AU617903B2 - Improvements in shell moulds - Google Patents
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- AU617903B2 AU617903B2 AU46069/89A AU4606989A AU617903B2 AU 617903 B2 AU617903 B2 AU 617903B2 AU 46069/89 A AU46069/89 A AU 46069/89A AU 4606989 A AU4606989 A AU 4606989A AU 617903 B2 AU617903 B2 AU 617903B2
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- PNEYBMLMFCGWSK-UHFFFAOYSA-N aluminium oxide Inorganic materials [O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[Al+3].[Al+3] PNEYBMLMFCGWSK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 19
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 claims description 12
- 239000002002 slurry Substances 0.000 claims description 12
- 238000005495 investment casting Methods 0.000 claims description 6
- GFQYVLUOOAAOGM-UHFFFAOYSA-N zirconium(iv) silicate Chemical compound [Zr+4].[O-][Si]([O-])([O-])[O-] GFQYVLUOOAAOGM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 6
- GWEVSGVZZGPLCZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Titan oxide Chemical compound O=[Ti]=O GWEVSGVZZGPLCZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 4
- BOTDANWDWHJENH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Tetraethyl orthosilicate Chemical compound CCO[Si](OCC)(OCC)OCC BOTDANWDWHJENH-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 3
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000004408 titanium dioxide Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000000654 additive Substances 0.000 claims 1
- 230000000996 additive effect Effects 0.000 claims 1
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 7
- 239000011230 binding agent Substances 0.000 description 5
- 238000007598 dipping method Methods 0.000 description 5
- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 3
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 3
- 229910000601 superalloy Inorganic materials 0.000 description 3
- 238000002844 melting Methods 0.000 description 2
- 230000008018 melting Effects 0.000 description 2
- 150000002739 metals Chemical class 0.000 description 2
- BPQQTUXANYXVAA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Orthosilicate Chemical compound [O-][Si]([O-])([O-])[O-] BPQQTUXANYXVAA-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- QCWXUUIWCKQGHC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Zirconium Chemical compound [Zr] QCWXUUIWCKQGHC-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 239000011248 coating agent Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000000576 coating method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000010438 heat treatment Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000012768 molten material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000011819 refractory material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000011800 void material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229910052726 zirconium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
- B22C—FOUNDRY MOULDING
- B22C1/00—Compositions of refractory mould or core materials; Grain structures thereof; Chemical or physical features in the formation or manufacture of moulds
- B22C1/16—Compositions of refractory mould or core materials; Grain structures thereof; Chemical or physical features in the formation or manufacture of moulds characterised by the use of binding agents; Mixtures of binding agents
- B22C1/165—Compositions of refractory mould or core materials; Grain structures thereof; Chemical or physical features in the formation or manufacture of moulds characterised by the use of binding agents; Mixtures of binding agents in the manufacture of multilayered shell moulds
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Description
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA PATENTS ACT 1952 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION FOR OFFICE USE Form Short Title: Int. Cl: 617903 Application Number: Lodged: Complete Specification-Lodged: Accepted: Lapsed: Published: Priority: Related Art: 0000 Oa 00 00 00 0 00 0 0 0000 0 0 0000 0 0 0 00 0 0000 0000 TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT 0 00 o0 0 0 00 0 0 a o o o 0 oo0 0 00 9 ft0 Name of Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc.
Address of Applicant: 65 Buckingham Gate, LONDON SW1E 6AT,
ENGLAND
Actual Inventor: Keith Leslie Harrison and David Mills Address for Service: GRIFFITH HACK CO.
71 YORK STREET SYDNEY NSW 2000
AUSTRALIA
Complete Specification for the invention entitled: IMPROVEMENTS IN SHELL MOULDS The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to us:- 10189-AB:DJH:RK 1013A:rk (4G FFITH HACK CO GH&CO REF: 10189-AB DJH/KLS p 4 IMPROVEPMTS IN SHELL MOULDS This invention relates to moulds for use in the investment casting process.
The investment casting process is well known.
Broadly, the process comprises forming an accurate wax pattern of the part to be produced, dipping the pattern in a slurry of refractory material so as to form a mould, melting out the wax and then pouring molten material into the resulting void in the mould.
Complications have arisen, in that the metals which are cast have changed in character in order that gas turbine engines in which parts made by the process described herein are used, may be run at higher temperatures. Thus, the metals must now be of a kind which have a higher melting point than hitherto. This in turn has imposed higher stresses on the moulds, which 0have proved unable to constantly withstand those 04 stresses.
000 The present invention seeks to provide an improved mould for use in the investment casting of high temperature superalloys.
According to the present invention a slurry is provided with which an investment casting mould is made, the slurry comprising a mixture of zirconium silicate and a first particulate alumina bound by a hydrolised ethyl silicate and when covering a waxpattern, covered by a further, sprinkled particulate alumina of coarser mesh than said first particulate alumina.
I~ *The invention will now be described, by way of example.
A slurry in which a wax pattern is to be dipped for the purpose of forming a hard shell mould around it, is prepared by mixing particulate zirconium silicate and particulate alumina in a suitable binder. The binder must be of the kind which will enable the mix to be self supporting about the wax pattern ie. when the mix is in the green state, which term is a term of the art.
2 Further, the binder must be of the kind which vaporises on heating of the slurry to dry and fuse it. One such binder is a hydrolised ethyl silicate.
