RELATED: Investment Casting Goes Digital Pouring molten metal into three-dimensional molds to make metal parts is the basis behind both sand and investment casting.

Sand casting and investment casting are methods of creating metal parts by pouring molten metal into three-dimensional molds. Although methods are thousands of years old, both have been refined ...

Sand casting. Best for larger parts or when minor tolerance trade-offs are acceptable. Quick turnaround using 3D-printed molds or CNC patterns. Investment casting. Ideal for complex geometries, tight ...

Local company Rely Precision Castings has recently sold off its Chamdor sand- and centrifugal-casting facility to be in line with its strategy to aggressively focus on investment castings.

Our facilities and equipment allow students to understand the following melting, molding and casting processes, which are related to many facets of engineering: green sand mulling, green sand molding, ...