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  WHAT IS AN INVESTMENT CASTING?

  WHAT SEPARATES VS TECHNO CAST FROM OTHER INVESTMENT CASTING FOUNDRIES?

  WHAT METALS CAN BE CAST? OR WHAT ALLOYS CAN BE POURED AS AN INVESTMENT CASTING?

  WHAT SIZE RANGE OF PARTS CAN BE PRODUCED BY THE INVESTMENT CASTING PROCESS?

  WHAT ARE THE "AS CAST" DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCES I CAN EXPECT?

  WHAT TYPE OF SURFACE FINISH CAN I EXPECT FROM AN INVESTMENT CASTING?

  AREN'T INVESTMENT CASTINGS EXPENSIVE? AND IF SO, HOW CAN THEY SAVE ME MONEY?

  HOW MANY PIECES DO I NEED TO MAKE BUYING AN INVESTMENT CASTING PRACTICAL?

  WHAT TYPE OF TOOLING OR PATTERN EQUIPMENT IS NECESSARY?

  WHAT ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF AN INVESTMENT CASTING? WILL I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH POROSITY AND SHRINKAGE THAT IS
    USUALLY NONEXISTENT IN BAR STOCK OR FORGINGS?

  WHAT ARE THE LEAD TIMES I CAN EXPECT WHEN ORDERING AN INVESTMENT CASTING?

  WHEN IS A PART TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PROCESS?

  HOW DO WE KNOW IF OUR DESIGN OPTIMIZES THE PROCESS CAPABILITY?

  HOW THE PROCESS WORKS?

 WHEN IS CASTING THE APPROPRIATE PROCESS?

 WHEN SHOULD YOU CHOOSE INVESTMENT CASTING AND WHEN SHOULD YOU CHOOSE SAND CASTING?

 WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU BEGIN AN OUTSOURCING INVESTMENT CASTING PRODUCTS?

 WHAT ARE ADVANTAGES OF INVESTMENT CASTING?

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