Pump Volute·Vantage Thermal
Trial 1
FailureA413Apr 8, 2026
Goal
First pour with the spiral core.
Process
- Pour temp
- 692C
- Mold temp
- 195C
- Alloy batch
- A413-2604-A
- Trial date
- Apr 8, 2026
- Gating
- Tangential gate into the volute throat.
- Changed from the previous trial
- First trial on this tool
What came out
Defects observed
Core shifted 2mm. Wall thickness out of tolerance on the inner spiral.
Lessons learned
The core needs a print at the far end. It cannot cantilever the full spiral.