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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jay Easwaran, Portage, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
164 34 ; 164 35 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for the casting of metals by the use of a consumable or evaporative pattern. In this method, a foamed pattern of a desired part is first formed. The pattern is then dipped into a ceramic slurry and the slurry dried in order to form a shell containing the foamed pattern. A heated bed of a particulate medium is formed around the ceramic shell which causes the pattern to evaporate and form a mold. A molten metal is then introduced into the mold, solidified and removed from the mold to form a casting.