Casting method using cavityless mold
US4085790A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 30, 1976 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB22C9/03
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A casting mold filled with free-flowing particulate matter such as sand, in which there is imbedded a vaporizable insert or pattern of wax, foam polymer or the like conforming to the shape of the desired casting, has at least two of its walls formed by flexible membranes exposed to the atmosphere for creating a more or less isobaric pressure upon the application of suction to its interior. One membrane may span the open top of a four-sided rigid shell whose perforated bottom is overlain by another such membrane; alternatively, with the sidewalls of the shell also perforated and/or vertically ribbed or fluted, five membranes may be combined into an open-topped bag lining the interior of the shell, the top of the bag being closed by a sixth membrane after introduction of the sand filling and its pattern insert.
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