The Science of Wax

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Elevate Your Production with the Science of Wax.

Westech is dedicated to achieving an increasingly superior understanding of the science of wax, in order to provide even higher quality, more innovative wax products to serve you better.

Wax is of course much more than wax. Our manufacturing processes have used soy, palm, and other vegetable waxes, to paraffins, polymers, hydrocarbons, polyethylene, lanolin, jojoba, carnauba, candelilla, and even old-fashioned beeswax.

Whichever the type, it is crucial to use the very best quality waxes at every stage of the casting process. The characteristics of wax important for successful precision casting include specific melting temperatures, superior surface finish, exceptional flow properties and dimensional consistency. In our in-house laboratory, Westech’s chemists verify these and other important qualities such as hardness, brittleness, color, rheology, elasticity and more. We don’t guess if a wax will work. We have the chemist-tested data.

In the categories below find out more about the science behind Westech Wax, our products and the industries we serve - and please be sure to check back for further updates, coming soon.

Products We Manufacture:

  • Investment Casting Waxes

  • JEL-SET® Pattern Wax

  • HYDROSOL™ Solvent Wax

  • STIKWAX™ Adhesive Wax

  • PC-205® Wax Pattern Cleaner

  • Datum™ Fixturing Wax

  • CONTOUR Machinable Wax

  • Wax Pattern Cleaner

  • Specialty Waxes


Our Services:

  • Custom Wax Blending

  • Testing

  • Wax Recycling and Reclamation

Wax Applications:

  • Industrial Manufacturing

  • Metals

  • Tool Coating

  • Automotive

  • Marine

  • Aerospace

  • Art and Sculpture

  • Bottling Wax

  • Jewelry Making

  • Candles

  • Advertising and Marketing

educationBarry Dahlin