Background
Die casting is a precision casting method that forces molten metal into a metal mold having a complicated shape by high pressure. The method has the advantages of short die-casting forming period, high production efficiency and the like, but because the filling speed of the molten metal is high, the gas in the die cavity and the gas precipitated from the molten metal cannot be exhausted in time, shrinkage cavities are generated inside the casting, the mechanical property and the internal quality of the casting are reduced, and the application field of the die-casting is limited.
In order to avoid the occurrence of porosity defects inside the casting, a casting method of vacuum die casting has been proposed and successfully solved the porosity problem. The key technology of high vacuum die casting is to reduce the vacuum degree of a pressure chamber and a cavity and maintain the high vacuum state below 5 Kpa.
Application studies in this respect have been long, as described in cited patent 1 to cited patent 3.
Patent 1 is cited. Chinese patent: CN102909335B, a high vacuum die casting device with two-way vacuum pumping, discloses a two-way vacuum pumping system formed by adding a vacuum pumping point on a charging barrel and vacuumizing on a die. By adopting the bidirectional vacuumizing mode, the vacuum degrees in the pressure chamber and the cavity can reach within 100mbar in a short time, and the vacuum pumping device is suitable for die castings with high requirements on air holes.
Patent 2 is cited. Chinese patent: CN102145381B, a vacuum device for high vacuum die casting, which directly uses the pressure change signal in the injection cylinder to drive the closing of the vacuum valve and control the rapid injection action, and has the advantages of high control precision, simple and convenient arrangement and maintenance, low failure rate and long service life.
Patent 3 is cited. Chinese patent: CN106552917B, a high vacuum die casting die for alloy die casting, set up the evacuation pipeline in the mould angle department, effectively prevent the influence of gas in the closed cavity of thimble board department to foundry goods die cavity vacuum. The ejector rod is designed into a stepped shaft shape, a surface sealing structure is further formed between the ejector rod and the movable template, and efficient sealing is achieved through the sealing element.
Because the casting process is frequently subjected to heat and force impact, the technology cannot realize that the sealing performance of the pressure chamber is stably maintained; particularly, the injection punch head is required to frequently move in the pressure chamber while ensuring good sealing performance with the pressure chamber, and the sealing element often has the problems of abrasion and failure, so that the continuous working stability and reliability of the high-vacuum pressure casting equipment are influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a back pressure type high vacuum pressure casting injection device and a casting method. The technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: preventing molten metal from entering a gap between the injection punch and the inner wall of the pressure chamber by forming a gas back pressure; meanwhile, the back pressure air chamber separates the molten metal in the lift tube from the pressure chamber and the injection punch, so that the high-temperature molten metal is prevented from being in direct contact with the pressure chamber and the injection punch for a long time. The technical characteristics can ensure the vacuum degrees of the pressure chamber and the cavity, enhance the sealing property of the pressure chamber and prolong the service life of the sealing element; meanwhile, the pressure in the pressurizing and heat-preserving furnace can be kept constant in the continuous casting process, and frequent pressurization and pressure relief are not needed.
The invention adopts the specific technical scheme that: a back pressure high vacuum die casting injection device includes: the device comprises a pressure chamber, an injection punch, an injection piston rod, a shunt cone, a pure inert gas supply device and an oily gas supply device; an accommodating space is arranged in the pressure chamber; a pouring opening is arranged below the pressure chamber and also used as a riser tube mounting interface; a vacuumizing port is arranged above the pressure chamber and is communicated with a vacuumizing device; the injection plunger is positioned in the pressure chamber, and the injection plunger and the injection piston rod are connected to one side of the pressure chamber through threads and move along the length direction of the pressure chamber; the shunting cone is arranged on the other side of the pressure chamber and moves along the length direction of the pressure chamber to open and close the pressure chamber;
an axial blind hole A is formed in the lower side of the cylindrical surface of the injection punch and is communicated with a pouring gate below the pressure chamber, and the axial blind hole A is communicated with a radial blind hole B in the injection punch; the radial blind hole B is connected with an axial channel C inside the injection piston rod; the tail end of the axial channel C is connected with a pure inert gas supply device; the inert gas introduced into the pouring port of the pressure chamber can provide the function of back pressure, so that a certain distance is reserved between the molten metal in the lift tube and the pressure chamber, and the time for the pressure chamber and the punch head to contact the high-temperature molten metal can be reduced; in addition, when the introduced inert gas and the molten metal enter the pressure chamber together, the molten metal can be washed to remove the gas melted in the molten metal, and the probability of generation of pores in the casting can be reduced;
two radial blind holes are formed in the upper side of the outer cylindrical surface of the injection punch and are communicated with the axial blind holes in the injection punch; the axial blind hole is connected with an axial channel inside the injection piston rod and is connected with an oily inert gas supply device;
the outer circumferential surface of the injection punch is symmetrically provided with a heat-resistant sealing washer A and a heat-resistant sealing washer B; the heat-resistant sealing washer A and the heat-resistant sealing washer B are arranged on two sides of the outer circumferential surface of the injection punch and are 100-200 mm away from the end surface of the injection punch;
when the punch drives the sealing washer to move rapidly, a gap is easily generated between the upper part of the sealing washer and the pressure chamber under the action of gravity, so that external gas enters the pressure chamber and the cavity, and the vacuum degree is reduced; the introduced oily inert gas generates a back pressure effect in the middle of the heat-resistant sealing washer, so that the sealing washer and the pressure chamber are more compact, and the sealing effect is enhanced. In addition, the oily inert gas can also cool the sealing ring and the punch, so that the service life of the sealing ring and the punch can be prolonged.
