Abstract:
A soluble wax core insert to be used in making a wax replica of a hollow metal jewelry ring has an inner round radius design and an arcuate portion having an arcuate extent of at least 140.degree.. The soluble wax core insert is formed by molding in a metal mold. Once formed, the core insert is placed in another metal mold and a plastiwax is introduced into and fills a cavity around the core insert. The plastiwax hardens and is removed from the latter mold with the core insert embedded in the hardened plastiwax article. The wax core insert is removed from the plastiwax article to yield a wax replica of the metal ring to be produced. The wax replica has an inner round radius design and is used to form a mold cavity in an investment material, which is used to cast the hollow metal jewelry ring.
Abstract:
The investment casting method uses the lost wax method and involves using a model to form a wax piece in the desired shape such as the shape of the snap element or the shape of two hinge halves, making a tree out of a multitude of the wax pieces, adding slurry and heating to create hard material having spaces shaped like the wax parts and then pouring molten casting material into the spaces in a vacuum environment.
Abstract:
The instant invention contemplates a process for manufacturing jewelry including the steps of: (a) creating a photographic negative from a computer-generated image; (b) masking the negative over a photopolymerizable resin backed by a rigid substrate; (c) irradiating the unmasked resin with ultraviolet radiation; (d) removing the unpolymerized resin from the photopolymer, using a washing agent such as water, resulting in a positive three-dimensional likeness of the object to be cast; (e) placing the resulting etched resin plate into a container and pouring tooling resin into the container thereby creating a plug bearing the negative impression of the jewelry item to be created; (f) inserting the tooling resin plug into a jewelry item mold having an empty sleeve which receives the plug resulting in a completed jewelry mold; (g) filling the completed mold with plastic resulting in a plastic model of the jewelry item to be created; (h) using the plastic model in a "lost wax" casting process to create an individual jewelry item.
Abstract:
A method of forming a hollow cylindrical tube from wax such that a taper exists from one end to the other resulting in different wall thicknesses at either end of the tube, mounting said tube in a vertical position onto a semi-flexible base such that the end of the tube with the greatest wall thickness is in contact with the base, and attaching individual jewelry patterns onto the outside surface of the tube prior to encapsulation by an investment, which is one of the steps in the lost wax casting process of jewelry manufacture.
Abstract:
Articles of jewelry with gems set in precious metal are cast by a modified lost wax method whereby each gem is retained in position in the investment mold after removal of the wax enabling the setting of the gem to be simultaneous with the casting of the precious metal. The wax model of the article of jewelry is molded with undercut grooves in the sidewall of the gem seat located to engage portions of the girdle of the gem for retention thereof in set position in the finished article. The wax for the model is formulated to provide resiliency to permit the gem to be snapped into position in the wax model prior to embedding the model with the gem set therein in investment material in the conventional flask. Curing time is reduced to approximately one half the conventional fourteen hours by precise control of predetermined time and temperature which also prevents marring of the gems during the curing of the investment and the casting of the precious metal.
Abstract:
A method of casting metal so that the finished casting will hold a precise dimension in certain critical areas in order to enable the finished casting to be used as a frame for objects such as coins and medallions which are die struck to precise dimensions. Means of and apparatus for rigidly maintaining the object inside the cast frame by inexpensive means which will not damage the object and which will allow the object to be easily removed from the frame if necessary.
Abstract:
Method of casting an alloy comprising copper, aluminum and indium utilizing lost wax process. After the wax process. After the wax is melted from an investment mold the mold temperature is normalized at 250.degree.F by placement in an autoclave. Thereafter the alloy is centrifugally cast at 2,000.degree.F while the mold is at 250.degree.F.
Abstract:
Investment casting patterns are treated with a liquid mixture consisting essentially of an aqueous dispersion of colloidal refractory particles and a medium comprising a watersoluble organic liquid in order to render the pattern surfaces hydrophilic and thereby promote uniform surface coverage by water-base refractory slurries used in the production of ceramic shell molds and bulk investment molds.