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Removing pattern material from investment casting molds

US4940072A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 1989
Grant dateJul 10, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB22C9/043
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Pattern material, such as wax, is removed from an investment casting mold by vapor phase-condensation heating with a fluorochemical boiling at a temperature above the melting point of the pattern material.

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