Ceramic Mould Internal Structure Anomalies in the Lost Wax Process

The paper analyzes the structure of the ceramic mould, which include discussion about its structure creation. The results of research relate to the strength of the ceramic mould and its thermophysical properties. Structural anisotropy was found and its influence on the mould surface morphology depending on its position with respect to the sprue in the assembly set. The paper also presents evaluation of microgeometry of patterns, ceramic mould and casts produced in a joint production process. Last part includes the results of the fractal dimension measurements of ceramic mould cross-sections. The analysis was based on the mould porosity. For the analyzed structures the percentage of pores and linear fractal dimension was determined, using the line counting dimension method (LCD), which is a modification of box counting dimension method (BCD).