General Electric Company
ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED CASTING CORE-SHELL HYBRID MOLD AND CERAMIC SHELL

Abstract:

The present disclosure generally relates to integrated core-shell investment casting molds that provide a filament structure corresponding to a cooling hole pattern in the surface of the turbine blade, stator vane, or shroud. The disclosure also relates to the forming of a ceramic coating on at least a portion of the shell of the core-shell casting mold.