15th WCIC Investment Casting 2022 | Investment Casting Institute | 21 August 2022 | Disneyland Hotel, 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802, USA

Agenda Topics:
• European Market Trends
• Asian Market Trend - Across the Far East Region
• North American Market Trends
• Global Market Trends
• Process Cycle Time Analysis & Optimisation for Efficient Vacuum Precision Investment Casting Furnaces
• Investigation on Permeability Measurement Method of Investment Casting Shell Molds and Influencing Factors on Permeability
• A Novel Prime Coat Slurry Mineral for Aluminum Investment Castings
• A Shop Floor Approach to Continuous Improvement in Investment Cast CF8M Components For Biomedical Applications
• Advanced Analysis Techniques of Slurry Stability Utilising Zeta Potential Testing of Colloidal Silica
• Viscosity Control for Consistent Casting Shell Building
• Thermal Properties Evaluation of Investment Casting Shell
• Advanced Core Removal for the Modern IC Foundry
• Evaluation of Printed Wax Pattern Molds
• Shifting the Engineering Focus of Back-up System Design
• Autoclave Technology
• Development of Ni Based Superalloy with High Temperature Strength, Low Density & Excellent Castability for Turbine Whee
• Ceramic Foundry Cores by 3D Printing
• Enablers for Driving Forward a Precision Investment Casting World Class Foundry
• Casting Industry Megatrends
• Meeting The Challenge
• Wireless Sensors for Investment Casting Shell Data Acquisition
• Advanced Plasma Coating of Wax Injection Moulds – Eliminating Release Agents From the Investment Casting Process
• Investment Casting Metrology Growth and Sustainability
• How It Is Made – Ceramic Shell Raw Materials Produced by The Fusion Process

2022 Speakers

Jeff Skiles
Co-Pilot US Airways Flight 1549

Carlos Olabe
EICF Executive Director

Yukio Nasu
JFS

Joseph Fritz
ICI Executive Director

Iñaki Vicario
Consarc Engineering

Ryosuke Naito
IHI Corporation

Kevin Rudolph
O’Fallon Casting

Steven Ashlock
Kyanite Mining Corp.

Dr. Roger Lumley
AW Bell Pty Ltd.

Gavin Dooley
REMET UK

Dr. Sunil Kumar
Rheonics

Brian Ferg
Member Emeritus

Thad Nykiel
Kovatch Castings Inc.

Tom Planz
Kovatch Castings Inc.

Nip Singh
S&A Consulting Group LLP

Artem Trofimov
Orton Ceramic Foundation

Howard Pickard
Andrew Smith, LBBC Technologies

Nolan Sykes
Concurrent Resources LLC

Tom Mueller
Mueller Additive Manufacturing Solutions

George Salomon
David Scott, Nalco Water – An Ecolab Company

Sam Scott
Chromalloy Castings, Tampa

Michael Kugelgen
MK Technology GmbH

Yoshiki Kumagai
Daido Steel Co., Ltd.

Richard Gaignon
3DCeram Sinto

Diran Apelian
University of California, Irvine

Jack Ziemba
Aristo-Cast

Nathaniel Bryant
University of Northern Iowa

Dr. Dirk Lehmhus
Fraunhofer IFAM

Josh Sullivan
Capture 3D

Michael Weissenbacher
IMERYS