A centrifugal casting method is provided for the manufacture of hollow molds and applications of this apparatus and method are provided. A centrifugal casting apparatus has a hollow mold (13) suitable for the centrifugal casting. For the manufacture of cast workpieees by the centrifugal casting method a plurality of mold cavities (14) formed by at least one hollow mold (13) are arranged and driven such that the mold cavities (14) rotate about a common axis of rotation (18). At least three mold cavities (14) which rotate in a single plane are provided.