US20070209774A1 - Casting mold making system - Google Patents

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US20070209774A1
US20070209774A1 US11/682,469 US68246907A US2007209774A1 US 20070209774 A1 US20070209774 A1 US 20070209774A1 US 68246907 A US68246907 A US 68246907A US 2007209774 A1 US2007209774 A1 US 2007209774A1
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Shoichi Nishi
Toshisaburo Kimura
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22C—FOUNDRY MOULDING
    • B22C15/00—Moulding machines characterised by the compacting mechanism; Accessories therefor
    • B22C15/23—Compacting by gas pressure or vacuum
    • B22C15/24—Compacting by gas pressure or vacuum involving blowing devices in which the mould material is supplied in the form of loose particles
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    • B22C5/00—Machines or devices specially designed for dressing or handling the mould material so far as specially adapted for that purpose
    • B22C5/04—Machines or devices specially designed for dressing or handling the mould material so far as specially adapted for that purpose by grinding, blending, mixing, kneading, or stirring
    • B22C5/0409—Blending, mixing, kneading or stirring; Methods therefor
    • B22C5/044—Devices having a vertical stirrer shaft in a fixed receptacle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22C—FOUNDRY MOULDING
    • B22C5/00—Machines or devices specially designed for dressing or handling the mould material so far as specially adapted for that purpose
    • B22C5/04—Machines or devices specially designed for dressing or handling the mould material so far as specially adapted for that purpose by grinding, blending, mixing, kneading, or stirring
    • B22C5/0409—Blending, mixing, kneading or stirring; Methods therefor
    • B22C5/044—Devices having a vertical stirrer shaft in a fixed receptacle
    • B22C5/0445—Devices having a vertical stirrer shaft in a fixed receptacle the material flowing continuously through the device
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22C—FOUNDRY MOULDING
    • B22C5/00—Machines or devices specially designed for dressing or handling the mould material so far as specially adapted for that purpose
    • B22C5/12—Machines or devices specially designed for dressing or handling the mould material so far as specially adapted for that purpose for filling flasks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22C—FOUNDRY MOULDING
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  • This invention relates to the technical field of a casting mold making system in which casting sand is blown and packed into a cavity created by molding dies.
  • gas-curing casting sand is previously accommodated in a receiver of a blow head, the casting sand is blown and packed through the blow nozzles into a cavity in molding dies by feeding pressurized gas into the receiver and a curing gas is then introduced into the cavity to cure the casting sand packed in the cavity, thereby making a casting mold.
  • hot-curing casting sand instead of gas-curing casting sand, is blown and packed into a cavity in molding dies and the molding dies are heated to cure the casting sand.
  • the above disclosed technique involves a decompressor for depressurizing the cavity and a device for exerting an impact pressure on the casting sand, thereby incurring a larger sized system and significant cost increases.
  • the present invention has been made in view of the foregoing and, therefore, its object is to blow and pack casting sand into a cavity created by molding dies while ensuring good, constant packability with a simple structure.
  • the present invention is configured to discontinuously raise the pressure of pressurized gas to be fed into the receiver at least once in the course of feeding of pressurized gas into the receiver.
  • a casting mold making system of the present invention includes a blow head having a receiver for accommodating casting sand and a blow nozzle communicating with the receiver and a pressurized gas feed system for feeding pressurized gas into the receiver of the blow head and is configured to feed pressurized gas into the receiver through the pressurized gas feed system and thereby blow the casting sand in the receiver through the blow nozzle into a cavity in molding dies and pack the casting sand into the cavity.
  • the pressurized gas feed system is configured to discontinuously raise the pressure of pressurized gas to be fed into the receiver at least once in the course of feeding of pressurized gas into the receiver.
  • the pressure of pressurized gas to be fed into the receiver is low, the packability of casting sand into the cavity becomes poor. On the other hand, if the pressure thereof is high, the packability is good but casting sand may blow out through or clog holes in the molding dies, such as ejector pin holes and vents for expelling pressurized gas. However, if the pressure of pressurized gas to be fed into the receiver is low at the beginning of feeding of the pressurized gas into the receiver, casting sand can cover the openings of the ejector pin holes and vents without blowing out through or clogging them.
