Systems and methods of bonding wax
AssigneeChromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation
InventorsJames Whitton, Zachary Oras, Zachary Hopkins
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Abstract
Lost wax casting bonding methods and systems. A method for bonding a wax component in a feeder system for a lost wax casting process comprises embedding conductive nano-particles in wax to form a sacrificial susceptor. The method includes coupling the wax component to another component such that the sacrificial susceptor is at an interface of the wax component and the other component. The method comprises inductively heating the sacrificial susceptor to cause the wax of the sacrificial susceptor and at least a portion of wax of the wax component to melt to thereby form a bond between the wax component and the other component.
Claims20
A method for bonding a wax component in a feeder system, the method comprising:
- embedding nano-particles in wax to form a sacrificial susceptor;
- coupling the wax component to another component such that the sacrificial susceptor is at an interface of the wax component and the other component;
- and
- heating the sacrificial susceptor to cause the wax of the sacrificial susceptor and at least a portion of wax of the wax component to melt to form a bond between the wax component and the other component.
A method for bonding a wax component in a feeder system for a lost wax casting process, comprising:
- embedding conductive particles in wax to form a sacrificial susceptor;
- coupling the wax component to another component such that the sacrificial susceptor is at an interface of the wax component and the other component;
- and
- heating the sacrificial susceptor to cause the wax of the sacrificial susceptor and at least a portion of wax of the wax component to melt to form a bond between the wax component and the other component.
A wax casting system for bonding a wax component in a feeder system, the wax casting system comprising:
- a plurality of sacrificial susceptors each including nano-particles embedded in wax;
- a plurality of runners and supports, each of the plurality of runners and supports coupled to the feeder system;
- and
- an inductive heating system;
- wherein, each of the plurality of runners and supports corresponds to and is associated with at least one of the plurality of sacrificial susceptors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.