JPH07136754A - Pouring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve thermal conduction efficiency so as to suppress the formation of half-solidified matter and to prevent the leakage of molten metal from a sealing part by forming the front end of a metering valve rod to a hemispherical shape and providing a part right above this hemispherical shape part with a reduced diameter part. CONSTITUTION:A prescribed amt. of molten metal 15a is poured from a molten metal discharge port 65 into an injection sleeve 3 while the metering valve rod 26 is held risen. The metering valve rod 26 is lowered to close the valve after completion of the pouring. A valve seat part 81 and the hemispherical shape part of the metering valve rod 26 come into contact with each other and sealing is accomplished at a sealing surface 81a at the time of valve closing. The reduced diameter part 26b is disposed between the metering valve rod 26 and the hemispherical shape part 26a, by which the half solidified matter, oxides, etc., are hardly formed on the sealing surface 81a of the valve seat part 81 as there is sufficient replenisment of heat from the molten metal 15a even if heat is radiated from the lower side of the valve seat part 81. The perfect sealing is thus executed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hot water supply apparatus for supplying a molten metal such as an aluminum alloy to an injection sleeve of a die casting machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when supplying molten metal to an injection sleeve of a die casting machine, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-2
As described in Japanese Patent No. 5220, a dedicated molten metal holding furnace is arranged near the die casting machine, and the holding furnace measures and conveys the molten metal and pours the molten metal. For measuring / conveying and pouring methods, refer to Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-2522.
As described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 0, a method using a ladle and a method of pumping a pipe by an electromagnetic induction pump have been mainstream in practical use.

However, each of these has the following drawbacks. (1) Ladle method: The molten metal is exposed to the outside air and is oxidized, and the temperature is lowered. (2) Electromagnetic induction pump method: Since the molten metal driving force of the electromagnetic pump is weak, the measuring accuracy is poor. Further, in order to increase the molten metal propulsion force, the power supply device becomes large in scale, and the cost and space are deteriorated. Further, the cost also increases for the thermal expansion correspondence and maintenance of the pressure feeding pipe. Further, as a common drawback, a dedicated molten metal holding furnace becomes redundant, which lowers productivity.

The die casting industry is also a representative of workplaces with a bad working environment. The main causes are scattering of the mold release agent and heat dissipation of the molten metal holding furnace and its peripheral equipment. The following are the current problems with molten metal operation. (1) A large-capacity holding furnace is installed on the side of the die casting machine, and moreover, a large amount of heat is dissipated. (2) The mechanism of the hot water supply device is mainly an open type, and a large amount of heat was dissipated to the work place. (3) As a result of (1) and (2), not only the working environment is deteriorated, but also the thermal efficiency is deteriorated. To solve this problem, a small capacity, closed gutter type continuous furnace and a highly accurate metering valve device are required.

By the way, the valve type hot water supply method has not been put to practical use in the die casting industry. The main reasons for this are as follows. (1) The main method was to hold a large amount of molten metal on the side of the die casting machine. As a result, there was no valve mechanism that could withstand the high temperature atmosphere. (2) The measurement accuracy varied due to changes in the properties of the molten metal, and it was not practical.

Therefore, in order to solve these problems, the applicant company of the present invention, for example, like the invention of Japanese Patent Application No. 4-272212 which has not been published at the time of the present application, the tip of the gutter for hot water distribution. A gutter-shaped box that can be sealed is placed between the pouring port of the injection sleeve and the injection sleeve, and the melt of the distribution gutter is adjusted according to the amount of pouring from the metering pouring valve device provided at the lower end of the gutter-shaped box. By the siphon action of the inverted U-shaped tube provided between the tip of the hot water distribution gutter and the rear end of the gutter box, the hot water distribution gutter is automatically moved into the gutter box, As the pouring valve device, a valve seat of the drain port and a valve rod that is openable and closable with respect to the valve seat are used, and the molten metal is intermittently and quantitatively supplied from the metering pouring valve device into the injection sleeve of the die casting machine. The water heater was invented.