  • the pressurized gas feed system is preferably configured to discontinuously raise the pressure of pressurized gas to be fed into the receiver from a low pressure to a high pressure once in the course of feeding of pressurized gas into the receiver.
  • the time taken to pack casting sand into the cavity is normally as short as within one second. Therefore, raising the pressure of pressurized gas twice or more during the packing is itself difficult as compared with the case of raising it just once and involves a complicated structure. In addition, even if the pressure of pressurized gas is discontinuously raised from low to high just once, a sufficiently good packability can be obtained. Hence, according to the above configuration, the packability of casting sand into the cavity can be enhanced with a simpler structure.
  • the pressurized gas feed system preferably comprises: a low-pressure tank for storing low-pressure pressurized gas; a high-pressure tank for storing high-pressure pressurized gas; and a feeding device for first feeding the low-pressure pressurized gas in the low-pressure tank into the receiver and then feeding the high-pressure pressurized gas into the receiver.
  • the pressure of pressurized gas to be fed into the receiver can be quickly changed, at an appropriate timing and with high response, to a pressure providing a good packability.
  • the pressurized gas feed system preferably further comprises a pressure changing device for individually changing the pressure levels of the low and high pressures.
  • the casting mold making system further comprises a casting sand amount detection device for detecting the amount of casting sand in the receiver, wherein the pressure changing device is configured to individually change the pressure levels of the low and high pressures based on the amount of casting sand detected by the casting sand amount detection device.
  • the pressure levels of the low and high pressures can be changed to optimum pressure levels according to the amount of casting sand in the receiver. Specifically, when casting sand is once blown and packed into the cavity, the amount of casting sand in the receiver is reduced by the amount thereof packed in the cavity.
  • the manner of blowing out casting sand through the blow nozzle and the packability in the next blowing and packing differ from those in the previous blowing and packing, even at the same pressure level, corresponding to the amount of casting sand reduced from that in the receiver by the previous blowing and packing (generally, casting sand in the receiver becomes more likely to be blown out through the blow nozzle as the amount of casting sand in it is smaller).
  • the volume of the empty space in the receiver i.e., the space in which no casting sand exists
  • the amount of casting sand reduced increases by the amount of casting sand reduced, which also makes a difference in the manner of blowing out casting sand (generally, casting sand in the receiver becomes less likely to be blown out through the blow nozzle as the amount of casting sand in it is smaller, i.e., as the volume of the empty space increases).
  • the casting mold making system further comprises: a stirrer for stirring the casting sand in the receiver; a stirrer drive unit for driving the stirrer; and a stirring resistance detection device for detecting the stirring resistance of the stirrer and that the pressure changing device is configured to individually change the pressure levels of the low and high pressures based on the stirring resistance detected by the stirring resistance detection device.
  • the stirring resistance of the stirrer is in correspondence with the bulk density of casting sand in the receiver.
  • the bulk density increases owing to pressure applied from pressurized gas as the number of times of blowing and packing increases.
  • the manner of blowing out casting sand through the blow nozzle and the packability differ from those in the previous blowing and packing, even at the same pressure level, corresponding to an increase in bulk density from the previous blowing and packing. Therefore, if an examination is previously made of the relation between the bulk density and the pressure levels of the low and high pressures to provide optimum packability, the pressure levels can be changed to those according to the stirring resistance detected by the stirring resistance detection device, whereby good packability can be constantly obtained with stability.
  • the casting mold making system further comprises: a casting sand amount detection device for detecting the amount of casting sand in the receiver; a stirrer for stirring the casting sand in the receiver; a stirrer drive unit for driving the stirrer; and a stirring resistance detection device for detecting the stirring resistance of the stirrer and that the pressure changing device is configured to individually change the pressure levels of the low and high pressures based on the amount of casting sand detected by the casting sand amount detection device and the stirring resistance detected by the stirring resistance detection device.
  • the pressure levels can be changed to optimum levels according to the amount of casting sand and the stirring resistance of the stirrer, thereby surely providing an optimum packability.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a casting mold making system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a controller.
  • FIG. 3 is a graph showing an example of a pattern of changes in the internal pressure of a receiver.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a casting mold actually made.
  • FIG. 5 is a graph showing changes in the internal pressure of a receiver in Working Example.
