May 2008 Section Meeting
Program: It’s May 2008. Do You Know What’s in Your Crankcase?
Ken Henderson, Vice President of Technology for Cannon Instruments,
in State College, is our featured speaker. He is currently the
Chairman of the ASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum products and
Lubricants. The committee is responsible for promoting knowledge
of standard specifications, classifications, test methods, practices
guides, and terminology on petroleum products and lubricants.
Oil has come a long way from API-SA. We are now at API-SM, and
performance requirements for oil continue to be more demanding.
We used to have only the American Petroleum Institute ratings.
Pick up several different quarts of oil and read all its designations.
Many products have S and C ratings on the same container. Some
oils have an ILSAC or an ACEA rating. ILSAC is the International
Lubricants Standardization and Approval Committee, which is comprised
of the Japan Automobile Manufactures Association, DaimlerChrysler,
Ford, and GM. This committee sets standards for the current GF-4
designation. (GF-5 is getting close.) While not on as many containers,
ACEA stands for the European Automobile Manufactures Association,
which represents thirteen European car, truck and bus manufacturers.
(GOOGLE tried to tell me it meant the Alabama Christian Education
Association.)
If you care about your crankcase and want to know what’s
in it, please attend and hear what this means from the chairman
of ASTM’s Petroleum Products and Lubricants committee,
Ken Henderson.
We are also pleased to have Chris Ciuca, SAE’s Program
Developer for K-12 Educational Programs, who will give a short
presentation on these programs. SAE and Bayer Corp. recently
received the National Science Board’s 2008 Public Service
Award for their work in this area.
Program Manager?Gary White
WHEN:
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Reception: 5:30-6:30 P.M.
Dinner: 6:30-7:30 P.M.
Program: 7:30 P.M.
WHERE:
SAE WORLD HEADQUARTERS
Directions:
400 Commonweatlth Drive http://www.sae.org/about/directns.htm
Warrendale, PA 15096-0001
MENU:
Parmesan-crusted Chicken or Meatloaf, Twice-Baked Potatoes,
Mixed Vegetable, Broccoli Tomato Salad, Carrot Cake
COST:
Reception and Dinner
Non-Member $20.00
Student/Unemployed Member $10.00
Member $18.00
Retired Member $15.00
RSVP:
412-261-4300
You can make reservations by calling the Engineering Society
of Western Pennsylvania. Please make your reservations by noon
on Friday, May 9. For late reservations, please call Gary White
at 412-767-4712.
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