A method for producing iron metal castings, wherein an expendable mold having a cavity for holding casting material is inserted into an opened multi-part permanent mold, the permanent mold is closed, the cavity is filled with casting material, wherein a supporting device partially protruding into the cavity is partially overcast, the expendable mold is cooled in the permanent mold after the filling, the permanent mold is opened during the cooling, after the liquidus temperature has been fallen below at the earliest, and the expendable mold is nondestructively removed from the permanent mold together with the casting, the expendable mold is further cooled together with the solidified casting while hanging on the supporting device, at least until the microstructure formation of the casting is concluded, the casting is demolded by removing the expendable mold.

A method and device for retaining position of a consumable core during composite article manufacturing is taught herein by inserting a consumable core having a consumable core body and a plurality of retention artifacts into a composite precursor hollow feature of a composite precursor structure. Then positioning the consumable core such that the plurality of retention artifacts projecting from the consumable core exterior surface at least partially engage with a substantially spatially replicate surface geometry in the composite precursor hollow feature. The consumable core is then consumed as a soluble infiltrant to form a composite article.

A core for a turbine airfoil casting according to an embodiment includes: a center plenum section; and a plurality of outer passage sections; wherein the center plenum section includes at least one boss extending outwardly from the center plenum to an outer profile of the core.

A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a platform and a feed cavity that feeds a cooling fluid inside of the platform. The feed cavity includes a leg portion and a main body portion that extends from the leg portion inside of the platform. A cooling cavity is inside the platform and in fluid communication with the feed cavity.

Described is a ceramic core for producing cast component for a gas turbine engine, the core comprising: a first cavity forming member; a second member adjacent to or opposite the first cavity forming member; and a removable web which joins the first and second members.

A method of forming an airfoil (12), including: abutting end faces (72) of cantilevered film hole protrusions (64) extending from a ceramic core (50) against an inner surface (80) of a wax die (68) to hold the ceramic core in a fixed positional relationship with the wax die; casting an airfoil including a superalloy around the ceramic core; and machining film cooling holes (34) in the airfoil after the casting step to form an pattern of film cooling holes comprising the film cooling holes formed by the machining step and the cast film cooling holes (102) formed by the film hole protrusions during the casting step.

A method of forming an airfoil (12), including: abutting end faces (72) of cantilevered film hole protrusions (64) extending from a ceramic core (50) against an inner surface (80) of a wax die (68) to hold the ceramic core in a fixed positional relationship with the wax die; casting an airfoil including a superalloy around the ceramic core; and machining film cooling holes (34) in the airfoil after the casting step to form an pattern of film cooling holes comprising the film cooling holes formed by the machining step and the cast film cooling holes (102) formed by the film hole protrusions during the casting step.

An outdoor unit of an air conditioner is provided. The outdoor unit may include a compressor for compressing a refrigerant; a condenser for condensing the refrigerant discharged from the compressor; a control device for containing electronic parts to control the outdoor unit; and a cooling unit in contact with a heat generating part of the electronic parts to cool the heat generating part, wherein the cooling unit comprises a first heat radiation member installed to be in contact with the heat generating part; a refrigerant pipe extending through the first heat radiation member and enabling a refrigerant to flow through the refrigerant pipe; and a second heat radiation member coupled with the first heat radiation member for heat transfer and installed to be in contact with air flowing into the control device.

An outdoor unit of an air conditioner is provided. The outdoor unit may include a compressor for compressing a refrigerant; a condenser for condensing the refrigerant discharged from the compressor; a control device for containing electronic parts to control the outdoor unit; and a cooling unit in contact with a heat generating part of the electronic parts to cool the heat generating part, wherein the cooling unit comprises a first heat radiation member installed to be in contact with the heat generating part; a refrigerant pipe extending through the first heat radiation member and enabling a refrigerant to flow through the refrigerant pipe; and a second heat radiation member coupled with the first heat radiation member for heat transfer and installed to be in contact with air flowing into the control device.

A core assembly for a casting system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a core that includes a body and at least one hole formed through the body and a spacer that extends through the at least one hole. The spacer includes a stud portion and a chaplet portion configured to abut a surface of the body that circumscribes the at least one hole.