Can a value be placed on core sizes that will determine both the success rate and surface quality of a cast product in several investment systems? The ratio of surface to volume, in different shapes and configurations, will hopefully determine the limits of these investment systems. This paper builds on Tino Volpe's 2004 Santa Fe Symposium® paper on casting quality but looks instead at the negative structure rather than the positive cast product.

Author: Linus L. Drogs III