Interesting process... Everything I have read seems to indicate that the wax (or foam for that matter) is vaporized by the actual pouring of the metal. But your process is a little different. So it can be done both ways? My concern with your process is the ceramic slurry. Seems to be an extra step. Whereas, just burrying the wax or foam into sand and then pouring the metal right in. But I think your process probably produces a better finish. Can you possibly point me to some web sites that sell this wax and ceramic slurry stuff? Thanks!
Actually the earlier statement was correct in the case of was investment casting.
The wax model is dipped in the slurry and then in most cases added to a tree of many of the same parts.
From here it is heated to help harden the shell at the same time remove the wax.
Now as for this shape and the inner core area.
This part would be done in a two mold config.
First mold would be a soliable mold of the inner core area, this then would be placed in the wax mold and the wax injected around the soliable part in this cavity.
Now the wax part go to basically water but mixed with what I forgot what it was called to male the soliable dissolves and leave you with a wax tool that will be hollow.
I started in the industry as a wax investment tool maker and even worked a a foundry as a tool maker for a few years.
hope this helps.
extra not the basic shrink fator for 6061 in wax with be 1.025
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