Investment Casting


 

Crafts into Eng: Investment Casting DVD (CORPORATE/INSTITUTION)

Crafts into Eng: Investment Casting DVD (CORPORATE/INSTITUTION)

The opening sequence of Investment Casting is filmed at Optima Jewellery in Birmingham, where the mass production of ornate gold rings is made...
 

Crafts into Eng: Investment Casting DVD (PERSONAL use)

Crafts into Eng: Investment Casting DVD (PERSONAL use)

The opening sequence of Investment Casting is filmed at Optima Jewellery in Birmingham, where the mass production of ornate gold rings is made...
 

Making wax mould to cast gold rings

Making wax mould to cast gold rings

The vulcanised hand made rubber mould is injected with wax to form an individual ring, which is added to a 'tree' and coated in plaster-of-Paris and...
 

Melting and moulding gold

Melting and moulding gold

Gold nuggets and former 'tree' stems melted in a crucible and spun into the ring mould. Dur. 2.00 Part of Crafts into Engineering: Investment Casting...
 

Precision wax mould for aerospace

Precision wax mould for aerospace

Wax is injected into a mould to form a wax cast of the component and added to a 'tree'. Dur. 3.46 Part of Crafts into Engineering: Investment Casting...
 

Coating and firing ceramic mould

Coating and firing ceramic mould

The tree is coated in 11 layers of a ceramic compound to form a tough shell after firing in a kiln. Dur. 2.24 Part of Crafts into Engineering:...
 

Casting and testing

Casting and testing

Testing and inspection is done by hand. Dur. 2.20 Part of Crafts into Engineering: Investment Casting DVD
 


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