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Types of Wax Used in Investment Casting
May 06, 2021

Types of Wax Used in Investment Casting

Investment casting is an oldest manufacturing. It is the proven technology to economically produce metal forms with low tolerance parts, complex geometries and superior surface finish,

Types of Wax:

Investment casting is an oldest manufacturing. It is the proven technology to economically produce metal forms with low tolerance parts, complex geometries and superior surface finish, for achieving these it is very important to use superior waxes at every stages of casting.
It has been used in various forms from decades; earlier beeswax was used to form patterns necessary for the casting process. Today, more advanced waxes are used which are as follows,

  • Filled Pattern waxes
  • Un-filled or Non-filled Pattern waxes
  • Runner waxes
  • Water-soluble waxes
  • Repair Waxes
  • Sticky waxes

Filled Pattern Waxes:

Filled pattern waxes are having excellent flow properties and consistent dimensional stability with superior surface finish.
It is suitable for manual as well as automatic production system. It is designed for big to small wax pattern production, It makes special for wax pattern production of Aerospace Parts, Automobile Components, Valve and Impeller Components, General Engineering and other industries.
There are different products which are highly efficient in this category, namely:

  • Filled pattern wax FPWE.30 (Colour: Green)
  • Filled pattern wax FPW.E40 (Colour: Green)

Unfilled / Non – Filled Pattern Waxes:

Unfilled pattern waxes are the blends used in filling even the most complex dies, producing sharply defined patterns. And they are used in automotive, golf club and hardware applications like gears, decorative castings.
This waxes have exceptional flow properties, hence the wax is suitable for critical and precision applications. It works perfectly on both manual and automatic production systems. Also it has dimensional consistency which makes this wax suitable for mass production.
Speciality of this wax is simplicity in recycling and sustaining physical properties after dewaxing, these waxes are widely used in automotive, golf club and hardware applications like gears, decorative castings and other industries.
There are different products which are highly efficient in this category, namely:

  • Non Filled pattern wax NFPW.B200 (Colour: Blue)
  • Non Filled pattern wax UPW-E145 (Colour : Green)

Runner waxes have excellent mechanical strength, low viscosity and melting point which ease use in assembly of pattern wax.
While dewaxing lower melting helps runner melt first and drain out of the ceramic mould and passage for the thermal expansion of the Wax Patterns which results in cracks free moulds. It has Good operational Soldering strength for avoiding part broken while handling the assemblies and shells.
There are different products which are highly efficient in this category, namely:

  • Runner Waxes UVERCON (Colour: Olive Green)

Water Soluble Waxes:

Water Soluble waxes are widely used for making internal intricate cores of the wax patterns. These cores should be placed in wax pattern die. After wax pattern injection, these soluble cores should be dissolved in acid and water solution bath. Surface finish and productivity of these soluble cores is very good.
These waxes are leached before assembling of pattern on runners. There are different products which are highly efficient in this category, namely:

  • SOLCAST

Note: It is an improvised version of regular soluble wax and is fortified with the solubility busters, these special type of accelerating molecules improves the solubility of the wax. This wax has proven better results when used with water mixed with mild acids.

Repair Waxes:

Repair waxes are paste type wax used to cover the surface defects of the wax patterns. This wax is widely used for repairing the surface defects of the wax pattern, like cavitations, flow lines and non-fills.
There are different products which are highly efficient in this category, namely:

  • REPAIR WAX (Colour: Red)

Sticky Waxes:

This is a glue type wax. Sticky Wax provides a very strong joint which reduces the assembly time and makes the process hassle free.
There are different products which are highly efficient in this category, namely:

  • STICKY WAX (Colour: Pale Yellow)

Saffroshine Pvt. Ltd. is the leading manufacturer and supplier of pattern wax in India. If you are looking for waxes for your any investment casting solutions, please reach us to our wax expert for getting customised solutions as per your requirement.

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