Investment Casting Solutions for Infrastructure Projects

Built to scale, IPC combines fully automated shell-forming with high-capacity pouring to meet demanding municipal bid schedules and large-scale public works projects without sacrificing quality.

• Automated Shell & Wax Production: Automated dipping paired with high-volume wax injection systems ensures consistency, rapid turnaround times, and uniform quality across every part.

• In-House Tooling: Custom tooling designed, produced, and maintained on-site to reduce lead times, eliminate third-party delays, and ensure your patterns are preserved and ready to cast on demand.

• Broad Pour Capacities & Alloys: Air-melt pouring capabilities of up to 300 lbs across a wide spectrum of standard, stainless, and specialty steel alloys perfectly suited for the most demanding applications.

• Automated Cutoff & Grinding: Integrated post-cast cutoff and grinding operations to maximize throughput and deliver clean, near-net-shape castings.

• Protective Finishing & Coatings: Access to a full suite of secondary finishing operations, such as galvanizing and high-durability coatings, engineered for long-term outdoor, buried, and wet-exposure environments.

IPC delivers high-capacity machining utilizing up to 4-axis horizontal and vertical milling centers alongside Swiss Lathes and other advanced turning equipment. Because IPC offers in-house machining,  your project will seamlessly transition from foundry to finishing without third-party delays, middleman markups, or compliance gaps.

With IPC Machining, you get:

• Multi-Axis Milling: 4-axis horizontal and vertical milling centers optimized for complex, tight-tolerance municipal and structural components.

• Precision Lathe Turning: High-capacity lathe capabilities engineered for high-speed, intricate hardware, fittings, and heavy-duty fasteners.

• Turnkey Finishing & Verification: Precision surface grinding, automated sawing, protective coatings, and full CMM inspection to ensure accuracy and tolerances before shipment.

Quickly test materials, validate fit, and iterate on complex designs alongside our engineering team. By leveraging 3D printing with IPC, you can evaluate functional prototypes and optimize your components for the investment casting process before committing to tooling.

With more than 50 years of domestic manufacturing experience, IPC follows strict quality assurance and quality control systems engineered to meet demanding municipal, state, and federal infrastructure standards. Our quality systems help ensure exceptional metal parts and repeatable performance across high-volume production runs and ongoing contract work.

We provide full compliance verification and quality testing, including:

• Build America, Buy America (BABA) Compliance: Complete documentation and domestic origin tracking to fulfill BABA, American Iron and Steel (AIS), and Buy American Act requirements for publicly funded projects.

• Full Part Traceability & Documentation: Navigating government and municipal contracts generates serious paperwork. IPC works directly with OEMs to streamline compliance, avoid headaches, and keep projects moving.

• Flow Analysis: In-house solid modeling and flow analysis to identify and eliminate potential porosity points and optimize casting work before pouring even begins.

• Non-Destructive Testing (NDT): Access to comprehensive NDT methods via validated 3rd-party suppliers.

IPC offers flexible stocking programs that hold finished inventory in reserve, enabling on-demand deliveries, dramatically reduced lead times, and insurance against supply chain volatility.