FAQ Questions

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Investment & Precision Castings Limited (IPCL) is a leading Indian manufacturer of precision and investment castings, specializing in high-quality components for aerospace, defence, energy, and industrial applications.

Yes, IPCL is a trusted aerospace casting manufacturer in India, providing components that meet stringent quality, dimensional accuracy, and regulatory standards for domestic and global clients.

IPCL serves aerospace, defence, gas turbines, energy, industrial machinery, and automotive industries, offering custom investment casting solutions tailored to industry requirements.

IPCL operates advanced manufacturing facilities in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, equipped with modern investment casting, vacuum casting, and machining capabilities to support high-precision production.

IPCL is trusted due to its high-quality production standards, ISO and NADCAP certifications, expertise in exotic alloys, and ability to deliver complex castings for critical applications in aerospace and defence.

INVESTMENT CASTING & LOST WAX PROCESS

Investment casting, also known as lost wax casting, is a precision manufacturing process where a wax pattern is coated with ceramic, melted, and replaced with molten metal to produce high-accuracy components.

It produces complex, thin-walled, and high-strength components that are critical for aerospace engines, turbine blades, and defence applications where dimensional accuracy and material integrity are essential.

Yes, IPCL manufactures precision castings for defence applications, including engine parts, structural components, and critical military hardware, adhering to strict quality and regulatory standards.

IPCL works with aluminium, stainless steel, superalloys, nickel-based alloys, cobalt alloys, and other exotic metals for investment casting.

Yes, aluminium investment castings are ideal for lightweight aerospace and automotive components, providing strength-to-weight optimization.

Exotic metals include nickel-based superalloys, cobalt-chromium alloys, and other high-performance materials used for extreme temperature, corrosion, and stress-resistant applications.

IPCL ensures accuracy through precise wax pattern production, advanced ceramic shell creation, vacuum casting, strict process control, and final inspection using state-of-the-art metrology tools.

VACUUM INVESTMENT CASTING

Vacuum investment casting is a process where molten metal is poured into a ceramic mold under vacuum, reducing gas porosity and improving mechanical properties, surface finish, and structural integrity.

Vacuum casting eliminates air pockets, reduces oxidation, enhances surface finish, and ensures uniform metal flow, producing defect-free, high-performance aerospace components.

Yes, IPCL is ISO and NADCAP certified, meeting international standards for aerospace, defence, and precision casting quality assurance.

Vacuum casting produces high-density, defect-free components with superior mechanical properties, suitable for critical aerospace applications like engine blades and high-stress structural parts.

Yes, IPCL manufactures nickel-based superalloy vacuum castings for high-temperature aerospace and turbine applications.

Yes, cobalt-based vacuum investment castings are produced for wear-resistant, corrosion-resistant, and high-performance applications.

Superalloy castings are used in aero engines, gas turbines, power generation turbines, and defence applications where high-temperature strength and corrosion resistance are critical.

AEROSPACE, DEFENCE & TURBINE APPLICATIONS

Yes, IPCL provides high-precision castings for aircraft engines, structural components, and critical aerospace applications.

IPCL supplies engine parts, structural components, military hardware, and specialised precision castings meeting defence-grade specifications.

Gas turbine blades are critical engine components that convert combustion energy into mechanical work. IPCL manufactures them through investment casting using superalloys.

Yes, IPCL manufactures equiaxed, directionally solidified, and single-crystal aero engine blades in India.

Equiaxed castings have uniform grain structure, ideal for turbine and rotating components, ensuring mechanical strength and fatigue resistance.

They are used in rotor and stator assemblies where uniform strength, thermal stability, and precision are critical.

Yes, IPCL castings are used in rotating machinery, turbines, compressors, and high-speed engine components.

MACHINED & PRECISION CASTINGS

Yes, IPCL offers end-to-end services, including precision casting followed by CNC machining.

It ensures better quality control, dimensional accuracy, reduced lead time, and integrated project management.

IPCL achieves tight tolerances up to ±0.05 mm for critical aerospace and defence applications.

Yes, IPCL specializes in complex geometries, thin-walled parts, and intricate designs.

QUALITY, CERTIFICATIONS & COMPLIANCE

IPCL holds ISO 9001, AS9100, and NADCAP certifications.

NADCAP ensures process control, material integrity, and compliance with aerospace standards.

Through advanced inspection techniques, process monitoring, and full traceability systems.

Yes, IPCL castings comply with international aerospace standards for global supply.

Through standardized processes, automated monitoring, skilled workforce, and stringent quality checks.

LOCATION-BASED & SUPPLY CAPABILITIES

Yes, IPCL’s Bhavnagar facility is equipped for vacuum investment casting and aerospace production.

Yes, IPCL supplies precision castings to major aerospace and defence clusters across India.

Yes, IPCL provides high-quality investment castings to Chennai, Delhi NCR, and other hubs.

Absolutely. IPCL collaborates with OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers across India.

Through robust logistics, packaging, and supply chain management for on-time delivery.

PARTNERSHIP & BUYER GUIDANCE

OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers can collaborate with IPCL for design support, prototyping, and production.

Yes, IPCL supports prototypes to full-scale production including casting and machining.

Experience, certifications, material capability, quality control, and delivery reliability.

Yes, IPCL supports custom alloy selection and application-specific designs.

IPCL is chosen for its precision casting expertise, certified processes, complex component experience, and commitment to on-time delivery.

TOPICS YOU ASKED FOR

IPCL works with carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, nickel-based alloys, copper-based alloys, and over XX+ alloy grades.

Yes, heat treatment is provided in-house or through approved partners.

Yes, IPCL manufactures precision machined and turned parts from bars, forgings, and plates.

Yes, IPCL supports HIP, 3D simulation, and 3D printing for validation, prototyping, and performance optimization.