lost wax mold

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• lost wax — see ↑cire perdue • • • Main Entry: ↑wax * * * n. a method of bronze casting using a clay core and a wax coating placed in a mold. The wax is melted in the mold and drained out, and bronze poured into the space left, producing a hollow bronze… …   Useful english dictionary

• lost-wax process — [lôst′waks′] n. a method of casting in which a wax form is encased in a heat resistant material, as clay, that is hardened and then heated to melt and drain away the wax, producing a mold into which molten material is poured: used in casting… …   English World dictionary

• Lost-wax casting — A model of an apple in wax …   Wikipedia

• lost-wax process — /lawst waks , lost /, Metall. a process of investment casting in which a refractory mold is built up around a pattern of wax and then baked so as to melt and drain off the wax. Also called cire perdue. [1930 35; trans. of F cire perdue] * * * ▪… …   Universalium

• lost-wax casting — Traditional method of producing molds for metal sculpture and other castings. It requires a positive, a core made of refractory material and an outer layer of wax. The positive can be produced either by direct modeling in wax over a prepared core …   Universalium

• lost-wax process — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: lost wax translation of French cire perdue : cire perdue * * * /lawst waks , lost /, Metall. a process of investment casting in which a refractory mold is built up around a pattern of wax and then baked so as to melt… …   Useful english dictionary

• lost wax — noun Date: 1909 a process used in metal casting that consists of making a wax model, coating it with a refractory to form a mold, heating until the wax melts and runs out of the mold, and then pouring metal into the vacant mold …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• lost-wax casting —    A casting process for which a sculptor must first produce his sculpture in wax. He creates a mold around this made of refractory materials. When the mold is heated, the wax melts away, so that molten metal can replace it, reproducing exactly… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• Lost-foam casting — (LFC) is a type of investment casting process that uses foam patterns as the investment. This method takes advantage of the properties of foam to simply and cheaply form castings that would be difficult or impossible, using normal cope and drag… …   Wikipedia

• Wax — For other uses, see Wax (disambiguation). Cetyl palmitate, a typical wax ester …   Wikipedia

• mold —    [American spelling] or mould [British spelling]    A hollow form for shaping (casting ) a fluid or plastic medium, such as clay, plaster, plastic or molten metal. In papermaking, the lower screen that holds the pulp (the upper frame is a… …   Glossary of Art Terms