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WHY INVESTMENT
CASTING?
Design
Flexibility |
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There
are many benefits of investment castings. The investment
casting process or lost wax process produces
near-net-shape configurations. This offers engineers
design flexibility in many types of alloys. This process
is capable of producing precise detail and dimensional
accuracy in parts weighing many pounds to just a few
ounces. Precision investment castings are able to reduce
costs in many cases due to reduced machining and less
materiel waste. |
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Wide Choice
of Alloys |
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Highland
Lakes Casting is capaable of utilizing a wide
variety of alloys for aluminum investment
castings, stainless steel investment castings,
steel investment castings, cobalt alloy investment
casting, nickel alloy investment casting, and iron
based investment casting. We can produce a wide
choice of standard and complex alloys. The benefit
of using a wide choice of alloys is the ability to
have a wide variety of material characteristics to
suit almost any application. |
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Reduction of Production
Costs |
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Investment
casting can reduce costly machining operations and
sometimes even eliminate them. No large capital
equipment investment is needed to produce parts
in-house other than tooling for the wax molds.
Therefore, another benefit of the investment
casting process is reduction of production costs
in many applications. Highland Lakes casting
can provide turn-key service for your production
requirements. |
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Reduction of
Assembly
Operations |
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Several
parts can be made as one casting eliminating the
need for fabrication such as welding or mechanical
fasteners, reducing assembly, handling and
inspection costs. Reduction of assembly operations
can greatly reduce prices in areas with high
assembly costs. |
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Reproduce Fine Details / Precision
Investment
Casting |
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Lettering,
precision holes, splines, serrations, bosses and even
some threads can be investment cast with the lost wax
casting method at our precision investment casting
facility. Being able to produce precision investment
castings and fine details is one of the primary benefits
of the investment casting process.
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