CA1099476A - Die casting machine - Google Patents

Die casting machine

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CA1099476A
CA1099476A CA323,369A CA323369A CA1099476A CA 1099476 A CA1099476 A CA 1099476A CA 323369 A CA323369 A CA 323369A CA 1099476 A CA1099476 A CA 1099476A
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die
gooseneck
base plate
dies
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Remi Frenette
Maurice Doucet
Pierre Lamy
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Techmire Ltd
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22DCASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D17/00Pressure die casting or injection die casting, i.e. casting in which the metal is forced into a mould under high pressure
    • B22D17/20Accessories: Details
    • B22D17/26Mechanisms or devices for locking or opening dies
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22DCASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D17/00Pressure die casting or injection die casting, i.e. casting in which the metal is forced into a mould under high pressure
    • B22D17/02Hot chamber machines, i.e. with heated press chamber in which metal is melted
    • B22D17/04Plunger machines

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Abstract

DIE CASTING MACHINE
Abstract of the Disclosure A die casting machine has a frame with a base plate pivotally mounted thereon and supporting a furnace pot.
A die assembly is mounted on the front face of the base plate and a double locking toggle arrangement is used to open and close the dies. The gooseneck assembly is mounted for linear movement to actuate the nozzle onto the die parting line.

Description

1~9~476 This invention relates to die casting machines and in particular a machine of the type for producing precision die casti~ngs with a compact toggle mechanism providing a clamping force in excess of 20 tons.
The die casting machine according to the present invention provides several important improvements in the art including a nozzle and gooseneck which move on a direct path toward and away from the parting line of the dies as well as a double toggle arrangement for the dies and their carriers to provide an extremely high clamping force for a machine of its size. A novel valve arrangement in the gooseneck provides a rapid and efficient manner in providing molten zinc to the die cavity.
According to one aspect, the present invention relates to a die casting machine comprising in combination, a frame supporting a base plate and a metal melting pot; a die guide mounted on the front of said base plate; double locking toggle means for actuating dies and cores in said guide; a gooseneck assembly, including a passageway, mounted on the melting pot and including pump means for filling a pump chamber in the gooseneck and for making a shot ~hrough the gooseneck passageway into the cavity of said dies; a gate member for selectively directing molten metal from the pot `
into the chamber or from the chamber into the die cavity responsive to movement of the pump; and means for effecting linear movement of said gooseneck and nozzle toward and away from the parting line of said dies; said toggle means comprising a yoke member mounted to said base plate adjacent the end of each die gui~de and a link assembly for connecting 1~9~476 an actuator to the carrier of the die in the die guide; said link assembly comprising first and second links connecting the die carrier to the yoke assembly; a beIl crank pivotally mounted on said yoke and having one end pivotally secured to said actuator and its other end similarly secured to the juncture of the first and second link members by way of a third link member.
The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a partial cross-section of the die casting machine according to the present invention;

