Method and apparatus for casting articles

Details Method and apparatus for casting articles Method and apparatus for casting articles

1986-04-21

1987-05-26

Godici, Nicholas P.

Metal founding

Process

Shaping liquid metal against a forming surface

164127, 164137, 164322, 164339, B22D 3304

Patent

active

046677283

ABSTRACT:
In order to maintain fluid tight seals between open ended article mold cavities and a chill plate and to prevent cracking of article molds at connections with a base plate, the base plate has sections which can be moved relative to each other under the effect of thermal expansion forces transmitted from a molten metal distribution system connected with the upper ends of the article molds. The base plate may be formed as one piece with stress concentration areas. During the casting of articles, stresses in the base plate crack the base plate at the areas of stress concentration to form the separate sections of the base plate. The areas of stress concentration can be formed by slots or grooves in the base plate. The areas of stress concentration can also be formed by bodies of expansion material having a greater coefficient of thermal expansion than the ceramic material of the base plate. Upon heating of the base plate, the bodies of expansion material expand to a greater extent than the ceramic material of the base plate and crack the base plate in preselected areas which are spaced from the connections between the article molds and the base plate.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3810504 (1974-05-01), Piwonka
patent: 3915761 (1975-10-01), Tschinkel et al.
patent: 4270594 (1981-06-01), Chumakov

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