Aluminum Investment Castings

When considering aluminum investment castings you need to be aware of the pros and cons, the advantages and possible drawbacks. You must have heard if you are part of any relevant industry, about the benefits of using aluminum castings for today’s industrial needs. There are many uses for aluminum parts in the industry of 21st century – some demanding pure aluminum, while others involve the use of other metals to mix and form different types of alloys.

The Advantages of Aluminum Investment Castings

There are many, many benefits that would benefit any industry which adapts aluminum investment castings for their needs of metal parts duplication or manufacture. The main benefits would be:

Corrosion resistance – aluminum investment castings uses aluminum because it does not corrode like its counterparts such as iron, copper and the like. Though it is not as conducive the copper, aluminum makes up on that by its anti-corrosive properties. Continue...

Rapid Prototyping - Part 2

The second type of rapid prototyping employed at Shelmet Precision Casting, Inc is molds made with epoxy or silicon.

Made by using pourable epoxies or silicon rubbers, these molds are designed for tooling and offer a high degree of accuracy.

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