Signicast’s advanced investment casting delivers precision metal components that drive innovation in the commercial and industrial parts industry.

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Investment casting is particularly well-suited for producing complex components with intricate details, undercuts or thin-walled sections.

Production of complex components

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Investment casting offers precision and accuracy. For example, precisely cast engine parts can enhance fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.

Improved performance and efficiency

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Investment casting often results in long-term cost savings. The smooth surface finish and reduced need for post-processing can significantly reduce manufacturing time and costs.

Reduced manufacturing costs

Products that are safety-critical or subject to rigorous performance standards rely on investment casting to produce high-quality parts.

Enhanced product quality

Commercial and industrial part leaders choose Signicast to help achieve key goals

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Conversations with suppliers often start with the basics—the fit, form and function of a new component. With many suppliers, the next step is to move straight to quoting the component, with little time spent on optimising the design for manufacturing. This mindset can hinder precision component projects before production even begins.At Signicast, we believe in a value-added approach to manufacturing. This means helping to <a href="/additional-capabilities/product-optimization-and-added-value" target="_self">optimise component designs</a> for greater value from the very beginning of a project. By partnering with our engineers in the early stages of part design and using our “design for manufacturing” methodology, customers can meet all form, fit and function requirements while still achieving cost targets. And all it takes is a conversation.In this webinar, Signicast's Vice President of Sales, Pete Lorenz, joins DDM founder and Chief Technology Officer, Suman Das, to discuss how this new technology can best serve customers.In this webinar, our presenters cover:<ul><li>Saving cost by optimising designs for the investment casting process</li><li>Adding value with complex features without adding cost</li><li>Design for manufacturing methodology</li><li>Part examples demonstrating both cost savings and added value</li><li>Past case studies where we did just that!</li></ul>Fill out the form to sign up for our free on-demand webinar.

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See how design for casting improves component performance and reduces cost by optimising geometry, tolerances and opportunities for part consolidation.

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Signicast's webinar emphasises optimising component designs for cost savings and added value through its "design for manufacturing" approach. 

Cost savings: fit, form and function

Adding a new offering to a business that's going to change the game for construction customers is great, but the last thing anyone wants is for its parts to crumble and repairs to soar.Kodi Klip—designed to enhance the intricate task of connecting rebar with increased safety, speed, and strength—experienced two years of growing pains before Signicast stepped in to help.<h2>Casting reliability reinforced at Lojac</h2>Signicast played a pivotal role in assisting LoJac, Kodi Klip’s majority owner, in transforming this innovative reinforcing solution into a rock-solid success. For Tennessee brick-and-block construction manufacturer LoJac, leading the regional building industry with a 75% market share comes with the expectation of reliability.When the company discovered inventor Jon Kodi’s “Kodi Klip,” named Most Innovative Product at a World of Concrete expo in 2015, they were wowed.Here was a hand-held, air-gun-like tool that, when triggered, automatically fastens a clip to intersecting rods of rebar. This helped workers to avoid the back-breaking, slow, and injury-prone labour of manual wire-tying.“There's an immediate wow factor, and people totally get it. It's one of those innovations that can seriously change the construction world,” says LoJac Chief Operating Officer Kellie Mires.The company partnered with Kodi in March of 2016. But the tools that had been produced in its early generations faced a big problem of failure in the field.“As soon as it would hit the rebar the nozzle just fell apart,” says Aroll Jones, Customer Sales Director for Kodi Klip. “It would be sent back in crumbled pieces.”By the time LoJac began managing the Kodi Klip business, the product was in its second generation, and LoJac saw firsthand how urgent the reliability issue was.<h3>A solution-driven approach</h3>Kevin Blair, LoJac’s Equipment Director, says “The original nozzle was machined aluminium which was very brittle. We had to add a protector to it after assembly to keep it from being damaged on rebar.”That brought the part count higher. And the repairs kept coming.“We were repairing as many 50 or 60 per month, and more than 80% were because of broken nozzles. You would do a repair, send it back out, and a month and a half later it would come back with another broken nozzle. You can't do that. It's bad for business, bad for the customer, and bad all the way around.”It became imperative for the company to solve the quality issues before mass-producing a product that would have LoJac’s brand attached to it.<h2>Converting to investment casting</h2>Signicast had learned about the nozzle failures from its inventor, so when LoJac took over management of the business, a solution had already been proposed.To address the strength issue, Signicast designed a carbon steel solution— a material far stronger than aluminium. “But also, we made it one piece rather than two separate pieces,” Ellis says, which would give the nozzle more structural integrity in use. And finally, the new part would undergo <a href="/investment-casting" target="_self">investment casting</a> instead of machining, resulting in a stronger and more reliable piece.However, the true test would unfold in the field—and within LoJac’s equipment shop.<h3>Casting a product that lasts</h3>“In six months, we’ve put 300 or so into the field, and we have yet to have a nozzle failure,” says Blair. “And as more of them get out and replace the older generation, the repairs just keep going down.”Signicast’s solution also yields another benefit: with tooling developed, future production runs can be executed with <a href="/investment-casting/automation" target="_self">total project automation</a>, just-in-time quantities and schedules prescribed by LoJac.“Going with Signicast has made such a big difference. We’re finally able to tell the market, ‘Yes, you can get it today. Yes, we know it will last,’” says Jones. “When the tool is done, when it hits the field, it's exactly what it needs to be and it's working the way it was designed.”

