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Investment casting, also known as lost-wax casting, is one of the oldest known metal forming techniques dating back 5000 years, when beeswax was used for pattern making. The process has evolved since then and today it is used for casting complex parts in different alloys. The Akrapovic Company realized the potential of this process a few years ago and the decision was made to add an investment casting foundry for titanium to the existing range of advanced technologies, which are used in the production of exhaust systems.

Hence, the titanium foundry became operational at the beginning of 2009 and has since then been producing components that are integrated in exhaust systems and parts for other customers.

The titanium foundry is placed in an 800 m² building at the main location of the Akrapovic Company in Ivancna Gorica.

 

The facility

The facility comprises all phases of the investment casting process from wax injection to the final inspection of casted parts with X-ray radioscopy and other control procedures (chemical analyses, mechanical properties, dimensional accuracy, etc.).

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Investment casting is an industrial process also known as “lost-wax casting”. This technique is most often used for producing parts using special materials, like titanium alloy for high temperature applications. more