Avalon Precision Metalsmiths is an investment casting company with over 75 years of experience. Investment casting, also known as lost wax casting, offers advantages over other processes like tighter tolerances, lower costs for long runs, and greater precision. Avalon provides investment casting services for a wide range of materials and industries, with certifications in quality standards. They produce precision cast components within tight tolerances for applications across various sectors.

1. Investment Casting
Materials and Industries
Avalon Precision Metalsmiths
15583 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, OH 44142
www.avalon-castings.com

2. Investment Casting Defined
We have over 75 years’ experience in precision
investment casting, also known as lost wax casting.
Compared to other processes, investment casting
offers major advantages, such as:
• Tighter dimensional tolerances than sand casting
• Lower per-piece costs over long production runs
vs. machining
• Far greater precision and accuracy than metal
fabrication
• Shorter lead times than die casting
• Lower tooling costs vs. forging

3. Value Added
In addition to our ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100 certification, we also possess a wide
range of expertise to ensure the manufacture and delivery of the precision cast
components that our customers have come to expect. Our services include:
• Machining, polishing and grinding
• Off-shore casting capabilities
• Assembly and NDT services
• Supply chain management
• Rapid prototyping
• Design and build for all internal
tooling
• Low- and high-volume production
• Vacuum assist technology
• In-house heat treat

4. Materials
Investment casting can be used to produce
a wide variety of precision components
from many alloys and metals, including:
• Stainless steel
• Carbon steel
• Aluminum
• Brass and bronze
• Special alloys

5. Stainless Steel
A steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5% chromium content by mass, stainless steel is
highly corrosion resistant and wear resistant, provides excellent machinability, and is
well-known for its aesthetic appearance. As one of the industry’s leading stainless steel
casting companies, we design and
manufacture a wide range of custom
stainless steel parts, such as:
• Ball valve components
• Steam trap components
• Poultry processing components
• Complete hinge assemblies
• Parts for agricultural implements

6. Carbon Steel
A popular material for a wide range of applications, carbon steel is inexpensive,
readily available in numerous grades, and can be heat-treated to improve its strength,
ductility, and machinability. We pour a variety of alloys to create custom carbon steel
investment-casted components including:
• Door locks and internal lock
mechanisms
• Critical parts for the mining and
transportation industries, among
others

7. Aluminum
Well-known for its high strength-to-weight ratio, aluminum can be heat treated to
achieve greater strength, ductility, corrosion resistance, and machinability. During
aluminum investment casting, we use resistance melting and extensive de-gassing
methods to pour aluminum in NDT levels
up to Class 1,Grade A (Grade B for
production) to produce components like:
• Heat Sinks
• Valves
• Medical Devices
• Levers

8. Brass and Bronze
Both brass and bronze exhibit excellent machinability and corrosion resistance, are
non-sparking, lack magnetism and provide unique wear characteristics and
aesthetics. We provide tight tolerances and exceptional part-to-part repeatability for
brass and bronze investment-casted parts, including:
• Impellers
• Door handles and complete hinge
assemblies
• Pump components

9. Special Alloys
Pouring more specialty alloys than any other investment casting company in the
industry today, we manufacture components for the fluid power, oil and gas, marine
technology, food and dairy, and aerospace industries among others, using a wide
range of alloys, including:
• Inconel
• Monel
• Chrome-cast iron
• Hastelloy
• Cobalt
• Nitronic® 50
• Copper
• "Beryllium Copper"
• Duplex stainless 2205
• Tool Steel

10. Industries Served
Our custom metal castings deliver the quality and durability that meet the
requirements of even the most demanding industrial applications, including:
• Fluid Power
• Oil and Gas
• Food and Dairy
• Medical and Dental
• Power Generation
• Hardware and Locks
• Military
• Agriculture
• Aerospace and Aviation

11. Fluid Power
Used in both hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, fluid power employs a liquid or gas
to transmit power from one location to another. Using investment casting, we
manufacture a wide range of fluid power investment casted parts, including:
• Ball valve components
• Steam trap components
• Impellers
• Needle valve components
• Compressor components
• Pump components

12. Oil & Gas
Our net shape or near net shape parts are used in all aspects of the exploration,
extraction, refining, transportation, and marketing of petroleum products. Oil and gas
industry investment-casted parts we manufacture include:
• Ball valve components
• Needle valve components
• Impellers
• Flanges
• Metering bodies
• Down-hole drilling components

13. Food & Dairy
Food and dairy applications vary greatly – from harvesting wheat to processing
canned goods to bottling soda – and industry leaders trust us to provide food & dairy
equipment castings for the wide range of complex machinery involved. Our work for
this industry includes:
• Components for meat slicers and
similar equipment
• Poultry processing components
• Ice machine components
• Components for commercial grills and
warming devices

14. Medical & Dental Equipment
New medical and dental innovations are made every day, requiring new equipment
and new devices that must always function at peak performance. The medical and
dental custom castings we produce meet the tight tolerances required by these
industries include:
• Dental & surgical tools
• Implantable components
• Operating tables & other operating
room equipment
• MRI machines
• X-ray equipment
• Stretchers, wheelchairs & similar
products
• Injury stabilizing devices

15. Power Generation
The power generation industry requires a wide variety of equipment, machinery, and
technology to keep society up and running. We deliver a vast range of
precision casted parts that meet the demands of the power generation industry,
including:
• Pump components
• Compressor components
• Impellers
• Valve components
• Electrical hardware & fittings
• Flanges
• Connectors
• Housings

16. Hardware & Locks
We provides complete investment casting, machining and assembly services for door
hardware and lock OEMs serving the commercial, industrial, and municipal markets.
Our hardware and lock castings include:
• Locks & internal lock mechanisms
• Handles
• Complete hinge assemblies
• Lock bodies
• Door closure units
• Keys

17. Military
Our ISO 9001:2008 and ITAR certified processes enable us to create precision
castings that meet mil-spec standards and provide the durability and performance
required. We manufacture various OEM military investment casted parts.

18. Agriculture
Agricultural equipment must frequently perform in harsh environments and extreme
weather. We investment cast agricultural parts with the long life cycles and high
durability demanded by the toughest applications. These custom components include:
• Turnbuckles
• Clevises
• Rototiller tines
• Vehicle hardware and brackets
• Manifolds
• Housings and covers
• Valve parts
• Implement parts and hardware

19. Aerospace and Aviation
We use precision investment casting to produce net shape and near-net shape parts
and components that meet the exacting standards of aerospace and aviation OEM
manufacturers and their suppliers. Our custom aerospace and aviation investment
castings include:
• Hydraulic and other fluid system
components
• Cargo systems
• Air and filter systems
• Interior seating and cabin
components
• Motion control, sensors and
actuation systems

20. Get the Precision Parts You Need
Leading manufacturers across a wide range of industries trust Avalon
Precision Metalsmiths as the full-service, turnkey investment casting
company that will meet their specifications on time and on budget.
To learn why, contact us for your precision component needs by:
Calling 216-362-4100
Submitting a request for quote
Filling out our contact form
You’ll be glad you did.