A study of investment casting with plastic patterns

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1482-1488

  Wang, S ^a   Miranda, A G ^a   Shih, C ^b  

^a KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Kang Tion Metal Industrial Co Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Investment casting; Numerical analysis; Plastics; Thermal stress; Transient

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC SHELLS; COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-VOLUME PRODUCTION; METAL ALLOYS; METAL PARTS; PLASTIC PATTERNS; PRODUCTION COST; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER;

ELASTOMERS; GLASS TRANSITION; INJECTION MOLDING; INVESTMENT CASTING; INVESTMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASTICS; PLASTICS MOLDING; PRECISION CASTING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOELASTICITY;

PLASTICS CASTING;

EID: 78650901471     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426914.2010.529585     Document Type: Article

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