• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.330-335
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• 2000

Functional metal prototypes are often required in numerous industrial applications. These components are typically needed in the early stage of a project to determine form, fit and function. Recent R/P(Rapid Prototyping) part are made of soft materials such as plastics, wax, paper, these master models cannot be employed durable test in real harsh working environment. Parts by direct metal rapid tooling method, such as laser sintering, by now are hard to get net shape, pores of the green parts of powder casting method must be infiltrated to get proper strength as tool, and new type of 3D direct tooling system combining fabrication welding arc and cutting process is reported. But a system which can build directly 3D parts of high performance functional material as metal park would get long period of system development, massive investment and other serious obstacles, such as patent. In this paper, through the rapid tooling process as silicon rubber molding using R/P master model, and fabricate wax pattern in that silicon rubber mold using vacuum casting method, then we translated the wax patterns to numerous metal tool prototypes by new investment casting process combined conventional investment casting with rapid prototyping & rapid tooling process. With this wax-injection-mold-free investment casting, we developed new investment casting process of fabricating numerous functional metal prototypes from one master model, combined 3-D CAD, R/P and conventional investment casting and tried to expect net shape measuring total dimension shrinkage from R/P pare to metal part.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.52-57
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• 1999

Funtional metal prototypes are often required in numerous industrial applications. These components are typically needed in the early stage of a project to determine form, fit and function. Recent R/P(Rapid Prototyping) part are made of soft materials such as plastics, wax, paper, these master models cannot be employed durable test in real harsh working environment. Parts by direct metal rapid tooling method, such as laser sintering, by now are hard to get net shape, pores of the green parts of powder casting method must be infiltrated to get proper strength as tool, and new type of 3D direct tooling system combining fabrication welding arc and cutting process is reported by song etc. But a system which can build directly 3D parts of high performance functional material as metal part would need long period of system development, massive investment and other serious obstacles, such as patent. In this paper, through the rapid tooling process as silicon rubber molding using R/P master model, and fabricate wax pattern in that silicon rubber mold using vacuum casting method, then we tranlsated the wax patterns to numerous metal prototypes by new investment casting process combined conventional investment casting with rapid pototyping & rapid tooling process. with this wax-injection-mold-free investment casting, we developed new investment casting process of fabricating numerous functional metal prototypes from one master model, combined 3-D CAD, R/P and conventional investment casting and tried to expect net shape measuring total dimension shrinkage from R/P part to metal part.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.59-67
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• 1999

The lead time for new products is very limited in the current manufacturing processes, therefore the Rapid Prototyping process has been introduced and generally used in the industry. Fused Deposition Manufacturing (FDM) is one of the most common methods in this field. In the FDM process, the patterns are made of Wax of ABS and ABS shows better quality of the patterns. To date, the FDM/ABS patterns are used in investment casting for making silicon moulds to produce was patterns because it is very difficult to dewax FDM/ABS directly. The aim of this paper was to propose a feasibility of using FDM/ABS parts as wax-pattern substitutes in the investment casting process. The effects of casting conditions, such as pre-heat temperature and casting temperature, are provided. Comparisons with the conventional investment casting processes using the wax-patterns under the same prototype are made. Lead-time and saving cost are discussed in using FDM/ABS parts as was-pattern substitutes compared with the products from other rapid prototype systems.

• 연구논문집
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• 통권29호
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• pp.173-183
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• 1999

The vacuum investment casting process for a large gas turbine component, Inner Preswirl Support (IPS), was simulated by using commercial FEM package ProCAST(TM) with view factor radiation method. The solid fraction in mushy zone was directly measured by Differential thermal analysis(DTA-DSC mode). Three types gating design. considering liquid flow and heat release through it. were proposed. Solidification had begun at the ribs or thin sections of the IPS casting and advanced further through the upper and lower gates. The computed temperature gradient G and G/R values at 70% solidified temperature were used for prediction of microshrinkage formation during casting. The effect of mold preheat on the thermal history of the casting displayed minute effect on the microshrinkage formation.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2022

