Industries

Investment Casting Across Demanding Industries

Intercast supports customers across diverse industrial markets, each with its own performance, quality and manufacturing requirements.

From aerospace and automotive components to flow control, energy and industrial applications, our team works with customers to develop investment casting solutions around the needs of the part — including geometry, material, performance, production requirements and secondary operations.

Design Flexibility Across Applications

Investment casting provides the design flexibility to produce complex near-net-shape components while creating opportunities to reduce machining, consolidate multi-piece assemblies and simplify manufacturing.

Precision Castings for Demanding Aerospace Applications

Aerospace components demand consistent manufacturing, process control and attention to critical requirements. Intercast supports aerospace customers with investment castings for complex applications where geometry, material performance and quality are essential.

Our experience includes components used in aircraft systems ranging from actuation and hydraulic applications to landing and braking systems, cargo systems and other critical aerospace assemblies.

Typical Applications

Interior components

Sensors

Hydraulic system components

Cargo system components

Actuation components

Landing and braking system components

Bearing cages

Flight-critical and safety-related applications

Investment Casting for Performance and Design Flexibility

Automotive applications require components that balance performance, manufacturability, weight and cost. Investment casting gives engineers the flexibility to create complex geometries and near-net-shape components while reducing the need for extensive machining and fabrication.

Intercast has experience supporting automotive applications ranging from fuel and engine systems to turbocharger and valvetrain components.

Typical Applications

Turbocharger wheels

Wastegate components

Fuel rail blocks

Actuator rods

Rocker arms

Intermediate levers

Steel pistons

Direct injection components

Variable valve timing components

EGR system components

Complex Components for Pumps, Valves and Fluid Systems

Flow control applications often combine complex internal geometries, demanding materials and precise functional requirements.

Investment casting allows designers to produce intricate near-net-shape components while reducing machining and creating opportunities to consolidate features that would otherwise require multiple manufacturing operations.

Intercast supports flow control customers with engineering assistance and investment casting solutions for pumps, valves, instrumentation and related equipment.

Typical Applications

Ball valve components

Gate valve components

Check valve components

Bonnets

Valve internals

Pump components

Instrumentation components

Stainless Steel Castings for Food Equipment Applications

Food processing and commercial food equipment often require components with complex geometries, corrosion resistance and durable material performance.

Investment casting provides the design flexibility to produce near-net-shape stainless steel and wear-resistant components while reducing machining and simplifying complex part designs.

Intercast supports manufacturers of food processing and food equipment with cast components developed around their application and material requirements.

Typical Applications

Food processing equipment components

Commercial food equipment components

Stainless steel hardware

Wear-resistant components

Complex equipment components requiring near-net-shape manufacturing

Investment Castings for Complex Industrial Components

Industrial equipment covers a broad range of applications, but many share the same manufacturing challenges: complex geometry, demanding materials, dimensional requirements and the need for reliable production.

Intercast works with industrial customers to evaluate components for investment casting and identify opportunities to simplify manufacturing.

In the right application, investment casting can replace multi-piece fabrications, weldments or heavily machined components with a single near-net-shape casting.

Typical Applications

Industrial machinery components

Equipment hardware

Complex structural components

Components converted from fabrications or weldments

Near-net-shape replacements for heavily machined parts

Cast Components for Demanding Energy Applications

Oil and gas equipment operates in demanding environments where material selection, component integrity and traceability can be critical.

Intercast supports upstream, midstream and downstream applications with investment cast components produced around customer specifications and application requirements.

Our experience includes components manufactured from alloy steels, stainless steels and high-nickel materials for drilling, production and related oilfield equipment.

Typical Applications

Centralizers

Junk baskets

Fishing tool components

Drill bit components

Blowout preventer components

Dies and inserts

Casing and tubing tong components

Other oilfield equipment components

Investment Castings for High-Performance Power Applications

Power generation equipment can require complex components capable of operating under demanding thermal, mechanical and environmental conditions.

Investment casting provides the design flexibility and material options needed for intricate components used in turbine and power-generation systems.

Intercast has experience producing components for power generation applications using stainless steels and high-performance nickel-based alloys.

Typical Applications

Fuel nozzle components

Swirlers

Support baskets

Turbine-related components

High-temperature equipment components

Complex components requiring high-performance alloys

Precision Components for Security and Access Systems

Security hardware requires dependable mechanical performance, dimensional consistency and durable materials.

Intercast supports security applications with investment cast components manufactured from materials including stainless steels and bronze alloys.

Investment casting provides the design flexibility needed for complex locking, access-control and security hardware while allowing multiple functional features to be incorporated into a single component.

Typical Applications

Detention keys

Door locking components

Access-control hardware

Security lighting hardware

Locking system components

Complex security hardware

Why Investment Casting

Design Freedom for Complex Components

Across these industries, the application requirements may be different, but many of the manufacturing challenges are the same.

Investment casting can provide an effective manufacturing solution for components requiring complex geometry, material flexibility and near-net-shape production.

Complex geometries Near-net-shape manufacturing Design flexibility Reduced machining Multi-piece component consolidation A broad range of alloy options Consistent production of complex components

Intercast works with customers early in the process to evaluate whether investment casting is appropriate for the component and to identify opportunities to improve manufacturability.

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