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professional organization focused on technical, educational, and
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holds numerous technical conferences worldwide, and offers hundreds of
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reservation form
The 31st Annual Engineers Week
Dinner Presents
Interstate Traveler Company
"Building the World Wide Hydrogen Super Highway"
February 16, 2010
Announcing the 31st
Annual Engineers Week Dinner, held on Tuesday evening
from 5:30-9:00pm, February 16, 2010, at the Western Michigan University
Fetzer Center. Our topic this year
is "Building the World Wide Hydrogen Super Highway…," featuring Justin
Eric Sutton, the Founder and Managing Partner of the Interstate
Traveler Company.
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forms
SPECIAL EVENT - Saturday, January 23, 2010
Time: 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM

A rare opportunity to
tour an operating "state of the art" steel plant. This opportunity is
limited to the first TWENTY (20) people to sign up!
The program will start promptly at 9:00AM with a safety briefing and
welcome video - MacSteel and Central Michigan Section will have donuts
and coffee.
Location: Gerdau MACSTEEL
3100 Brooklyn Road
Jackson, MI 49201
Near the intersection of US 127 and MI 50 Link to Google Map
For
Reservations Contact: Dean A. Cross, P.E. at (517) 702-6443 W, dac@lbwl.com
For carpool from the
Lansing, MI area, contact
Dean Cross
For carpool from Kalamazoo, MI area, contact Peter
Ried
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Who
is Gerdau MACSTEEL?
Gerdau MACSTEEL is an engineered bar producer headquartered in Jackson,
Michigan with worldclass steel manufacturing plants in Jackson,
Michigan, Monroe Michigan, and Fort Smith, Arkansas. Steel processing
plants are located in Huntington, Indiana and Pleasant Prairie,
Wisconsin. Gerdau MACSTEEL utilizes electric arc furnaces, ladle
furnaces refining, vacuum arc degassing, advanced rotary continuous
casting and modern continuous static casting, direct twist-free
rolling, turning and grinding, and heat treating to produce engineered SBQ
carbon and alloy hot rolled and bright cold finished SEAM-FREE steel
bar products to direct end applications.
Gerdau
MACSTEEL Philosophy
Gerdau MACSTEEL believes in high quality customized steel bar
manufacturing and processing with fast responsive service to all
customer needs. Gerdau MACSTEEL maintains few management layers, and a
highly involved and empowered workforce that uses an honor system with
no time clocks and rewards innovation, free-thinking and forward
planning. High quality products and service have developed strong
customer loyalties that will nurture mutual growth well into the next
millennium.

Customer-Made
TM Steel
Bars
Gerdau MACSTEEL promises to engineer steel bars directly to your
application. Each order receives the best combination of the Gerdau
MACSTEEL advanced processes to meet the most restrictive requirements
for safety and other critical part applications. Gerdau MACSTEEL
customizes each heat of steel to specific end applications. Gerdau
MACSTEEL provides restrictive requirements for safety and critical part
application. Gerdau MACSTEEL produces engineered carbon and alloy
steels to: Aircraft Quality (AMS-2301,2304); Bearing Quality (ASTM
A295,A485, A534, A535) Gun Barrel Quality; Cold Working Quality (cold
extrusion); AISI, SAE, German (DIN), Japanese (JAS & JIS),
International Standards (ISO), and EURONORM Standards (EN).
$24,000,000 Capital Improvement Increases
MACSTEELCapacity from 420,000 to 485,000 tons per year
MAC-MI increased
capacity from 140,000 tpy to 180,000 tpy
Phase I moderinization achieved its objective of
allowing us to make bearing quality steels meeting ASTM A295 and A534.
Gerdau MACSTEEL was also capable of producing
steel to the world class standards for total oxygen of less than 15
PPM.
Gerdau MACSTEEL was first to produce aluminum
deoxidized bearing quality steels in the USA and sequence cast several
heats.
All grades of steel were enhanced due to the
Ultra-clean steel practices and this has been widely recognized by
gear, camshaft producers as well as cold forger's.
Not only internal quality but also surface
quality improved due to Phase I refinements.
Ultra-sonic testing capability has enabled Gerdau
MACSTEEL to penetrate new markets, especially the European export
market and domestically the foreign transplants.
Our inspection capability certifies
the quality of our product.
Gerdau MACSTEEL has made the strategic
investments to ensure that we can produce engineered steel bars to
world-class levels.
These investments have given our customers steels
that have enabled them to push the envelop in cold forging, impact
extrusion, near net shape forging and precision forging.
Our steel has enabled product warrantees to
increase; wheel bearings from 100k to 150k miles, camshafts to 1M miles
and smaller CV joints that can carry higher torque, smaller bearings
that can carry higher loads.
The precision and repeatability of our steel has
permitted customers to invest in more sophisticated computerized
machinery to compete in the global market place..
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The
program will continue with lunch after the tour at the Ella Sharp
Museum of Art & History
Cost:
Select lunch from menu. A lunch beverage is complimentary with the
purchase of a museum entry.
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SPECIAL EVENT - Thursday, October 22, 2009
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Technical Program and Tour of
Solar Array at Lansing Board of Water and Light
Location: Downtown Lansing, LBWL
Water Reservoir across from John Dye
Water Conditioning Plant at 148
S Cedar St.
Parking: Lot just south of the
corner of Michigan and Cedar.
Speaker: Mr. Jan G. Nelson, P.E.
Contact
Person: Dean A. Cross, P.E. at (517) 702-6443 W, dac@lbwl.com
BWL
powers up Michigan's largest solar array
Solar-generated electricity began streaming into the Lansing Board of
Water & Light's power grid December 23, 2008, as Michigan's
largest solar array became operational.
BWL General Manager J. Peter Lark "threw the switch" at the Cedar
Street Solar Array, formally signaling the BWL's entry into solar
generation. "We have now added solar to our portfolio of renewable
energy sources, which I believe is a powerful statement of our
commitment to remain Michigan's leader in 'green' energy," Lark said.
"This solar array is just the beginning. We intend to build others in
the future. Additionally, we are expanding our renewable energy
portfolio with electricity generated by landfill gas, hydro, wind and
biomass."
The solar array, located near downtown Lansing, consists of 432 solar
panels. They will provide electricity sufficient to power about 50
Lansing-area homes. The panels are manufactured by a Michigan company,
and are capable of generating electricity even when skies are overcast.
In 2007, the BWL became the first utility in Michigan to adopt a
Renewable Portfolio Standard. This policy sets a goal for the BWL to
acquire 7 percent of its generation from renewable energy by 2016.
A 2008 Michigan law now requires all state utilities to have 10 percent
of their energy originating from renewable sources by 2015. "Our early
commitment to acquiring renewable energy puts the BWL ahead of the
curve," Lark said. "I am confident the BWL will meet or exceed the
state's 10 percent renewables mandate."
The
program will continue after the tour at the local coffee shop for
those interested in further discuss of alternate energy.
Cost:
None
Great Lakes Chocolate & Coffee Company Locations LANSING,
MICHIGAN
Location:
Stadium District
500 E. Michigan, Ste. 190
Lansing, MI 48912
Phone: 517.999.3405
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SPECIAL EVENT - Thursday, May 28, 2009
AIAA/ASME Joint Dinner Meeting
& Tour
GE Aviation
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SPECIAL EVENT - Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The ASME Central Michigan Section is
pleased to announce an upcoming tour event at the Bradford White
Manufacturing facility at 7 PM on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. The Bradford
White Manufacturing address is 200 Lafayette Street, Middleville, MI
49333.
Bradford White has a history dating back to
1881. Today it is one of the most technologically advanced
manufacturers of water heating, space heating, combination heating and
water storage products in the world. The 800,000 square foot
manufacturing operation in Middleville, Michigan, builds all of its
products strictly for wholesale distribution. Bradford White products
for residential, commercial and industrial applications are designed
for installation by plumbing and heating professionals.

