Low-pressure casting die and process method for flywheel housing
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of low-pressure casting processes, and particularly relates to a low-pressure casting die and a process method of a flywheel housing.
Background
The existing flywheel shell casting has the appearance size of 553mm multiplied by 549mm multiplied by 203mm, the wall thickness of the part is uneven, as shown in figures 1-2, the wall thickness of the upper flange is 20-25mm, the wall thickness of the middle is 7-8mm, the thickness of the gear chamber mounting hole is 60-70mm, the inner cavity is of a structure of small upper part and large lower part, wherein phi 2 is larger than phi 1, and a temperature field which is solidified in sequence from top to bottom is difficult to form during low-pressure casting. At present, the low-pressure casting die of the flywheel shell is designed by adopting a multi-inner-gate and multi-riser die method, and has the defect of low material utilization rate of product blanks, wherein the material utilization rate is only about 70-75%.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the defects in the prior art and provides a low-pressure casting die and a process method for a flywheel housing. The utilization rate of flywheel shell materials is improved, and the production beat is reduced.
The low-pressure casting die for the flywheel housing comprises a flywheel housing inner cavity sand core arranged in an upper die and a lower die of the die, wherein a pouring gate of the flywheel housing inner cavity sand core is a three-fork conical inner pouring gate.
Further preferably, the three-fork conical ingate is respectively opposite to three different directions of the flywheel casing casting. The casting mold filling process ensures that the molten aluminum is stable during casting mold filling, the molten aluminum can smoothly fill the mold, the pressure parameter during actual production is that the lifting hydraulic pressure is 250mbar/15s, the mold filling 1 section pressure is 260mbar/4s, the mold filling 2 section pressure is 300mbar/2s, and the pressurizing pressure is 550mbar/2s.
Further preferably, the inner cavity sand core of the flywheel shell is provided with a plurality of core head positioning structures, and the sand core head of the inner cavity sand core of the flywheel shell is placed at the corresponding position of the lower die, and after the sand core head is placed, the fit clearance between the inner cavity sand core of the flywheel shell and the core head is 0.1-0.2mm.
The mold disclosed by the invention cannot be formed by directly demolding through a metal mold due to the fact that the structural characteristic of the inner cavity of the flywheel housing casting is small at the upper part and large at the lower part, the flywheel housing inner cavity sand core is designed for solving the structural characteristic of the inner cavity, the flywheel housing inner cavity sand core is designed with a plurality of core head positioning structures, and the sand core head is placed at the corresponding position of the lower mold during casting, so that the fit clearance between the sand core and the core head is 0.1-0.2mm after the sand core is placed.
According to the scheme, a single-liter liquid channel is adopted to divide feeding from a great circle of a part into three inner pouring gates, a riser is not used at other parts, the casting gas is discharged to solve the defect of holding gas of a casting through designing the structure of a sand core and the gap between the sand core and the die, the temperature of the die is regulated through cooling a plurality of dies, the solidification sequence of molten metal in the die during low-pressure casting is influenced, the structural design of the pouring gates and the riser is reduced or cancelled, and the material utilization rate is greatly improved to more than 90%.
In a further preferred structure, an exhaust gap is arranged at the contact part of the flywheel housing inner cavity sand core and the upper die and is used for discharging gas in the mold filling process into a cavity formed by the flywheel housing inner cavity sand core and the upper die, and the gas is discharged out of the die through an exhaust hole on the upper die.
Further preferable is the structure, wherein the exhaust clearance is 0.1-0.2mm.
In a further preferable structure, a plurality of water-cooling precast pins are arranged in the flywheel housing lower gear chamber mounting hole area corresponding to the lower die.
The internal shrinkage defect of the bolt hole is overcome by cooling the die rapidly under the condition that a riser structure is not adopted, and the problem of air leakage and oil leakage at the part bolt mounting hole is solved. The water-cooled precast pin in the lower gear chamber mounting hole area is cooled by water to the die 20s after the low-pressure casting is started, and the cooling is stopped after the action time is 120 s.
In a further preferred configuration, the mold is provided with a first cooling structure in the flywheel housing oil pump hole area.
The first cooling structure is arranged in the oil pump hole area of the flywheel shell, the mold is cooled by water 25s after low-pressure casting is started, and the cooling is stopped after the action time is 200 s.
In a further preferred structure, the mold is provided with an annular second cooling structure in the flywheel housing oil hole sealing gate area.
An annular second cooling structure is arranged in the flywheel housing oil hole sealing pouring gate area, the problem that the oil seal Kong Jiaokou area is solidified slowly and the casting production efficiency is low is solved, the air cooling in the oil seal Kong Jiaokou area is used for ventilating and cooling the die 100s after the low-pressure casting is started, and the cooling is stopped after the action time is 200 s.
