Covkeeb kwm ntawm poob ciab castinghnub rov qab ntau txhiab xyoo. Nws qhov ntxov tshaj plaws yog siv raumlom, khoom zoo nkaujthiabhniav nyiaj hniav kub, siv naturalzib murau cov qauv, av nplaum rau cov pwm thiab manually uahauv qabrau stoking furnaces. Cov piv txwv tau pom thoob plaws ntiaj teb, xws li hauv covHarappanCivilization (2500-2000 BC) cov mlom,Egypt's tombsTutankhamun(1333–1324 BC),Mesopotamia, AztecthiabMayan Mexico, thiab covBeninkev vam meej nyob rau hauvTeb chaws Africaqhov twg cov txheej txheem tsim cov ncauj lus kom ntxaws artwork ntawm tooj liab, bronze thiab kub.
Cov ntawv nyeem ntxov tshaj plaws uas piav txog cov txheej txheem kev nqis peev (Schedula Diversarum Artium) tau sau nyob ib ncig ntawm 1100 AD los ntawmTheophilus Presbyter, ib tug hauj sam uas piav txog ntau yam kev tsim khoom, nrog rau daim ntawv qhia rauparchment. Phau ntawv no tau siv los ntawm sculptor thiab goldsmithBenvenuto Cellini(1500–1571), uas tau piav qhia hauv nws phau ntawv keeb kwm kev nqis peev uas nws tau siv rauPerseus nrog lub taub hau ntawm Medusasculpture uas sawv hauv qhovLoggia dei LanzihauvFlorence, Ltalis.
Kev nqis peev casting tuaj rau hauv kev siv raws li cov txheej txheem kev lag luam niaj hnub nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua puv 19, thaum cov kws kho hniav pib siv nws los ua cov yas thiab inlays, raws li tau piav qhia los ntawm Barnabas Frederick Philbrook ntawmCouncil Bluffs, Iowaxyoo 1897,.[16]Nws siv tau nrawm los ntawm William H. Taggart ntawm Chicago, uas nws daim ntawv xyoo 1907 tau piav txog nws txoj kev loj hlob ntawm cov txheej txheem.[xav tau kev sau ntawv]. Nws kuj tau tsim cov qauv siv quav ciab ntawm cov khoom zoo heev, tsim cov khoom siv peev txheej, thiab tsim lub tshuab cua-siab casting.
Xyoo 1940,Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog IInce qhov kev thov rau precision net puab manufacturing thiab tshwj xeeballoysuas tsis tuaj yeem ua los ntawm cov txheej txheem ib txwm siv, lossis qhov yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm ntau dhau. Kev lag luam tig mus rau peev casting. Tom qab kev ua tsov ua rog, nws siv tau kis mus rau ntau yam kev lag luam thiab kev lag luam uas siv cov khoom siv hlau nyuaj.