The Middleville facility is the largest
employer in Barry County and participates in many ways to support the
local and statewide community as a good corporate citizen. Bradford
White has an ongoing commitment to provide water heaters to Habitat for
Humanity throughout the region.
For tour reservations, please contact Jerry
Dahl at dahlj1@asme.org
or by telephone at 269-353-7276 with the name of attendees. Security
requirements dictate that all tour attendees be preregistered and
identified prior to entrance to the plant. Registration for the plant
tour closes on Tuesday April 28th, so please
plan accordingly to respond.
Local dining selections are limited, so please
plan to have eaten before the tour begins.
SPECIAL EVENT - Thursday, March 26, 2009
Keynote Speaker:
Mr. Jim Medsker,
Keystone Product Development
Western
Michigan University's Student Chapter of ASME presents the
Annual Junior/Senior Meeting at the College of Engineering.
With
Graduate Speaker:
Mr. Ryan Clark
"Onboard Monitoring of Engine
Oil" Undergraduate Speaker:
Mr. Jeff Terry and WMU Formula SAE
"Preparing for the future:
Student Designed Formula-Style Race Car"
Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 6:30PM
Western Michigan University,
College of Engineering
Room D-201
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event poster:
Calendar of Meetings/Events
Newsletters 2008 - 2009
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SPECIAL EVENT - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Sarah
will share her IndyCar driving experiences and
her new venture as an team owner.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Fetzer
Center
Western Michigan Univ.
 
Follow this link for
more information and early registration. (CLICK
HERE)
Learn more about Sarah Fisher @ Her Official Website: http://www.sarahfisher.com/faq/faq.html
Sarah Fisher's profile on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Fisher
January Dinner Meeting & Tour - January 16,
2008
Benteler Automotive Corp. Manufacturing Plant
Galesburg, Michigan
Mouse click below for latest section newsletter:
Newsletter --
January 2008 (.PDF)
Newsletter -- January 2008 (.DOC)
Tour of Benteler Automotive Corp.Manufacturing
Plant
Date: January 16, 2008
Location:
Dinner: Time Out Lounge
400 E. Michigan Avenue
Galesburg, MI (mouse
click HERE for map)
Cost:
Order from restaurant's menu
5:30 PM Registration and social Hour
6:00PM Dinner
7:30PM Tour -- (For those who are planning to attend the tour only,
please plan to be at the Benteler plant by 7:15PM. Please use the front
entrance by the flag poles.
Guest parking is located in front of the building)
RSVP by Monday, January 14, 2008.
(Indicate member's name, guest and company or student and school)
RSVP Contact: John Lobo (269) 342-3342 or JohnCLobo@Eaton.com
Benteler
Automotive - Galesburg The Galesburg facility is one of
fourteen Benteler Automotive plants located in North America.
Automotive chassis weldments are produced on 13 production lines for
use by GM, Ford and Chrysler LLC. Products range from trailing arms to
front and rear subframes. The plant employs over 250 associates.
Our tour guides are Ted Robinson, Quality Engineer and Doug Dubai,
Engineering Manager.
Benteler Automotive is part of Benteler AG, a privately held global
automotive, steel and distribution company with sales of 5.6B Euros
operating at 150 locations in 34 countries with a workforce of over
22,000 associates. Strong emphasis is placed on Continuous Improvement
principles thru lean production and efficient processes.
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30 January, 2010
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