In order to improve the properties of silicon sol shell for shell mold casting process, natural plant fibers combined with aluminum silicate fibers at natural-to-aluminum silicate fibers mass ratio of 1:1 were mixed into the slurries preparing for fiber-reinforced shell. The flexural strength of specimens of green shells, fired shells at different temperatures and the self-loaded deformation of the latter at elevated temperature were investigated. http://www.wabonmetal.com/our-....products/shell-mold-