Lost Wax Investment Casting Advantages

Lost Wax Investment Casting Design Advantages

Lost Wax Investment Castings Cost Advantages

• Lost wax casting provides greater design flexibility
• Lost wax investment casting provides greater detail
• Near net shape
• Greater alloy selection to enhance part performance
• Surface finishes 120 to 150 RMS
• Close tolerances ±.005 inch per inch
• Lost wax investment casting results in weight reduction

• Lost wax casting provides near net shape lowers material usage
• Reduce material costs
• Lost wax investment casting reduces expensive machining operations
• Eliminate expensive fabrications and weldments
• Low initial tooling costs
• Economic order quantities ranging from Prototype quantities to Long Production Runs

• Application: Machinery
• Design Problem: Difficult Weldment, Poor Quality, High Manufacturing Costs
• Solution: Investment cast as one piece, Improved quality, Reduced cost 20%

Performance Advantage

• Application: Bottling
• Performance Problem: Short product life, High wear, High replacement costs
• Solution: Changed to a cobalt based alloy, Improved product life tenfold, Reduced total costs 30%

Cost Advantage

• Application: Material Handling
• Cost Problem: Difficult to machine, Complex shape, Unusual alloy
• Solution: Investment cast component, savings of 50%