OEM Custom Stainless Steel Investment Casting Parts from China Investment Casting Foundry.

The investment casting is also called precision casting because it have much better surface and higher accuracy than any other casting process. Especially for the silica sol casting process, the finished castings could reach the CT3 ~ CT5 in geometrical casting tolerance and CT4 ~ CT6 in dimensional casting tolerance. For the casings produced by investment, there will be less or even no need to make the machining processes. To some extent, the investment casting could replace the rough machining process.

The investment casting gets its name because the patterns (wax replicas) is invested with the surrounded refractory materials during casting process. The "invested" here means being surrounded. The wax replicas should be invested (surrounded) by the refractory mateials to withstand the high temperature of the flowing molten metals during casting.

Almost most of the ferrous and nonferrous metal and alloys could be cast by investment casting process. But, at our lost wax casting foundry, we mainly cast the carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, super duplex stainless steel, gray cast iron, ductile cast iron, aluminium alloys and brass. Additionally, certain applications require the use of specialized other alloys used primarily in harsh environments. These alloys, such as Titanium and Vanadium, meet the additional demands that might not be achieved with standard Aluminum alloys. For example, Titanium alloys often are used to produce turbine blades and vanes for aerospace engines. Cobalt-base and Nickel-base alloys (with a variety of secondary elements added to achieve specific strength-strength, corrosion-strength and temperature-resistant properties), are additional types of cast metals.

▶ Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals for Investment Casting (Lost Wax Casting Process)

• Carbon Steel:  AISI 1020  - AISI 1060,

• Steel Alloys: ZG20SiMn, ZG30SiMn, ZG30CrMo, ZG35CrMo, ZG35SiMn, ZG35CrMnSi, ZG40Mn, ZG40Cr, ZG42Cr, ZG42CrMo...etc on request.

• Stainless Steel: AISI 304, AISI 304L, AISI 316, AISI 316L and other stainless steel grade.

• Brass & Copper.

• Other Materials and Standards on request

▶ Capabilities of Steel Investment Casting at RMC's Lost Wax Investment Casting Foundry

• Max Size: 1,000 mm × 800 mm × 500 mm

• Weight Range: 0.5 kg - 100 kg

• Annual Capacity: 2,000 tons

• Tolerances: On Request.

▶ Main Production Procedure

• Patterns & Tooling Design → Metal Die Making → Wax Injection → Slurry Assembly → Shell Building → De-Waxing  → Chemical Composition Analysis → Melting & Pouring → Cleaning, Grinding & Shot Blasting → Post Processing or Packing for Shipment

▶ Inspecting Lost Wax Castings

• Spectrographic and manual quantitative analysis

• Metallographic analysis

• Brinell, Rockwell and Vickers hardness inspection

• Mechanical property analysis

• Low and normal temperature impact testing

• Cleanliness inspection

• UT, MT and RT inspection

▶ Post-Casting Process

• Deburring & Cleaning

• Shot Blasting / Sand Peening

• Heat Treatment: Normalization, Quench, Tempering, Carburization, Nitriding

• Surface Treatment: Passivation, Andonizing, Electroplating, Hot Zinc Plating, Zinc Plating, Nickel Plating, Polishing, Electro-Polishing, Painting, GeoMet, Zintec.

• Machining: Turning, Milling, Lathing, Drilling, Honing, Grinding.

▶ Why You Choose RMC for Custom Lost Wax Investment Casting Parts?

• Full solution from one single supplier ranging customized pattern design to finished castings and secondary process including machining, heat treatment and surface treatment.

• Costdown proposals from our professional engineers based on your unique requirement.Short leadtime for prototype, trial casting and any possible technical improvement.

• Bonded Materials: Silica Col, Water Glass and their mixtures.

• Manufacturing flexibility for small orders to mass orders.

• Strong outsourcing manufacturing capabilities.

▶ General Commerial Terms

• Main workflow: Inquiry & Quotation → Confirming Details / Cost Reduction Proposals → Tooling Development → Trial Casting → Samples Approval → Trial Order → Mass Production → Continuous Order Proceeding

• Leadtime: Estimatedly 15-25 days for tooling development and estimatedly 20 days for mass production.

• Payment Terms: To be negotiated.

• Payment methods: T/T, L/C, West Union, Paypal.