EP0477119B1 - Zwischenstück zum Giessen von Gegenständen - Google Patents

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EP0477119B1
EP0477119B1 EP91470021A EP91470021A EP0477119B1 EP 0477119 B1 EP0477119 B1 EP 0477119B1 EP 91470021 A EP91470021 A EP 91470021A EP 91470021 A EP91470021 A EP 91470021A EP 0477119 B1 EP0477119 B1 EP 0477119B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D18/00—Pressure casting; Vacuum casting
    • B22D18/04—Low pressure casting, i.e. making use of pressures up to a few bars to fill the mould

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  • the present invention relates to the low pressure casting of metal with a high melting point.
  • It relates more particularly to an intermediate wear device for the implementation of a process for the low pressure casting of molded parts of metal alloy with high melting point such as cast iron, steel, superalloy from a melting furnace or ladle in a sand mold, under the driving pressure of a gas, by feeding the mold from bottom to top.
  • high melting point such as cast iron, steel, superalloy from a melting furnace or ladle in a sand mold
  • French patent FR-A-1 187 724 discloses a pressure mold supply tube.
  • the upper end of the supply tube is fixed to a housing.
  • a mixture fills the voids between the housing and the supply tube, thus ensuring a seal.
  • a ring is mounted on the upper part of the housing.
  • the intermediate device produced according to patent FR-A-1 187 724 does not prevent or reduce the thermal and mechanical stresses undergone by the supply tube. Indeed, this device although placed in the upper part surrounds the tube, which rises as high as the device. The cooling of the metal starts from the top. So the tube undergoes more violent thermal shocks than the device which is distant from the metal by the thickness of the tube.
  • the metal solidifies in the supply tube.
  • the solidified metal is removed mechanically, which causes mechanical shock in the tube.
  • thermal and mechanical shock leads to rapid wear of the tube which, in the first instance, destroys the surface finish, which causes leaks and, in the second phase, forces the tube to be replaced.
  • the oven must be stopped and then dried, which immobilizes said melting furnace or the ladle and the mold.
  • low pressure casting installations are known in which a part forming an intermediate device is placed on the pouring channel.
  • the upper part of the intermediate piece is positioned in contact with the lower part of said mold, the device being centered relative to the casting well open towards the bottom of the mold, the lower part of the device coming into contact with the upper face of the nose of the mold. casting.
  • a first object of the present invention aims to remedy these drawbacks, and to provide various advantages consisting essentially in reducing the wear of the supply tube or the pouring channel supplying the mold with liquid metal, by eliminating mechanical and thermal shocks in the tube or in the channel by bringing these shocks to an intermediate device.
  • Another object of the invention is to eliminate the risks of leakage of liquid metal.
  • the intermediate wear device for implementing a process for the low pressure casting of molded parts is characterized according to the invention in that the latter comprises the following parts, a ring having a flat base on its lower face and a hollow cylindrical internal part opening out at its upper face and at the level of its lower face and a cylindrical sleeve made of refractory material, its outer casing fitting into the hollow internal part of the ring by the interposition of packed concrete, the upper and lower faces of the sleeve coming at the level of the upper and lower faces of the Ring.
  • a seal is interchangeable with respect to the mold and with respect to the device according to the invention formed by the ring and the sleeve.
  • the intermediate device is characterized in that it has a flat upper face and a flat lower face, the upper face being included in a plane parallel to said lower face.
  • the intermediate wear device has an upper face merged in the same horizontal plane as the lower face of the mold.
  • the device according to the invention comprises a hollow cylindrical internal part extending the runner in a regular section and connected to the supply well of the mold.
  • this device is removable, being detachably fixed relative to the pouring nose.
  • said device comprises a sealed and refractory junction between the sleeve and the refractory lining of the channel of the pouring nose obtained by a bead of rammed earth crushed by the positioning of the device, said bead forming a joint.
  • Another object of the invention relates to a supply tube forming a low pressure casting channel supplying metal with an imprint of a mold in blind sand comprising at least one casting well open downwards, the metal being brought to the imprint via the tapping well by the gas pressure above atmospheric pressure, on the free surface of the liquid metal contained in a sealed enclosure, said supply tube being provided with a device as described above.
  • the imprint can be supplied with a metal alloy with a high melting point such as cast iron, steel, superalloy.
