About Comprehensive Casting Solutions
ABOUT CHRIS WHITEHOUSE
Your Partner in Casting
Comprehensive Casting Solutions LLC was founded specifically to address the need of foundries that are losing technical talent due to retirement and the inability to replace them with trained and experienced personnel. We can step in with short or long-term help as a trusted partner. Our experts have decades of experience at your disposal.
When you hire our consulting services, you gain a partnership with premier industry experts who will help find solutions to your casting needs. We step in with innovation and a passion that won’t be found elsewhere.
OUR EXPERTS
Meet Chris
Chris Whitehouse, founder of Comprehensive Casting Solutions LLC, is a leading expert in the casting industry.
He has over two decades of experience in investment casting slurry and shell systems. He is passionate about casting and understands the material properties essential for its success. Chris has extensive experience developing cutting-edge slurry systems for shell building. This has now been expanded with training in automated robotic shell building to bring even greater profitability into your foundry.
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Circle of Technical Excellence and Innovation Awardee 2018 Issued by
3M Advanced Materials Division -
Patent Awardee - Method of Making Investment Casting Mold US-10953460-B2
Issued Mar 23, 2021 - Degreed Ceramic Engineer (MS/BS) with 2½ decades of PIC slurry/shell design & optimization.
- Author & Presenter of 16+ Technical Papers in USA & Outside the USA
- 13+ Years Teaching Engineers, Process Operators, & General Managers at the Investment Casting Institute’s Professional Certification Course
Our Technical Team
Pat Morrison
- Degreed Metallurgist with engineering and management roles in Powder Metal, Heat Treating, and Foundry Facilities
- CAD fluent with practical use of most of the major casting simulation software currently available
- Individually and with a team, have designed processes, the equipment necessary to execute the process, plant layout, and installation of said equipment
- Designed alloys for castability and to optimize their performance in specific use environments
Ford Bishop
- Demonstrated understanding of casting processes
- Expertise in metal casting, including the selection of materials, mold design, process optimization, and quality control
- Technical proficiency in process optimization, efficiency enhancement, and quality control
- Relationship driven, which is crucial in ensuring successful project execution and customer satisfaction.
Douglas Marion
- 45+ years of hands on investment/no-bake/ shaw/ permanent mold experience.
- 25 years consulting experience pertaining to the foundry in metallurgical, process control, best practice, defect analysis,.
- Involved with the ICI for many years and presented 2 technical papers
- Member of several committees and sub committees to help better the ICI.
SERVICES
Our Solutions
What We Offer
We offer a wide range of services to solve your casting problems.
Our expertise includes but is not limited to:
- Shell System Optimization & Education
- Shell System Improvements/Upgrades
- Shell System Conversions
- Process Control Implementation
- Slurry & Shell System Problem Solving
- Ceramic/Metal System Problem Solving
- Ceramic/Metal Scrap Reduction
- Optimization of Robotic Dip Routines for Intelligent Shell Building
- Optimization of Automatic Drying System Environment for Intelligent Shell
- Maximizing Shell Properties through Intelligent Process Control & Understanding
- Educating Operators & Supervisors for Best Slurry Parameters & Resulting Properties.
- Mentoring to Improve Casting Knowledge & Help Retain Employees through Excitement & Appreciation of the Process
- Complete Shell Room, Equipment, & Process Reviews
- On-Hand Technical Assistance as a Trusted Advisor
- Mold, tree, gating and runner design input
- Metal alloy suggestions
- Chemical and NDT analysis
- Scrap reduction
- Knockout issue resolution
- So much more....
How You Benefit
Our partnership will enrich your foundry’s future.
You’ll see the following as a result of our efforts:
Higher Productivity
Happier Customers
Lower Attrition
Better Employee Retention
Improved Employee Performance
Greater Market Share & Profits
More Innovation
Superior Service
Long Term Problem Solving
Our Clients
Get Expert Help
If you are compelled to find answers and tire of the status quo options, partner with us for a resolution.