February 2012 Volume XXV, Number 2
International Magazine of the Investment Casting Institute Volume XXV, Number 2, February 2012
2012 Buyers Guide Investment Casting Products & Services Stu Uram:
“I was just so taken by the technology.”
Spring Management Meeting Program Announced
Investment Casting Institute
October 2010 1
COVER PHOTOS compliments of Invest- ment Casting Certifica- tion Program, Buntrock Industries,Vulcan Engineering, Wisconsin Precision Casting.
Editor Leland D. Martin
Executive Director Michael C. Perry
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President John Marcin Pratt & Whitney
Vice President Michael Hendricks Ransom & Randolph
Past President Doug Kovatch
Kovatch Castings, Inc.
Keith Chamberlain Uni-Cast/Cera-Met
Brad DeSplinter TPM, Inc. Jerry Donohue
Mountain Equipment & Supply Co. Cliff Fischer
Wisconsin Precision Casting
Hank Harvey Tech Cast, LLC
Tina Joseff Joseff Hollywood
Doug Neece Cleveland Tool & Machine, Inc.
Leo Rando Stryker Corp.
Nipendra Singh S&A Consulting Group LLP
ACADEMIC ADVISER Russ Rosmait
Pittsburg State University
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HISTORY HIGHLIGHT: Stuart Uram: “I Was Just so Taken by the Technology”
LEGAL EASE: Employers Paying the Penalty for Wage and Hour Violations
International Magazine of the Investment Casting Institute
CONTENTS
Inside ICI 4
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Spring Management Meeting Program Spring Management Meeting Registration
Limited Booth Space Available for 59th Conference & Equipment Expo Enrollment Opens for 12th Annual Certification Course
Buyers Guide
10 Autoclave Dewax 11 Automation/Material Handling
13 Burnout, Preheat 15 Ceramic Filters 17 Ceramic Shapes & Cores 22 Cleaning Equipment 24 Cleaning Products 25 Consultants 27 Crucibles, Pouring Cups, Ladle Liners
32 Cutoff, Finishing Equipment
34 Cutoff, Finishing Products 36 Design 37 Dewax 38 Education Research 38 Environment, Safety 40 Flashfire Dewax 41 General, Misc. 43 HIP, Heat Treating 44 Inspection/Testing/QC 46 Knockout 46 Melting Equipment 50 Melting Products
52 Metals/Alloys 56 Pattern Cleaners/Lubricants 57 Pattern Assembly 58 Patternmaking Equipment 61 Patternmaking Products 63 Rapid Prototyping 65 Shellbuilding Equipment 68 Shellbuilding Materials 73 Software, Computers 75 Solid Mold Investments 76 Tooling 77 Water Cooling systems 78 Wax 80 Wax Reclamation
Legal Ease p. 84
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