Pittsburg State University conducted its 12th annual Investment Casting Institute's Industry Certification Course.
This year 30 people signed up for the training, coming from parts of the world.
Investment casting is used to produce precision parts for various of industries from auto manufacturing to orthopedic implants.
Today the students used the PSU foundry to pour molten metal into forms they create.
"This particular training is for people in industry, they are already process engineers, casting engineers, product development engineers, people who develop the particular process," says Russ Rosmait, the Director of the Investment Casting Training Center.
"Whatever we can pull from here, the actual practical approaches to making the castings and put that into simulations, that is what is going to help the customer out in the end," says participant Steve Sikorski.
PSU's metal casting certificate program is one of just 25 in the U.S. accredited by the Educational Foundation.
Investment casting is used to produce precision parts for various of industries from auto manufacturing to orthopedic implants.
Today the students used the PSU foundry to pour molten metal into forms they create.
"This particular training is for people in industry, they are already process engineers, casting engineers, product development engineers, people who develop the particular process," says Russ Rosmait, the Director of the Investment Casting Training Center.
"Whatever we can pull from here, the actual practical approaches to making the castings and put that into simulations, that is what is going to help the customer out in the end," says participant Steve Sikorski.
PSU's metal casting certificate program is one of just 25 in the U.S. accredited by the Educational Foundation.
