Lost Wax Investment Casting Design Advantages
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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 per inch
- Lost wax investment casting results in weight
reduction
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- 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
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Lost
Wax Investment Casting Design, Performance & Cost Advantages
We have helped many companies find solutions to save them time, money, and headaches. Below are some examples were we used our expertise in lost wax casting to help solve their design, performance, and cost problems
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Design
Advantage
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- Application: Machinery
- Design
Problem: Difficult
Weldment, Poor Quality, High Manufacturing Costs
- Solution: Investment
cast as one piece, Improved quality, Reduced cost 20%
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Performance
Advantage
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- 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%
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Advantage |
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- Application: Material
Handling
- Cost
Problem: Difficult
to machine, complex shape, Unusual alloy
- Solution: Investment
cast component, savings of 50%
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