JPH0610627A - Valve spring retainer for internal combustion engine made of high density powder sintered titanium alloy and manufacture thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a valve spring retainer for internal combustion engine made of high density powder sintered titanium alloy having sufficient fatigue strength and its manufacturing method without an HIP. CONSTITUTION:A valve spring retainer 4 for an internal combustion engine is provided with a body 7, and at least one of flange parts 5, 6 having circular support surfaces 8, 9 to support a valve spring against energizing force of the valve spring. Moreover, the valve spring retainer 4 is also provided with round parts 21, 22 between a body outer periphery and a supporting surface, or between the outer periphery of one flange part and the supporting surface of the other flange part, is made of (alpha+beta) type titanium alloy by powder sintering, and the whole sintering density is 99% or more the theoretical one, and the density of a circular part near the round part is 99.5% or more of the theoretical one.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a valve spring retainer for an internal combustion engine, and more particularly to a valve spring retainer made of a high-density powder-sintered titanium alloy for an internal combustion engine and a method for manufacturing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A valve spring retainer is a component used in a valve train of an internal combustion engine, such as an automobile engine, and has a role of supporting an intake valve or an exhaust valve while pressing a valve spring. Have Then, in the operating state of the engine, the opening / closing cycle of these valves is repeated.

Conventionally, as this type of valve spring retainer, one made of steel is generally used, but recently, by reducing the inertial weight, the engine speed is increased and the fuel consumption is improved. From this point of view, attempts have been made to reduce the weight. Among them, titanium alloys are lightweight and have sufficient strength, so that they are attracting attention as a material for this type of valve spring retainer.

[0004] However, since titanium is difficult to work, the method of manufacturing the wrought material by cold forging or cutting makes the working cost extremely high. For example, if a valve spring retainer is manufactured by cutting out from a round bar of wrought material, about 1/4 of the material is scraped off, and the grinding cost is 10 times or more compared with the case of manufacturing with a net shape or a near net shape. Will be needed. For this reason, the wrought material of titanium alloy is only used for some special vehicles and is not generalized.

Although a method of manufacturing a valve spring retainer by sintering titanium alloy powder has been attempted, it is not possible to increase the density by simply sintering.
In order to put it into practical use, HIP treatment is required, which eventually results in high cost and is also limited to special applications.
Further, the powder sintered product has a drawback of low fatigue strength.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a valve spring retainer for an internal combustion engine made of a high-density powder-sintered titanium alloy having sufficient fatigue strength without undergoing HIP and a method for manufacturing the same. The purpose is to provide.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, firstly, a main body and a body for projecting from the main body are provided to support the valve spring against the biasing force of the valve spring. Internal combustion having at least one flange having an annular supporting surface, and having an R portion between the outer peripheral surface of the main body and the supporting surface, or between the outer peripheral surface of one flange and the supporting surface of another flange. A valve spring retainer for an engine,
It is made of (α + β) type titanium alloy by powder sintering, the overall sintered density is 99% or more of the theoretical density, and the density of at least the annular portion near the R portion is 99.
Provided is a valve spring retainer for an internal combustion engine, which is made of a high-density powder-sintered titanium alloy and has a content of 5% or more.

Secondly, titanium powder and alloy powder which have been alloyed in advance are mixed to prepare a mixed powder, and the mixed powder is molded and then sintered to form a main body and a valve protruding from the main body. At least one having an annular support surface for supporting the valve spring against the biasing force of the spring
Between the outer peripheral surface of the main body and the supporting surface, or 1
Has a R portion between the outer peripheral surface of the collar portion and the supporting surface of the other collar portion, and manufactures a valve spring retainer for an internal combustion engine made of (α + β) type titanium alloy, and sinters the entire valve spring retainer. A high-density powder-sintered titanium alloy valve spring for an internal combustion engine, characterized in that the density is 99% or more of the theoretical density, and the density of at least the annular portion near the R portion is 99.5% or more of the theoretical density. A retainer manufacturing method is provided.

