...Yitian Chi; Narayanan Murali; Yuxin Zeng; Xiaochun Li Rapid investment casting with additively produced molds can offer excellent surface finishes, tight dimensional tolerances, and complex geometries for high-performance metal parts in a rapid fashion. However, there is a long-standing challenge...

...Qingbin Liu; Ming C. Leu Investment casting with ice patterns is similar to that with wax patterns but with significant process differences. A major difference in our developed method is that an interface agent needs to be coated around the ice pattern to protect it from damage during the process...