Investment casting has a glittering history dating back to thousands of years. Its earliest use was for idols, ornaments and jewelery using natural beeswax for patterns.
Investment casting came into use as a modern industrial process in the late 19th century and World War II increased the demand for precision net shape manufacturing and specialized alloys that could not be shaped by traditional methods, or that required too much machining. Industry turned to investment casting and from then on, the Investment Casting Process has been the mainstay of commercial and industrial applications across the globe