What type of tooling or pattern equipment is necessary in investment casting?
Typically, a split negative-cavity aluminum die is manufactured from which the wax models are produced. In addition, ceramic inserts and soluble wax cores are used to achieve desired internal part configuration, depending on the complexity of the casting cavity. Typical tooling life is 50,000 pieces, and this life can be substantially increased through the use of steel inserts in the aluminum die on higher volume programs.
