@ARTICLE{Herman_A._Monitoring_2018, author={Herman, A. and Vrátný, O. and Kubelková, I.}, volume={vol.18}, number={No 4}, journal={Archives of Foundry Engineering}, pages={9-14}, howpublished={online}, year={2018}, publisher={The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences}, abstract={With increasing technology development, an increasing emphasis is placed on the precision of products, but cannot be guaranteed without a stable production process. To ensure the stability of the production process, it is necessary to monitor it in detail, find its critical locations and eliminate or at least control it. With such a precise manufacturing method as investment casting, such a process is a must. This paper therefore deals with monitoring the production process of wax models of large turbine blades using infrared thermography. The aim was to evaluate the critical locations of this production and to propose recommendations for their elimination or, at the very least, significant mitigation of their impact on the final quality of the large turbine blade casting.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Monitoring of Manufacture Stability of Large Turbine Blades Using Infrared Thermography (IRT) in Investment Casting Technology}, URL={http://sd.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/107837/PDF/AFE%204_2018_02.pdf}, keywords={Castings defects, product development, Investment casting, Wax patterns, Turbine blades, Thermography, deformation}, }