| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N13784/01 |
| Title: |
RAPID MANUFACTURE OF CASTING CORES BY INK-JET PRINTING |
| Principal Investigator: |
Derby, Professor B |
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| Department: |
Materials |
| Organisation: |
University of Manchester, The |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 May 2000 |
Ends: |
30 April 2003 |
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274,002
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Materials Processing |
Materials testing & eng. |
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| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Manufacturing |
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Cooling channels in superalloy gas turbine aerofoils and nozzle guide vanes are introduced during the casting process by the use of leachable casting cores. The cooling channels, and hence the cores, are of complex shape and very small dimensions. During aerofoil or materials development programmes it is necessary to fabricate small quantities of cores for test castings. The rapid manufacture of casting cores from CAD design files is an important development for the gas turbine industry.The direct manufacture of materials from CAD files can be achieved by freeform or layered manufacturing methods. We will develop ink-jet printing as one such method for the manufacture of casting cores by the deposition of powder filled low melting point waxes. This will be achieved using a commercial hot wax ink-jet printer developed for rapid prototyping. We will optimise the composition of powder containing molten wax slurries for high solids volume content and controlled viscosity. Ceramic powders will be optimised for reduced sintering shrinkage.
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http://www.man.ac.uk |