A CORE FOR AN INVESTMENT CASTING PROCESS

A core (400) for an investment casting process in which a component to be cast has an internal passageway, the internal passageway being provided by the core (400), the core (400) comprising: a first core passage (401) having a first point (405) and a second point (406) therein and including no stra...

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Main Author Mottram, Martin
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 04.09.2019
Subjects
BLASTING
CASTING
ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL
FOUNDRY MOULDING
HEATING
LIGHTING
MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
POWDER METALLURGY
STEAM ENGINES
TRANSPORTING
WEAPONS
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Summary:A core (400) for an investment casting process in which a component to be cast has an internal passageway, the internal passageway being provided by the core (400), the core (400) comprising: a first core passage (401) having a first point (405) and a second point (406) therein and including no straight path between the first point (405) and the second point (406); and a first core bridge (421a) which extends away from the first core passage (401) between the first and second points (405, 406), wherein the first core bridge (421a) comprises a first pillar (422) and a second pillar (412a) which connect to the first and second points (405, 406) respectively, and a bridge portion (423a) which extends between the first and second pillars (422, 412a); wherein the first pillar (422) comprises a core inlet portion (408) having a thickness at the first point (405) and the second pillar (412a) has a thickness at the second point (406), the thickness of the core inlet portion (408) at the first point (405) being less than the thickness of the second pillar (412a) at the second point (406).
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20150005458