At the forefront of space and satellite technology, Signicast's advanced investment casting produces the precision metal components that make exploration possible.

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Investment cast rocket engine components can significantly improve engine performance, efficiency, and reliability. This is essential for launching satellites into orbit and for spacecraft propulsion.

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Investment cast structural components, such as fairings and adapters, can enhance the structural integrity and reliability of spacecraft. This is crucial for ensuring the safety and mission success of spacecraft.

Improved Spacecraft Structural Integrity

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Investment casting excels at producing precise, durable satellite components like antennas and solar panels, ensuring mission success.

Precision Satellite Components

Investment casting cuts costs and accelerates time-to-market for space components, enhancing competitiveness and meeting industry demands.

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Space & Satellite Leaders Choose Signicast To Help Achieve Key Goals

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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, clients don't 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 optimization and generative designs—for achieving the complex components clients 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 foundations</li><li>Metal quality and options with ceramic printing</li><li>Pros and cons of ceramic 3D printing versus 3D metal printing</li><li>Case studies</li><li>And more!</li></ul>Fill out 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 runs in investment casting applications.

Ceramic 3D Printing + Casting | Signicast Webinar

Pete Lorenz

Vice President of Sales

Suman Das

Founder and Chief Technology Office

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. 

Investment Casting and Ceramic 3D Printing

<h1>How to Decide if Investment Casting is Right for You</h1>&nbsp;Is there an existing part currently being machined to achieve a specific geometry? There's a good chance that better results could be achieved with investment casting.&nbsp;For anyone involved in precision components, the manufacturing process you select can have a significant impact on the final result you’ll achieve. It’s why so many design engineers find the arguments for investment casting so compelling. &nbsp;However, this doesn’t mean that investment casting is the ideal solution for every application. Like any manufacturing process, it is better suited to some applications than others. So how do you decide whether investment casting is right for your components?&nbsp;In this short mini-guide, we’ll take you through some of the key areas to consider if you are thinking of <a href="/resources/webinar/converting-to-investment-casting" target="_self">converting a part to investment casting</a>. We’ll discuss the common challenges that lead to engineers to think about making a change to investment casting in the first place. We’ll look at the three F’s of form, fit, and function. And we’ll outline some of the cost considerations you’ll need to weigh.&nbsp;Fill out the form to access to the full white paper.

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See how switching from machining or welding to investment casting can reduce costs, simplify assemblies, and improve dimensional consistency.

Converting to Casting | Signicast Whitepaper

This mini-guide explores the key factors to consider when deciding if investment casting is the right manufacturing process for your components, including common challenges, form, fit, function, and cost considerations. 

Making The Move to Investment Casting

With investment casting, the material selection is virtually limitless. Signicast pours everything from <a href="/materials/400-series-stainless-steels" target="_self">400 series stainless steel</a>, to <a href="/materials/aluminum" target="_self">aluminum</a>, to <a href="/materials/cobalt-based-alloys" target="_self">cobalt</a>, to <a href="/materials/thermal-expansion-alloys" target="_self">Invar</a> and more. In fact, Signicast pours pretty much any alloy 24/7, with very few exceptions. And with so many options, Signicast wants its customers to be informed about the advantages, properties, and capabilities of each family of alloys.Sign up for the free on-demand webinar where Signicast Metallurgist and Process Engineers will discuss popular <a href="/materials/metal-selector-tool" target="_self">investment casting alloy options</a>, heat treatments, and other surface processes.The webinar covers:<ul><li>Plain carbon, low alloy, and stainless steels</li><li>Aluminum alloys and treatments</li><li>Exotic alloys like cobalt, Invar, and duplex</li><li>Alloy treatments and finishing options</li><li>Material functionality, physical properties, comparable alloys, and more!</li></ul>Fill out the form to watch on-demand.

Join this engaging session on alloy experimentation at Signicast, where material science meets manufacturing to solve unique engineering problems.

Signicast Materials Lab | Alloy Innovation Webinar

Learn about investment casting alloy options, heat treatments, and surface processes. 

Space & Satellites

Space & Satellite Leaders Choose Signicast To Help Achieve Key Goals

Enhanced Part Performance

Improved Spacecraft Structural Integrity

Precision Satellite Components

Improved Time-To-Market

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Space and Satellite Applications

Industry Leading Certifications

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Elevate Your Knowledge About Die Casting for Space & Satellites

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Interested in starting your investment casting journey?

Space & Satellites

Space & Satellite Leaders Choose Signicast To Help Achieve Key Goals

Enhanced Part Performance

Improved Spacecraft Structural Integrity

Precision Satellite Components

Improved Time-To-Market

A Look AtSpace and Satellite Applications

Industry Leading Certifications

BEYOND THE BASICS

Elevate Your Knowledge About Die Casting for Space & Satellites

Webinar

White Paper

Webinar

Global Reach, Local Expertise

Interested in starting your investment casting journey?

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