Vented casting molds and process of making the same

Details Vented casting molds and process of making the same Vented casting molds and process of making the same

1986-01-30

1987-03-24

Godici, Nicholas P.

Metal founding

Process

Shaping a forming surface

164 34, 164 45, 164246, 164249, 164361, 164363, 164410, 164516, B22C 702, B22C 904

Patent

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046517995

ABSTRACT:
The mold body contains a cavity and at least one vent passage for venting gas from the cavity through the body. The vent passage has a portion of predetermined regular shape extending part-way through the cavity wall defining at one end an inlet portion opening into a portion of the cavity with a substantially greater resistance than the cavity to penetration therein of casting material. The vent passage further has an outlet portion formed by an irregular crack in the mold body extending from an inner end exposed to the inlet portion through the mold body, the crack having one of its transverse cross-section dimensions short enough to prevent leakage of casting material therethrough. The mold is made by forming a partially bonded ceramic material containing a casting cavity and incorporating in a wall of the cavity a vent pattern of a shape to mold the portion of predetermined regular shape of the vent passage. The mold is heated to a temperature below the melting point temperature of the pattern for a time sufficient so that heat expansion of the pattern causes the crack part of the vent passage to form. The mold is then heated to higher temperatures to cause the vent pattern to volatilize and escape from the mold body.

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patent: 3900064 (1975-08-01), Chandley et al.
patent: 4532976 (1985-08-01), Chandley

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