  • FIG. 6 is a graph showing changes in the internal pressure of a receiver in Comparative Example 1.
  • FIG. 7 is a graph showing changes in the internal pressure of a receiver in Comparative Example 2.
  • FIG. 8 is a graph showing changes in the internal pressure of a receiver in Comparative Example 3.
  • FIG. 9 is a graph showing measurement results on the amounts of casting sand packed and the amounts of casting sand blown out in Working Example and Comparative Examples 1 to 3.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows a casting mold making system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the casting mold making system is a cold box casting mold making system including a blow head 1 with a receiver 2 for accommodating gas-curing casting sand 41 .
  • the casting sand 41 contains a binder composed of a phenol resin and a polyisocyanate compound and a solvent so that the surfaces of sand particles are coated with the binder and the solvent.
  • the phenol resin in the binder include phenol resins having at least one benzyl ether group in its molecule, novolak resins and their derivative resins.
  • polyisocyanate compound examples include diphenylmethane diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate and 4,4′-dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate.
  • the solvent is an organic solvent including aliphatic hydrocarbons, alicyclic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, halogenated hydrocarbons, ketones, esters, ethers and alcohols, or their mixtures.
  • the casting sand 41 is fed from a kneading unit 3 disposed above the receiver 2 to the receiver 2 .
  • the binder, the solvent and sand are charged into the kneading unit 3 and uniformly kneaded by a kneader 4 driven into rotation in the kneading unit 3 , thereby providing casting sand 41 in which sand particles are coated with the binder and the solvent as described above.
  • a shutter 5 opened and closed by a shutter drive mechanism 6 , is disposed between the receiver 2 and the kneading unit 3 .
  • the operation of the shutter drive mechanism 6 is controlled by a controller 31 .
  • the shutter 5 is opened by the shutter drive mechanism 6
  • the casting sand 41 falls down from the kneading unit 3 by its own weight and is fed to the receiver 2 .
  • the bottom of the blow head 1 is provided with a plurality of blow nozzles 9 , communicated with the receiver 2 , for blowing out casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 therethrough.
  • the blow nozzles 9 are presented to a cavity 36 created by a plurality of molding dies 35 set up below the casting mold making system. Casting sand 41 blown out through the blow nozzles 9 is packed into the cavity 36 to have a shape of a casting mold to be made by the casting mold making system.
  • Casting molds made by the casting mold making system include casting molds for cylinder blocks or cylinder heads and cores for water jackets of the cylinder heads.
  • An upper portion of any one of the side walls defining the receiver 2 in the blow head 1 is formed with an air feed port la through which pressurized air serving as pressurized gas is fed into the receiver 2 .
  • the air feed port la is connected to a first air tank 12 and a second air tank 13 through a solenoid valve 11 whose actuation is controlled by the controller 31 .
  • the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 are supplied with air in the factory while each air to the air tanks 12 and 13 is kept at a constant pressure by a regulator (not shown).
  • the airs supplied are stored as pressurized airs in the air tanks 12 and 13 .
  • the first air tank 12 stores pressurized air at a low pressure (e.g., about 0.2 MPa), while the second air tank 13 stores pressurized air at a higher pressure (e.g., about 0.4 MPa) than the first air tank 12 .
  • a low pressure e.g., about 0.2 MPa
  • the second air tank 13 stores pressurized air at a higher pressure (e.g., about 0.4 MPa) than the first air tank 12 .
  • the first air tank 12 corresponds to a low-pressure tank
  • the second air tank 13 corresponds to a high-pressure tank.
  • the solenoid valve 11 is selectively put, under the control of the controller 13 , into any one of three positions, a position to communicate the first air tank 12 with the receiver 2 , a position to communicate the second air tank 13 with the receiver 2 and a position not to communicate both the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 with the receiver 2 .
  • the solenoid valve 11 is put into a position to communicate the first or second air tank 12 or 13 with the receiver 2 , pressurized air is fed into the receiver 2 , whereby casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 is blown through the blow nozzles 9 into the cavity 36 in the molding dies 35 and packed into the cavity 36 .
  • the solenoid valve 11 , the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 and the controller 31 constitute a pressurized gas feed system for feeding pressurized gas into the receiver 2 .
