Panel Discussion: Process Control Standards (PCS) for Investment Castings – Global Rollout Tom Planz, Kovatch Castings Inc.
Tom Planz joined KCI as Director of Operations in December 2014. In January 2020, Tom stepped into the role of President of KCI, as Doug Kovatch becomes Chairman of the Board of Directors. Tom is a proven leader with 38 years of experience in the investment casting industry. Early in his career,
he
spent 17 years in various engineering and manufacturing positions (for
four different
foundries) working in a range of functional areas, including Lab Tech, Product Engineer, Process Engineer, Production Manager and Plant Manager. He moved to the supplier side of the industry and spent 16+ years working
for several different wax suppliers. He oversaw the construction, startup and operation of M. Argueso Inc.’s first wholly owned subsidiary, Cerita West LLC in Tempe. Tom then joined Kindt-Collins LLC where he held the position of President and COO. During his tenure at Kindt-Collins, annual sales tripled and he played an integral role in the sale of Kindt- Collins LLC to Paramelt BV. Post-acquisition, he spent four years at Paramelt as its VP of Sales and Global Casting Wax Business Manager. Tom studied Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan and Mechanical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology.
Panel Discussion: Process Control Standards (PCS) for Investment Castings – Global Rollout
Thermal Properties Evaluation of Investment Casting Shell by Hot Disk Transient Plane Source Method Nip Singh, S&A Consulting Group LLP
Nipendra (Nip) Singh has been an Affiliate Member of ICI for almost 30 years. He is also member of ICI Board of Directors representing Affiliate Members and working/chairing many key committees for the welfare of Investment Casting in general and both Affiliate and Regular members. Currently, Nip is Vice President of the Board of Directors for the ICI.
Nip has almost 45 years of experience in the high technology aircraft engine components manufacturing business including nearly 20 years with Rolls Royce, General Electric and TRW/PCC Corporations.
Since 1991
Nip is Consulting Partner and CEO of S&A Consulting Group LLP, Cleveland, USA.
Thermal Properties Evaluation of Investment Casting Shell by Hot Disk Transient Plane Source Method Artem Trofimov, Orton Ceramic Foundation
Artem is from Odintsovo, Moscow region, Russia. He graduated from Russian State University of Aviation Technology in 2012 with B.S./M.S. in physics. The same year he joined Clemson University where he received his M.S. degree in 2014 and Ph.D. in 2018 both in materials science and engineering. His Ph.D. research was focused on ceramic scintillators. Following
completion of his Ph.D., Artem July 2022 ❘ 21 ®
joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2018 as a Postdoctoral Fellow working in the area of thermophysics and thermal characterization of materials. After finishing his fellowship at ORNL in summer 2021, Artem secured a position at Orton Ceramic Foundation continuing his work in the field of thermophysics and materials characterization.
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