Japanese Patent Application No. 4-272212 has a structure as shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a hot water distribution gutter of a type also called a launder system gutter capable of unmanned hot water distribution, which usually has a molten metal receiving port on one side, and the number and position of die casting machines change from the middle. It has a branch part. In the hot water distribution gutter 1 shown in FIG. 3, only the tip of this branched portion is shown. A gutter-shaped box 2 is provided so as to be swingable around the tip of the hot water distribution gutter 1 and near the tip of the hot water distribution gutter 1, and the inside is hermetically sealed. 3 is injection sleeve of die casting machine, 3
Reference numeral a is a pouring port, 4 is a plunger tip slidably provided in the injection sleeve 3, and 5 is a plunger.

The gutter-shaped box body 2 is provided so as to be vertically swingable around the swing center portion 6 between, for example, an original position in a horizontal state and an inclined position in which θ = 15 degrees is lifted. Has been. Reference numeral 7 is a cylinder for vertically swinging the gutter-shaped box body 2. 8 is a stopper for adjusting the horizontal position which is the lower limit position, and 9 is a frame. The gutter-shaped box body 2 is inclined so as not to interfere with the maintenance of the injection sleeve 3 and the plunger tip 4 and to return the molten metal from the gutter-shaped box body 2 to the hot water distribution gutter 1. The gutter-shaped box 2
Should be able to move horizontally.

Generally, the gutter-shaped box body 2 constituting the gutter type water heater arranged between the most distal end of the hot water distribution gutter 1 which is a fixed gutter and the injection sleeve 3 is mainly composed of the gutter part 11, It is composed of a gutter lid 12, and an injection sleeve 3 is provided near the tip of the gutter-shaped box body 2.
Metering pouring valve device 1 located directly above the pouring port 3a
3, and an inverted U-shaped pipe device 14 is provided on the hot water distribution gutter 1 side. The gutter part 11 is composed of a tank member 16 that comes into contact with the molten metal 15a, a heat insulating member 17 that keeps it warm, and a box body 18 that stably holds these.

The gutter lid 12 includes a heat retaining member 19 and an exterior member 20.
A heater 21 is attached to the inside of the heat retaining member 19 for retaining or heating the melt 15a in the A chamber, which is the melt passage or the melt reservoir. Besides,
The gutter lid portion 12 has the same drive mechanism 22 as a rotary / linear motion converting mechanism using a ball screw of the metering pouring valve device 13, a servomotor 23, and a reflection type photoelectric tube type molten metal surface sensor 24 for control data. A temperature sensor 25 is attached. Reference numeral 24a is a molten metal level signal generator, and 25a is a molten metal temperature signal generator. On the other hand, the metering pouring valve device 13 includes a servo motor 23, a drive mechanism 22, a ceramic metering valve rod 26, a ceramic valve seat sleeve 27, a heater 28,
It is composed of a guide pipe 29 and the like. Valve seat sleeve 2
7 is embedded from the inner surface of the tank member 16 toward the bottom of the heat retaining member 17, and a heater 28 is embedded in the outer periphery of the valve seat sleeve 27 inside the heat retaining member 17. The leading end of the metering valve rod 26 is provided so as to be able to come into contact with or separate from the lower end hole of the valve seat sleeve 27, and can be moved up and down with rotation and can be opened and closed. The servo motor 2
3 receives the pouring instruction, and is controlled by the control device by various information so that accurate measurement is performed.

The inverted U-shaped tube device 14 has an inverted U-shape whose ends are respectively located in the lower part of the A chamber in the gutter-shaped box body 2 and in the lower part of the B chamber, which is the molten metal passage in the hot water distribution gutter 1. It is composed of a tube 30 and a heater 31 of an electromagnetic induction system that heats and heats the tube 30 from the surroundings, is fixed to the gutter portion 11, and moves integrally when the entire gutter box body 2 swings. In the heat retaining member 32 portion of the hot water distribution gutter 1, the space 33 provided around the inverted U-shaped tube 30 is a movement allowance at this time. The inverted U-shaped tube device 14 allows the molten metal 15b to pass through and move the entire hot water supply device.

