US20080060779A1 - Sod, slurry-on-demand, casting method and charge - Google Patents
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- B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
- B22D17/00—Pressure die casting or injection die casting, i.e. casting in which the metal is forced into a mould under high pressure
- B22D17/007—Semi-solid pressure die casting
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- B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
- B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
- B22D21/00—Casting non-ferrous metals or metallic compounds so far as their metallurgical properties are of importance for the casting procedure; Selection of compositions therefor
- B22D21/002—Castings of light metals
- B22D21/007—Castings of light metals with low melting point, e.g. Al 659 degrees C, Mg 650 degrees C
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- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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- C22C1/00—Making non-ferrous alloys
- C22C1/12—Making non-ferrous alloys by processing in a semi-solid state, e.g. holding the alloy in the solid-liquid phase
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- the invention relates to SOD (slurry-on-demand) casting systems.
- the present invention enables application of the above noted SOD technology to a wide array of die cast alloys and die casting applications.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view illustrating slurry apparatus for implementing the SOD casting method in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 2 shows the vessel of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a top view of the vessel of FIG. 2 .
- vessel 10 contains a semi-solid casting alloy 12 and is carried on a fixture 14 on a transfer device such as robotic arm 16 .
- the alloy is heated, e.g. in a furnace as in the above incorporated SOD patents, to a molten liquid state, and then poured or discharged into vessel 10 , which is surrounded by an optional cooling sleeve or jacket 18 , and may be separated therefrom by air gaps such as 20 for controlled cooling, which jacket 18 is disposed within electromagnetic stirring device 22 , e.g. a stator, supported by base plate 24 which may or may not be cooled.
- electromagnetic stirring device 22 e.g. a stator
- the alloy After cooling and magnetic stirring, the alloy is transferred while in a partial solid/liquid phase to a casting machine, all as is known and disclosed in the above noted and incorporated SOD patents.
- the noted transfer may be facilitated by a pouring spout 26 formed in the upper collar or lip of vessel 10 , FIGS. 2 , 3 .
- a SOD (slurry-on-demand) casting method casts a low-solid-fraction, namely 10 to 30% by weight solid-fraction alloy.
- This is in contrast to prior solid-fraction ratios of 40 to 60%.
- the noted prior 40 to 60% solid-fraction ratio provides an ice cream-like or jello-like billet
- a 10 to 30% solid-fraction ratio provides a soupy milkshake-like or oatmeal-like charge or billet. It is has been found that the latter ratio, namely a low-solid-fraction, namely 10 to 30% solid-fraction, enables usage of a wider array of die cast alloys, including 380, 383, 360, and Mercalloy (commercially produced under such Trademark by Mercury Marine Division, Brunswick Corporation) alloys.
- the present method provides a SOD, slurry-on-demand, casting method for casting a low-solid-fraction, namely 10 to 30% solid-fraction, alloy, including the steps of heating the alloy to a molten liquid state, e.g. in vessel 10 as above, cooling and stirring the alloy to nucleate and create a partial solid phase of the noted low-solid-fraction, and transferring the alloy while in the partial solid phase of the noted low-solid-fraction to a casting machine, as in the above noted incorporated SOD patents.
- the alloy includes a pair of constituents of different melting point including a first constituent of a first melting point, and a second constituent of a second lower melting point.
- the preferred embodiment of the present method cools the alloy below the first melting point but above the second melting point, whereafter the noted transferring step is performed.
- the first and second melting points are preferably selected close enough to each other such that during the cooling and stirring step, the solidification of the first constituent is limited to the noted low-solid-fraction until the second constituent begins to solidify, and then the transferring step is performed when the temperature of the alloy is between the noted first and second melting points.
- the alloy is provided by aluminum as the first constituent and silicon as the second constituent.
- the silicon content in the molten state increase from 9% to 12% ⁇ 1% (in one preferred embodiment the latter being 12.6%) during the noted cooling step between the first and second melting temperatures whereby the amount of aluminum transitioning in phase from liquid to solid state is limited to the noted low-solid-fraction, wherein the eutectic composition of the alloy is at the noted 12.6% silicon.
- the noted first constituent is nucleated and solidified by magnetic stirring, as in the above noted incorporated SOD patents. Further in the preferred embodiment, the first constituent is nucleated and solidified without introducing a foreign object into the molten alloy. This is in contrast to prior art systems incorporating a rotating cooled rod, e.g. a graphite rod, introduced into a crucible of alloy to initiate the nucleation of solid phase particles.
- a rotating cooled rod e.g. a graphite rod
- the alloy is transferred while in the molten liquid state to vessel 10 , and then the cooling and magnetic stirring step is performed while the alloy is in vessel 10 , and then the alloy is transferred in the noted partial solid phase of the noted low-solid-fraction from the vessel to the casting machine.
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US11/520,829 US20080060779A1 (en) | 2006-09-13 | 2006-09-13 | Sod, slurry-on-demand, casting method and charge |
CA002587816A CA2587816A1 (fr) | 2006-09-13 | 2007-05-07 | Methode de moulage de laitier a la demande et charge |
EP07013338A EP1900455A1 (fr) | 2006-09-13 | 2007-07-07 | Procédé de moulage à l'état semi solide et charge |
JP2007211485A JP2008068321A (ja) | 2006-09-13 | 2007-08-14 | Sod(スラリー・オンデマンド)鋳造方法及び充填物 |
AU2007216614A AU2007216614A1 (en) | 2006-09-13 | 2007-08-30 | Sod. Slurry-on-demand, casting method and charge |
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US6742567B2 (en) * | 2001-08-17 | 2004-06-01 | Brunswick Corporation | Apparatus for and method of producing slurry material without stirring for application in semi-solid forming |
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