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US 2001/0001893 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for manufacturing mold
OwnerKohichi Matsuurainventor
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Abstract
There are disclosed a method and apparatus for manufacturing a mold for casting a large-size product having a complex shape. The method for manufacturing a mold includes the steps of preparing a block in which powder granular material is cured, and processing the block by an automatic processing machine to define a molding surface in the block according to a pre-installed program.
Claims8
A method for manufacturing a mold comprising the steps of:
- preparing a block made of a solidified powder granular material;
- and
- directly processing said block by an automatic processing machine to form a molding surface on said block, said automatic processing machine comprising a control section for controlling a machining tool in accordance with a pre-installed program.
An apparatus for manufacturing a mold comprising:
- a processing table on which a block to be processed is placed;
- an automatic processing machine to process said block according to a pre-installed program;
- and
- an absorption pipe for absorbing powder particles generated during the processing, said absorption pipe having an opening provided adjacent a processed portion of said block.
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