Hall of Honor Inductees R.S. BANISTER
ROBERT BARBERO KENNETH M. BARTLETT HENRY BIDWELL L.E. BROOKS JAMES BYRNE
WALTER A. DUBOVICK R. GREENBAUM R.D. GUMBERT KEN HARRIS HANK HARVEY
MEACHAM HITCHCOCK
ROBERT ANDREW HORTON JAMES D. JACKSON V.S. LAZZARA
WALTER “TERRY” LUTZ, JR. GEORGE MURI
THEODORE OPERHALL E.H. PARRIS Y. PESSEL
BRUCE S. PHIPPS S. PRESTON S.J. SINDEBAND
NIPENDRA “NIP” SINGH
K.W. THOMPSON STUART URAM FRANK VALENTA R. WAINDLE C.H. WATTS A.C. WILLIAMS RON WILLIAMS J. YATES
K.J. YONKER
JACK ZIEMBA Z.N. ZIRN
NIPENDRA “NIP” SINGH Nipendra (Nip) Singh has had a
consistent presence in the investment casting industry for over 40 years. He has been an affiliate member of the ICI for more than 28 years assisting with new plant start-ups, technology infu- sion, problem resolution, and product introduction. Nip’s expertise in ceram- ic engineering has been retained for introducing and optimizing technolo- gy for more robust shell dipping on a wide range of equiax and single crystal products. He has also been prolific in submitting and presenting papers at ICI conferences for decades. His contributions to the Investment
Casting Institute are endless. He has been a member of the Board of Direc- tors since 2002 and has been active at ICI Conferences for decades. He has been a chairman on the Education Committee and donated his time to the Industry Certification Course, Process Control Seminar, Intern Scholarship Program, Regional Meetings. He has been on the Technical Committee and the Subcommittee Chair of the Process Control Standards.
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STUART URAM Stuart Uram graduated from MIT
with a doctorate in 1960 and took a position with Hitchiner shortly thereafter. “I was really fascinated with the technology and what was going on. It was a real eye-opener,” he said. At this time, Hitchiner was moving from the solid mold block process to the ceramics shell process. Four years later, Uram was lured away by TRW metals in Ohio. He soon missed New York, and when the opportunity presented itself, Uram joined Arwood and moved back. Uram then quit his job at Arwood
and put an announcement in Metallurgy News for his new ceramics core company, Certech, trying to interest investors. TRW metals gave Uram an order for 50,000 cores, and with that purchase order, he was able to obtain a loan. When the TRW job did not pan out,
Uram remained confident, and he soon received a large order from Arwood for a root wedge casting for engines on 747 aircraft. Then the orders started pouring in. Today, Certech operates in three countries and produces many thousands of pieces each day.
RON WILLIAMS Ron Williams has run Blayson for
over 40 years… building the company from its small foundations to the key global player that it is today in the supply of wax and technical solutions in the investment casting industry. Ron and Blayson were a pioneer of the investment casting wax reclamation and reconstitution principle which has been adopted globally throughout the industry today. This focus has had a significant positive effect on factors such as the environment and of the profitability and viability of investment casting foundries. Ron continues to develop new and innovative products, but many long-established products continue to be successful and widely used throughout the industry. Ron has been presenting technical and market papers to the global investment casting industry for over 30 years. Ron has presented papers at conferences run by all major world investment casting bodies including presenting the world market paper at the World Investment Casting conference for many years.
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