metalworking

Investment castings provide limitless advantages. It is often used as a metal component for energy, gas and oil, food service, commercial, military, automotive, firearm, power generation, and aerospace industries. For instance, the firearms industry turns to cast parts for firearm receivers, triggers, hammers, and other precision parts. Castings investment is […]

The word “casting” is used to define or refer to the part made by the machine casting process, which dates back more than 5,000 years ago. When it comes to history, this process is performed to make significant and complex metal components that would have been difficult when using the […]

Investment casting, otherwise known as a lost wax casting, is one of the oldest metal-forming processes that is still used as of this date. Approximately 5,000 years ago, investment castings started with a basic beeswax-formed pattern. Today, it involves highly complicated processes and technologies using refractory materials and specialized alloys. […]

Unlike other casting techniques, investment casting makes parts from molten metal. This process is also known as lost-wax casting, and has been done for thousands of years. Understanding the basics of investment castings is essential to know when and how to use this method. Let’s start with the basics of […]

If you’re not already using investment castings, it might be time for you to start. These castings are extremely versatile. They can be big or small and made out of a large range of materials, all while maintaining exceptional accuracy. With benefits like these, it’s no surprise that investment castings […]

Titanium tubes are used in different industries for various applications. The aerospace industry, power generation industry, chemical processing industry, oil and gas industry, and countless other trades all utilize the power of titanium tubing. Why is titanium tubing so popular? In order to learn why, and to determine whether it […]

In the forging process, metal is crushed into the appropriate high strength shapes under intense pressure. Usually, but not always, the operation is carried out in a heated environment by preheating the metal to the necessary temperature before it is worked. It’s vital to keep in mind that the process […]

Investment castings are one of the oldest and most popular type of metal components. The process to create these parts involves pouring molten metal into a ceramic mold. The metal solidifies within the mold and then the metal casting is broken out. Aircraft, aerospace, oil, road construction, coal mining, steel […]

There are numerous different types of forging processes. There is rolled ring forging, which punches a hole in a thick, round piece of metal and then rolls and squeezes the part into a thin ring. There is also closed die forging, which moves two dies towards each other until they […]

Zirconium is a silver-gray transition metal, a type of element that is malleable and ductile and easily forms stable compounds. It is also highly resistant to corrosion. Let’s take a look at some facts about the metal as well as where you might use it and where you can get […]