Patent · US Expired

Slip casting

US6257546A · kind A · utility

2Cited by
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17Claims
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Filing dateJul 21, 1999
Grant dateJul 10, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB28B1/263
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of slip casting wherein reduced pressure is applied to the mold during casting by virtue of a network of piping extending through the mold. The mold has an impermeable outer coating. Heat may also be applied to the mold during casting, by for example a heated fluid passing through piping located in the walls of the mold.

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