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Importance Of Casting Craft Patterns/Samples
By Ashish Jain
Lost wax casting process is the most accepted procedure for making patterns of virtually anything
and everything. This pattern-making process is in vogue since time immemorial! It is an integral part of
the manufacturing process. Any new product requires the pattern first. A sample peace is taken out
and only after approval it go for the final production.
Even a small button requires the pattern-making first. If you wish to cast a mighty elephant in brass or
any other metal, it also requires pattern making first. In the manufacturing process, the only action that
precedes pattern making, is the designing on the paper. With the details provided in the design, the
pattern maker, call him an engraver, makes the production-worthy pattern.
The second process for pattern making is investment casting. This method is used for a wide range of
applications. This has developed into a foremost technique of modern industry. To put it in the proper
perspective, the old pattern making industry has been modernized.
Investment casting got the real fillip during 1980 due to the unprecedented growth of the aircraft
industry. Investment casting in the foundry industry accounts for 15% of the value of cast metal
production. It really is the modernization of an ancient art.
Lost wax casting method, as earlier said was used for making dental inlays, metal sculpture and
surgical implants. It was mostly used in making copper and brass statues. Impetus to this craft and
thousands of new part patterns were created to meet t