Abstract : Advanced Technologies continue the march through the Investment Casting process .... exciting technologies provide the platform for enhanced process control and competitive cost reduction. Advances in Smart technology provide the process stability to enable higher process yields and output productivity. These same process benefits have enabled a whole new segment of opportunity to manifest itself in the form Very Large Shell production. Keeping the IC industry ahead of competing processes demands that the quest to employ evermore innovative and beneficial solutions must continue within our industry.
With focus on the Shellroom and Finishing Dept, the paper will provide technical details of the most advanced systems control in operation, with input from end users and ceramic materials suppliers on the key benefits of the system. The paper will also communicate how the process technology developments are greatly expanding the total dimensional envelope and capacity available from the Investment casting process.