Publication detail

Quo vadis investment casting? Latest trends in investment casting technology.

HORÁČEK, M.

English title

Quo vadis investment casting? Latest trends in investment casting technology.

Type

Peer-reviewed article not indexed in WoS or Scopus

Language

en

Original abstract

This work presents an attempt to demonstrate the ability of investment casting technology to be one of the most progressive technologies of manufacturing "net-shape" castings for the third millennium. The main focus in the paper is given to the latest trends in materials and equipment used in all individual phases of the process, i.e. in manufacturing of wax patterns and ceramic shells, de-waxing process, shell heat treatment, metal pouring process and finishing operations.

Keywords in English

Investment casting, wax pattern, ceramic shell, de-waxing, metal pouring

Released

2007-04-05

Publisher

Hutnícka fakulta Technickej univerzity v Košiciach

Location

Košice

ISSN

1335-1532

Journal

Acta Metallurgica Slovaca

Volume

13

Number

4

Pages from–to

141–145

Pages count

5

BIBTEX


@article{BUT44313,
  author="Milan {Horáček}",
  title="Quo vadis investment casting? Latest trends in investment casting technology.",
  journal="Acta Metallurgica Slovaca",
  year="2007",
  volume="13",
  number="4",
  pages="141--145",
  issn="1335-1532"
}