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Refractory Materials Used for the Investment Casting Process and their Infuence on Ceramic Shell Properties

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Today, many different metals are being produced using the Investment Casting (IC) process. To ensure final high quality castings it is necessary to know the influencing parameters of all the different steps during the whole process including the wax pattern, the ceramic shell and the final casted part.

Novel Zirconate Based Moulds for the Investment Casting of Titanium Alloy Melts

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Investment casting allows the near net shape production of complex cast parts, but the investment casting of high melting and highly reactive titanium alloy melts is very difficult. Calcium zirconate (CaZrO3) is a novel ceramic refractory material, which is particularly stable in a highly reducing atmosphere and in contact with extremely reducing titanium alloy melts such as Ti6Al4V.