- la -6~, Figure 2 is a view of the rear portion of the base plate as viewed through the line 2-2 in Figure l;
Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken generally along the line 3-3 of Figure l;
Figure 4 is a frontal view of a portion of the machine showing the die guide and one of the toggle mechanisms for actuating the dies in the guide, the toggle mechanism as shown in the open position;
Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 5-5 in Figure 4; and Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 but showing the toggles with the die carrier in a closed position.
Referring to Figure 1, the die casting machine illustrated generally at 10 comprises a frame member 12 (shown only partially) supporting a base plate 14 of ~ substantial thickness through a pivotal mounting 16 to the : frame 12 adjacent the forward end thereof and by angular struts 18 extending from the rear part of the frame up to a supporting position on the rear of the base plate 14. The latter supports on its front face a multi-slide die guide 20 detachably secured to the plate 14, the die guide including a detachable cover 22 and incorporating a plurality of slide-ways 24 for the die carriers 26. As seen in Figure 1, the die guide 20 is concentrically positioned over a large aperture 28 in the base plate 14 to allow communication between the dies and the nozzle of the gooseneck in a manner hereinafter described.
A frame member 30 supports a furnace pot 32 for melting and containing a casting metal such as zinc, the level of which is indicated by a phantom line 34. The interior of the pot 32 is maintained at a desired temperature by a
-2-~94 ~'6 plurality of electric cartridge heaters 36 positioned throughout the side walls and bottom wall of the pot as indicated in Figures 1 and 3. The upper edges 38 of the side walls of the pot 32 are provided with support surfaces 40 for mounting a gooseneck assembly shown generally at 8 in Figures 1 and 3. In this regard, the gooseneck assembly 8 has a central web 42 and side members 44 with a shaft 46 running therethrough, the ends of shaft 46 being pivotally mounted in journal bearings 48. Cap screws 50 acting through captive nuts 52 serve to adjust the attitude of the gooseneck 8 with respect to the central shaft 46 for vertical alignment of the nozzle 54 relative to the cavity in the dies.
Bearings 48 also include integral bearings 56 for mounting the gooseneck 8 for linear movement along shafts 58 mounted at each of their ends in journal blocks 60 which in turn are secured by cap screws 62 to the upper surfaces 40 of the side walls of the pot 32. It will be appreciated from Figure 1 that the longitudinal axis 64 of the shafts 58 are parallel to the center line 66 of the nozzle 54 so that movement of the gooseneck 8 along the shafts 58 will move the assembly including the nozzle 54 toward and away from the dies in a straight, linear manner.
Means for effecting the movement of the gooseneck is seen in Figures 1 and 2 where a linear actuator 68 is pivotally secured to the upper end of the rear surface of the base plate 14 through mounting plate 70 or the like. The other end of the actuator 68 is coupled by way of a roll pin 72 to one arm 74 of a bell crank 76. This member is pivotally mounted by shaft 80 to journal blocks 82 detachably secured to the back of the base plate 14 on either side of the central aperture 28 therein. The bell crank 76 has two other extending ~099476 arms 84 having elongated apertures 86 therein for receiving a shaft 88 which is mounted transversely in the upper end of the gooseneck proper 90.
It will be appreciated from Figure 1 that operation of the actuator 68 in the direction of arrow 92 will pivot the bell crank 76 so that by virtue of its connection with the gooseneck 90 through the pin 88, the complete gooseneck assembly 8 will be moved rearwardly along the shafts 58, drawing the nozzle 54 directly back from its Figure 1 position where it engages the dies at the parting line thereof.
Operation of the actuator in the opposite direction, in the direction of arrow 94, pivots the bell crank 76 in the opposite direction to move the complete assembly 8 to the left in Figure 1 and to bring the nozzle 54 up against the parting line of the dies, the pressure in the actuator 68 maintaining the nozzle in its operative position.
The gooseneck 90 includes a pump chamber 96 communicating with the nozzle 54 by way of a passageway 98 through a gate valve 100. It will be seen from Figure 1 that gate valve 100 is provided with an actuator 102 and connected ;~
thereto by a shaft 104. Also supported by the web 42 of the assembly 8 is a further actuator 106 which is connected by a shaft 108 to piston pump 110 mounted in the top of the pump chamber 96. Gate valve 102 has two apertures therein, the first aperture 112 providing communication between the pump chamber 96 and the interior of the furnace pot 32 and the other aperture 114 providing communication between the chamber 96 and the nozzle 54 through the passageway 98, when the gate valve is moved to its lower position, not shown. In operation, the gate 100 is closed as shown in Figure 1 opening the aperture or channel 112 to the interior of the pot 32 and the piston pump 110 is drawn upwardly by the actuator 1~6_to fill the chamber 96. The gate 100 is lowered by the actuator 102 and shaft 104 so that the aperture 114 is in line with the passageway 98 and a shot is made by the piston pump 110 through the nozzle to fill the cavities in the dies. When the pressure is such that the cavity has been filled, the gate 100 is raised and the excess pressure from the piston pump 110 is exhausted into the pot via the channel 112. When the gate is in its raised position of Figure 1 the gooseneck passageway 98 is full of molten casting metal, the gate 100 blocking the metal from draining back toward the chamber 96. The pump 110 is then again drawn upwardly to fill the chamber 96, thus completing the cycle.
Referring to Figure 4, the die guide 20 is secured to the base plate 14 by bolts 116 and the top 22 is secured to member 20 by cap screws 118. The guide 20 is provided with a plurality of guide ways 26 each of which is adapted to receive a carrier 120 for a die member 122 as shown in Figure 5.
The dies 122 are actuated to open and closed positions by means of an actuator 124 which is supported for operation by a yoke member 126. The latter provides support for the actuator and for the linkage between the operative end of the actuator and the die carrier 120. In Figures 4 and 5, the linkages and die carriers are shown in the open position and as shown in Figure 5, a first link 128 is pivoted by means of a roll pin 130 to the yoke 126 and at its other end, first link 128 is similarly connected by way of a pin 132 to a second link 134, the other end of which is pivotally connected by a pin 136 to the end of the die carrier 120. A third link, 138 interconnects pin 132 with one end of a bell crank 140, the other end thereof being pivotally connected at 142 to the operative end of the actuator 124. The central portion of the bell crank is pivoted through a pin 144 to a wing of the yoke 126.

