Abstracts : 2001

Modeling the Investment Casting Process : Some Preliminary Results from the UK Research Program “ Fundamentals of Investment Casting ” ( FOCAST )

Jolly M, Cox M, Gebelin J, Jones S, Cendrowicz A

Transactions of American Foundry Society, Volume 109, Pages 1-17, 2001

Abstract: The Research Program “ Fundamentals of Investment Casting ” ( FOCAST )has been funded by the engineering and physical sciences research council in great Britain at the net shaped laboratory of the IRC in the university of Brimingham. This paper presents some initial results from the research in the areas modelling of wax injection, de-waxing and casting.

Keywords: Investment Casting Process, Modeling, Research Program.