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Investment Casting Seminar for Tinker Air Force Base
L
ast month, the Investment Cast- ing institute, in cooperation with Youngstown Business Incubator,
Youngstown University and America Makes, conducted a seminar on invest- ment casting for 52 sourcing and engi- neering personnel from Tinker Air Force Base. This event was the culmination of
efforts from industry professionals
across the United States. Led by Edu- cation Committee Chairman Nip Singh and Executive Director Joseph Fritz, 12 learning modules were developed and presented over the two day program in Midwest City, OK at Rose State College. The Director of AF Sustainment In-
novation Centers - AFSC/EN, Lt Col Chris Blackwell commented: “The class was a great success! I was able to speak with a few of the attendees who offered their praises for the content and knowledge level of the instructors…. Please pass my appreciation to the other instructors.” The Investment Casting Institute
L to R: Brian Vuksanovich PE (Youngstown University), Lt Col Chris Blackwell, Joseph Fritz, Nip Singh, Dr. Jason Walker (Youngstown University)
echoes those sentiments as it recognizes those that prepared and presented mate- rials at this event: Mark Oles (Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc.), Mike Hen- dricks (Ransom & Randolph), Michael Lister (Consarc Corporation – PV/T. Inc.), Bob Johnson (Shellcast, Inc.), Esra Can- kaya (Bodycote – HIP), Albert Sarabia
(Bodycote – HT), Richard Witherspoon (Net Shapes, Inc.), Tom Mueller (Mueller Additive Manufacturing Solutions), Da- rin Thomas (Keselowski Advanced Man- ufacturing), Nip Singh (S&A Consulting Group LLP) and Joseph Fritz (Investment Casting Institute).
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Investment Casting Institute
An Investment Casting Institute Publication
Atlas of Wax Pattern Defects
Introduction 3
Section 1: Defects in Patterns 4 Section 2: Defects in Soluble Cores 22
Section 3: Defects in Patterns Related to Cores and Chills 31 Best Practices 36
List of Defects 39 May 2019
30 ❘ August 2019 ®
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