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Defect Symposium Held at Worcester Polytechnic.


A symposium titled "Zero Defect Processing" was held on May 17 by the Metal Processing Institute (MPI MPI - Message Passing Interface ), an industry-university alliance that aims to educate future leaders Future Leaders is a UK schools-led charitable organisation that aims to widen the pool of talented leaders especially for urban challenging secondary schools. It was founded in March 2006 by Nat Wei, a former founder of Teach First.  of the industry and to advance knowledge though research. MPI is headquartered at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester Polytechnic Institute - (WPI) A well-regarded, small engineering college.

Address: Worcester, MA, USA.
 (WPI WPI - Worcester Polytechnic Institute ), Worcester, Massachusetts.

Presentations at the symposium included "Zero Defects: Foundry Processing Raised to the Highest Level," by John Jorstad, Formcast, Inc.; "Predictive Modeling for Near-Zero-Defect Manufacturing Design," by Jay Lee, United Technologies; "A systematic Approach to Quality Improvement in Investment Castings," by Neil Paton, Howment Corp.; and "Metal Casting and Six Sigma," by Gary Ruff, Internet Corp.
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Publication:Modern Casting
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Date:Jun 1, 2000
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