Metal founding – Process – Shaping liquid metal against a forming surface
Patent
1998-11-10
2000-03-14
Lin, Kuang Y.
Metal founding
Process
Shaping liquid metal against a forming surface
164133, 164254, B22D 1806
Patent
active
060359226
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a casting by using a split mold split into at least two mold parts and an apparatus therefor.
BACKGROUND ART
As for a conventional apparatus for manufacturing a casting, a single part production has been carried out by using a two-part mold. That is, while the temperature of joined mold parts is kept within a range near the upper limit of the solid-solution phase temperature of an aluminum alloy, inorganic particles are charged into a cavity in the mold. The pressure in the cavity of the mold is reduced by vacuum-suction from one end of the cavity, while molten metal of the aluminum alloy at the liquid phase temperature is suction-injected from the other end into fine gaps among the particles in the inorganic particle layers in the cavity so that a composite member having predetermined dimensions is manufactured.
However, it is difficult to keep sealing between joint surfaces of the joined mold parts. Particularly when the temperature of the mold is high as mentioned above, a gap may be produced between the joint surfaces of the mold because of the warp of the mold caused by a temperature difference between the mold temperature and the outside air temperature. Accordingly, it becomes further difficult to keep the sealing between the joint surfaces of the mold. Therefore, reduction of pressure in the cavity cannot be attained when the pressure in the cavity is reduced by vacuum-suction after inorganic particles are charged into the cavity of the joined mold, so that molten metal cannot be suction-injected into the joined mold.
To attain the reduction of pressure in the cavity of the mold at the time of vacuum-suction, a heat-resistant packing may be attached to the joint surfaces of the mold. However, there is no suitable packing material which can keep a desired vacuum at such a high temperature. Even if metal packing material which can be proof against high temperature is used, it is inferior in durability. Particularly in a mold of the type in which opening and closing are repeated, the sealing between the joint surfaces of the mold is lost when the elasticity of the metal packing material is lost, and the effect of packing is therefore lost.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of manufacturing a casting and an apparatus therefor, in which joint surfaces of mold can be sealed without using any packing material.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
In order to achieve the above object, according to Claim 1, provided is a method of manufacturing a casting comprising a step of defining a cavity for manufacturing a casting by a mold split into at least two mold parts, and a step of exhausting air in the cavity while introducing molten metal into the cavity; characterized by further comprising a step of forming sealing between respective joint surfaces of the mold parts by introducing a portion of the molten metal, which is introduced into the cavity, onto the joint surfaces when the molten metal is introduced into the cavity.
According to the method of manufacturing a casting stated in Claim 1, when molten metal is introduced into a cavity defined by a mold split into at least two mold parts, a part of the molten metal to be introduced is introduced to the joint surfaces of the mold. The molten metal introduced to the joint surfaces air-tightly blocks the cavity in the mold from the outside of the mold. As a result, it is possible to attain the sealing between the joint surfaces of the mold effectively without using any packing material.
In order to achieve the above object, according to Claim 2, provided is an apparatus for manufacturing a casting comprising a mold split into at least two mold parts designed so as to define a cavity, an introduction port provided at one end of the mold for introducing molten metal into the cavity, and an exhaust port provided at the other end of the mold for exhausting air in the cavity; characterized by further comprising a groove which is provided around a portion defining th
REFERENCES:
patent: 3905415 (1975-09-01), Lefebvre
Search Report from European Patent Office dated Jan. 4, 1999.
Makimoto Shoichi
Sugitani Nobuhiro
Lin Kuang Y.
Sugitani Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Toyo Aluminium Kabushiki Kaisha
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