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NADCA Chapter 3

"DRIVING CHANGE"

"DRIVING CHANGE""DRIVING CHANGE"

2025 die casting defects

Paul and his happy students!

    Chapter 3’s theme for 2025 is DRIVING CHANGE and we were able to continue the tradition of “Free” Education classes for members. One thing for sure is we know that change is inevitable and Casting Defects continue to change. On April 17, Paul Brancleon of NADCA taught the “EC-515 Die Casting Defects” class to 17 Chapter 3 members at Cascade Die Cast’s state of the art training facility in Sparta, Michigan. 

Paul discusses the details of Die Casting Defects

 The Class provided the skills and techniques to those individuals charged with the responsibility for handling castings & identifying casting defects. It also included some clarity in correcting these defects. It was organized into four categories; process factors that control many defects - especially those concerning surface finish - cold flow and non-fills, metallurgy issues associated with defects, identifying defects and diagnosing root causes and corrective actions, troubleshooting the type of defect in order to swiftly take the appropriate action 

Student Feedback

  The students reported that the instruction was very detailed and that they can immediately start using the training that was presented. Paul reported that this group of students posed a lot of questions and inquired about other classes. Keeping with the Chapter 3 tradition there will be one more class scheduled in 2025.

Education is essential to our industry

 Chapter 3 would like to thank Cascade Die Casting for offering their world class training facility, it is with the help of companies like Cascade Die Cast that make it possible for the chapter to offer these classes. Funding for these classes is generated by our annual golf outing and the annual chapter directory.

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