Development prospects of investment casting

The products obtained by investment casting are precise and complex, close to the final shape of the parts, and can be directly used without or with little machining. It is an advanced technology for near net formation and an excellent process technology in the casting industry, with a wide range of applications. It is suitable for casting various types of alloys, and the produced castings have higher dimensional accuracy and surface quality than other casting methods. Even complex, high-temperature resistant, and difficult to process castings can be cast using investment casting precision casting.

At present, the investment casting process in the world is developing rapidly and widely used. From the current situation, the future development trend of this process is that casting products are becoming closer to component products, and traditional precision castings are only used as blanks, which is no longer suitable for the rapid changes in the market. The complexity and quality level of component products are increasing, and research and development methods are becoming stronger. Professional collaboration is beginning to emerge, and the application of CAD, CAM, and CAE has become the main technology for component product development.

From the current development situation analysis, the application of investment casting technology is very extensive, and its future development prospects are expected to be broad.