MPI Technology Center is the Epicenter of Innovation and Problem Solving

Posted on January 4, 2016 at 3:28 pm

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POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – The investment casting industry is abuzz with excitement as the MPI Technology Center continues to challenge the boundaries of wax-room manufacturing.

Located at MPI’s world headquarters in New York, the MPI Technology Center is a hub of innovation, ingenuity and problem solving. MPI regularly fields requests from customers and suppliers alike to visit this state-of-the-art facility so visitors can learn new ways to solve their wax-room challenges.

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“The MPI Technology Center is the centerpiece of our manufacturing facility. It is where engineering, innovation, and research and development intersect to create real-world solutions to wax-room problems.”

– Aaron Phipps
Manager
MPI Technology Center

The MPI Technology Center is a state-of-the-art wax room where customers can observe a totally automated facility in full operation, including automated injection and automated assembly. The wax room is also equipped with a variety of MPI’s world-leading wax injectors of various models and configurations. The MPI Technology Center was designed to allow customers to experience first-hand the quality of the machines as well as the quality of the parts that MPI equipment can produce, all of which impacts their bottom line. The MPI Technology Center also allows MPI to demonstrate the variation reduction and casting yield increases that can be achieved through automation using the customers’ own waxes and dies, prior to having to make a capital investment, thus providing a true “try it before you buy it” experience. Customers can also take advantage of MPI’s extensive R&D capabilities to prove out new processes without needing to worry about disruption to their day-today production schedule.

MPI not only operates a full range of semi-automatic injectors but also a fully automated pattern production facility within the MPI Technology Center. This provides MPI with the unique opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge and experience making wax patterns and assemblies on its own equipment. By obtaining immediate feedback in a real wax-room environment, MPI consistently conducts evaluations which lead to improved performance levels.

The MPI Technology Center also allows MPI to demonstrate the variation reduction and casting yield increases that can be achieved through automation using the customers’ own waxes and dies, prior to having to make a capital investment, thus providing a true “try it before you buy it” experience.

MPI and its Technology Center continue to work with leading universities such as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and organizations such as New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) on R&D projects that support the development of new manufacturing technology and innovative products. Research and development has always been at the core of MPI’s mission.

The MPI Technology Center offers a wide array of services to customers, including the opportunity to have their equipment operators and process engineers trained in a hands-on, real-world production environment. Customers can also perform die testing, process setup, die optimization, recipe setup and verification as well as being able to produce assemblies ready for shell.

If a customer is considering changing wax, the MPI Technology Center can run validation trials that will demonstrate the specific results they can expect to achieve, their anticipated return on investment and the resulting benefits in their downstream operations.

It’s no wonder that customer and vendor demand is so high to visit the MPI Technology Center. It is truly an eye-opening, one-of-a-kind experience and an education on the possibilities that can be achieved in the wax room. Customers witness first-hand how much more can be accomplished when they utilize great equipment with the highest process control capability in the industry.

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About MPI:
MPI is the worldwide leader and innovator of wax-room equipment featuring a broad range of wax injection machines that generate higher casting yields with increased productivity and throughput. As the acknowledged leader in wax-room innovations, MPI has developed and introduced more systems and products than all of its competition combined.
In addition to producing industry leading wax injection systems, MPI offers total wax-room automation, from wax injection to wax assembly using integrated robotics technology. Automation also allows MPI to cost effectively provide pattern and assembly services which can be shipped directly to its customers. All MPI equipment is backed by a world-class customer service team featuring their Global Support Services program.