Services                                                          

    Why Should You be Interested in ICRI?

This unique foundry service organization provides members with qualified engineers on call as needed to act as a complement to members' technical staffs, without being a burden on their payroll.  The highly qualified ICRI Engineers are on call to provide members with timely technical assistance, in addition to providing a myriad of other technical services described below.

ICRI operates on a dues structure.  ICRI Trustees recently voted to change due dues structure of the Institute to a three tier dues structure to allow smaller foundries the opportunity to have access to the services.  

                     Paid Service Hrs.      Yearly Dues     Qtrly. Billing                  Over Hour Charge      

        Option A      25 Hrs of Service           $7,500/Yr.            $1,875/Qtr           $300/Hr. Over 25 up to 100 Hrs.
        Option B      50 Hrs of Service          $12,500/Yr.           $3,125/Qtr            $250/Hr. Over 50 up to 100 Hrs.
        Option C    100 Hrs of Service          $20,000/Yr.           $5,000/Qtr            $100/Hr. Over 100 Hrs.

For multiple plants, a member pays 15% of their annual dues for each additional foundry listed.  When a member exceeds  their purchased hours of service within a year, they will be billed the overage rate for their dues option.  After 100 hours are used, there is a flat $100/hr. per hour fee.

A Board of Trustees composed of one Trustee per member, operate the Institute in accordance with an approved code of regulations.  The Trustees meet twice a year to conduct the business of the Institute. They elect traditional officers and an Executive Committee who set policy and guide the direction of the Institute.

Travel expenses to member plants are billed for reimbursement as incurred.

Meeting expenses are either collected by a registration fee or for smaller meetings billed at a pro-rata charge after the meeting is completed.

   What Services are Available to Members?

The ICRI staff is dedicated to fulfilling the goals set forth by the Board of Trustees.   This is done in many ways, some of which are:

bullet Troubleshooting at member plants on specific member technical and operating problems followed by detailed reports.
bullet Providing plant operating audits and report.
bullet Conducting and publishing surveys on appropriate plant operations, processes, raw materials and equipment.  Recent examples include the ICRI Melt Operations Survey, Green Sand Survey, Rust Inhibitor Survey, Spectrometer Survey, Shot Blast Survey, and Core Wash Survey.
bullet Laboratory analysis of casting defects to determine likely cause and probable cure.
bullet Assisting members as a third party in resolving technical problems with members' customers.
bullet Providing fast telephone response to a wide variety of member concerns, often resulting in immediate forwarding of appropriate information from the comprehensive ICRI library and files.
bullet The staff is available for in-plant visits at member or customer plants on short notice, if necessary.
bullet Acting as a "clearing house"  to suggest appropriate dialog between members who have similar equipment or problems.
bullet The staff makes no decisions for their members and rarely establishes specific guidelines for member operation.  Instead it acts in an advisory capacity with an excellent background and database on the technological operation of each member.
bullet When desired, the staff works with members on items of a proprietary or confidential nature.
bullet Organizing and conducting annual meetings of member technical personnel.
bullet Organizing and conducting meetings on special topics as needed.
bullet Organizing and conducting biannual meetings of operating personnel in conjunction with a visit to a member foundry.
bullet Conducting a twice yearly Spectrometer Proficiency testing program which our members participate in at no charge.  Non-members can participate for a $150 Yearly fee.
bullet ICRI performs a yearly image analysis audit of test bars of all classes of iron poured by members.  A report is issued to the member and results are stored in an ICRI database for use in statistical analysis studies. No member's data will be shared with another member except in the use of statistics and then no foundry names will be listed.

The Institute is centrally located to its membership.  The map below shows present member plant locations.  The Columbus, Ohio home office locations affords easy access to member plants by car or air.