  • the invention also relates to the use of a device as defined above, to recover after casting all the solidified metal and all the dross in the upper portion of its hollow internal part.
  • FIG. 1 The casting installation of FIG. 1 includes a sand mold 1 held on a mold support plate 2, an intermediate wear device 3 terminates a supply tube 5, embedded in a pouring nose of an oven.
  • the intermediate wear part 3 is applied to the upward casting under low pressure of a superalloy, this alloy being identical to those described in the French patent of the Applicant FR-B-2,534,167.
  • the invention also applies for ascending low pressure casting of cast iron (gray cast iron or ductile cast iron) or steel.
  • the supply tube 5 of refractory material, leading the liquid metal to the mold, is embedded in the nose 4 in adobe.
  • the junction between the supply tube 5 and the mold 1 is carried out using the intermediate wear device 3.
  • the upper face of the pouring nose 4 is flat and horizontal. It carries the intermediate device 3.
  • the intermediate device 3 comprises a ring 7 with a base in its lower part placed on the casting nose 4, said base covering the casting nose 4; moreover it comprises a refractory liner 8 made of rammed earth such as a basic magnesium aluminous, of the same internal and external diameter as the tube 5 so as to extend the latter.
  • the junction between the tube 5 and the sleeve 8 is obtained by a seal bead 9.
  • the intermediate device 3 crushes the seal 9 during its positioning.
  • the joint 9 is made of adobe.
  • the ring 7 Due to its base, the ring 7 has a smaller diameter at its upper part than at its lower part.
  • the ring 7 is made of cast refractory steel. Then the intermediate device is steamed to harden the rammed earth 18 between the ring 7 and the sleeve 8.
  • a seal 10 flat, flexible, annular and made of refractory material is placed at the top of the intermediate wear device.
  • the seal 10 as described for example in French patent FR-B-2 295 808 in the name of the Applicant, provides sealing with the mold 1.
  • the flexibility of the seal 10 allows it to hold by pressure and without coating. This seal is tightened on its upper face by the mold 1 and on its lower face by the ring 7 and the sleeve 8.
  • the upper and lower faces of the intermediate device 3 are each contained in a plane parallel to the lower face of the mold 1. Thanks to this geometry, the risk of leaks is eliminated because the mold presses uniformly and cannot press so stronger on one side which would cause a leak. Sealing is also obtained by a good surface condition of the intermediate device which, being inexpensive and removable, is changed frequently at the first risk of leakage.
  • the intermediate wear device is housed inside the opening 11 of the mold support plate 2 which allows the centering of the mold 1 and the arrival of the liquid metal in the well 12 opening into the lower part of the blind mold 1.
  • the sand mold 1 is held by means of a jack 13 directed downwards and whose piston rod 14 carries a support plate 15 hinged at its lower end.
  • the liquid metal rises from the tube 5 in the intermediate device 3, then in the mold 1.
  • the metal in the mold solidifies to form the pieces, this solidification starts from the top and stops at a level below the mold 1, this level is represented by the dashed line 6, below this level the metal remains liquid after casting and returns to the furnace.
  • the traces of solidified metal are all found at the level of the device 3 which undergoes the first thermal shocks which solidify the metal. So the tube 5, which does not retain metal after casting, does not need to be cleaned.
  • the intermediate device 3 wears quickly and is removable to be changed at a more sustained frequency than the refractory tube 5. This device 3 is changed frequently. The change is quick because it is not compulsory to cool the oven completely. However, it is necessary that the tube 5 is cold.
  • the refractory sleeve 8 is of a hollow cylindrical shape, the internal wall of the cylinder being of a constant diameter over the height.
  • the external wall of the sleeve 8 cooperates with the hollow cylindrical internal wall of the ring 7 by means of a grouted concrete 18.
  • the height of the sleeve 8 is identical to the height of the ring 7.
  • Notches 17 are provided in the base 16 of the ring 7 to allow the passage of the fixing screws of the intermediate device according to the invention.
  • the intermediate wear device 3 can be placed on the upper face of a pouring channel comprising heating means (see patent FR-A-2,532,866 in the name of the Applicant).
  • Said device 3 can also be used in an installation for the low pressure casting of molded parts from a ladle in a mold, under the driving pressure of a gas, by feeding the mold from bottom to top, the differential pressure being subjected, on the side of the pocket, to a pressure different from that which prevails on the side of the mold.
