Over 100 Metal Casting Alloys

Lost Wax Castings - Metal Casting Alloys

For over half a century Shelmet Precision Casting Co, Inc has poured more than 100 different ferrous and non-ferrous alloys with the newest technical advances in investment casting using the lost wax method.

Shelmet offers incredible flexibility and virtually unlimited design capabilities. Those are benefits from experienced metal casting experts skilled in creating the most error-free investment castings in the industry.  The amalgam of metals and alloys gives options for your projects that can improve durability and the life of your castings.

The most popular metals and alloys poured are listed below.  Request a Quote  or a free process recommendation for more assistance matching your investment casting with the best metal casting alloys.

  • Low- to High-Carbon Alloy Steel
  • Brass
  • Copper
  • Tool Steel
  • Bronze
  • Cobalt
  • Stainless Steel
  • Copper
  • Nickel
  • Stainless
    302 CF20
    303 CF16F
    304 CF-8
    304L CF-3
    309 HH / CH-20
    310 HK / CK-20
    316 CF8M
    316 Non Mag (5360)
    316L CF3M
    317 CG8M
    317L  
    330 HT
    347 CF8C
    410 CA15
    416 AMS 5349
    420 CA-40
    430  
    431 AMS 5353
    440-C AMS 5352
    15-5 pH
    17-4 pH CBTCU-1
    (AMS 5355)
    A20 CN7M
    (carpenter 20)
    AVESTA UNS 31803
    CA6NM
    CD4MCU
    CK3M CUN
    Low-Alloy Steels
    1025
    1030
    1035
    1040
    1050
    1070
    1095
    3120
    4130
    4140
    4150
    4320
    4340
    4620
    6150
    8620
    8630
    8640
    9310
    Brass
    876 Silicon Brass
    863 Manganese Bronze
    955 Aluminum Bronze
    874 Silicon Brass
    815 Chrome Copper
    952 Aluminum Bronze

    Aluminum
    356 Aluminum
    713 Hi Tensile (A612)

    Cobalt & Nickel Base
    Hastalloy B N12M/N7M
    Hastalloy C CW12M/CW2M
    Hastalloy X
    Stellite #1
    Stellite #3
    Stellite #6
    Stellite #12
    Stellite #19
    Stellite #21
    Stellite #25 / HS-25
    Stellite #31 / X-45
    Stellite #90
    Stellite #93
    FSX-414
    XN-930C
    QQN-228A Monel A / 440
    QQN-228B Monel B
    QQN-228 Monel D
    QQN-228 Monel F
    Monel M-35-1
    Inconel 600/625
    Tool Steels
    A-2
    A-6
    A-8 (Chipper Steel)
    D-2
    D-2/V
    D-3
    D-7 (Latrobe BR-4)
    Graph-Mo
    H-13
    L-2
    L-6
    M-1
    M-2
    M-3
    M-4
    M-33
    M-42
    (High Speed Tool Steel)
    O-1 (Ketos Tool Steel)
    O-2
    S-1
    S-2 (Solar Tool Steel)
    S-5 (Lud 609)
    S-6
    S-7 (Bearcat)
    T-15
    52100

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