Future trends in the investment casting industry.

Investment casting is an ancient but still widely used metal fabrication process that is very common in the manufacturing industry. With the advent of Industry 4.0 and digital intelligence, how will this industry improve and develop in the future? What changes will there be in the future? We can discuss it from several aspects:
Digital and intelligent transformation. As digital intelligence develops faster and faster, the investment casting industry is also undergoing a transformation from traditional production models to digital intelligent production. For example, by introducing 3D printing technology to directly produce wax molds or stucco coating to replace the traditional cumbersome molding process, this will not only simplify the molding process and improve efficiency, but also improve the manufacturability of complex structural parts, and may improve accuracy. Furthermore, as current labor costs are getting higher and higher, companies must continue to build and improve automated and intelligent equipment and systems in order to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Including automated batching, digital molding, automated intelligent pouring & pick-up, and artificial intelligence quality inspection, etc.

Development and advancement of new materials. At present, traditional materials still have many limitations for special environments and special uses. If new alloy materials that are more suitable for special environments and special purposes can be developed to provide more possibilities for investment casting, then investment castings can be used in more and more special industries. If nanotechnology can be used to improve the internal structure and surface quality of castings in the future, it will be another qualitative improvement.