JPH07112568B2 - Preheating method for extrusion die - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for preheating an extrusion die used in, for example, aluminum extrusion processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Extrusion dies used for aluminum extrusion, for example, are loaded into a preheating furnace before extrusion and are used for 40 seconds.
It is preheated to about 0 to 500 ° C. and set in an extruder at the time of extrusion to be used for extrusion.

Such preheating is intended to heat the extrusion die to a predetermined temperature, and it is sufficient to heat the die for a predetermined time until the die rises to a predetermined temperature.

[0004]

However, in the field work, the extrusion die may be left in the preheating furnace for an unnecessarily long time. In particular, when extrusion is performed using an extrusion die that has been preheated for a longer time than necessary, only extruded materials with inferior surface properties such as gloss differences or die lines on the surface of the extruded material There was a problem that I could not get it.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an extruded material having excellent surface properties without being oxidized by preheating before extrusion, particularly preheating for a long time. So that it can be processed
It is an object to provide a method of preheating an extrusion die.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The inventors of the present invention have conducted extensive experiments and studies to achieve the above object, and as a result, the deterioration of the surface properties of the extruded material is caused by the surface of the die during preheating of the extrusion die.
In particular, it was clarified that this is due to the fact that the surface of the bearing part (surface ticker layer) is oxidized and deteriorated, and as a result of further experiments and research based on such clarification, this invention could be completed is there.

Therefore, in the present invention, when preheating the extrusion die before extrusion, preheating is performed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere in order to prevent the surface of the extrusion die from being oxidized by the preheating. It is the one.

[0008] That is, the gist of the present invention is a method for preheating an extrusion die, which is characterized in that, when the extrusion die is preheated before extrusion, the preheating is performed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere.

The non-oxidizing atmosphere acts to prevent oxidation of the extrusion die during preheating. In order to make the atmosphere, in order to remove water and oxygen in the preheating furnace as much as possible, the furnace is reacted with rare gas elements such as helium (He) and argon (Ar) and nitrogen (N2). It is only necessary to enclose a gas with poor properties. Alternatively, the preheating furnace may be evacuated.

[0010]

By preheating the extrusion die in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, the oxidation of the surface of the extrusion die is suppressed during the preheating. In particular, as a result of suppressing the surface oxidation of the bearing portion that determines the surface properties of the extruded material, it can be subjected to extrusion molding processing in a preheated state in which surface oxidation does not occur. The same applies when preheating is performed for a long time.

Therefore, when the extrusion die preheated by the method according to the present invention is used, it is possible to obtain an extruded material having excellent surface properties with no gloss difference or die line on the surface.

[0012]

As described above, the extrusion die preheating method according to the present invention is designed to preheat the die in a non-oxidizing atmosphere.
In particular, it is possible to effectively suppress the surface oxidation of the bearing portion that determines the surface properties of the extruded material and preheat the die.

Therefore, the extrusion die can be subjected to extrusion molding processing in a preheated state where surface oxidation is not generated, and thus an extruded material excellent in surface quality with no gloss difference or die line on the surface can be obtained.

Since surface oxidation does not occur during preheating in this way, it is possible to omit troublesome preheating time management at the extrusion work site, and even when preheating for a long time, the extruder can be used as it is. Can be set,
Yet, an extruded material having excellent surface properties can be obtained.

Moreover, since the surface is not oxidized during the preheating, the life of the extrusion die can be improved.

[0016]

【Example】

(Example) Nitrogen gas was enclosed in a preheating furnace (electric furnace), and the inside of the furnace was made into a nitrogen gas atmosphere, and the inside of the furnace was heated to 450 ° C. Then, the extrusion die was carried into the furnace and preheated for 10 hours.

After that, the die was taken out from the preheating furnace and the oxidation state of the surface was examined. The result is shown in FIG. Further, an aluminum extruded material was manufactured using the die, and the surface condition of the extruded material was visually inspected.

(Comparative Example) The preheating furnace was set to the atmosphere of 45
After heating to 0 ° C., an extrusion die was carried into the furnace and preheated for 10 hours as in the above-mentioned example.

Then, the die was taken out from the preheating furnace and the oxidation state of the surface was examined. The result is shown in FIG. Further, an aluminum extruded material was manufactured using the die, and the surface condition of the extruded material was visually inspected.

As is clear from the results shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the surface of the die preheated in the nitrogen gas atmosphere is considerably oxidized, while the surface of the die preheated in the air atmosphere is considerably oxidized. However, the surface of the die was hardly oxidized.

According to a visual inspection of the surface of the extruded material, the extruded material obtained by the former die has half the surface defects such as gloss difference and die line as compared with the extruded material obtained by the latter die. Or it could be confirmed that it is less than that.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a graph showing the oxidation state of the surface of an extrusion die preheated by the method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a graph showing the oxidation state of the surface of an extrusion die preheated by a conventional method.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A method for preheating an extrusion die, which comprises preheating the extrusion die in a non-oxidizing atmosphere before the extrusion die.