Investment casting is one of the most popular metal forming techniques for manufacturers. Today, it is used in a variety of industries, from aerospace to energy, medical and defense.
In this blog, we'll explore the advantages of investment casting and find out why it's often the first choice for manufacturers looking for high-precision, accurate, high-quality parts.

Design versatility
Investment casting offers exceptional design flexibility, and complex, complex components can be cast into near-net shapes. Thin-walled sections and complex channels can be easily cast.

Versatility in Alloy Selection
Most alloy substrates, such as iron, aluminum, nickel, copper and cobalt, can be cast using the investment casting process. Some of these alloys are either difficult to machine and machine, or nearly impossible to machine economically. For these reasons, investment casting is the process of choice for many product designers in the medical, oil and gas fields.

Wide range of applications
Most metal alloys such as aluminum, bronze, steel and nickel can be used for investment casting. For this reason, this type of casting is used in a variety of industries to produce many different components, from turbine blades to safety interlocks and camera housings.

tight tolerances
Tight dimensional tolerances down to + - 0.1mm can be achieved - resulting in high precision castings.

Excellent surface finish
Investment casting has a very smooth surface – reducing the amount of secondary work required and the associated time and cost compared to other processes such as sand casting or forging.

rapid prototyping
Rapid prototyping is the best way to produce products quickly, allowing designers to evaluate their products before making expensive tools. Rapid prototyping can reduce lead times for test products by up to 75% compared to production tool methods.

Repeatability
The quality of investment castings is maintained from one casting to another - providing a very reliable technology and low-cost repeat operation.

low tool cost
Compared to gravity die or high pressure die casting, the die set-up cost of this process is much lower. For this reason, it is sometimes used for pre-production runs of high-volume pressure die cast products.