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Discover how Signicast delivered consistent quality for Lojac’s high-demand components, improving uptime and reducing defect rates.

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LoJac partnered with Signicast to improve the Kodi Klip's reliability, leading to a stronger product and increased customer satisfaction. 

Casting reliability reinforced at Lojac

In recent years, Signicast has been expanding its <a href="/additional-capabilities/prototyping" target="_self">prototyping services</a> to meet the ever-evolving needs of its growing customer base—from rapid in-house tooling to PMMA and SLA patterns for strength and design validation. Signicast understands that when seeking a fully functional prototype that will streamline the transition to mass production, customers do not want to compromise on quality for the sake of time or cost.With a new partnership comes access to new technologies and exciting possibilities. DDM's LAMP™ (Large Area Maskless Photopolymerization) ceramic 3D printing technology introduces advanced capabilities—including topology optimisation and generative designs—for achieving the complex components customers have come to expect from Signicast, but with the convenience and shorter lead times of 3D printing.In this webinar, Signicast's Vice President of Sales, Pete Lorenz, joins DDM founder and Chief Technology Officer, Suman Das, to discuss how this new technology can best serve customers.&nbsp;The webinar will cover:<ul><li>Investment casting and ceramic 3D printing process fundamentals</li><li>Metal quality and options with ceramic printing</li><li>Advantages and disadvantages of ceramic 3D printing versus metal 3D printing</li><li>Case studies</li><li>And more!</li></ul>Complete the form to download the free on-demand webinar.

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Explore how ceramic 3D printing enables faster tooling, complex shapes, and low-volume production runs for investment casting applications and components.

Ceramic 3D printing + casting | Signicast webinar

Pete Lorenz

Vice President of Sales

Suman Das

Founder and Chief Technology Officer

Explore the partnership between Signicast and DDM, focusing on how DDM's LAMP™ ceramic 3D printing technology enhances Signicast's prototyping and investment casting capabilities, offering customers faster access to high-quality, complex components. 

Commercial & industrial parts

Commercial and industrial part leaders choose Signicast to help achieve key goals

Production of complex components

Improved performance and efficiency

Reduced manufacturing costs

Enhanced product quality

A look at
commercial and industrial part applications

Industry-leading certifications

Beyond the basics

Expand your knowledge of investment casting for commercial and industrial parts

Webinar

Case Study

Webinar

Global reach, local expertise

Interested in starting your investment casting project?

Commercial & industrial parts

Commercial and industrial part leaders choose Signicast to help achieve key goals

Production of complex components

Improved performance and efficiency

Reduced manufacturing costs

Enhanced product quality

A look atcommercial and industrial part applications

Industry-leading certifications

Beyond the basics

Expand your knowledge of investment casting for commercial and industrial parts

Webinar

Case Study

Webinar

Global reach, local expertise

Interested in starting your investment casting project?

A look at
commercial and industrial part applications