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Parameters Shrinkage percentage

7
6
5
4

silicon mold

epoxy mold

2
1
0
R

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Q 5.7
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B DIM

A DIM

25.1
25
24.9
24.8
24.7
24.6
24.5
24.4
24.3

42.4
42.2
Silicon

42

Silicon

Epoxy

41.8

Epoxy

SLA

41.6

SLA

41.4
41.2
9

-4 : A

-4 : B

F DIM

E DIM

84.2

8.1

84

8
Silicon

7.9

Epoxy
7.8

SLA

Silicon

83.8

Epoxy

83.6

SLA

83.4

7.7

83.2
83

7.6
8

-4 : E

-4 : F

M DIM

H DIM

42.8
42.7
42.6
42.5
42.4
42.3
42.2
42.1
42
41.9

79.2
79
Silicon

78.8

Silicon

Series2

78.6

Epoxy

SLA

78.4

SLA

78.2
78
9

-4 : H

-4 : M

N DIM

Q DIM
36.8

5.5
5.4

36.6
Silicon

36.4

Silicon

Epoxy

36.2

Epoxy

SLA

36

5.3
5.2
5.1

SLA

35.8

4.9

35.6
9

4.8
9

-4 : Q

-4 : N

R DIM
10.6
10.4
10.2

Silicon

10

Epoxy

9.8

SLA

9.6
9.4
9.2
9

-4 : R

: 4 SLA

-5 :
) (RTV
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.
) (Polyurethane .
) (Polyurethane .

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[1] P.R. Beeley, R.F. Smart, Investment Casting, The Institute of Materials,
London, 1995.
[2] T.V. Rama Prasad, V.Kondic, Basic Elements of Feeding Investment Castings,
American Foundrymen s Society Inc., USA, 1994.
[3] T.S. Piwonk, J.M. Wiest, INCAST, June 1998, pp.8-13
[4] T.M. Wolff, INCAST, March 1999, pp.22-25.

Application of rapid tooling to produce wax patterns of

gas turbine blades used in investment casting process
Abstract
The primary objective of this research is to determine the accuracy of a type of Turbine
Blades wax patterns which includes common areas in Turbine Blades, such as Airfoil,
Platform and Root,produced by soft tooling (RTV mould) and hard tooling (polyurethane
mold).It is essential to use the optimal injection parameters during moulding in order to obtain
good dimensional accuracy of wax patterns. From the current study it is noticed that the
polyurethane mold produce more accurate patterns than the silicon mold. Furthermore, the
range of dimensional changes in various directions of Turbine Blades, were obtained.
Shrinkage average on the Platform in a direction along the length and width of the root in
silicon mould are almost 0.6%,3.5% respectively. and perpendicular to Platform in direction
of Aiefoil is 0.6% approximately.Also in epoxy mould on the Platform in a direction along the
length and width of the root are almost 1.1%,0.6% respectively and perpendicular to Platform
in direction of Aiefoil is almost 0.6% too. These studies will help those who apply investment
casting in turbine blades production to estimate the changes required in the initial CAD
drawings to produce a final casting with minimal dimensional inaccuracy.