A critical component of investment casting is the ceramic shell, which serves as the mold for the molten metal. Recent research has focused on enhancing the properties of ceramic shells to improve ...

Our facilities and equipment allow students to understand the following melting, molding and casting processes, which are related to many facets of engineering: green sand mulling, green sand molding, ...

The resin coated, black carbon, shell sand used in the process is quickly and inexpensively sintered ... prolonging its operating lifetime. The mold is then ready for use for metal casting, or it can ...