® INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE OF THE INVESTMENT CASTING INSTITUTE
OCTOBER 2014 Volume XXVII Number 10
OCTOBER 2014
Volume XXVII Number 10
CASTING CONTEST
Investment Casting Institute
www.investmentcasting.org Inside: ICI 61st Conference & Equipment Expo
Program Agenda ❘ Exhibitor Listings Casting Contest Winners ❘ Finalists
COVER PHOTOS 2014 Casting Contest Winners
Editors Erin Almaleh and Leland D. Martin
Executive Director Joseph E. Fritz
BOARD OF DIRECTORS President
Michael Hendricks Ransom & Randolph
Vice President Brad DeSplinter TPM, Inc.
Past President John Marcin Pratt & Whitney
Cliff Fischer
Wisconsin Precision Casting Tina Joseff
Joseff-Hollywood Frank Lysiak
Kovatch Castings, Inc.
Jason Mays Doncasters, Inc. Doug Neece
Cleveland Tool & Machine, Inc. Russ Rosmait
Pittsburg State University Nipendra Singh
S&A Consulting Group LLP Timothy Sullivan, Esq.
Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Ty Ueland SeaCast, Inc.
Inside ICI 4 Intern Scholarship Awards Announced 5 Investment Casting Institute Welcomes Two New Members 6 Annual Spring Management Meeting Planned for March 15-18 6 INCAST Marketing Committee Determines New Look 7 Board of Directors Election Results to be Announced 8 Exhibit Space on Sale for 2015 Exhibition
61st Technical Conference & Equipment Exposition 10 Winners Named in Casting Contest 12 Automotive Award Goes to Aristo Cast 12 Atlantic Casting & Engineering Takes Defense Award 14 Carley Foundry’s 36-piece Assembly Earns Industrial Award 14 Investment and Precision Castings, Ltd. Wins International Award 15 Conversion by O’Fallon Casting Garners Aerospace Award 16 Casting Finalists Recognized 24 Technical Conference Program with Abstracts 30 Equipment Exposition Floor Plan 31 Equipment Exhibitor Listings
Profi le 50 “What Ifs” Over Dinner Result in Wisconsin Precision Casting
Technical/Management Topics 52 LEGAL EASE: NLRB McDonald’s Ruling Could Have Wide-Ranging Impact
Departments 54 Industry News 55 Classifi eds 55 Ad Index
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