[May 21, 2014] |
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SCRA Consortium Advancing National Metalcasting Technologies
COLUMBIA, S.C. --(Business Wire)--
SCRA today announced an initiative of part of its American Metalcasting
Consortium, "Pathway to Improved Metalcasting Manufacturing Technology
and Processes- Taking Metal Casting Beyond 2020."
The American Foundry Society (AFS), representing the American
Metalcasting Consortium (AMC), was one of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) AMTech award winners that will support
improvements in advanced manufacturing for U.S. industries. AMC is
composed of AFS, SCRA Applied R&D, Non-Ferrous Founders Society, North
American Die Casting Association and Steel Founders Society of America.
The AMC project, "Pathway to Improved Metalcasting Manufacturing
Technology and Processes -Taking Metal Casting Beyond 2020" will launch
an industrywide road mapping effort to identify research and related
actions aimed at achieving significant improvements in U.S. metalcasting
processing capabilities and productiviy.
The AMC is managed by SCRA's Applied R&D division. The consortium
develops new metalcasting technology and processes to support the
Defense Logistics Agency in the design, manufacture, and procurement of
critical cast parts. AMC's mission is to develop and apply new
technologies that will rapidly deliver high quality, cost-effective cast
parts to support the military.
"SCRA Applied R&D, in its role as AMC Consortium Manager, is proud to
support NIST and the American Foundry Society in this important effort,"
said SCRA Applied R&D's President Chris Van Metre. "We look forward to
advances that we can bring to the metalcasting industry and our
military."
About SCRA
http://www.scra.org/
SCRA is an applied research corporation with over 30 years of experience
delivering technology solutions with high returns on investment to
federal and corporate clients. To fulfill our mission, SCRA has three
sectors: Our Technology Ventures sector helps early-stage companies to
commercialize innovations and create jobs, our Applied R&D sector
manages over 100 national and international programs worth over $2
billion in contract value and our R&D Facilities sector builds and
manages research facilities that include wet labs, secure rooms for
sensitive work and advanced, high-tech manufacturing shops. Multiple
economic impact studies show SCRA's cumulative output on South
Carolina's economy to be over $16.6 billion.
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