Additionally, Applied Process
recently introduced “AP Univer- sity,” a three-day, non-commer- cial training program for design engineers, purchasing agents and technical personnel hosted partly at Joyworks. Considering its dual roles
Joyworks can produce castings in multiple alloys via nobake and lost foam processes.
An ongoing internship program with the Univ. of Michigan has one or two students working onsite throughout the year, where they handle responsibilities in a variety of casting-related departments.
“The interns will be running the
melts, monitoring melt quality, mak- ing molds and patterns, and design- ing gating and risering,” Lefevre said. “They’re doing everything in the foundry.”
as part classroom and part R&D facility, Joyworks sits in a unique position within the metalcasting industry. It will continue to offer educational support to students and indus- try personnel, but the transition to a prototyping studio has the potential to make it an entirely self-sustaining operation. “I was spending a lot of
money on my hobby, but it just
seemed to fit,” Keough said. “Te timing was right. It helps our custom- ers to do conversions, so it grows our business. Not only are we growing the pie for castings, it gives us a chance to be mentors.”
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