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Pros / Cons

Advantages:

• Suitable for casting high-melting-point alloys with a good surface finish and close tolerances.

• Little or no finishing is required, which otherwise would add significantly to the total cost of the casting.

• High degree of design freedom. Complex shapes that would be too costly to machine can be produced quickly and economically as investment castings.

• The labor and materials involved make the lost-wax process costly.

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