  • the pressurized air, blown into the cavity 36 together with the casting sand 41 is vented out of the cavity 36 through air vents 37 attached to the bottom of the molding die 35 .
  • the pressurized air feed system is configured to discontinuously raise the pressure of pressurized air to be fed into the receiver 2 at least once in the course of feeding of pressurized air into the receiver 2 .
  • the pressure of pressurized air to be fed into the receiver 2 is discontinuously raised from a low pressure to a high pressure just once in the course of feeding of pressurized air into the receiver 2 .
  • the solenoid valve 11 is put into a position to communicate the first air tank 12 with the receiver 2 by the controller 31 .
  • the solenoid valve 11 When a first predetermined time passes since the start of feeding of a low-pressure pressurized air into the receiver 2 , the solenoid valve 11 is put into a position to communicate the second air tank 13 with the receiver 2 by the controller 31 . Thereby, partway through the feeding of pressurized air into the receiver 2 , pressurized air to be fed into the receiver 2 is changed from the low-pressure pressurized air in the first air tank 12 to a high-pressure pressurized air in the second air tank 13 .
  • the solenoid valve 11 and the controller 31 constitute a feeding device for first feeding the low-pressure pressurized gas in the low-pressure tank into the receiver 2 and then feeding the high-pressure pressurized gas into the receiver 2 .
  • the solenoid valve 11 is put into a position not to communicate both the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 with the receiver 2 by the controller 31 .
  • the first predetermined time which is the timing of changing the pressure of pressurized air to be fed into the receiver 2 , is previously set at such a time period that casting sand 41 neither blows out through nor clogs ejector pin holes (not shown) and the air vents 37 and that good packability can be obtained.
  • the first predetermined time is normally about 0.2 to 0.3 seconds.
  • the second predetermined time is previously set at a slightly longer time period than the time period taken to fully pack casting sand 41 into the cavity 36 and varies depending upon the volume of the cavity 36 .
  • the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 are provided with their respective pressure intensifying valves 14 whose actuation is controlled by the controller 31 .
  • the pressure intensifying valves 14 Through the control of each of the pressure intensifying valves 14 , the low-pressure and high-pressure pressurized airs in the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 can be individually changed in pressure.
  • the pressure intensifying valves 14 and the controller 31 constitute a pressure changing device for individually changing the pressure levels of the low and high pressures. It should be noted that even when the pressurized airs in the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 are individually changed, the pressure magnitude relation between the pressurized airs in the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 does not change.
  • a casting sand amount sensor 16 serving as a casting sand amount detection device for detecting the amount of casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 .
  • the casting sand amount sensor 16 is configured to emit infrared rays downward, receive infrared rays reflected from the top surface of the casting sand 41 and detect the amount of casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 based on the intensity of the reflected infrared rays.
  • any appropriate sensors having other configurations can also be employed. Data on the amount of casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 detected by the casting sand amount sensor 16 is input to the controller 31 .
  • a lower part of the interior of the receiver 2 of the blow head 1 is provided with a stirrer 21 for stirring casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 .
  • the stirrer 21 is an element for detecting the bulk density of casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 as described later.
  • the stirrer 21 is composed of a rotary shaft 21 a vertically extending and rotatably supported, a base plate 21 b fixed to the lower end of the rotary shaft 21 a and extending horizontally, and a plurality of stirring bars 21 c disposed on the base plate 21 b.
  • the upper end of the rotary shaft 21 a is connected to the stirrer drive unit 22 .
  • the stirrer drive unit 22 includes a drive motor 22 a, a connecting member made, for example, of flexible wire and connecting the rotary shaft of the drive motor 22 a to the rotary shaft 21 a, and a drive circuit for driving the drive motor 22 a.
  • the drive circuit includes a current detecting element 22 b for detecting the value of current flowing into the drive motor 22 a.
  • the current detecting element 22 b constitutes a stirring resistance detection device for detecting the stirring resistance of the stirrer 21 .
  • the operation of the drive motor 22 a of the stirrer drive unit 22 is controlled by the controller 31 .
  • data on the value of current detected by the current detecting element 22 b is input to the controller 31 .
