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historical expertise in investment casting

MICROSTEEL, a hard metal machining specialist company (Alacrite, Inconel®, Titanium), relies on its dedicated workshop for all types of machining operations for the finishing of investment or centrifugal cast metal parts.

A ceramic mold is created around the wax part pattern and then removed before casting the metal. Investment casting delivers optimum metal part surface finish with very tight dimensional tolerances.

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Advantages of investment casting

  • Tighter dimensional tolerances, reducing or eliminating subsequent machining (js 14 mechanical tolerances)
  • Single part small to medium-volume production runs
  • Multi-alloys
  • Repetitive production runs
  • 3D print-based prototype manufacture

Investment casting manufacturing stages

  • Wax pattern injection
  • Wax pattern cluster assembly
  • Primary layer coating
  • Shell strengthening on an automated line
  • Élimination de la cire par autoclave
  • Couler du métal après cuisson de la carapace
  • Dewaxing
  • Parts cutting and finishing
  • Heat treatment
  • Parts machining
  • X-ray, penetrant and dimensional parts inspection
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Processed alloys and grades

Our air induction and vacuum melting equipment can cast a wide array of alloys..

  • Structural steels
  • Stainless steels
  • Superalloys
  • Ni base alloys
  • Co base alloys
  • Titanium

Fields of application

Due to its very high dimensional precision and optimum surface finish, investment casting is applied in highly demanding fields of application.

  • Aeronautics
  • Power generation (oil & gas, nuclear…)
  • Medical
  • Defense
  • Motor sports
  • Vintage vehicles
  • Industries
  • Steel industry

Our investment casting resources

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  • 5 to 50 T injection presses
  • 1 robotic coating line
  • 1 finishing line
  • 2 x 60 Kg air induction melting furnaces
  • 1 x 25 Kg vacuum melting furnace
  • 1 x 80 Kg vacuum melting furnace for superalloys and a 25 Kg furnace for titanium
  • 3 vacuum heat treatment ovens
  • 1 fluorescent penetrant line
  • 2 x-ray booths (film and digital prints)
  • 1 3D dimensional inspection room, 3D arm and scanner
  • 1 chemical and metallography test laboratory
Customers who trust us
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Contact us

Need our expertise in investment casting, centrifugal casting or machining? Please contact us using the form below. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

3, rue du Plessis
35770 Vern-sur-Seiche

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