Investment casting

Investment Casting Welding and Casting Processes Investment casting or lost wax casting has been used by many different cultures for thousands of years. The Egyptians used investment casting to make bronze statues and the Chinese made vessels and a variety of other items by using investment casting. Therefore, it is by no means a new process. The most modern approach, which has been used since the middle of the twentieth century is called ceramic shell …

…systems, optical equipment, medical and dental equipment, typewriters and office equipment, firearms, and much much more. Investment casting is an ancient 5 process but we still use it today to create the technologically sophisticated equipment and machines that surround us in our modern society. Bibliography Investment Casting Institute. (1968). Investment Casting Handbook. Investment Casting Institute Chicago, Illinois. Beeley, P.R. (1972). FoundryTechnolog. Butterworths London, England. Hitchcock, Howard. (1985). Out Of The Fiery Furnace. William Kaufmann, INC. Los Altos, California.