As a result of various studies conducted by the inventors of the present invention in order to make the fatigue characteristics of the valve spring retainer made of titanium alloy by the powder sintering method sufficient, 9
While maintaining a high density of 9% or more, a specific portion near the R portion between the outer peripheral surface of the valve spring retainer body and the supporting surface, or between the outer peripheral surface of one flange and the supporting surface of another flange. It has been found that this is achieved by increasing the density of

That is, as a result of the stress analysis of the present inventors simulating the actual use conditions of the valve spring retainer, the tensile stress is concentrated in a specific portion near the R portion, and 99% as a whole. It has been found that fatigue fracture is likely to occur from this portion even if it has a density, but by further densifying this portion, the fatigue property becomes extremely good. Specifically, when the retainer has a vertical cross section, a portion defined by a circle with a radius of 0.1 mm centering on a point 30 ° from the support surface side of the R portion and the R portion (actually, an annular shape A large tensile stress concentrates on the surface, and if the density of this portion is set to 99.5% or more, sufficient fatigue characteristics can be obtained. The present invention was made based on such findings of the present inventors. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 shows a valve operating mechanism in an internal combustion engine, and is a view for explaining the actual usage of the valve spring retainer. In the cylinder head 1,
An intake pipe 14 is formed, and the intake pipe 14 is opened and closed by an intake valve 2. A valve spring retainer 4 is fixed to the tip of the valve stem 3 of the valve 2. As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, the valve spring retainer 4 has a cylindrical retainer body 7 having a taper formed at its tip, and first and second collar portions 5 protruding from the body 7.
6, and the first collar portion 8 is formed on the outer side, and the second collar portion 9 is formed on the inner side. And the retainer 4
It is attached to the valve 2 via a cotter 17. The lower surface of the first brim portion 5 in the drawing is an annular support surface 8, and one end of the outer valve spring 10 is supported thereby. The lower surface of the second collar 6 in the drawing is an annular support surface 9, and one end of the inner valve spring 11 is supported thereby. The R portion 2 is provided between the support surface 8 of the first collar portion 5 and the outer peripheral surface of the second collar portion 6.
1 is formed, and the support surface 9 and the main body 7 of the second collar portion 6 are formed.
An R portion 22 is formed between the outer peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface.

The lower ends of the valve springs 10 and 11 are supported by a support member 15 attached to the cylinder head 1. In this example, the outer valve spring 10 has a relatively large set load and the inner valve spring 11 has a relatively small set load.
In the figure, reference numeral 12 is a rocker arm, 13 is a camshaft, and 16 is a valve seat.

In the operating state of the internal combustion engine, the valve 2 is moved downward by the camshaft 13 and the rocker arm 12 to open the exhaust pipe 14, and subsequently the valve spring 1 compressed thereby.
The valves 0 and 11 push up the valve spring retainer 4, which causes the valve 2 to rise and the exhaust pipe 14 to be closed. Then, such a cycle is repeated during the operation of the internal combustion engine.

In the present invention, such a valve spring retainer 4 is manufactured from powder-sintered (α + β) type titanium alloy. Then, the density of the entire retainer is set to 99% or more of the theoretical density. This is because if it is less than 99%, the strength itself becomes insufficient and the fatigue properties are remarkably deteriorated.

Further, a portion near the R portion 21 shown in FIG.
In particular, a radius of 0.1 centered at a point of 30 ° from the support surface 8 side
The portion defined by the circle of mm and the R portion, or the portion of the R portion 22 defined by the circle and the R portion with a radius of 0.1 mm centered at a point 30 ° from the support surface 9 side Is actually circular), or the density of both parts is 99.5
% Or more.

The reason will be described based on the result of stress analysis. Here, a case where a valve spring retainer having one collar is simulated will be described.
The shape of the retainer used for the analysis is the thickness of the collar portion 2.00
mm, the diameter of the collar portion is 30 mm, and the protruding length thereof is 3.7 mm.

According to the axisymmetric model, as shown in FIG.
The boundary condition was that the downward load received from the upper surface of the retainer by the punch was received by the flange. actually,
As shown in FIG. 1 or 2, the inner surface of the retainer is fixed to the valve via a cotter, and the urging force of the spring acts upward on the collar portion that supports the spring. Here, the load pressure on the punch surface is 10 kgf / mm ² The stress distribution generated in the case of was calculated. Fig. 4 shows the stress distribution diagram at that time, which is 20 kgf / mm ² It is shown as an iso-stress distribution diagram for each. The numbers in the figure are the stress values of each iso-stress line.