  • the controller 31 is configured to operate the drive motor 22 a prior to the blowing and packing of casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 into the cavity 36 .
  • the controller 31 is also configured to allow the pressure intensifying valves 14 to individually change the pressures of the pressurized airs in the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 based on the value of current detected by the current detecting element 22 b during operation of the drive motor 22 a and the amount of casting sand 41 detected by the casting sand amount sensor 16 .
  • the amount of casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 is reduced by the amount thereof packed in the cavity 36 . If in this state no casting sand 41 is supplementally fed into the receiver 2 , the manner of blowing out casting sand 41 through the blow nozzles 9 and the packability in the next blowing and packing differ from those in the previous blowing and packing, even at the same pressure level, corresponding to the amount of casting sand 41 reduced from that in the receiver 2 by the previous blowing and packing.
  • the volume of the empty space in the receiver 2 increases by the amount of casting sand 41 reduced, which also makes a difference in the manner of blowing out casting sand 41 .
  • the pressurized airs in the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 are changed to lower pressure levels because casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 becomes more likely to be blown out through the blow nozzles 9 as the amount of casting sand 41 in it is smaller.
  • the increase in the volume of the empty space lowers the internal pressure of the receiver 2 and therefore weakens the effect of ease of blowing out casting sand 41 . Therefore, the pressurized airs are changed in pressure by a smaller amount of pressure reduction than that corresponding to the amount of casting sand 41 reduced.
  • the value of current is in correspondence with the motor torque required to rotate the stirrer 21 , i.e., the stirring resistance of the stirrer 21
  • the stirring resistance of the stirrer 21 is in correspondence with the bulk density of casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 .
  • the bulk density increases as the value of current of the drive motor 22 a increases.
  • the bulk density increases owing to pressure applied from pressurized air as the number of times of blowing and packing increases.
  • the manner of blowing out casting sand 41 through the blow nozzles 9 and the packability differ from those in the previous blowing and packing, even at the same pressure level, corresponding to an increase in bulk density from the previous blowing and packing.
  • the controller 31 sets, by reference to the table, the pressures of pressurized airs in the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 that will provide an optimum packability and controls the pressure intensifying valves 14 to reach the pressures.
  • the pressures of pressurized airs in the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 may be set based on only the amount of casting sand 41 detected by the casting sand amount sensor 16 .
  • the stirrer 21 and the stirrer drive unit 22 can be dispensed with.
  • the pressures of pressurized airs in the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 may be set based on only the value of current detected by the current detecting element 22 b (the stirring resistance of the stirrer 21 ).
  • the interior of the receiver 2 may be provided with a pressure sensor for detecting the internal pressure of the receiver 2 and the pressures of pressurized airs in the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 may be set based on, in addition to the value of current and the amount of casting sand 41 , the internal pressure of the receiver 2 detected by the pressure sensor.
  • a pressure sensor for detecting the internal pressure of the receiver 2 and the pressures of pressurized airs in the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 may be set based on, in addition to the value of current and the amount of casting sand 41 , the internal pressure of the receiver 2 detected by the pressure sensor.
  • the first predetermined time which is the timing of changing the pressure of pressurized air to be fed into the receiver 2 , may be changed based on the amount of casting sand 41 detected by the casting sand amount sensor 16 (or also based on the value of current detected by the current detecting element 22 b and/or the internal pressure of the receiver 2 detected by the pressure sensor).
  • the controller 31 actuates the shutter drive mechanism 6 to feed casting sand 41 from the kneading unit 3 into the receiver 2 .
  • the drive motor 22 a of the stirrer drive unit 22 is operated until the stirrer 22 reaches a predetermined number of rotations.
  • the pressures of pressurized airs in the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 are individually set by reference to the table based on the value of current detected by the current detecting element 22 b during the operation of the drive motor 22 a and the amount of casting sand 41 detected by the casting sand amount sensor 16 and the pressurized airs are changed to the set pressures by the associated pressure intensifying valves 14 .
  • step S 3 the solenoid valve 11 is put into a position to communicate the first air tank 12 with the receiver 2 to feed a low-pressure pressurized air in the first air tank 12 into the receiver 2 . Subsequently, it is determined in step S 4 whether the first predetermined time has passed since the start of feeding of the low-pressure pressurized air.
