® INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE OF THE INVESTMENT CASTING INSTITUTE
FEBRUARY 2018 Volume XXXI Number 2
Investment Casting Products & Services BUYERSGUIDE 2018
Investment Casting Institute
www.investmentcasting.org
Spring Management Meeting Agenda and Registration
Member Profile:
Schaefer Industrial Ceramics
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 Hascher
Eagle Engineered Solutions
Michael Hendricks Ransom & Randolph
John Marcin Pratt & Whitney Julie Markee
Key Process Innovations Nipendra Singh
S&A Consulting Group LLP Al Torok
Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers, Inc.
Ty Ueland SeaCast, Inc.
Investment Casting Institute
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Phone 201-573-9770 Fax 201-573-9771 Email: ealmaleh@
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Inside ICI 4
ICI’s Spring Management Meeting – A New Attendance Policy
5 65th Annual ICI Technical Conference & Exhibition: Call for Papers 6 Industry Pioneer Robert Horton Remembered 8 The Customer – Supplier Relationship 10 Sonoma: Valley of the Moon, Heart of Wine Country
Member Profile 20 Schaefer Industrial Ceramics: Your Source for Refractory Shapes
Feature Article 22 Employee Retention: Love the One You’re With
2018 Buyer’s Guide
24.....Additive Manufacturing
25.....Autoclave Dewax
26.....Automation/
Material Handling
29.....Burnout/Preheat
32.....Casting Design 33.....Ceramic Filters 35.....Ceramic Shapes & Cores
39.....Cleaning Equipment
41.....Cleaning Products
42.....Consultants
45.....Core Removal Equipment
45.....Crucibles, Pouring Cups
50.....Cutoff, Finishing Equipment
52.....Cutoff, Finishing Products
53.....Dewax (General)
55.....Education, Research 56.....Environment, Safety 57.....Flashfire Dewax
59.....General, Misc. 60.....HIP, Heat Treating
63.....Inspection, Testing, Quality Control
64.....Melting Equipment
68.....Melting Products
70.....Metal Finishing, Coatings
Legal Ease 100 Sexual Harassment – What’s Happening?
Departments 99 Industry News 103 Classifieds / Ad Index
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71.....Metals, Alloys
73.....Pattern Cleaners, Lubricants
75.....Patternmaking Equipment
78.....Patternmaking Products 79.....Rapid Prototyping
81.....Shellbuilding Equipment
84.....Shellbuilding Materials
90.....Software/Computers
93.....Solid Mold Investments
94.....Tooling 96.....Wax 97.....Wax Reclamation
FEBRUARY 2018
Volume XXXI Number 2
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