stainless steel castings

Stainless steel investment castings are primarily used for corrosion resistance, abrasion resistance and because they typically do not require plating. Stainless steel investment castings are typically found in food preparation and marine industries, and any other time when cosmetics are corrosion resistance are important.

Stainless steel is one of the most common investment casting materials for two reasons. Stainless steel is very friendly to the investment casting process. Stainless steel fills out the sand tree's extremely well leaving great detail and minimal voids. Another reason stainless steel is so popular is due to the high expense of the stainless steel raw material. Because investment casting allows the customer to have very little waste of raw material it reduces overall costs compared to machining by eliminating scrap. Machining a similar part can produce significant waste depending on the part, greatly increasing overall cost. Stainless steel investment castings can produce near net shapes with very little secondary operations required.