  • step S 4 If the determination in step S 4 is NO, the procedure goes back to step S 3 . If the determination in step S 4 is YES, the procedure goes to step S 5 to put the solenoid valve 11 into a position to communicate the second air tank 13 with the receiver 2 , thereby feeding a high-pressure pressurized air from the second air tank 13 into the receiver 2 . Subsequently, it is determined in step S 6 whether the second predetermined time has passed since the start of feeding of the low-pressure pressurized air.
  • step S 6 If the determination in step S 6 is NO, the procedure goes back to step S 5 . If the determination in step S 6 is YES, the procedure goes to step S 7 to put the solenoid valve 11 into a position not to communicate both the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 with the receiver 2 , thereby stopping the feeding of pressurized air.
  • step S 8 it is determined whether the amount of casting sand 41 detected by the casting sand amount sensor 16 is smaller than the predetermined amount. If the determination in step S 8 is NO, the procedure ends. If the determination in step S 8 is YES, the procedure goes to step S 9 to actuate the shutter drive mechanism 6 and then ends.
  • the molding dies 35 are set up in the casting mold making system. Then, when the casting mold making system is activated by switch operation or in other manners, the stirrer 21 is rotated a predetermined number of rotations by the drive motor 22 a of the stirrer drive unit 22 and the value of current of the drive motor 22 a in operation is detected. Then, based on the value of current of the drive motor 22 a thus detected and the amount of casting sand 41 detected by the casting sand amount sensor 16 , the pressures of pressurized airs in the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 are changed to individual suitable pressures by the associated pressure intensifying valves 14 .
  • pressurized air starts to be fed into the receiver 2 .
  • a low-pressure pressurized air in the first tank 12 is fed into the receiver 2 .
  • the internal pressure of the receiver 2 is gradually raised and casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 then starts to be blown through the blow nozzles 9 into the cavity 36 in the molding dies 35 when the internal pressure reaches a certain pressure.
  • the internal pressure of the receiver 2 is not raised so much, so that the pressure on casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 is not so large.
  • casting sand 41 blown into the cavity 36 can cover the openings of the ejector pin holes and the air vents 37 without blowing out through or clogging them.
  • casting sand 41 in the cavity 36 fully covers all the openings of the ejector pin holes and the air vents 37 .
  • pressurized air to be fed into the receiver 2 is changed from the low-pressure pressurized air in the first air tank 12 to a high-pressure pressurized air in the second air tank 13 , thereby feeding the high-pressure pressurized air from the second air tank 13 into the receiver 2 .
  • the internal pressure of the receiver 2 abruptly rises.
  • a large pressure acts on casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 , whereby the casting sand 41 rushes out through the blow nozzles 9 and becomes swifly packed into the cavity 36 .
  • casting sand 41 in the cavity 36 has already covered all the openings by the time, casting sand 41 being blown can be packed into the cavity 36 with high packability without blowing out through or clogging the ejector pin holes and the air vents 37 .
  • the feeding of pressurized air is stopped.
  • the internal pressure of the receiver 2 increases during a short period of time after the stop of feeding of pressurized air but then gradually reduces because the pressurized air gradually flows through between casting sand particles and the air vents 37 away to the outside of the molding dies 35 .
  • an exhaust valve is provided for exhausting pressurized air from the receiver 2 and operated during the measurement and, therefore, the rate of reduction in the pressure in the receiver 2 is considerably high.
  • the molding dies 35 are moved to an unshown curing gas introduction device disposed separately from the blow head 1 in order to introduce curing gas into the cavity 36 in the molding dies 35 , and placed in the curing gas introduction device. Then, curing gas (such as triethylamine gas) is introduced into the cavity 36 to cure the casting sand 41 packed in the cavity 36 , thereby completing the making of a high-quality casting mold.
  • curing gas such as triethylamine gas
  • the processing procedure of the controller 31 is carried out similarly and casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 is packed into the cavity 36 in the molding dies 35 .
  • the amount of casting sand 41 generally becomes smaller than that in the previous blowing and packing (but becomes larger when casting sand 41 is fed from the kneading unit 3 into the receiver 2 ). In other words, the volume of the space in the receiver 2 where no casting sand 41 exists increases.
