This modern book on investment casting fills a substantial gap in the literature of metal founding. The investment casting sector of the foundry industry has seen rapid growth; despite this the literature devoted specially to investment casting and its products has remained relatively sparse. Investment Casting has been produced by drawing upon the knowledge of authorities within or closely associated with the industry, in co-operation with the British Investment Casting Trade Association, examining the process and its products in a way which is useful both to the industry and to design engineers. To this end the earlier chapters are devoted to each of the main production stages from tooling to finishing, with health and safety treated separately, commensurate with its current importance.

    1. Introduction 2. Tooling 3. Pattern Technology 4. Investment Materials and Ceramic Shell Manufacture 5. Melting and Casting 6. Gating and Feeding Investment Castings 7. Finishing Investment Castings 8. Health, Safety and Environmental Legislation 9. Defects and Non-Destructive Testing 10. Metallurgical Aspects: Structure Control 11. Design for Investment Casting 12. Review of Applications.

    Biography

    Peter R. Beeley DMet, PhD, CEng, FIM, FIBF. Life Fellow and formerly Senior Lecturer in Metallurgy, University of Leeds, UK. Robert F. Smart BSc , PhD, CEng, FIM. Director, British Investment Casting Trade Association and Secretary, European Investment Casters' Federation.