As is clear from FIG. 4, the stress is concentrated in the vicinity of the R portion of the valve spring retainer, and the maximum stress at one point of this R portion is 68 kgf / mm ² showed that. Also, 60kgf / mm ² It can be seen that the region where the above high stress is generated is also an extremely limited region. The area is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), it is a portion defined by a circle with a radius of 0.1 mm centered on a point 30 ° from the support surface side of the R portion and the R portion. Similar analyzes were performed for retainers having different shapes, but the region where high stress was generated was the same as the region shown in FIG.

Fatigue characteristics can be improved by densifying the region where the stress concentration is large as described above. Specifically, if the density of the portion corresponding to the above-mentioned region is 99.5% or more of the theoretical density, 10 ⁷ Fatigue strength (10 ⁷ In the fatigue test of the cycle, the maximum load that does not break) becomes sufficient, and sufficient fatigue characteristics are exhibited.

Needless to say, if the density of the entire sintered body can be set to 99.5% or more, it is not necessary to particularly increase the density of the above-mentioned portion. However, in reality, it is difficult to obtain such a high density as a whole only by powder sintering, because of the facilities and the like. Therefore, in reality, a technique for locally increasing the density is required. As a method of locally densifying the powder, the punch used in powder molding is divided, and the molding density of the part corresponding to the R part is adjusted by adjusting the powder filling depth or die control. There is a way to make it especially high. Also, a method of locally increasing the density after sintering by shot or sizing can be adopted.

The valve spring retainer according to the present invention mixes titanium powder with a pre-alloyed alloy powder, forms the mixed powder, and then sinters it to obtain (α +
It is manufactured by using a β) type titanium alloy. As a result, a titanium alloy sintered body having a sufficiently high density of 99.0% or more of the theoretical density can be obtained without HIP,
It is possible to obtain a density much higher than 94.5 to 96.5% of a titanium alloy made by simply mixing elementary powders. Also, the mechanical properties are almost the same as those of the ingot and forged titanium alloy.

As the (α + β) alloy, Ti-6Al-4
V is well known, but 1.0 to 4.0% by weight
Fe, 1.0 to 4.0% Mo, 3.0 to 7.0% Al, 2.0 to 4.5% V, and 0.5% or less O, with the balance being More preferably, it is composed of Ti and inevitable impurities.

The reason for the above definition will be described below. In order to sinter densely at low temperature and in a short time without performing treatment such as HIP, it is necessary to have a high sintering rate, but for that purpose, the diffusion rate in Ti is large,
In addition, an appropriate amount of an element that acts as an alloying element on Ti and does not adversely affect the mechanical properties may be added.

As a result of investigating an element having a large diffusion rate in βTi, it was found that Fe corresponds to such an element. That is, the diffusion rate (diffusion coefficient) of Fe is 950.
10 ^{-11 at} ℃ Order (m ² ・ Sec ^-1 ),
10 ⁻¹³ which is the self-diffusion rate of Ti 100 times larger than. Further, Fe contributes to an increase in strength. However, if Fe alone is used, porosity is likely to be generated on the alloy component side due to the Kirkendall effect, which may impede densification.

In order to prevent such a situation, as a result of further studies by the inventors of the present application, as a result of the addition of an element having a large diffusion rate as described above, an element having a slow diffusion rate, that is, delaying sintering is added. I found that it was good.

As a result of investigating elements having a slow diffusion rate, Mo
Was found to correspond to such elements. Mo diffusion rate is 10 ^-10 Of the order of 1/10 of titanium
Is. Further, Mo is a solid solution in β-titanium and functions as an alloying element.

However, although the composite addition of Fe and Mo accelerates the densification, the addition of only these cannot make the strength of the sintered body sufficient. As a result of further study from the viewpoint of improving the strength of the sintered body, Fe
It has been found that a sintered titanium alloy having desired strength can be obtained by adding appropriate amounts of Al and V in addition to Mo and Mo, and controlling the O content.

