Sand casting, despite being an ancient process, offers advantages that render it highly relevant in high-technology production. Such benefits are:
- Low cost.
- Simple tooling.
- Easy scale-up, but great for prototyping.
- Fast turnaround.
- Few design limitations, shape complexity.
- Extremely wide range of materials with few/no process changes.
- A wide spectrum of part sizes from grams to tons.
- Lower ecological footprint than most alternatives.