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US 2024/0253109 A1Published application
Casting mould
AssigneeFoundry Lab Limited
InventorsDavid John MOODIE, William Robert WILES, Lance MOLYNEAUX, Joshua Joseph MCINTOSH
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Abstract
A casting mould comprising: an inorganic or refractory mould, wherein the mould is configured to receive feedstock; wherein the feedstock is configured to be heated in situ. A reusable mould, reusable susceptor, and/or release agent may be incorporated.
Claims16
A method of casting a metal object, the method comprising:
- printing, using a 3D printer, a metal-casting mould;
- putting metal feedstock in the metal-casting mould;
- heating the metal-casting mould and metal feedstock therein to melt the metal feedstock in the mould to produce molten metal;
- and
- allowing the molten metal to solidify in the mould to produce the cast metal object.
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A system for casting a metal object, the system comprising:
- metal feedstock;
- a 3D printer configured to print a metal-casting mould, the mould being configured to:
- a) receive the metal feedstock;
- b) allow heating and melting of the metal feedstock in the mould to produce molten metal;
- and
- b) allow solidification of the metal in the mould;
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- an energy source configured to heat and melt the metal feedstock in the mould.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.