investment casting
- a casting process in which an expendable pattern is surrounded by an investment compound and then baked so that the investment is hardened to form a mold and the pattern material may be melted and run off.
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Compare lost-wax process.
Origin of investment casting
First recorded in 1945–50
Also called precision casting.
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