A heat insulating material 35 is arranged between the gutter-shaped box body 2 and a part of the hot water distribution gutter. The heat insulating material 35 is preferably elastic, such as ceramic wool. This is because the gap changes due to the swing of the main body. 36 is a gas exhaust passage provided in the heat retaining member 19, 37 is a suction pressurizing device which is also a pressurizing / depressurizing device, 38 is a passage for an inert gas provided in the heat retaining member 19, 38a is an opening / closing valve, 39 is an inert gas It is a supply device.

FIG. 4 shows the metering pouring valve device 13 in detail, so that the tip of the ceramic metering valve rod 26 can come into contact with or separate from the lower end hole of the ceramic valve seat sleeve 27. It is installed so that it can move up and down and open and close. The upper end portion of the metering valve rod 26 is connected to the shaft 41 via a coupling portion 40 having a screw portion, a taper portion, or the like.

The coupling portion 40 is required to have a function of reliably holding the metering valve rod 26 in the high temperature atmosphere without misalignment. The metering valve rod 26 is inserted into the lower end of the holding rod 40a, and is securely held by the tapered portion 40c of the outer sleeve 40b.
An adjusting nut 54 is provided above the holding rod 40a to generate a constant surface pressure on the tapered portion 40c. Therefore, the coupling 55 and the outer sleeve 40b are provided on the upper surface 54a of the nut.
Causes a predetermined force to be applied. On the other hand, the coupling 55
Is keyed to the shaft 41, the rotary reciprocating motion of the shaft 41 can be transmitted to the metering valve rod 26.

Reference numeral 42 denotes a cylindrical body fixedly attached to a bracket 43 attached to the gutter lid portion 12.
A ball screw 44 is provided between the outer peripheral surface of the shaft 42 and the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 42, and the shaft 41 is rotatable and vertically movable. Reference numeral 45 denotes a toothed belt pulley attached to the upper end of the shaft 41, and 46 denotes a toothed belt.
It is connected to the servo motor 23 which is a pulse motor shown by. Since the cylindrical body 42 is a fixed portion, the shaft 41, the belt pulley 45, and the like move up and down by about 15 mm while rotating. In this case, since the belt 46 is flexible, the belt pulley 45 can be slightly moved up and down. Therefore, the metering valve rod 26 is structured to rotate even during the valve opening / closing operation. The rotation of the metering valve rod 26 is carried out in order to remove foreign matter adhering to the valve sealing surface 27a and to make the metering valve rod 26 have an automatic centripetal property. In addition,
The servo motor 23 receives a pouring instruction and the like, and is controlled by the control device according to various information so that accurate measurement is performed.

Next, the operation in this example will be described step by step. 1. State at the start of operation (see FIG. 3) (1) A state in which the molten metal 15b is contained in the chamber B as shown in the figure, but the molten metal 15a is not contained in the chamber A closed by the metering pouring valve device 13 Then, the inert gas fills the A chamber through the on-off valve 38a and the passage 38. The molten metal has not yet entered the inverted U-shaped tube 30. (2) The suction pressurizing device 37 is operated to reduce the pressure in the chamber A to a pressure corresponding to H, and the molten metal 15b is passed through the inside of the inverted U-shaped tube 30 and sucked into the chamber A. (3) Once the flow starts, the suction is stopped, and even if the pressure is released to the atmosphere, the siphon causes the molten metal to flow at a differential pressure of h with respect to the surface of the molten metal 15b. This differential pressure h does not change until the surface of the molten metal 15a rises and reaches the lower surface of the inverted U-shaped tube 30. After reaching, the surface of the molten metal 15a rises due to the differential pressure of Δh and Δh
= 0, that is, when the liquid levels of the molten metal 15a and 15b become the same height, the flow of the molten metal 15a through the inverted U-shaped tube 30 is stopped. (4) At this point, the servo motor control device (not shown) takes in the values of the molten metal surface sensor 24 and the temperature sensor 25, and waits for a pouring start signal together with other setting data such as the pouring amount.