After dipping a wax pattern in the mixture, further particulate alumina, the mesh size of which is much coarser than that of the mixed alumina, is sprinkled on the mix which is now in the form of a green coating on the wax pattern.
The process of alternately dipping and sprinkling may be effected for any desired number of times in order to build a desired thickness of slurry around the wax pattern.
The preferred mesh size of the particulate alumina which is used to form part of the mix, is nominally 200 mesh, whereas the preferred mesh size of the sprinkled 0 b particulate alumina is nominally 28 mesh ie. a size which -as stated hereinbefore, is coarse relative to the 200 nominal mesh of the first mentioned particulate alumina.
The respective quantities of zirconium silicate and 20 the nominally 200 mesh particulate alumina are as follows: Material Weight Percentage t(4 25 Zirconium Silicate 40 01 Nominally 200 mesh alumina 70 0 o 40 The quantity of nominally 28 mesh, sprinkled alumina is that which is sufficient to cover the green zirconium *r silicate/nominally 200 mesh alumina mix which surrounds a wax pattern after the or each dipping thereof in the mix.
After completion of the dipping and sprinkling process, the green shell is baked in known manner, to drive off the binder and fuse the particulate structure.
The resulting structure 'is one which has strength sufficient to withstand the high temperature stresses I- i i i 3 which are imposed upon it when molten superalloy metal is poured into the space which has been created by evacuation of the melted wax. Further, its coefficient of expansion is the same as that of prior art shells, and so no changes need to be made, to the tooling from which the wax patterns are produced.
A further improvement in the strength of the shell can be achieved by the addition of from 0.25% to 4% by weight of titanium dioxide to the mix described hereinbefore. Such an addition improves the strength characteristics of the shell approximately by a factor of four, relative to the strength of the prior art shells.
However not all of the modern superalloys bring about a need for this addition.
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Claims (6)
1. A slurry with which an investment casting mould is made, comprising a mixture of zirconium silicate and a first particulate alumina bound by a hydrolised ethyl silicate and when covering a wax pattern, covered by a further, sprinkled particulate alumina of coarser mesh than said first particulate alumina.
2. A slurry as claimed in claim 1 wherein the mixture comprises by weight percentage, the following: Material Weight Percentage Zirconium Silicate First Particulate Alumina 40 70 i 4 Ii I t 1 20 20
3. A Slurry as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein said first particulate alumina is a nominal 200 mesh size.
4. A slurry as claimed in any of claims i to 3 wherein said further particulate alumina is a nominal 28 mesh size.
A slurry as claimed in any previous claim wherein said mix has an additive included, comprising 0.25 to 4% by weight of titanium dioxide.
6. A slurry with which an investment casting mould is made substantially as described herein. Dated this 8th day of December 1989 ROLLS-ROYCE plc. By their Patent Attorney GRIFFITH HACK CO. I L r r _1
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| GB8829197A GB2226020A (en) | 1988-12-14 | 1988-12-14 | Improvements in shell moulds |
| GB8829197 | 1988-12-14 |
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| AU4606989A AU4606989A (en) | 1990-06-21 |
| AU617903B2 true AU617903B2 (en) | 1991-12-05 |
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| AU46069/89A Expired - Fee Related AU617903B2 (en) | 1988-12-14 | 1989-12-08 | Improvements in shell moulds |
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| JP (1) | JPH02211928A (en) |
| AU (1) | AU617903B2 (en) |
| DE (1) | DE3939613A1 (en) |
| FR (1) | FR2641274B1 (en) |
| GB (1) | GB2226020A (en) |
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| GB2225329B (en) * | 1988-11-21 | 1992-03-18 | Rolls Royce Plc | Shell moulds for casting metals |
| CN103008549A (en) * | 2013-01-21 | 2013-04-03 | 贵州红林机械有限公司 | Method for manufacturing investment pattern shell with narrow and curved cavity of casting |
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| AU155226B2 (en) * | 1950-09-12 | 1950-11-16 | Improvements relating to ethyl silicate and toits use inthe production of refractory materials |
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| GB1023829A (en) * | 1963-07-16 | 1966-03-23 | Monsanto Chemicals | Production of shell moulds |
| US4533394A (en) * | 1982-09-30 | 1985-08-06 | Watts Claude H | Process for manufacturing shell molds |
| JPS6146346A (en) * | 1984-08-09 | 1986-03-06 | Agency Of Ind Science & Technol | Investment shell mold used for unidirectional solidification casting of super alloy |
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| AU155226B2 (en) * | 1950-09-12 | 1950-11-16 | Improvements relating to ethyl silicate and toits use inthe production of refractory materials | |
| AU202726B2 (en) * | 1955-05-04 | 1955-11-10 | Mergist Corporation | Composite shell moulds and their production |
| AU208557B2 (en) * | 1955-08-15 | 1956-02-16 | Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Limited | Improvements relating to precision casting by lost wax process |
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| GB8829197D0 (en) | 1989-01-25 |
| JPH02211928A (en) | 1990-08-23 |
| AU4606989A (en) | 1990-06-21 |
| FR2641274B1 (en) | 1991-08-23 |
| DE3939613A1 (en) | 1990-06-21 |
| FR2641274A1 (en) | 1990-07-06 |
| GB2226020A (en) | 1990-06-20 |
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