Congratulations! to the 22nd Class of the Industry Certification Training Course T


he recent graduation ceremony for the Investment Casting Institute’s Industry Certification


Course was held on June 5th, 2024 and marked the 22nd graduating class of the program. This year’s graduating class includes


Brett Cassidy, Pratt & Whitney; Tyler Clifford, Owens Corning; Travis Combs, Dal-Air Investment Castings Inc.; Daniel Cook, Post Precision Castings Inc.; Ernesto Deleon, TPM; Juan Delgado, POK Castings; Daniel Morales Esquivel, SeaCast Inc.; Elizabeth Foster, Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company; Samuel Green, Pittsburg State University; Tom Gruber, Winsert LLC; Ryan Guzman, Atlantic C & E Corporation; Ashley Jeffirs, Zimmer Biomet; Alejandro


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Gutierrez Lozano, General Foundry Service; Osvaldo Martinez, POK Castings; Elizabeth Merin, Post Precision Castings Inc.; Nathan Minuth, Pittsburg State University; Emily Neuburg, Metaltek International; Andy Nguyen, Trebol USA LLC; Dustin Nieman, Metaltek International; Zach Pauletto, Montana Precision Products; Jeremy Perez, IPC Foundry Group - Utah; Seth Phillips, Pittsburg State University; Michael Plotecher, Signicast; Shawn Pyle, IPC Foundry Group - Utah; Patrick Quimby, Winsert LLC; Marc Schafer, Howmet Aerospace; Jesse Seim, Kyanite Mining Corporation; Macarena Silva, A.W. Bell Machinery PTY Ltd; Justin Smith, Atlantic C & E Corporation; Jordan Smith, SeaCast Inc.; Jessica Stacy,


Continental Mineral Proc. Corp.; Sam Steinberg, Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers Inc.; and Kaya Whelchel, Montana Precision Products. Subjects covered during the class


include the investment casting process from casting design and development; gating, feeding and tooling of investment castings; waxes and slurries; dewaxing and shell firing; melting and metallurgy, and casting finishing and quality control. The Investment Casting Institute


would like to thank Dr. Russell Rosmait, Professor of Engineering technology at Pittsburg State University whom much of the success of the program is due and to the efforts of a faculty of volunteer professionals from Member Companies throughout the United States.


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