Detailed Description
The following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
The first embodiment.
As shown in fig. 1, the present invention provides a back pressure type high vacuum pressure casting injection device, comprising: a pressure chamber 3, an injection punch 2, an injection piston rod 1, a splitter cone 4, a pure inert gas supply device 9 and an oily gas supply device 10.
As shown in fig. 4, a receiving space is provided in the pressure chamber 3; a pouring gate 310 is arranged below the pressure chamber 3; the pouring gate 310 communicates with a lift tube 399; the other end of the liquid lifting pipe 399 is inserted into the pressurizing holding furnace and is positioned below the liquid level of the molten metal in the furnace;
a vacuumizing port 320 is arranged above the pressure chamber 3, and the vacuumizing port 320 is connected with a vacuumizing device;
the injection punch 2 is positioned in the pressure chamber 3; the injection punch 2 is connected with the injection piston rod 1 through threads and moves in the pressure chamber 3 along the length direction of the pressure chamber 3; the shunting cone 4 is arranged at the other side of the pressure chamber 3, moves along the length direction of the pressure chamber 3 and opens or closes the pressure chamber 3;
a radial blind hole A210 is formed in the lower side of the cylindrical surface of the injection punch 2;
the radial blind hole A210 is positioned in the middle of the body of the injection punch 2 and is communicated with an axial blind hole A220 inside the injection punch; the axial blind hole A220 is connected with an axial channel A110 inside the injection piston rod 1;
the tail end of the axial channel A110 is sequentially connected with a gas valve A11 and a pure inert gas supply device 9;
the technical features of this embodiment further include: the upper side of the outer cylindrical surface of the injection punch head 2 is provided with a radial blind hole B231 and a radial blind hole C232; the two radial blind holes are communicated with an axial blind hole B240 in the injection punch 2; the axial blind hole B240 is connected with an axial channel B120 inside the injection piston rod 1;
the tail end of the axial channel B120 is sequentially connected with a gas valve B12 and the oily inert gas supply device 10;
as shown in fig. 2, the injection device further comprises: the outer circumferential surface of the injection punch 2 is symmetrically provided with a heat-resistant sealing gasket 6 and a heat-resistant sealing gasket 7; the heat-resistant sealing washer 6 and the heat-resistant sealing washer 7 are arranged on two sides of the outer circumferential surface of the injection punch and are 100mm-200mm away from the end surface of the injection punch;
the opening position of the radial blind hole A210 at the lower side of the outer cylindrical surface of the injection punch 2 is positioned between the heat-resistant sealing gasket A6 and the heat-resistant sealing gasket B7;
the opening positions of the upper radial blind hole B231 and the radial blind hole C232 of the outer cylindrical surface of the injection punch 2 are respectively located in the middle of the heat-resistant sealing gasket a6 and the heat-resistant sealing gasket B7.