Al is the only α-phase stabilizing element that forms a solid solution in Ti in the substitutional type, and exhibits remarkable solid solution strengthening. Also, Ti
Since the diffusion rate in the interior is high, it has the effect of increasing the density of the sintered product by the combined addition of Fe and Mo. V is a β-phase stabilizing element that forms a solid solution in Ti, and has the effect of increasing strength without forming an intermetallic compound that is an embrittlement phase with Ti. That is, V mainly forms a solid solution in the β phase and strengthens it. O has a function of forming a solid solution in the α phase and significantly increasing the strength.

Mashima et al. (Powder and powder metallurgy, 19
87), there is a possibility that densification may proceed to the vicinity of the composition that does not enter the solid-liquid coexistence region in the binary system phase diagram of Fe and Ti. Further, from this binary phase diagram, it is found that the composition in which solid-liquid coexistence occurs at 1350 ° C. is 9% in Fe (the same as in wt% or less). However, if this amount is large, ductility (toughness) will decrease. Further, if the amount of Fe is too small, the effect of densification cannot be obtained. Therefore, the Fe content is preferably 1 to 4%.

Mo is an element having a slow diffusion rate in βTi as described above, and achieves a high density by coexisting with Fe having a high diffusion rate. But M
If the amount of o is less than 1%, the effect cannot be obtained, and if it exceeds 4%, the progress of the densification is delayed and the densification cannot be sufficiently achieved. Therefore, the Mo content is preferably 1 to 4%.

Al is an element that remarkably solidifies and strengthens the α phase as described above. However, if the content is less than 3%, the strength of the sintered product cannot be made sufficient. On the other hand, if it exceeds 7%, the DO ₁₉ type hcp ordered phase α ₂ (Ti ₃ Al), which is an embrittlement phase, precipitates and deteriorates the ductility. Therefore, the Al content is preferably 3 to 7%.

V has the function of solid-solution strengthening the β phase,
If the content is less than 2%, the strength of the sintered product cannot be made sufficient. On the other hand, if it exceeds 4.5%, ductility is deteriorated. Therefore, the V content is preferably 2 to 4.5%.

O is brought in from the Ti particles and the master alloy powder (alloy component) and has a function of forming a solid solution in the α phase to remarkably increase the strength as described above, but if this amount exceeds 0.5%. Impair ductility. Therefore, the O content is preferably 0.5% or less. By using a titanium alloy having such a composition range, material characteristics superior to Ti-6Al-4V can be obtained.

In the above description, the valve spring retainer having one flange portion has been described for the sake of convenience, but the invention is not limited to this, and may have two flange portions or three or more flange portions. It may be one.

[0035]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

To obtain a composition of Ti-6Al-4V,
Average particle size 20 μm or less, crushed into 5 sizes 60
A master alloy powder of Al-40V and a pure titanium powder of -60 mesh (-250 μm) were mixed to prepare a mixed powder. After filling this mixed powder into a steel mold, the pressure was 8.0 tonf / cm ² To obtain a valve spring retainer molded body having a shape as shown in FIG.
Calcination was carried out in vacuum for 5 hours. In this way, a powder-sintered titanium alloy valve spring retainer having an overall density of 98.5 to 99.5% was manufactured. For these retainers, the static breaking load was determined using a device as shown in FIG.

The thickness of the flange directly affects the fracture strength of the retainer, and if the thickness is increased, the local maximum stress generated in the R portion is reduced and the strength of the retainer is increased. However, as the thickness of the collar portion increases, the weight increases and the advantage of weight reduction is impaired. In this example, the thickness of the outer flange portion was set to 2 mm for evaluation in consideration of this point. The evaluation results are shown in Table 1.

[0038]

[Table 1]

As shown in Table 1, when the overall density is 99% or more, the breaking load is 7020 kgf or more, which is 6370 kg of steel (SCM415 carburized material).
A strength higher than f was obtained, and in particular, those exceeding 99.3% had a value exceeding 7210 kgf which is the breaking load of Ti-6Al-4V of the wrought material (molten material). On the other hand, if the density is less than 99%, the static breaking load is 65
The value was 90 kgf or less, which was an insufficient value.

From these results, when the method of preparing a master alloy in advance and mixing it with titanium powder is adopted as in the present invention, Ti-6A which is a (α + β) type titanium alloy is used.
The 1-4V alloy can have a sufficiently high density without undergoing HIP treatment and can have a sufficient static strength, but if the overall density is less than 99%, a sufficient static strength is obtained. It was confirmed that it was not possible.

