The Investment Casting Institute’s VIRTUAL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
2020 Annual Awards Ceremonies: Innovator of the Year, Hall of Honor and Annual Casting Contest Russ Gallagher, BESCAST, Inc.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Dr. Leroy Chiao: Endeavor to the Next Level! What does it take to jump to the next level? It takes
the right kind of leadership to foster a culture, which emphasizes the rigor of operational excellence, but also encourages using collaboration, curiosity and creativity to take calculated risks and novel paths. It is also vital that your enterprise stays up to date on technology and innovation trends, to stay in the lead position. During spaceflight, operational decision-making can make the difference between life and death, success and failure – especially during a crisis. But in some cases, it is the novel solution that saves the day. In this presentation, Dr. Leroy Chiao shares provocative and awe-inspiring stories from his four space missions, including nail-biting tales of real emergency situations, and shows audiences how lessons learned from spaceflight can impact their organizations. Using his personal experience as the commander of a 193-day mission aboard the International Space Station, he illustrates how reaching for the stars is important, but even more so is honing the skills required to not only stay alive, but thrive.
In addition, understanding where innovation is driving technology trends is key to planning for the future. Having been in technology companies and NASA, Dr. Chiao is no stranger to this world. He offers an exciting glimpse into life in the future and shares insights on a world in which technology is accelerating much more quickly than ever before – presenting new opportunities for businesses poised to take action, or threats to those who are slow to adapt. He presents real-world examples of companies, which thrived or...
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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
CONFERENCE PRELIMINARY AGENDA
CONTINUED... suffered depending on their ability to change with the times. Imagine a world in which you are connected directly to the Internet using thought-controlled computer augmentation and a virtual heads-up display. Imagine a life where personalized medicine allows treatments tailored to your genetics, where replacement organs are grown to be identical to your own. Through awe-inspiring stories of his time in space and breathtaking photos, Chiao looks at what is coming around the bend and how organizations can take advantage of the next technological phase and form the right culture to jump to the next quantum level!
Paper No. 1: Fundamental Analysis Into Properties Affecting Investment Casting Shell Strength Gavin Dooley, REMET UK, Ltd. This paper outlines the work carried out to understand the mechanisms which can affect the strength of a shell during drying within the foundry. As the Modulus of Rupture is the key parameter in question here, a Gauge R & R was carried out to understand the issues within the test method and optimize the method. Following this, the influence of inter coat dry time, final dry time and materials used were analyzed within this study. It was found the thickness was the highest source
of variability within the testing of MOR. This was a manual measurement which could contribute most to the variability within the test. Following training and establishment of clear procedures within the test, the variability was reduced further. The analysis of drying indicated that polymer enhanced binder systems dramatically increased the strength developed at a shorter dry time. Furthermore, the green strength developed is also far higher for polymer enhanced systems, a key factor for reducing dewax related shell cracking.
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