Method of making mold used in slip casting process

Abstract

A method of making a mold used in a pressure slip casting process, including the steps of: preparing at least two porous bodies each defining a filter layer having a plurality of channels formed therein for allowing water and air to flow therethrough; placing a reinforcing iron frame and one of the porous bodies on a bottom board with a parting agent applied to its surface; applying a sealing resin to the surface of the other porous body opposite to a molding surface thereof and to a portion of the surface of the bottom board between the box and the porous body; filling up the space between one of the porous bodies and the reinforcing iron frame with a filler; and preparing a second part of the pressure mold. This second part preparing step includes the sub-steps of: turning the first part upside down together with the one porous body and the reinforcing iron frame to direct its parting face upward and applying a parting agent to the parting face; overlaying the other of the porous bodies on the one porous body; overlaying a second reinforcing iron frame on the first reinforcing iron frame; applying an adhesive to the sealing resin and the inner side of the overlaid second reinforcing iron frame after the sealing resin has cured; filling up the space between the overlaid second iron frame and the other porous body with filler; and parting the second part from the first part after the filler has cured.