Comments from the President The growth of any


'' company can only be measured by its efforts


to stay competitive in today's world-wide market. Foreign labor, new manufacturing tech- niques and synthetic materials force any alert manufacturer to continually investigate new methods of reducing costs and improving performance.


Oftentimes, the principal opposition to the growth of any company is caused by inertia -


inertia


caused by the hesitancy of many people to make any bold new changes.


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And yet, without changes how can a company hope to improve its products and remain competitive. This is the challenge that faces all industries.


However, progressive manufacturers are meeting this challenge continually through effective pro- grams of research and development. In every case there is and must be a driving force to continually improve manufacturing processes.


And, as they look to improve product quality and effect cost reductions, more and more manufac- turers are evaluating the merits of the investment casting process.


While it is obviously preferable for an investment casting company to work with engineers in the early stages of new product development, substan- tial product improvement and savings can often be made by reviewing existing components.


This issue of "Trends" highlights a series of case histories indicating successful conversions of com- ponent parts or subassemblies to investment cast- ings. Each of these had originally been manufac- tured b:v. other more familiar but less satisfactory processes. We hope that one or more of these appli- cations may serve to trigger your imagination, re-


sulting in the increased use of investment ' ' castings in your existing products or those


currently under development.


IC I


appoints new


technical director


The appointment of Carl R. Whittemore as technical direc- tor of the Investment Casting Institute was announced at the group's annual meeting in Chicago.


Whittemore, considered one of the outstanding authorities in the field of metallurgy as it affect~ investment casting will


supervise and direct the future technical programs of the Institute.


For the past 15 years, he has been employed by the Deloro Stellite Division of Deloro Smelting & Refining Co. as research metallurgist and, most recently, as chief metallurgist.


As technical director, he will maintain active liaison with the Aeronautical Materials Specification Com- mittee of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and will also maintain contact with the American Society for Testing Materials and other groups concerned with investment casting technology.


The recipient of many honors and awards, Whitte- more has been a member of the American Society for Metals since 1931 and served as chairman of its Montreal branch in 1939. Among the many articles and reports he has written is the comprehensive bibliography on investment castings published by ICI in 1961.


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