TY - JOUR N2 - The current work presents and describes the test bench for analyzing the lost foam process, especially measuring of the pressure of gases in the gas gap and continuous measuring of the rate of rise of the bath level when pouring the liquid metal into the mould. A series of preliminary research was carried out on the bench which was aimed at determining the influence of the basic parameters of the process, i.e. the density of the styrofoam pattern, thickness of the refractory coating applied on the pattern, kind of the alloy and the temperature of pouring on the mould cavity by the liquid metal and the pressure of gases in the gas gap. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/87247/PDF/11_paper.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/87247 PY - 2013 IS - No 1 DO - 10.2478/afe-2013-0011 KW - casting KW - Lost foam KW - Styrofoam patterns A1 - Kaczorowski, R. A1 - Pacyniak, T. A1 - Just, P. PB - The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences DA - 2013 T1 - Test Bench for Analyzing the Lost Foam Process UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/87247 T2 - Archives of Foundry Engineering ER -