As shown in fig. 2, the injection device further comprises: the outer circumferential surface of the injection punch 2 is symmetrically provided with a combined expansion ring A5 and a combined expansion ring B8; the combined expansion ring A5 and the combined expansion ring B8 are respectively formed by sleeving a layer of beryllium bronze ring on a layer of die steel ring, are respectively arranged at two ends of the injection punch 2 and are flush with the end face of the injection punch 2;
the back pressure type high vacuum pressure casting injection device comprises the following steps:
step one, preparing casting, as shown in figure 1;
one side of the pressure chamber 3 is sealed by the shunting cone 4;
the lower radial blind hole A210 of the outer cylindrical surface of the injection punch 2 is communicated with a pouring gate 310 below the pressure chamber 3; the oily inert gas supply device 10 and the pure inert gas supply device 9 supply gas; opening an air valve A11 and an air valve B12;
the oily inert gas flows through the axial channel B120, the axial blind hole B240 in the injection punch 2, the radial blind hole B231 and the radial blind hole C232 on the upper side of the outer cylindrical surface of the injection punch 2 to reach the middles of the heat-resistant sealing gasket A6 and the heat-resistant sealing gasket B7; lubricating oil micro-droplets in the oily inert gas enter gaps among the heat-resistant sealing gasket A6, the heat-resistant sealing gasket B7 and the inner wall of the pressure chamber 3 to generate gas back pressure, so that better sealing performance of the punch is realized; produces a lubricating effect and increases the service life of the sealing element and the punch;
meanwhile, the oily inert gas generates gas back pressure to prevent metal residues and particulate dust in the pressure chamber 3 from entering a gap between the heat-resistant sealing gasket B7 and the inner wall of the pressure chamber 3;
pure inert gas flows through the axial channel A110, the axial blind hole A220 in the injection punch 2 and the radial blind hole A210 on the upper side of the outer cylindrical surface of the injection punch 2 to enter the sprue gate 310;
as shown in fig. 4, the pure inert gas generates gas back pressure to form a back pressure gas chamber 401, which separates the molten metal 400 in the lift tube 399 from the pressure chamber 3 and prevents the high temperature molten metal 400 from directly contacting the pressure chamber 3 and the injection punch 2 for a long time;
the vacuumizing device works, the pressure chamber 3 and the inside of the cavity form vacuum, and the vacuum degree is lower than 5 kPa;
step two, filling liquid in a pressure chamber; the injection piston rod 1 is horizontally pulled out of the pressure chamber 3 to drive the injection punch 2 to retreat in the direction away from the spreader cone 4, and the pouring gate 310 is communicated with the pressure chamber 3; meanwhile, the vacuum-pumping device communicated with the vacuum-pumping port 320 above the pressure chamber is closed;
because the pressure of the molten metal 400 is higher than that of the pressure chamber 3, under the action of the pressure, the pure inert gas in the back pressure gas chamber 401 enters the pressure chamber 3 through the pouring port 310; the molten metal in the pressurizing and heat-preserving furnace also enters the pressure chamber 3 through the liquid lifting pipe; when the pressure in the pressurizing and heat-preserving furnace is balanced with the pressure in the pressure chamber 3, more molten metal 400 cannot enter the pressure chamber 3; however, since the pure inert gas does not chemically react with the molten metal 400 and the solubility of the pure inert gas in the molten metal 400 is low, the pure inert gas is accumulated at the top of the inner space of the pressure chamber 3.
And step three, opening the shunt cone. The shunting cone 4 translates towards the direction far away from the pressure chamber 3; because of the pressure difference between the pressure chamber 3 and the cavity, the molten metal 400 in the pressure chamber 3 enters the cavity; in the process that the molten metal 400 in the pressure chamber 3 enters the cavity, the injection piston rod 1 drives the injection punch head to translate towards the direction of the sprue spreader 4, and high vacuum pressure casting is carried out according to the preset process of quick pressing, pressurization, pressure maintaining and cooling.
Example two.
The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in technical characteristics that:
the section of the shunt cone 4 is trapezoidal, and the bottom angle of the contact side of the shunt cone and the molten metal is 45-92 degrees;
when the secondary pressure chamber is filled with liquid, the shunting cone 4 is opened in advance;
the shunt cone 4 is started in advance, namely the shunt cone 4 translates 0.1-10mm in the direction far away from the pressure chamber 3; then, the pure inert gas gathered at the top of the pressure chamber 3 in the first step can enter the cavity in advance through the shunt cone 4 and the small gap opened at the upper side of the pressure chamber, and then is exhausted by a vacuumizing device connected with the cavity;
when the liquid flushing of the pressure chamber 3 is completed, the shunting cone 4 is closed again, only a small amount of pure inert gas remains in the pressure chamber, and then the shunting cone opening operation of the step three is carried out.
The pure inert gas described in examples one and two is preferably one or a mixture of argon and nitrogen; the gas supply pressure of the pure inert gas is less than the pressure in the pressurizing and holding furnace; the gas supply pressure of the pure inert gas is controlled to be 50-98% of the injection pressure of the pressure in the pressurizing and heat preserving furnace; the greater the supply pressure of the pure inert gas, the greater the volume of the back pressure plenum 401 that is created.
The oily inert gas described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment is preferably one or a mixture of argon and nitrogen; the supply pressure of the oily inert gas is greater than the maximum pressure in the pressure chamber 3; the gas supply pressure of the oily inert gas is controlled to be 1.1 to 1.5 times of the injection pressure; and oily inert gas is doped with lubricating oil droplets, the total volume of the lubricating oil droplets accounts for not less than 10% of the total volume of the mixed gas, and the diameter of the lubricating oil droplets is 5-50 microns.
In the implementation process of the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the pressure in the pressurizing and heat-preserving furnace is kept constant, and frequent pressurization and pressure relief are not needed.
The above embodiments are only for illustrating the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention, and those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, therefore, all equivalent technical solutions also belong to the scope of the invention, and the scope of the invention is defined by the claims.