  • This use of the device according to the invention reduces the maintenance costs of such an installation already patented in France by the Applicant under the number FR-B-2 556 996.

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  • Furnace Housings, Linings, Walls, And Ceilings (AREA)
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  • Casting Or Compression Moulding Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
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  1. Zwischenvorrichtung zum Durchführen eines Verfahrens zum Guß von Formstücken aus Metallegierung mit hohem Schmelzpunkt wie Gußeisen, Stahl oder Superlegierung, aus einem Schmelzofen oder einer Gießpfanne in eine Sandform, indem man die Form von unten nach oben beschickt, wobei der obere Abschnitt der Vorrichtung in Berührung mit dem unteren Abschnitt der genannten Form angeordnet ist, die Vorrichtung bezüglich des Gießschachts zentriert ist, die zur Unterseite der Form hin offen sind, und der untere Abschnitt der Vorrichtung in Berührung mit der Oberseite der Gießnase bzw, der Ausgußöffnung gelangt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie eine Verschleißvorrichtung ist und die folgenden Teile aufweist: einen Ring, der eine flache Fußfläche an seiner Unterseite und einen inneren hohlzylindrischen Abschnitt aufweist, der in der Höhe seiner Oberseite und in der Höhe seiner Unterseite mündet, sowie eine zylindrische Muffe aus hochtemperaturbeständigem Material, deren äussere Umhüllung in den inneren hohlen Abschnitt des Ringes durch Zwischenlage von Stampfbeton (18) eingepaßt ist, wobei die obere und untere Seite der Muffe die Höhe der oberen und unteren Seite des Ringes erreicht.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie eine obere ebene Seite und eine untere ebene Seite aufweist, wobei die obere Seite in einer Ebene liegt, die parallel zur genannten unteren Seite verläuft.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie eine obere ebene Seite und eine untere ebene Seite aufweist, wobei die obere Seite in einer Ebene liegt, die parallel zur genannten unteren Seite verläuft und mit derselben Horizontalebene wie die untere Seite der Form zusammenfällt.
  4. Vorrichtung nach irgendeinem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie einen inneren hohlzylindrischen Abschnitt aufweist, der den Gießkanal mit gleichmäßigem Querschnitt verlängert und der an den Beschickungsschacht der Form angeschlossen ist.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie abnehmbar ist und bezüglich der Gießnase in ausbaubarer Weise befestigt ist.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die dichte und hochtemperaturbeständige Dichtung zwischen der Muffe und der hochtemperaturbeständigen Auskleidung des Kanals der Gießnase durch einen Kranz aus Stampferde (pisé) erhalten wird, der durch das Einsetzen der Vorrichtung flachgedrückt wird, wobei der genannte Kranz die Dichtung bildet.
  7. Beschickungsrohr, das einen Niederdruck-Gießkanal bildet, der einen Hohlraum einer Blid-Sandform mit Metall beschickt, mit mindestens einem Gießschacht, der nach unten offen ist, wobei das Metall dem Hohlraum über den Gießschacht durch den Druck des Gases zugeführt wird, der höher ist als der Atmosphärendruck und auf die freie Oberfläche des flüssigen Metalls einwirkt, das in einem dichten Behältnis enthalten ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es mit der Vorrichtung nach irgendeinem der vorangehenden Ansprüche versehen ist.
  8. Beschickungsrohr, das einen Niederdruck-Gießkanal bildet und mit einer Metallegierung mit hohem Schmelzpunkt wie etwa Gußeisen, Stahl oder Superlegierung eine Hohlraum einer Sand-Blindform beschickt, die mindestens einen nach unten offenen Gießschacht aufweist, wobei die Legierung dem Hohlraum über den Gießschacht durch den Gasdruck zugeführt wird, der höher ist als der Atmosphärendruck und auf die freie Oberfläche des flüssigen Metalls einwirkt, das in einem dichten Behältnis enthalten ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es mit der Vorrichtung nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6 versehen ist.
  9. Benutzung einer Vorrichtung nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6 zum Wiedergewinnen allen verfestigten Metalles und aller Schlacken in der Oberseite ihres inneren hohlen Abschnitts am Ende des Gießzyklus.
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