The invention utilizes a microcomputer in combination with a CRT and a multiplicity of transducers.

Mickowski has spent more than 20 years as a specialist in casting quality control and process technology. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology, where he also taught mechanical engineering. He is recognized as an expert in automation, systems engineering, die-casting machine design and performance, and the die-casting process.

The founder and CEO of Tymac Controls Corp., Mickowski has been responsible for many innovations in the die-casting instrumentation and process controls field that are used in die-casting operations worldwide. He holds the first patents issued for die-casting velocity, pressure, and strain measurement instruments, and patents for his invention of the world’s first portable computerized shot analyzer. He has presented more than 100 seminars to various die-casting companies and trade organizations in North America, Europe, China, India, Ukraine, and Russia.