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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2021
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jose Troitino Lopez, Greenville, SC (US);
Eric Lee Bell, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jeffrey Clarence Jones, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A mold system and method for forming a casting article for investment casting is disclosed. The mold system includes a mold for receiving therein a selected core chosen from a plurality of varied cores. The mold includes a plurality of separable mold portions that are coupleable together to create the mold and configured to form a sacrificial material from a sacrificial material fluid about the selected core. At least one selected separable mold portion of the plurality of separable mold portions includes a set of varied interchangeable versions of the at least one selected separable mold portion. Each varied interchangeable version of the selected separable mold portion is configured to accommodate a different core of the plurality of varied cores. A number of systems for controlling a temperature of the mold are also disclosed.