JPL Super Cast

JPL Super Cast is a premium investment powder for casting brass, silver and all karat yellow gold.

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Investment Power Supercast 500

JPL Diamond contains a high content of un-mineralised Cristobalite for maximum thermal expansion, permeability and fired strength.

JPL Super Cast investment powder creates excellent consistent castings with superb surface finish and fineness of detail. When mixed Super Cast produces a slurry which has greater flow characteristics which allows for the finest of details of wax patterns to be replicated in the casting.

Superb surface finish and finesse in detail keeps repair or buffing to a minimum prior to finishing or plating.

Investing

Target is to use deionised water between 23°C – 25°C together with powder at the same temperature to achieve a slurry temperature around 24°C – 26°C. This will allow the powder to give consistent gel and gloss off times to maximise the correct setting time of the powder.

It’s important that a flask is left undisturbed after investing for 90 minutes before removing the rubber base and inserting into the furnace to start the burnout cycle. This will allow the flask to gain its full green strength in preparation for the burnout cycle.

Product Packaging
DRUM : 45.4 kg. (100 lb.)
SACK : 22.7 kg. (50 lb.)

Technical Data
Power / Water Ratio : 100/38
Working Time @ 25c Slurry Temp. : 8-10min.
Gloss Off Time @ 25c Slurry Temp. : 12-14min.
Thermal Expansion At 750c :1.10%
Setting Expansion After 2 Hours : 1.05%
Volume Yield Per KG. of Powder : 760 ml.

Burnout Cycle

Steam Dewaxing / Dry Dewaxing

JPL investment powder products can be steam or dry dewaxed in a furnace with excellent results. Wax will melt in the range of 65°C – 75°C and will flow out of the flask. It is recommended to hold the flask at 230°C to drive out all the wax and free moisture out of the flask. This will take approximately 3 hours.

Top Temperature

At the top temperature at 730°C all the residual carbon from the wax is converted into carbon dioxide gas which easily leaves the flask leaving a uncontaminated mould for the metal to be cast into.

Casting Temperature

The casting temperature varies considerable depending on the size of wax piece and type of metal to be cast. Please contact JPL for our recommendations if casting defects are found as an adjustment to the flask casting temperature or metal temperature can solve most casting defects.