  • the bulk density of casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 becomes higher than that in the previous blowing and packing owing to pressure applied from pressurized air in the previous blowing and packing.
  • the pressures of pressurized airs in the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 are individually changed based on the bulk density of casting sand 41 (the value of current detected by the current detecting element 22 b ) and the amount of casting sand 41 detected by the casting sand amount sensor 16 , casting sand 41 can be well packed into the cavity 36 also in this blowing and packing. After the blowing and packing, the casting sand 41 in the cavity 36 is cured similarly. If the above processing procedure and curing of casting sand 41 are repeated in this manner, a large number of casting molds can be made.
  • the shutter drive mechanism 6 is actuated to put the shutter 5 to an open position, whereby casting sand 41 is fed from the kneading unit 3 into the receiver 2 .
  • the pressure of pressurized air to be fed into the receiver 2 is discontinuously raised from a low pressure to a high pressure once in the course of feeding of pressurized air into the receiver 2 . Therefore, the packability of casting sand 41 into the cavity 36 can be enhanced with a simple structure. In addition, casting sand 41 can be prevented from blowing out through or clogging the ejector pin holes and the air vents 37 , thereby preventing the ejector pin holes from wearing owing to clogging of casting sand 41 .
  • the pressure of pressurized air to be fed into the receiver 2 is discontinuously raised from a low pressure to a high pressure just once in the course of feeding of pressurized air into the receiver 2
  • the number of times to discontinuously raise the pressure of pressurized air may be two or more.
  • raising the pressure of pressurized air twice or more during the packing is itself difficult as compared with the case of raising it just once and involves a complicated structure because the time taken to pack casting sand 41 is as short as within one second.
  • the pressure of pressurized air is preferably raised from low to high just once as in the above embodiment.
  • the pressurized gas feed system includes first and second air tanks 12 and 13 for storing pressurized air and is configured to feed pressurized air from the first and second air tanks 12 and 13 into the receiver 2
  • the pressurized gas feed system may be instead configured to provide two pressurized air sources containing airs of different pressures and feed into the receiver 2 first a low-pressure pressurized air from one pressurized air source and then a high-pressure pressurized air from the other.
  • the casting sand amount sensor 16 may not be used, for example, in the case of making a large number of casting molds of the same configuration.
  • the amount of casting sand 41 reduced in a single blowing and packing is substantially constant.
  • a given amount of casting sand 41 i.e., the given times multiplied by the amount of casting sand reduced in a single blowing and packing
  • individual amounts of casting sand 41 in the receiver 2 for the respective blowing and packing times can be determined. Therefore, if the controller 31 stores the individual amounts of casting sand 41 determined, a large number of casting molds of the same configuration can be made without using the casting sand amount sensor 16 .
  • the present invention is applicable to a shell mold making system for blowing and packing hot-curing casting sand into a cavity in molding dies and heating the molding dies to cure the casting sand.
  • a casting mold making system as in the above embodiment was used to make a plate casting mold having approximately the shape of the letter U.
  • the casting mold making system has blow nozzles provided at its points corresponding to both ends of the casting mold and an air vent provided at its point corresponding to the middle of the casting mold.
  • FIG. 5 shows a pattern of changes in the internal pressure of the receiver in Working Example.
  • the pressure changes in this case are approximately the same as those in FIG. 3 .
  • FIGS. 6 to 8 shows patterns of changes in the internal pressure of the receiver in Comparative Examples 1 to 3, respectively.
  • FIG. 9 shows measurement results on the amounts of casting sand packed and the amounts of casting sand blown out in Working Example and Comparative Examples 1 to 3.
  • Reference to FIG. 9 indicates that when the pressure of pressurized air being fed was kept at a constant low pressure as in Comparative Example 1, the amount of casting sand packed became considerably small. This is because the molded product did not have a full shape of a casting mold but lacked both ends of the shape. On the other hand, the amount of casting sand blown out was very small and, therefore, Comparative Example 1 was good in this respect.
  • the pressure of pressurized air being fed was kept at a constant high pressure as in Comparative Example 2
  • casting sand was fully packed but the amount of casting sand blown out became considerably large.

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