New Investigation Method of the Permeability of Ceramic Moulds Applied in the Investment Casting Technology / Nowa metoda oceny przepuszczalności form ceramicznych stosowanych w technologii wytapianych modeli

Abstract

The new investigation method of a permeability of ceramic moulds applied in the investment casting technology, is presented in the paper. Some concepts of performing permeability measurements are shown. Investigations in which the influence of the solid phase fraction in the liquid ceramic moulding sand (LCMS) on a permeability of a multi-layer ceramic mould were performed and discussed. The permeability was estimated during two the most important stages of the technological process: in the first - after wax melting and in the second - after mould annealing. Also an influence of the matrix grain sizes (material for sprinkling) on a ceramic mould permeability was estimated.