® INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE OF THE INVESTMENT CASTING INSTITUTE


NOVEMBER 2017 Volume XXX Number 11


For Over 60 Years, Selee® Advanced Ceramics Has Served the Investment Casting Industry


NOVEMBER 2017


Volume XXX Number 11


CONTENTS


Investment Casting Institute


www.investmentcasting.org


ICI 64th Conference & Equipment Exposition Photos


Editor Erin Almaleh


Executive Director Joseph E. Fritz


BOARD OF DIRECTORS


President Frank Lysiak


Kovatch Castings, Inc. Vice President


Timothy Sullivan, Esq. Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc.


Past President Brad DeSplinter TPM, Inc.


Cliff Fischer Wisconsin Precision Casting


Russell Gallagher Bescast, Inc.


Michael Hendricks Ransom & Randolph


John Marcin Pratt & Whitney Julie Markee


Key Process Innovations Doug Neece


Cleveland Tool & Machine, Inc. Nipendra Singh


S&A Consulting Group LLP Al Torok


Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers, Inc.


Ty Ueland SeaCast, Inc.


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Inside ICI 4


Investment Casting Institute Welcomes New Members


5 Three Elected to Institute Board of Directors 6 64th Technical Conference and Equipment Expo Hosts 755 Attendees


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New Edition of Atlas of Casting Defects Release Intern Scholarships Presented at Conference


8 ICI’s Technical Conference and Expo: A Rewarding Experience 10 2017 Hall of Honor Inductees 12 3 Honorees Named to Institute’s Distinguished List 14 2017 Innovator of the Year: FEINGUSS BLANK GmbH 18 Over 80 Exhibitors Expected at 2018 Technical Conference & Expo


Member Profi le 16 SELEE®


Advanced Ceramics™


Legal Ease 20 Responding to an OSHA Inspection


Departments 23 The Revenue Growth Habit 22 Industry News 27 Classifi eds / Ad Index


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