Of these samples, the overall density was 99.
About 3%, it was subjected to a fatigue test. The fatigue test was carried out under the condition that the stress ratio (minimum stress / maximum stress) was 0.1 using a hydraulic servo tester by manufacturing a load jig similar to that shown in FIG. From the fatigue life curve thus obtained, 10 ⁷ Fatigue strength (number of repetitions 10 ⁷
The maximum load that does not break more than once) was determined. As a result, the fatigue strength was 290 kgf, which was 520 kgf which is the fatigue strength of Ti-6Al-4V of wrought material (molten material).
, And the fatigue strength of SCM415 carburized material is 500kgf
It was a lower value.

This sample was vertically cut and its cross section was observed. Image processing of existing pores was performed on the portion of this sample corresponding to the high stress portion in FIG. 5, and the density of that portion was determined as the true density ratio from the area ratio. As a result, it was confirmed that the density of that portion was 99.2%, which was less than 99.5%.

Next, the mixed powder produced under the above-mentioned conditions was subjected to operations such as changing the filling depth of each punch and controlling the die by using a die in which the lower punch was a two-division type and the upper punch was one. Ten compacts (compacted compacts) having various densities near the R portion of the retainer were produced under each condition. Since the thickness of the collar portion also affects the fatigue strength, the conditions were adjusted so that the thickness of the collar portion after sintering would be 2.00 ± 0.02 mm. The diameter of the collar portion and the protruding length thereof were also the same as those of the above-mentioned sample. These molded bodies are
Baking in vacuum at 00 ° C for 5 hours to give an overall density of 99.2
% And above. One of the samples under each condition was vertically cut and the cross section was observed. Image processing of existing pores was performed on the portion of this sample corresponding to the high stress portion in FIG. 5, and the density of that portion was determined as the true density ratio from the area ratio. As a result, the density was 98.5 to 99.8%. For the remaining 9 samples under each condition,
Using the apparatus of FIG. 3 described above, a fatigue test was conducted under the same conditions as described above. Table 2 shows the relationship between the density of the high stress portion and the fatigue strength.

[0044]

[Table 2]

In the table, the fatigue strength was 390 kgf or more for Examples 1 to 4 in which the density of the high stress portion was 99.5% or more and the requirements of the present invention were satisfied. The high stress portion has a density of 99.
In Example 4, which was No. 8, the fatigue strength was almost the same as that of the Ti-6Al-4V alloy as the wrought material and the SCM415 carburized material. On the other hand, the fatigue strength of Comparative Examples 5 to 7 in which the density of the high stress portion was less than 99.5% was 290 kgf or less, which was an insufficient value.

Next, an experiment was conducted in which the composition of the titanium alloy was changed. Here, Fe is 1.0 to 4.0%, Mo is 1.0 to 4.0%, Al is 3.0 to 7.0%, and V is 2.
A titanium alloy containing 0 to 4.5% and O of 0.5% or less was produced. The master alloy powder and the titanium sponge powder were mixed under the same conditions as described above so as to obtain a composition within this range, to prepare a mixed powder. Then, the mixed powder is filled in a steel mold and the pressure is 8.0 tonf / cm ² Then, a molded valve spring retainer having a shape as shown in FIG. 3 is obtained.
Vacuum firing was performed at 350 ° C. As a result, all those within this composition range reached a total density of 99.5% within a short time of less than 2 hours. By the way, Ti-6Al-4
With V, it had to be fired at 1350 ° C. for 20 hours or more, and it was confirmed that the alloy having the above composition has extremely good sinterability.

Next, with respect to an alloy having the above-mentioned composition range, in which Fe is 2%, Mo is 2%, Al is 4.5%, V is 3%, O is 0.2% and the balance is Ti, Was calculated. Here, a retainer sample having an overall density of 99.3% and the same shape as described above was used. As a result, the breaking load was 7800 kgf, and Ti under the same conditions
The value was higher than 7280 kgf of -6Al-4V.