In a further preferable structure, the die is provided with a plurality of water-cooling inserts in the area of the mounting hole of the lower gear chamber of the flywheel housing.
By means of the scheme, the temperature of the area with the local thickness of the flywheel housing casting is reduced, and the problem that the casting with the local temperature of the gear chamber area is high and is easy to deform is solved. The water-cooling insert cooling is carried out by water cooling on the die 30s after low-pressure casting is started, and cooling is stopped after the action time is 180 s.
The invention designs a plurality of cooling structures to accelerate the heat dissipation and the temperature reduction of the die.
The inner cavity of the die is formed by adopting a resin sand core structure.
A process method of a low-pressure casting mold of a flywheel housing comprises the step of performing low-pressure casting molding on the flywheel housing by utilizing the low-pressure casting mold of the flywheel housing.
According to the flywheel shell low-pressure casting die casting system, only a single-liter liquid channel is used for separating a three-fork-shaped inner gate, and other parts do not use a riser for die temperature adjustment and solidification sequence control, and the die temperature is adjusted by using a plurality of die cooling parts, so that the solidification sequence of molten metal in the die during low-pressure casting is influenced, and the die cooling is accelerated to promote the production beat of products.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a prior art flywheel housing;
FIG. 2is a schematic illustration of the structural features of a prior art flywheel housing;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the inner cavity sand core structure of the flywheel housing of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the three-fork conical ingate structure of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of the sand core characteristics of the flywheel housing inner cavity of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a partial schematic view of a three-prong conical ingate of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic illustration of the present invention schematic diagram of the position of the exhaust hole;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the water cooling structure in the area of the mounting hole of the lower gear chamber of the flywheel housing of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the cooling structure of the flywheel housing oil pump hole area according to the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of cooling structure of the flywheel housing oil seal gate area according to the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the structure of the water-cooled insert in the area of the mounting hole of the lower gear chamber of the flywheel housing of the present invention.
In the figure, 1-flywheel casing casting, 2-flywheel casing inner cavity sand core, 3-trigeminal conical ingate, 4-sand core positioning core head, 5-upper die, 6-cavity, 7-exhaust hole, 8-lower die, 9-lower gear chamber mounting hole, 10-water cooling precast pin, 11-first cooling structure, 12-second cooling structure, 13-water cooling insert, 14-side air-extracting water cooling insert and 15-side air-extracting cooling insert.
Detailed Description
The invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and specific examples, which are given for clarity of understanding and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
As shown in fig. 3-4 and fig. 6, the low-pressure casting die of the flywheel housing comprises a flywheel housing inner cavity sand core 2 arranged in an upper die 5 and a lower die 8 of the die, and a pouring gate of the flywheel housing inner cavity sand core 2 is a trigeminal cone-shaped inner pouring gate 3.
The three-fork conical ingate 3 faces three different directions of the flywheel housing casting 1 respectively.
As shown in fig. 5, the flywheel housing inner cavity sand core 2 is provided with 5 core head positioning structures 4, and the sand core head of the flywheel housing inner cavity sand core 2 is placed at a corresponding position of the lower die 8, so that the fit clearance between the flywheel housing inner cavity sand core 2 and the core head is 0.1-0.2mm after the sand core head is placed.
As shown in fig. 7, an exhaust gap is provided at the contact position of the flywheel housing inner cavity sand core 2 and the upper die 5 for discharging the gas in the mold filling process into a cavity 6 formed by the flywheel housing inner cavity sand core 2 and the upper die 5, and discharging the gas out of the die through an exhaust hole 7 on the upper die 3.
The exhaust clearance is 0.1-0.2mm.
As shown in fig. 8, 5 water-cooling precast pins 10 are provided in the region of the flywheel housing lower gear chamber mounting holes 9 corresponding to the lower die 8.
As shown in fig. 9, the mold is provided with a first cooling structure 11 in the flywheel housing oil pump hole area.
As shown in fig. 10, the mold is provided with a second cooling structure 12 in the shape of a ring in the flywheel housing oil-seal gate area.
As shown in fig. 11, the mold is provided with a plurality of water-cooling inserts in the area of the gear chamber mounting hole 9 under the flywheel housing, including 6 water-cooling inserts 13, 2 side water-pumping inserts 14 and 1 side air-pumping inserts 15.
The inner cavity of the die is formed by adopting a resin sand core structure.
The low-pressure casting production die for the flywheel shell has the advantages that the pouring gate is a three-fork type inner pouring gate, no pouring system or riser exists at other parts, and the product yield is ensured to be higher than 90%. The invention designs a plurality of forced cooling structures respectively at the lower die sample and the upper die sample, and the cooling structures cool the gate area in the die and the part of the die with slow heat dissipation to reduce the temperature of the die and shorten the production beat to less than 350s.
What is not described in detail in this specification is prior art known to those skilled in the art.