US3266915A - Wax emulsion for use in precision casting - Google Patents

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US3266915A
US3266915A US243757A US24375762A US3266915A US 3266915 A US3266915 A US 3266915A US 243757 A US243757 A US 243757A US 24375762 A US24375762 A US 24375762A US 3266915 A US3266915 A US 3266915A
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Hocking Lothar Norman
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22C—FOUNDRY MOULDING
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  • This invention relates to precision casting with more special reference to wax for the manufacture of expendable models used for investment casting by the lost wax process.
  • Wax when used fior expendable models in investment casting suffers from a number of defects, and by far the most important is the shrinkage, causing distortion of the patterns to take place on thick sections.
  • Blended wax (65% microcrystalline wax 190/195 F. 35% gum damar) gives a pattern wax within the consistency permitted by the use of a natural product such as gmm damar.
  • a natural product such as gmm damar.
  • Liquid fillers were then tried.
  • the first trial was with water which was added to liquid blended wax, and as gum damar is an emulsifying agent the experiment resulted in an emulsified wax.
  • the emulsificat-ion which can be effected with or without emulsifying agents, either gas, liquid or solid, greatly improves the flowability of the wax and decreases the shrinkage and subsequent distortion.
  • Emulsifying agent-gum damar 25-30 Filler-water 10-25 Emulsification with water is effected by heating the wax to a temperature [of circa C.
  • the emulsified wax is cast into billets having a central aperture giving sufficient clearance to enable the billet to be slidden over the piston rod in the feed cylinder.
  • a micnocrystalline wax composition consisting essentially of from 50-60% basic-microcrystalline lwax, 25-30% gum damar emulsifying agent, 10-25% water.
  • composition of claim 1 wherein the microcrystalline wax has an A.S.T.M. rating of between F.

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United States Patent "ice muted u uffiif l gli 3,266,915 WAX EMULSION FOR USE IN PRECISION CASTING Evan James Faulkner, Sylcroft, Crispin Way, Farnham Common, England; Lothar Norman Hocking, Sandycroft, Taplow, England; and John Aherne-Heron, Farnham Royal Lodge, Farnham Royal, England No Drawing. Filed Dec. 11, 1962, Ser. No. 243,757
3 Claims. (Cl. 106-38.8)
This invention relates to precision casting with more special reference to wax for the manufacture of expendable models used for investment casting by the lost wax process.
Wax when used fior expendable models in investment casting suffers from a number of defects, and by far the most important is the shrinkage, causing distortion of the patterns to take place on thick sections.
Blended wax (65% microcrystalline wax 190/195 F. 35% gum damar) gives a pattern wax within the consistency permitted by the use of a natural product such as gmm damar. However, its shrinking on cooling, particularly on heavy sections, makes it difiicult to maintain the wax patterns to the dimensional accuracy required. Several attempts have been made to overcome this shrinkage by introducing various solids in powder form as fillers.
The main problem was to find a powder which had the same specific gravity as Wax so that it would remain in suspension. This difficulty together with the necessity of having no ash content on burning out resulted, after many experiments, in a search for a radical alternative.
Gases of various types were tried, including air, in an attempt to reduce the wax content of the model.
Liquid fillers were then tried. The first trial was with water which was added to liquid blended wax, and as gum damar is an emulsifying agent the experiment resulted in an emulsified wax.
It has been found that the wax is greatly improved by emulsifying it prior to forming the pattern by injection moulding, e.g., using the method and apparatus described and shown in the specification of our co-pending application Serial No. 243,809, now abandoned.
The emulsificat-ion which can be effected with or without emulsifying agents, either gas, liquid or solid, greatly improves the flowability of the wax and decreases the shrinkage and subsequent distortion.
Ingredients and ranges of proportions for suitable models forming emulsified compositions are as follows:
Percent Basic-micro-crystalline wax -60 Emulsifying agent-gum damar 25-30 Filler-water 10-25 Emulsification with water is effected by heating the wax to a temperature [of circa C.
Where the patterns are to be tormed by injection moulding with solid pre-loading according to the aforementioned specification the emulsified wax is cast into billets having a central aperture giving sufficient clearance to enable the billet to be slidden over the piston rod in the feed cylinder.
We claim:
1. A micnocrystalline wax composition consisting essentially of from 50-60% basic-microcrystalline lwax, 25-30% gum damar emulsifying agent, 10-25% water.
2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the microcrystalline wax has an A.S.T.M. rating of between F.
3. The method of preparing a blended wax emulsion composition for the manufacture of expendable models used for investment casting by the lost wax process, comprising mixing 50-60% microcrystalline Wax with 25- 30% gum damar and 10-25% water and agitating the resulting mixture at a temperature of about 95 C.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,172,392 9/1939 Kress et a1 106-271XR 2,583,938 1/1952 French 18-58 2,658,004 11/1953 Eldridge et a1. 106-271 3,000,753 9/1961 Rockland 117-18 FOREIGN PATENTS 10,598 1845 Great Britain.
OTHER REFERENCES Bennett: Pnaotioal Emulsions, Chemical Publishing Co., Inc, New York, 1943 pages 440 to 441.
ALEXANDER H. BRODMERKEL, Primary Examiner.
MORRIS LIEBMAN, Examiner.
J. B. EVANS, Assistant Examiner.

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1. A MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF FROM 50-60% BASIS-MICRO-CRYSTALLINE WAX, 25-30% GUM DAMAR EMULSIFYING AGENT, 10-25% WATER. COMPOSITION FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF EXPENDABLE MODELS USED FOR INVESTMENT CASTING BY THE LOXT WAS PROCESS, COMPRISING MIXING 50-60% MICROCRYSTTALLINE WAX WITH 2530% GUM DAMAR AND 10-25% WATER AND AGITATING THE MONOGLYCERIDES OF OIL FATTY ACIDS. RESULTING MIXTURE AT A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 95*C.
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US3477512A (en) * 1967-12-15 1969-11-11 American Cyanamid Co Oil well fracturing method using wax emulsions
US4126481A (en) * 1976-10-18 1978-11-21 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Drag reducing wax
US4600546A (en) * 1982-06-28 1986-07-15 S+G Implants Gmbh Process for the production of an implant as a bone substitute

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US2172392A (en) * 1936-04-23 1939-09-12 Paper Chemistry Inst Emulsion and method of preparing same
US2583938A (en) * 1948-11-30 1952-01-29 Standard Oil Co Method of preparing stable aerated wax compositions and articles
US2658004A (en) * 1950-03-11 1953-11-03 United Shoe Machinery Corp Last slip for removing shoes from lasts
US3000753A (en) * 1957-02-21 1961-09-19 Louis B Rockland Emulsified wax compositions

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US2172392A (en) * 1936-04-23 1939-09-12 Paper Chemistry Inst Emulsion and method of preparing same
US2583938A (en) * 1948-11-30 1952-01-29 Standard Oil Co Method of preparing stable aerated wax compositions and articles
US2658004A (en) * 1950-03-11 1953-11-03 United Shoe Machinery Corp Last slip for removing shoes from lasts
US3000753A (en) * 1957-02-21 1961-09-19 Louis B Rockland Emulsified wax compositions

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US3477512A (en) * 1967-12-15 1969-11-11 American Cyanamid Co Oil well fracturing method using wax emulsions
US4126481A (en) * 1976-10-18 1978-11-21 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Drag reducing wax
US4600546A (en) * 1982-06-28 1986-07-15 S+G Implants Gmbh Process for the production of an implant as a bone substitute

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