Next, with respect to the mixed powder having the same composition, by using a die in which the lower punch mentioned above is a two-division type and the upper punch is one, the filling depth and the like are adjusted in the same manner as described above, and the R portion of the retainer is adjusted. A sample was prepared in which only the density in the vicinity was 99.7% and 99.5% or more. The overall density is 9
It was 9.3%. A fatigue test was performed on this sample using the apparatus shown in FIG. The conditions are Ti-6Al-4 described above.
Same as in V. As a result, 10 ⁷ Ti-6Al-4 with the same fatigue strength and fatigue strength of 530 kgf
The value was higher than 470 kgf of V of Example 3. In addition, this value shows that the high stress portion has a high density of 99.8% Ti-
It was confirmed that the amount of 6Al-4V exceeds 520 kgf in Example 4.

From this result, 1.0 to 4.0% of Fe,
Mo is 1.0 to 4.0%, Al is 3.0 to 7.0%, V
A titanium alloy with 2.0 to 4.5% and O of 0.5% or less is a typical Ti-6Al-4V (α + β) type.
It was confirmed that the sinterability was better than that of the above, and the static strength and fatigue strength were excellent. That is, if an alloy having this composition is used, Ti-6A can be obtained even if the thickness of the collar portion is made smaller.
Since it is possible to obtain strength equivalent to that of 1-4V, it is possible to further reduce the weight.

[0050]

According to the present invention, a valve spring for an internal combustion engine, which is made of a high-density powder-sintered titanium alloy, has the same strength as a conventional steel valve spring retainer without HIP and is about 40% lighter. A retainer and a manufacturing method thereof are provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a valve train of an internal combustion engine in which a valve spring retainer according to the present invention is used.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a valve spring retainer according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining how to determine static strength and fatigue strength of a valve spring retainer.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a result of stress analysis of a valve spring retainer.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a stress concentration portion of a valve spring retainer.

[Explanation of symbols]

1; Cylinder head, 2; Valve, 4; Valve spring retainer, 5, 6; Collar part, 7; Retainer body,
8,9; Support surface 10,11; Valve spring, 1
7: cotter 21,22; R part

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Akiya Ozeki 1-2-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Kokan Co., Ltd. (72) Hideki Tajima 1-2-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Honkan Pipe Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shoji Kuboji 1-2-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (72) Takahiro Fujita 1-2-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Inside Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A main body outer peripheral surface and a support surface, comprising: a main body; and at least one flange portion projecting from the main body and having an annular support surface for supporting the valve spring against the urging force of the valve spring. A valve spring retainer for an internal combustion engine having an R portion between the outer peripheral surface of one collar portion and a supporting surface of another collar portion, which is made of a powder-sintered (α + β) type titanium alloy, Made of a high-density powder-sintered titanium alloy, characterized in that the overall sintered density is 99% or more of the theoretical density, and the density of at least the annular portion near the R portion is 99.5% or more of the theoretical density. Valve spring retainer for internal combustion engines. 2. A weight ratio of Al of 3.0 to 7.0%, V
In the range of 2.0 to 4.5%, Mo in the range of 1.0 to 4.0%, Fe in the range of 1.0 to 4.0%, and O in the range of 0.5% or less, and the balance Ti and unavoidable impurities. A valve spring retainer for an internal combustion engine, which is made of a high-density powder-sintered titanium alloy according to claim 1. 3. Titanium powder and pre-alloyed alloy powder are mixed to prepare a mixed powder, the mixed powder is molded, and then sintered to be protruded from the main body and attached with a valve spring. At least one flange having an annular support surface for supporting the valve spring against the force, and between the outer peripheral surface of the main body and the support surface, or the outer peripheral surface of one flange and another flange. R part between the support surface of
A valve spring retainer for an internal combustion engine made of β) type titanium alloy is manufactured, and the sintered density of the entire valve spring retainer is set to 99% or more of the theoretical density, and the density of at least the annular portion near the R portion is set to the theoretical density. 9
A method of manufacturing a valve spring retainer for an internal combustion engine, which is made of a high-density powder-sintered titanium alloy, characterized by being 9.5% or more. 4. The mixed powder contains Al in an amount of 3.
0-7.0%, V 2.0-4.5%, Mo 1.0-
4. The high-density powder according to claim 3, wherein the content is 4.0%, Fe is 1.0 to 4.0%, O is 0.5% or less, and the balance is Ti and unavoidable impurities. A method for manufacturing a valve spring retainer made of a sintered titanium alloy for an internal combustion engine.