1. EDUCATION FOR METALCASTERS, BY METALCASTERS
GATING & RISER
DESIGN—FERROUS
ED FOR:
COURSE DESIGN • PATTERN S
UPERVISORS
TALLURGISTS NT ERSONNEL
• FERROUS ME • MANAGEME
P
INEES
• FERROUS TRA
:
YOU WILL LEARN • RISER DESIGN
EM DESIGN D POURING OF
• GATING SYST
• MOLDING AN
NS
EM CALCULATIO TEST CASTINGS
• GATING YST
S
OYS
N OF FERROUS ALL
PRIN CIPLES • SOLIDIFICATIO
• FLUID FLOW
EDUCATING THE METALCASTING INDUSTRY
www.castmetals.com • 800/537-4237

2. Gating & Riser Design— COURSE OUTLINE
Ferrous (#15-10)
Oct 13-16 • Muskegon Community College FLUID FLOW RISER DESIGN
Muskegon, MI • SENSITIVITY TO TURBULENCE • FUNCTIONS & TYPES OF RISERS
Member: $1095 • Non-Member: $1195 • FERROSTATIC HEAD PRESSURE • FEEDING DISTANCES
This course will include information on fluid flow, gating • FRICTIONAL LOSSES • PLACEMENT
design, heat transfer, solidification and riser design.
Gating and riser design for ferrous casting alloys includes DESIGNING A GATING SYSTEM RISER SIZE CALCULATIONS
information for gray, ductile, malleable, white alloyed
irons and carbon, low-alloy and high-alloy steels. • FUNCTIONS OF THE SYSTEM • MODULUS DEFINITION
• GATING RATIOS • FREEZING ORDER
Course Location details and hotel group rate will be
provided upon registration. Room block release date • COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM & • PLACEMENT, SIZING, CONNECTIONS
is 2 weeks prior to course. THEIR DESIGN
STUDENTS DESIGN GATING &
Course Instructor:
Mark Nagel, Director of Education, G ATING EXPERIMENTS RISERING SYSTEMS
Cast Metals Institute
G ATING CALCULATIONS MOLD PREPARATION & POURING OF
Students should bring a hand-held calculator, CASTINGS
as well as clothing appropriate for the foundry HEAT TRANSFER
environment. • HEAT FLOW DISCUSSION & EVALUATION
• RELATIONSHIP TO CASTING DESIGN,
Continuing Education: Upon successful completion of the
course, CMI students will receive a certificate awarding 2.3 MOLDING PROCESS, GATING & RISERING
CEUs. The CEU (Continuing Education Unit) is a nation-
ally recognized unit of measure for continuing education and S OLIDIFICATION OF METALS
training programs that meet certain criteria.
Tax Deduction of Expenses: An income tax deduction is al- • MECHANISMS & RANGES
lowed for expenses of education (including registration fee, • PROGRESSIVE AND DIRECTIONAL
travel, meals and lodging) undertaken to maintain and improve
professional skills. (See U.S. Treas. Regulation 1.162.5.) SOLIDIFICATION
The Cast Metals Institute has been reviewed and approved as an Au-
thorized Provider by the International Association for
Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 8405
Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102. Cla s s T i m e s : T u e s da y 8 : 1 5 am - 4 : 0 0 p m , W e dne s da y 8 :3 0 am - 4 : 0 0 p m ,
T h u r s day 8 :3 0 am - 4 : 0 0 p m , F r i day 8 :3 0 am - 2 : 1 5 p m