ICI Virtual Conference on Investment Casting
LIVE Oct. 13 - 23, 2020 ON DEMAND until Nov. 20
The Digital Foundry: Building On The Processes Of Today To Meet The Demand Of Tomorrow
Gerald Richard MAGMA Foundry Technologies
Gerald Richard is an Application Manager at MAGMA Foundry Technologies Inc., a software company that is committed to casting excellence and achieves this through its casting process simulation tool MAGMASOFT®. Before devoting his life to the foundry industry, Gerald achieved a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Marquette University. He went on to work in the chemical industry as an engineer for 5 years before pursuing an
opportunity to work at Badger Alloys, a high alloy jobbing foundry locate in Milwaukee, WI. Gerald fell in love with castings and the casting process as he worked as a foundry engineer focusing mostly on gating and risering design. After 4 years of working at Badger Alloys, Gerald moved to the greater Chicago area and began working for MAGMA Foundry Technologies Inc. in 2015, where he focuses on client development and support.
COVID-19 – the Catalyst to Enhanced Performance
Julie Markee is an expert in helping manufacturing companies to achieve extraordinary results. Her focus on people, process, and priorities increases performance, productivity, and profitability. Julie’s projects generate high return on investment for her clients so they can improve quality and increase capacity without any capital expenditure. She has presented on numerous topics focused on
helping PIC foundries remove variability from their process, including her patented shell monitoring system.
Julie is a member of the Investment Casting Institute’s Board of Directors, the chair of the Publications Committee, and leads the Education subcommittee tasked with updating the ICI Process Control Class.
Julie Markee Key Process Innovations Hypoallergenic Surgical Cast Stainless Steel
Sander Klemp is a Technical Alloy Sales Representative with Davis Alloys Manufacturing, LLC in Sharpsville Pennsylvania. Davis Alloys is a producer of specialty alloys mostly in ingot and powder forms for the investment, sand, and centrifugal casting industries. Sander currently resides in Muskegon, MI which is located on the shores of Lake Michigan.
Sander Klemp Davis Alloys
Sander has worked in the investment casting industry for 19 years, learning the industry from the ground up. He began his career at EPS Industries, an investment casting facility located in Ferrysburg, MI. He was able to learn each process of the investment casting industry first hand during his tenure at EPS.
Sander
attended Grand Rapids Community College and Grand Valley State University pursuing a degree in sales while working part time at EPS Industries. Sander’s father and a well-respected metallurgist Ted Klemp III offered him a position
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as his apprentice at Cayenne Systems, a foundry and metallurgical consulting business. It was at this time that he switched his educational focus to metallurgy attending Muskegon Community Colleges foundry program & then Western Michigan University.
Sander worked at Cayenne Systems with his father for 15 years where he learned a hands on approach to give him a deeper understanding of foundry metallurgy & how it relates to investment casting. He worked on countless projects for commercial customers & for educational organizations like the American Foundry Society & the Investment Casting Institute. After his father passed away in 2019, Sander joined the team at Davis Alloys and has become a valuable technical resource with a unique knowledge base that he currently utilizes in his technical sales support role.
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