boron Removal from Ductile Iron Melts | |
| U.S. EPA MACT Standards | |
| Ten Steps to Improving Casting Yield in Ductile Iron Foundries | |
| Cost Reductions through Direct Pouring on Automatic Horizontal Molding Machines | |
| Influence of Section Size on the Machinability of Ductile Irons | |
| Issue No. 2, 2003 | DIS Visits Benton Foundry |
| DIS Annual Award to Kathy Hayrynen | |
| College Industry Conference Preview | |
| Nodule Count - Why and How! | |
| A Review of the North American Foundry Industry | |
| Metalcasting Industry Releases 2003 Operational Cost Survey Results | |
| AFS Cast Iron Marketing Committee Introduces New Website for Material Property Comparisons | |
| Boron Related Hardness Problems | |
| Survey on Ductile Iron Practice | |
| Issue No. 1, 2003 | Associations Join to Promote Castings to Transportation Industries |
| Auditing Sand Profiles for a Quality Green Sand System | |
| Intermet Introduces New Ferrous Material at 2003 SAE World Congress | |
| Eliminating Carbides in Ductile Iron | |
| Improving Melting Yield through Better Furnace Operation | |
| Issue No. 3, 2002 | DIS Receives the Society/Association of the Year Award |
| Surface Defects in Iron Castings | |
| Applications of ADI | |
| Opportunities in Metal Casting | |
| FEF College Industry Conference | |
| Spectrometer Standards | |
| AFS Trade Commission | |
| Issue No. 2, 2002 | PMI Answers Questions on Investment Casting |
| Shrinkages in Iron Castings | |
| Machinability of Ductile Iron | |
| DIS FAQ's | |
| Nitrogen in Ductile Iron | |
| Inoculation | |
| FEF College Industry Conference | |
| Monday Morning Iron | |
| Newest Developments in Sand Testing | |
| Issue No. 1, 2002 | Formation of Inductotherm Group |
| Practical Methods of the Control of the Inclusions Content of Ductile Iron | |
| The Effect of Different In-Stream Inoculants on the Solidification of Ductile Iron | |
| Something Has Been Changed | |
| Thermal Analysis Part 1 | |
| Thermal Analysis Part 2 | |
| Thermal Analysis Part 3 - Suggestions for Improved Reliability in TA of Cast Irons | |
| Associate Member Profile Didion International | |
| Issue No. 3, 2001 | DIS Visits Neenah Foundry at 115th T&O Meeting |
| DIS Operating Committee Meeting | |
| Simulation of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties in Ductile Iron | |
| Offsetting Macro-Shrinkage in Ductile Iron | |
| Near Net Shape Ductile Iron Components - A novel Approach Using Semi-Solid Forming | |
| Shrinkage in Nodular Iron | |
| Solving Casting Problems | |
| Basic Metallurgy | |
| FEF College Industry Conference | |
| Associate Member Profile Superior Graphite - Best Plant | |
| Obituary Xarifa Sallume Bean, 1909 - 2001 | |
| Issue No. 2, 2001 | DIS Announces New Member |
| CTIF Announcement | |
| DIMG Marketing Group Presentation Summary | |
| Properties of Thin-Wall Ductile Iron Castings | |
| "Reduction of Shrinkage Scrap and Notes About Risering" | |
| Carbon Additives | |
| Nodularizing and Inoculation Approaches for Year 2000 and Beyond - Part 1 | |
| Offsetting Macro-shrinkage in Ductile Iron. What Thermal Analysis Shows | |
| FEF College Industry Conference | |
| Issue No. 1, 2001 Best of the Ductile Iron News |
Notice: AFS/SAE 2002 Meeting (Not a Reprint) |
| Ductile Iron Answers the Pipe Makers Dream | |
| Designing with Ductile Iron | |
| The Advantages of Investment Casting Technology | |
| Use of Bismuth in Ductile Iron | |
| Compactability | |
| Venting - "The Lost Art" | |
| The Effect of Boron in Ductile Iron | |
| Physical Properties of Manifold Materials | |
