Industry News Franklin Precision Castings Announces New Name and New Logo


A Note from John (Hovig) Mangoyan, General Manager... After much consideration and planning, we are pleased to announce that we will be undergoing a name change. As of May 1st, 2024, we are changing our name to Franklin Precision Castings. Franklin Precision Castings builds upon our Franklin heritage - while removing “Bronze” to capture our capabilities to cast parts beyond brass and bronze. The name is also shortened and renamed from Precision Components to Precision Castings for conciseness and to reflect specifically our investment casting offering. The new name is accompanied by a new logo. Our new logo symbolizes strength in automation and precision. Franklin stands strong and lends itself to a clean and contemporary feel. The "I" in Franklin visually represents the pouring cup and tree, and the hot red to orange gradient mimics the transformation of molten metals during the investment casting process. The evenly spaced lines evoke automation and technical expertise.


As part of this name change, we will be updating our email addresses. Our new emails will be using the domain @franklincastings.com. Our email format will remain the same. For example, kweaver@franklinbronze.com can now be reached at kweaver@franklincastings.com. This change will not impact any of our ongoing projects or commitments. Our operations will continue uninterrupted. We are also launching a new website. The website


will reflect our new brand with an improved navigational experience to showcase our capabilities and expertise. Launch date is expected in June 2024.


Renaissance Services Wins Award From the Additive Manufacturing Users Group


Ornery and unbowed. That described the mood of Renaissance Services’ A-Team after winning second place in the Additive Manufacturing Users Group Advanced Concepts competition at their Chicago confab March 10-14. For the AMUG Technical Competition, the RSI team entered their 10-inch diameter Cooled Integrally Vaned Rotor (CIVR) with cast-in cooling holes. They designed and 3D-printed the innovative ceramic mold, cores, and related mold tooling for the rotor. The Bescast foundry in Willoughby, Ohio cast the part for the Windy City showdown. The Renaissance Services team’s CIVR won the second-


place award in the Advanced Concepts competition at the AMUG Technical Competition. Rick Pressley and Don Deptowicz would have liked to take home first prize for Team RSI, but were happy with the interest the advanced machine casting caused. Don Deptowicz, explained how the Renaissance Services


team was able to produce such a quality rotor quickly. Rick and Don had over 100 visitors to the RSI booth.


These included OEMs, military people, and officers of various foundries. Don and Rick had to switch off and keep the booth running while talking care of the business needed to be handled at this large gathering of additive manufacturers. Rick, below, made an AMUG presentation on Team


RSI’s ceramic additive manufacturing approach. Here he was answering the question of an attendee before his instruction got underway. Rick, Don, and Team RSI always want to win, but the


acknowledge strong efforts of others. Renaissance


Services notes the winners of the Advanced Concepts award 38 ❘ May 2024


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Small turbine engines power many military drones, like this missile- armed MQ-9A Reaper. Credit: US Air Force


at the AMUG Conference submitted a 3D-printed shoulder prosthesis. RSI congratulates the winners and hopes the device can make lives better for those who are in need of such aid after traumatic injuries or ailments deprive them of the use of an arm. RSI’s advanced turbine blade castings will help many


UAVs take flight!


What’s on the horizon for RSI’s A Team? The RAPID + TCT Convention for additive manufacturers


takes place June 25-27 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown L.A. The Dodgers, who play in Chavez Ravine, overlooking the L.A. skyline a couple of miles north of the confab venue, will be on the road, but RSI managing partner Dan Sokol and RSI’s A-Team will hit town to show the colors at this very large additive manufacturing convention.


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