2. Operation during production operation (normal) (1) In response to a pouring command from the die casting machine main body, the servo motor 23 is activated and the metering valve rod 26 is raised, whereby the valve is opened and the molten metal 15a is injected into the injection sleeve 3 It begins to flow in. (2) After a lapse of a predetermined time, the control device lowers the metering valve rod 26, the valve is closed, and the pouring is completed. When the metering valve rod 26 descends, by rotating the metering valve rod 26 about its axis, foreign substances adhering to the sealing surface of the valve seat sleeve 27 can be removed and a centripetal action can be given to the metering valve rod 26. The sealing effect becomes more stable.

(3) In this case, the temperature of the molten metal 15b in the B chamber is set to the minimum temperature T _B required for hot water distribution, and the temperature of the molten metal 15a in the A chamber is set to T _A required for casting, T _A
Carry out the operation in relation to> T _B. Therefore, the temperature of the molten metal 15a is set to a desired temperature by the action of the electromagnetic induction type heater 31 and the heater 21 that can be quickly heated. This is B
If the molten metal 15b in the room is high, a large amount of oxide film is likely to be generated on the surface, and the quality of the molten metal deteriorates due to deterioration. To prevent this, the molten metal should be poured just before pouring into the injection sleeve 3. This is because only 15a has a necessary temperature.

(4) Further, as the heater 31 of the inverted U-shaped tube 30, an electromagnetic induction type heater is used to heat the molten metal inside and to apply the thrust in the flow direction to the molten metal inside to make the molten metal 15b in the B chamber A Move it to the room as quickly as possible. (5) In the metering control, the valve opening degree or the valve opening time of the metering pouring valve device 13 is determined based on one or more data among the molten metal surface position in the chamber A, the molten metal temperature, the molten metal viscosity, and the material characteristics of the molten metal. The amount is increased / decreased so that the amount poured into the injection sleeve 3 and the liquid surface of the molten metal 15a in the chamber A before pouring are the same each time. (6) In this case, the metering valve rod 2 is used as the monitoring value of the valve closed state.
The lower limit position error amount of 6 may be used, or the abnormal current value of the servo motor 23 may be used. (7) When the pouring is completed, an injection command is issued to the die casting machine body to complete one cycle.

[0020]

In the example shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the metering pouring valve device 13 is provided so as to be vertically movable and openable and closable with a rotating operation, but this has the following drawbacks. It was (1) The drive mechanism 22 is fixedly attached to the bracket 43 attached to the gutter lid portion 12, and the ceramic valve seat sleeve 27 that abuts the metering valve rod 26 that is vertically moved and opened / closed by the drive mechanism 22 is the gutter portion. Since it is fixedly embedded in 11, the misalignment occurs between the metering valve rod 26 and the valve seat sleeve 27 due to the difference in thermal expansion amount due to the temperature difference between the gutter pan 12 and the gutter 11; Since it is guided by the ball screw nut portion 42, misalignment cannot be absorbed, and the molten metal sealability when the metering valve is closed is poor. (2) The valve seat sleeve 27 and the molten metal sealing surface 27a of the metering valve rod 26 are tapered, and when the molten metal sealing surface 27a is closed after pouring, the sealing surface 27a sandwiches the molten metal including the semi-solidified layer and the entire circumference is in uniform contact. It was difficult to do so, and the sealability of the molten metal was not perfect.

