Investment casting is one of the oldest known metalworking processes in existence.Beginning more than 5,000 years ago as "lost wax investment casting" the historical process used bee's wax to form a pattern which was then used to create various components and products.
Fast forward to today, thousands of years later and the science remains the same.However, precision investment casting foundries all over the world have introduced new innovations such as high-tech waxes, advanced refractory materials, and the many advances made possible by computers and computer aided design.
Similar to the results of our ancient ancestors when they did it, precision investment casting provides unparalleled accuracy, repeatability, and quality -- this makes the investment casting of small parts and large parts in high quality alloys a fantastic alternativeto other less precise fabricating methods.