lU99476 Referring to Figure 6, it will be seen that the actuator 124 has been operated to d:raw its piston end inwardly to swing the bell crank 140 so that the first and second links 128, 134 are brought into linear alignment with one another thereby driving the carrier 120 and its die 122 to the closed position, the third link 138 serving to lock the first and second links in place, the pivot points 142, 132 as well as the pivot 146 lying in alignment with one another and at 90 to the pivot pins connecting the first and second links.
It will be appreciated that the present invention provides a die casting machine with a novel toggle arrangement which gives it double locking provision to the die carrying shanks. The die carrying base plate 20, while illustrated in Figures 4, 5 and 6 with a single shank 120 and die 122 thereon can provide three additional slideways 26 as shown in Figure 4 ~ :
and a fifth position normal to the plane of operation of the shanks 120 and mounted centrally in the opening 150 as shown in Figure 4. Accordingly, the machine may provide five slideways at 90 to each other in any combination and any one of these slideways would have the capacity of retracting fine cores before the mold openings or to maintain the ejector mechanism fixed during the opening of the mold sections and to release the molding at any location of the mold opening stroke. :
While the present invention has been described in connection with a specific embodiment thereof and then a specific use, it will be appreciated that various modifications thereof will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

1~399476 The terms and expressions which have been employed in this application are used as terms of description and not of limitation and there is no intention in the use of terms and expressions to exclude any equivalents of the features shown and described or portions thereof, but it is recognized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention claims.

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The embodiments of the invention in which an ex-clusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows;
1. A die casting machine comprising in combination, a frame supporting a base plate and a metal melting pot; a die guide mounted on the front of said base plate; double locking toggle means for actuating dies and cores in said guide; a gooseneck assembly, including a passageway, mounted on the melting pot and including pump means for filling a pump chamber in the gooseneck and for making a shot through the gooseneck passageway into the cavity of said dies; a gate member for selectively directing molten metal from the pot into the chamber or from the chamber into the die cavity responsive to movement of the pump; and means for effecting linear movement of said gooseneck and nozzle toward and away from the parting line of said dies; said toggle means com-prising a yoke member mounted to said base plate adjacent the end of each die guide and a link assembly for connecting an actuator to the carrier of the die in the die guide; said link assembly comprising first and second links connecting the die carrier to the yoke assembly; a bell crank pivotally mounted on said yoke and having one end pivotally secured to said actuator and its other end similarly secured to the juncture of the first and second link members by way of a third link member.
2. The die casting machine according to claim 1 including an actuator for selectively moving said gate member to open and closed positions relative to said gooseneck; said gate member having a pair of apertures therein, a first aperture providing communication between said pump chamber and the melting pot when the gate member is moved to its' upper or closed position and a second aperture providing communication between the pump chamber and the gooseneck passageway when the gate member is moved to its lower or open position.
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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0368573A2 (en) * 1988-11-08 1990-05-16 Electrovert Ltd. Method and apparatus for casting metal alloys with low melting temperatures
WO1992004147A1 (en) * 1990-08-30 1992-03-19 Techmire Ltee./Ltd. Magnesium die casting machine
DE102020207016A1 (en) 2020-06-04 2021-12-09 Oskar Frech Gmbh + Co. Kg Casting unit for a die casting machine

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0368573A2 (en) * 1988-11-08 1990-05-16 Electrovert Ltd. Method and apparatus for casting metal alloys with low melting temperatures
EP0368573A3 (en) * 1988-11-08 1991-05-29 Electrovert Ltd. Method and apparatus for casting metal alloys with low melting temperatures
WO1992004147A1 (en) * 1990-08-30 1992-03-19 Techmire Ltee./Ltd. Magnesium die casting machine
US5299623A (en) * 1990-08-30 1994-04-05 Techmire Ltee./Ltd. Magnesium die casting machine
DE102020207016A1 (en) 2020-06-04 2021-12-09 Oskar Frech Gmbh + Co. Kg Casting unit for a die casting machine
US11376656B2 (en) 2020-06-04 2022-07-05 Oskar Frech Gmbh + Co. Kg Casting unit for a die casting machine

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