[0021]

In order to eliminate these drawbacks, in the present invention, a valve seat portion having a tapered drainage port is provided as a part of the valve seat sleeve at the lower end of the valve, and the valve seat portion is provided. A hot water supply device in which a metering valve rod is provided to be openable and closable with respect to the metering valve rod, the tip end portion of the metering valve rod has a hemispherical shape, and a reduced diameter portion is provided in a part of the metering valve rod immediately above the hemispherical portion. It has a different configuration.

[0022]

When the desired amount of hot water is completely poured into the injection sleeve, the metering valve rod is lowered to abut against the valve seat sleeve. Conventionally, the contact portion of the tip of the metering valve rod with the valve seat sleeve is Since the structure is not sufficient to supply heat from the molten metal to the heat radiation from the lower side of the valve seat part, a part of the molten metal solidifies to produce a solidified product, and when the valve is closed, the valve seat part and the metering valve stem are closed. The solidified material was caught in the abutting part.Because the reduced diameter part was provided directly above the hemispherical part at the tip of the metering valve rod, sufficient heat supply from the molten metal was made possible and the metering valve rod and valve seat Since it is possible to suppress the formation of a solidified product in the vicinity of the contact portion with the valve portion, it is possible to prevent molten metal from leaking between the valve seat portion and the metering valve rod.

[0023]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Since the embodiment of the present invention is an improvement of a part of the one shown in FIG. 3, the description of the whole is omitted, and only the improved part is shown in FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the trough portion, 26 is a metering valve rod which is opened and closed by a valve rod driving device (not shown), 27 is a valve seat sleeve which abuts the metering valve rod 26 and shuts off the molten metal. Two
Reference numeral 8 is a heating heater embedded in the outer periphery of the valve seat sleeve 27, and 29 is a guide pipe forming a cylindrical partition wall.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention, which has a drainage port 65 at the lowermost portion of a valve seat sleeve 27 having a U-shaped cross section, and a sealing surface. A valve seat portion 81 having a tapered shape 81a is provided. On the other hand, the tip end portion of the metering valve rod 26 is formed into a hemispherical portion 26a, and the diameter is reduced between the lower portion of the straight barrel-shaped metering valve rod 26 having a circular cross section and the portion connected to the hemispherical portion 26a. Part 26b
Is provided. With such a configuration, when the valve is closed, the hemispherical portion 26a of the metering valve rod 26 and the tapered valve seat portion 81
A sealing surface 81a is formed between them. As shown in FIG. 1, all the corner portions such as the lower end of the straight body of the metering valve rod 26 and the upper surface of the hemispherical portion 26a (on the side of the reduced diameter portion 26b) are rounded. Reference numeral 84 is a fixing plate for positioning the guide pipe 29 at a fixed position.

As shown in FIG. 2, a metering pouring valve device 50 provided at the tip of the gutter-shaped box body 2 includes a metering valve rod 26, a valve seat sleeve 27, a guide pipe 29 constituting a cylindrical partition wall, and a coupling. 60, a connecting rod 61, a guide device 63, a floating joint 71, and an air cylinder 72.

In this embodiment, in order to pour a predetermined amount of the molten metal 15a into the injection sleeve 3 (opening operation) or to stop the pouring (closing operation), air for moving the metering valve rod 26 up and down is used. The cylinders 72 are arranged so as to be positioned on the same axis as the metering valve rod 26, and then mounted on a support box 75 having both side surfaces opened. The coupling rod 61 and the metering valve rod 26, which are suspended below the air cylinder 72 via a floating joint 71 mounted on a rod 72a, are coupled by a coupling 60. The connecting rod 61 is guided by a bush 64 incorporated in the guide device 63, but between the connecting rod 61 and the bush 64, a difference in thermal expansion amount due to a temperature difference between the trough lid portion 12 and the trough portion 11 can be absorbed. There is a gap. The floating joint 71
Has a self-aligning mechanism.

