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An Experimental Investigation of the Metal Type Wax Casting Method Using Fire Clay

Cho Hyung Jin 1

1강남대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study investigated the specific procedures and principles of metal type wax casting method using fire clay. (1) The matrix material: Beeswax and injection wax were useful as the material. (2) The mould material: Fire clay was useful as the filling material. Activated carbon, paper fiber and water carbon were useful as the functional material. The mixture proportion was 10~19.5% for activated carbon, 0.5% for paper fiber, and 20% for water carbon, respectively. (3) The metal components, pouring quantity, and pouring method: Bronze was effective as the metal component. A small quantity of approximately 300 grams was poured using conventional method. (4) The number of character strokes: The fewer the number of character strokes, the higher the success rate was. (5) The pouring direction of metal fluid: It was effective when putting the character face in the lateral direction and pouring metal fluid in a standing manner. (6) The main path caliber for metal fluid: The size of 4.5 × 5.0㎜ was sufficient. (7) The temperature of mould: The temperature of 600℃ was sufficient as the burning temperature for mould. The mould temperature when metal fluid pouring had little effect on the success rate. (8) The casting success and contraction rate: The highest success rate was 54.0%, and the overall success rate was 20.74%. The contraction rate was 3.08%. (9) The characteristics of type strokes: All the distinctive characteristics in Jikji were observed here. Therefore, it is highly probable that the wax casting method employed by this experiment is the replication of the method that was actually used for Jikji type.

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