® INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE OF THE INVESTMENT CASTING INSTITUTE JUNE 2016 New Semi Automated Cut-Off Cell


Volume XXIX Number 6


Volume XXIX Number 6


Investment Casting Institute


www.investmentcasting.org


Institute Offering Six Intern


Scholarships


Eliminating Wash/Etch Wax


Pattern Process


In′Tech Industries Celebrates 15 Years


COVER PHOTOS courtesy of A W Bell Machinery


JUNE 2016


CONTENTS Editor Erin Almaleh


Executive Director Joseph E. Fritz


BOARD OF DIRECTORS President


Brad DeSplinter TPM, Inc.


Vice President Frank Lysiak


Kovatch Castings, Inc.


Past President Michael Hendricks Ransom & Randolph


Cliff Fischer Wisconsin Precision Casting


Russell Gallagher Bescast, Inc.


John Marcin Pratt & Whitney Julie Markee


Key Process Innovations Doug Neece


Cleveland Tool & Machine, Inc. Nipendra Singh


S&A Consulting Group LLP Timothy Sullivan, Esq.


Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. Al Torok


Precision Propeller Industries


Ty Ueland SeaCast, Inc.


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Inside ICI 4


Annual Report of Board of Directors at Spring Meeting


6 Ask the Experts, A Resource for Members 8 Vive la Technologie! 9 Investment Casting Institute Welcomes New Members 10 Institute Offering Candidates Six Intern Scholarships Awards 11 Institute to Exhibit at Design & Manufacturing, Atlantic on Behalf of Institute Members


12 More Booth Space Added to the 63rd Conference & Expo in 2016


Product Solutions 14 Saving Time and Space By Eliminating Wash/Etch Wax Pattern Process


16 New Semi Automated Cut-Off Cell from A W Bell Machinery


Member Profi le 18 In′Tech Industries Celebrates 15 Years in 3D Printing


Legal Ease 20 The Push for $15, and the Impact on Employers


Departments 22 The Revenue Growth Habit: Family Business


23 Industry News 27 Classifi eds / Ad Index


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