If the drive mechanism at the upper end of the metering valve rod 26 is structured as described above, even if the temperature of the metering valve rod 26 greatly changes or the shaft center changes, the effect can be sufficiently absorbed. In addition, the metering valve rod 26 has the effect of operating smoothly.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which the metering valve rod 26 is lowered by the action of the air cylinder 72 after being poured into the injection sleeve 3 for a predetermined time and is brought into contact with the sealing surface 81a of the valve seat portion 81. In the embodiment, the metering valve rod 26 and the hemispherical portion 26
Since the reduced diameter portion 26b is provided between the a and the heat supplied from the molten metal 15a even if the heat is radiated from the lower side of the valve seat portion 81, the sealing surface 81a of the valve seat portion 81 has a semi-solidified material such as aluminum. It is difficult to generate oxides and oxides and complete sealing is possible.

The pouring work with the above configuration will be described. After pouring a predetermined amount of molten metal 15a into the injection sleeve 3 from the drain port 65 while the metering valve rod 26 is being raised, pressure oil or compressed air is introduced into the piston head side of the air cylinder 72 to introduce the metering valve rod. 26 is lowered to close the valve. When the valve is closed, the valve seat portion 81 and the hemispherical portion 26a of the metering valve rod 26 come into contact with each other, and the sealing surface 81a seals.

A predetermined amount of the molten metal 15a poured into the injection sleeve 3 is filled in a cavity formed between dies (not shown) by the advance of the plunger tip 4, and is taken out as a product after cooling.

In this embodiment, the case where the valve seat sleeve 27 having a U-shaped cross section is used has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the valve seat portion 81 of the valve seat sleeve 27 may be provided on the same bottom surface as the molten metal reservoir. Alternatively, it may be provided so as to project into the molten metal reservoir.

[0032]

As is apparent from the above description, the hot water supply apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a valve seat portion having a tapered hot water outlet as a part of the valve seat sleeve at the lower end of the valve, A hot water supply device in which a metering valve rod is provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to a seat part, wherein the metering valve rod tip portion has a hemispherical shape, and a reduced diameter portion is provided in a part of the metering valve rod immediately above the hemispherical portion. By providing the heat receiving area, the heat transfer efficiency by the molten metal is improved in the vicinity of the seal part as much as the heat receiving area is increased, and the generation of semi-solidified substances can be suppressed, so that the contact of the metering valve rod and the valve seat sleeve becomes easy. It is possible to prevent the molten metal from leaking from the seal portion. In addition, the contact portion between the valve seat sleeve and the metering valve rod has a tapered shape on the valve seat side and a hemispherical shape on the tip side of the metering valve rod. It is possible to prevent the molten metal from leaking.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main part showing an embodiment of an apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing an example of a metering pouring valve device.

FIG. 3 is an overall vertical cross-sectional view showing an example of a conventional device.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part of the conventional device shown in FIG. 3 according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 gutter for hot water distribution 2 gutter-shaped box body 3 injection sleeve 8 stopper 13, 50 metering pouring valve device 14 inverted U-shaped pipe device 15a, 15b molten metal 21, 28 heater 22 drive mechanism 23 servo motor 24 molten metal surface sensor 25 temperature sensor 26 metering valve rod 26a hemispherical shaped portion 26b reduced diameter portion 27 valve seat sleeve 27a sealing surface 29 guide pipe 30 inverted U-shaped pipe 31 heater (electromagnetic induction type) 37 suction pressurizing device 39 inert gas supply device 40 coupling portion 44 Ball screw 46 Belt 55, 60 Coupling 61 Connecting rod 65 Hot water outlet 71 Floating joint 72 Air cylinder 81 Valve seat 81a Sealing surface 84 Fixed plate

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A hot water supply apparatus having a valve seat portion having a tapered hot water outlet as a part of a valve seat sleeve at a lower end of the valve seat, and a metering valve rod openable and closable with respect to the valve seat portion. ,
A hot water supply device characterized in that the tip of the metering valve rod has a hemispherical shape, and a reduced diameter portion is provided in a part of the metering valve rod immediately above the hemispherical portion.