INVESTMENT CASTING UTILIZING FLEXIBLE WAX PATTERN TOOL

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12961740

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An investment casting process wherein the wax pattern tool (44) is flexible to facilitate removal of the tool from the cast wax pattern (52) even when the cast shape would otherwise require multiple pull planes. The flexible tool may include a flexible insert (42) precisely indexed to a surrounding coffin mold (40), and thereby to an enclosed ceramic core (10). Positioning pins (106) may extend from the flexible tool to make compliant contact against the core prior to a wax injection step. The surface of the resulting wax pattern may contain an engineered topography (36) replicated through the flexible surface from a master tool (12). The flexible tool may encase thermally conductive or magnetic particles (92), or other active device (96) such as a sensor or vibrator which is operable during wax injection.

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SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTWITTELSBACHERPLATZ 2 MÜNCHEN 80333

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Burns, Andrew J Longwood, US 17 366
Fraser, Iain A Ruckersville, US 7 210
Heneveld, Benjamin E Newmarket, US 10 124
James, Allister W Chuluota, US 50 830
Merrill, Gary B Orlando, US 101 1924
Sheehan, Kevin C Orlando, US 4 78

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