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Robert Zebick is the Director of Facilities & Engineering, at Atlantic Casting & Engineering in Clifton, NJ. Robert began his foundry career at Atlantic in November 1989 as a Process Engineer.
Robert graduated from Stevens Robert Zebick Atlantic Casting & Engineering
Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. His first exposure to a foundry is still locked in his memory as “one of the coolest things ever”, and after almost 30 years, Robert still enjoys the challenging and dynamic nature of the investment casting process, and the industry
October 27-30, 2019 St. Louis, MO
An Investment Casting Foundry Experience in Improving Degassing and Grain Refining in Molten Aluminum Alloys
as a whole. After 6 years gaining valuable non- ferrous foundry exposure at Atlantic, Robert took the opportunity to expand his knowledge base in the foundry of an orthopedic implant manufacturer, Biomet, where he functioned as Manufacturing Engineer, and later Engineering Manager. Robert returned to Atlantic in 2011 as a Director.
Robert enjoys being an active
member of the ICI, and has participated as an instructor in the Process Control Course. This will be Robert’s first time speaking at the ICI conference.
An Investment Casting Foundry Experience in Improving Degassing and Grain Refining in Molten Aluminum Alloys
Brian Began is an Application Manager, Non-Ferrous Metal Treatment, at Foseco in Cleveland, OH. Brian started with Foseco in February 1998 and has worked in a variety of roles.
Brian Began graduated from Case
Western Reserve University (CWRU) with a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering. His experiences within the foundry industry include CWRU’s experimental foundry and cooperative education assignments at both Ford Motor Company’s Cleveland Casting Plant and Element Materials Technology (formerly Climax Research Services) in Wixom, MI. Brian completed his MBA in April 2007 and an additional specialization in Finance in August
2007 from the Graduate School at Ashland University. Brian is the immediate Past Chairman for the AFS Aluminum Division Committee and has held numerous roles within both the AFS Aluminum Division and the CAC-Ohio AFS chapter structure since 2001. Brian was the recipient of the 2011 AFS Glenn Stahl Service Award for service to the aluminum industry. Brian has published in Modern Castings, AFS Transactions and INCAST magazine. Brian has also presented on various topics at various AFS, NADCA chapter meetings, casting congresses and specialty conferences. Brian last spoke at the ICI conference in 2017.
Brian Began Foseco
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