TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CHARTS

With over 25 years experience in the casting industries, Palmer Associates is equipped to help with just about any casting need.

Each casting process has its own strengths and weaknesses with regard to cost, reliability, dimensions held, metallurgical quality, volume production and competitive situation.

How do you know which casting process is best for what you need? Here is some basic information on some of the processes. Please look at our comparison chart for a quick, side by side comparison or call us @ 603.889.5422 (EST)

Aluminum Alloy Castings
Highly useful in a variety of harsh environment product applications like engine blocks.
Aluminum Alloy Sand Casting Chart

Aluminum Investment Castings
Easy to duplicate complex shapes.
Non-Ferrous Investment Casting Chart

Steel Investment Castings
Practically no limit to the design complexity
Ferrous Steel Investment Casting Chart

Stainless Steel Investment Casting
Alloying creates the preferred solution for a wide variety of manufacturing needs.
Ferrous Stainless Steel Investment Casting Chart

Copper Investment Castings
Copper allows extremely intricate designs.
Non-Ferrous Investment Casting Chart

Investment Casting
It is a very versatile process and produces a wide range of products for a variety of industries. It also provides intricate detail with strength while using lighter alloys than any other metal casting method
It also improves accuracy, enhances stability and lowers cost.
Non-Ferrous Investment Casting Chart
Ferrous Investment Casting Chart

Graphite Permanent Molding
often used in short or moderate production runs.
Permanent Molding

Rubber Plaster Mold
castings reduce time from prototype to production, has no additional tooling costs. RPM also reduces risk of new product production.
Available Alloys Chart

Sand Castings
just about any type of alloy can be used be because the sand mold can be heated to temperatures that other types of mold cannot handle
Sand Castings Chart
Hardened Steel Alloy Chart

Which Casting is best for your application?

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Investment Casting, Lost Wax Casting, Ferrous and Non Ferrous Materials, Precision Casting, Stainless Steel, Brass, Bronze, Copper, Sand Casting, Die Casting, Plaster Mold Casting, Permanent Mold Casting, Graphite Mold Castings, Machining Services, Overseas Manufacturing Source, Investment Casting Method, Aluminum Investment Castings, Investment Casting Companies, Investment Casting Suppliers, Wax Injection, New England

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Aluminum Alloy, Brass, Bronze, Ductile Iron, Gray Heat Treated, Iron, Zinc, Standard Castings, Sand Castings, Aluminum, Copper, Ferrous
Hardened Steel, Non-Ferrous, Stainless Steel, Steel Investment Castings, Graphite Permanent,Plaster, Rubber Molds, Domestic Casting
Offshore Castings Representative, Manufacturers, Provider, Investment, Sand, Die, Plaster, Permanent Mold, Graphite Mold
Machining, Overseas Manufacturing Source, Aerospace, Automotive, Medical, Manufacturing Industries, New England, NE