| Nickel (Not a Reprint) | |
| Miller & Co. Offers Ceramic Filters (Not a Reprint) | |
| Foundry Member Profile - Wells Manufacturing - Gearing Up | |
| Associate Member Profile - Climax Research Services | |
| Issue No. 3 2000 | Carbidic Austempered Ductile Iron (CADI) |
| K.D. Millis Scholarships Awarded | |
| Dotson Foundry Virtual Tour | |
| Factors that Affect compactability and Consistency in Green Sand | |
| Comparative Machinability Evaluation of Ferritic Ductile Iron Castings | |
| Porosity Defects in Gray and Ductile Iron Castings from Mold Metal Interface Reactions | |
| Purchasing Quality Ductile Iron | |
| Casting Process Simulation | |
| Comparison of Clarifier Drives | |
| Ashland Introduces ExactCalc | |
| Associate Member Profile - ASI International | |
| Associate Member Profile - Odermath | |
| Issue No. 2, 2000 | Cover Story Multiple Channel Ultrasonic Instrument of Inspection Systems |
| Production and Machining of Ductile Cast Iron | |
| Successful Automated Pouring of Ductile Iron: Design and Operation | |
| Millis Scholarship Fund Students Studying Ductile Iron | |
| On the Suitability of ADI as an Alternative Material for (Railcar) Wheels | |
| Globe Metallurgical Names 2000 Challenge Scholarship Winners | |
| Foundry Member Profile - Farrar Corporation | |
| Associate Member Profile - Hunter Automated Machinery Corp. | |
| Associate Member Profile - Climax Research Services | |
| Issue No. 1, 2000 | Automatic Pouring of Molten Metal by Utilizing Real Time Vision Based Control System |
| Ductile Iron Castings Made to Specification GGG 40.3 | |
| Environmental Compliance Considerations & Strategies for Foundries | |
| Globe Metallurgical's "Challenge Scholarship Program" | |
| Deep Cryogenic Tempering - One of Metalworking's Best Kept Secrets | |
| Associate Member Profile - MAGMA Foundry Technologies, Inc. | |
| Issue No. 3, 1999 | Overview of the SiC Market |
| Thermal Analysis Testing for Acceptable Mg Content | |
| Rapid Determination of Mg in Ductile Iron | |
| Experience with Recarburizers | |
| Additional Info. Resources | |
| FEF College Industry Conference | |
| Henych Announces Retirement | |
| William Beatty Obituary | |
| Associate Member Profile - AP Southridge, Inc. | |
| Issue 2, 1999 | Millis Elected to Hall of Fame |
| Continuous Casting of Ductile Iron | |
| Properties of GGG 40.3 | |
| Suggestions for Saving Money | |
| Leonardite and Its Effects of Green Sand Molding | |
| Albert P. Gagnebin Obituary | |
| Profile - Bremen Castings, Inc. | |
| Profile - Rochester Metal Products | |
| Issue No. 1, 1999 | Molten Metal Filtration - An Engineered Balance |
| Expendable Millis - The Father of Ductile Iron | |
| Dr. Bela Kovacs Obituary | |
| Modified "NiResist," "Nomag" Cast Irons and Technological Processes of their Manufacture | |
| Japan Malleable Casting Association (JMCA) Visit to Inductotherm | |
| Intermet Study Reveals the Advantages of Cast Ductile Iron Crankshafts | |
| Intermet Leads Joint Development of Enhanced Compacted Graphite Iron | |
| Associate Member Profile The "Magic" of Applied Process | |
| Issue No. 3, 1998 | Ductile Iron News Reaches Out Globally by Joint the Internet |
| Prioritizing Green Sand Testing | |
| Keough of Applied Process Wins Dual Recognition for Industry Services | |
| Ductile Iron Bomb Bodies | |
| Experiences in Ductile Iron Production | |
| The Effect of Metallic Charge/Melt History on Nucleation Potential in Ductile Cats Irons | |
| FEF College Industry Conference | |
| Record Ductile Iron Casting | |