인베스트먼트 주조는 정밀기기, 의료분야, 액세서리 등의 제조에 일반적으로 사용되는 생산방식으로 장비의 현대화와 고품질의 재료를 통해 발전을 거듭해 왔으며 그 활용 범위가 확대되고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 인베스트먼트 주조 공정의 핵심 요소인 금형 온도의 구조적 개선 및 표준화를 도출하여 불량률을 최소화하여 경제성과 생산성을 향상시키는 것이다. 연구의 범위는 소형탕도의 구조와 원리를 이해하기에 적합한 Jewelry 제조 주조 공정에 국한되어 있으며 연구 재료로 soft Wax, 석고 분말 및 14 K Gold를 사용하여 실험적 연구를 수행했다. 그 결과 Alloy 14 k의 주물 패턴에 가장 적합한 주물 표준 온도는 980℃ 플라스크 온도 550℃에서 가장 낮은 난류로 좋은 제품을 생산할 수 있었다. 본 연구의 향후 과제로 소형탕도의 구조 및 표준온도를 데이터를 분석하고, 현장의 생산 불량을 감소시키고 우수한 인베스트먼트 주조 공법의 경쟁력 확보를 위한 데이터를 제공하기 위한 세부 연구가 필요하다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.671-675
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• 2014

Nozzle ring is an important part of turbocharger which is applied to today's most diesel engines. Turbo charger nozzle ring is difficult to process and takes a high cost and a long time relatively. For this reason, it is largely produced by using a precision casting. Investment method, the representative technology of precision casting, has excellent dimensional accuracy and can produce complex shapes relatively easily. However, it is difficult to avoid the casting defects such as shrinkage cavity and short shot. This study is to predict the casting defects which could be occurred during the investment method by use of finite element analysis software and to design the process and mold of the marine turbocharger nozzle ring.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.566-569
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• 2002

Rapid Prototyping is a prototyping technology that produces complicated parts directly form three dimensional CAD data with high efficiency, and has been extensively applied to various manufacturing processes. The aim of this research is to apply a 3D printer part as wax pattern in the investment casting process. The difference between conventional pattern wax and 3D printer wax is compared by experiments. The direct casting method is developed for ceramic-shell investment casting.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.136-140
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• 2002

정밀하고 복잡한 형상의 금속 부품을 제작하는데 사용되는 정밀주조법은 왁스형을 만드는 과정을 수작업으로 진행하므로 많은 시간과 비용이 소요되었다. 왁스형 제작공정을 개선하기 위해 쾌속조형기를 이용하는 방법을 제안하였다. SLS 형 쾌속조형기를 이용하여 캐스트폼형을 제작하고 여기에 용융된 왁스를 함침시켜 왁스형을 완성한다. 이 방법을 이용하여 스텐레스 스틸 소재의 금속 주분을 제작하였는데, 시간과 비용이 크게 절감되었으며 정밀도도 향상되었다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2017

주조의 공정으로는 왁스패턴(wax pattern), 매몰(Investment), 탈왁스(Dewaxing)와 소성(Curing), 주물(Casting)등으로 나눌 수 있으며, 이러한 공정이 하나라도 소홀하게 되면 좋은 결과를 얻을 수 없게 된다. 2000년 이후, 3D 프린터가 발전되고 사용 횟수가 증가하였으나, 왁스 방식보다 광경화수지 방식의 프린터를 선호함으로 그의 따른 주물 결함이 더 심해지고 있다. 이러한 결함을 해결하기 위해 기존 왁스방식의 주조 결함을 선행논문을 통해 제시하였고, 특히 광경화수지 방식의 결함은 매몰과 탈왁스, 탈수지와 소성에서 기존과 다른 차이를 보였다. 이에 주조 실험을 통해 결과를 제시 하였으며, 특히 기존 방식의 승온곡선이 아닌 광경화수지만의 승온곡선을 제시하였다. 마지막으로 다이렉트 주조가 되지 못하는 것을 분류하고 형틀(Mold)제작에 대하여 제시하였다. 이에 본 연구를 통해 3D 프린터를 사용하는 사용자 또는 광경화수지를 다이렉트로 주조하려는 이들에게 조금이나마 도움이 되고자 한다.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.21-24
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• 1980

This experiment was intended to obtain a prefect casting body the same as the original wax patterns by melting metal into the opening of the ring. The investment ring was dried to the temperature between 600 and 700, when the wax pattern would be completely melted to leave an empty mould made in the ring. The main point to studied was the investing process for perfect casting body. This process was experimented on several important factors: the size and spatulation of investment particles, purity of wax patterns, investing time after the completion of model, and investing temperature. The results obtained from the above experiment were as follows: A desirable cast body with no fissure or pore would be mode by investing with smaller particles in the first time and with larger onces in the second, both at the temperature between 180.