US3703922A - Process for the manufacture of nodular cast iron - Google Patents

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US3703922A
US3703922A US842204A US84220469A US3703922A US 3703922 A US3703922 A US 3703922A US 842204 A US842204 A US 842204A US 84220469 A US84220469 A US 84220469A US 3703922 A US3703922 A US 3703922A
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    • C21C1/10—Making spheroidal graphite cast-iron

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  • the invention relates to a casting process for the production of castings of nodular cast iron. Molten flake iron is poured into the casting mould by way of an intermediate cavity which contains the nodularising agent.
  • a further problem is that most of these alkali metals or rare earth metals such as cerium, didynium, lithium, magnesium and strontium are also carbide stabilizers, hence there is also the inherent problem of over-treatment, the production of hard and brittle castings, and loss of machinability and ductility.
  • a pre-formed chamber which may be described as the intermediate chamber to contain the nodularizing alloy.
  • This intermediate chamber maybe located in any suitable position relative to the pouring bush, downsprue, gating and risering system, or the casting mold itself, in such a manner that the incoming molten metal comes into contact with the nodularizer and the reaction commences uniformly. The reaction then continues progressively until the mold is completely filled.
  • the present invention provides a process for the production of nodular or spheroidal graphite cast iron castings in which untreated molten grey cast iron is introduced into the mold by way of one or more 2 intermediate chambers containing a nodularizing agent in an amount sufficient to convert the graphite to nodular or spheroidal form.
  • the invention also provides a mold for use in the process of the inventionwhich comprises a pouring bush, downsprue, gating and risering systems and a casting mold cavity wherein there is provided one or more intemiediate chambers associated with the mold and arranged in the path of the molten metal entering the mold, which chamber or chambers is adapted to receive a nodularizing agent.
  • an intermediate chamber canbe associatedwith any or all of the systems feeding the molten metal to the casting mold, for example an intermediate chamber can be associated with each runner bar.
  • a further advantage of the invention is that it is possible to control precisely the amount of nodularizer that is required for a given weight of metal to convert the graphite from flake to nodularform. This then eliminates the previous dangers due to dross inclusions and over-treatment.
  • any of the well known nodularizing reagents or mixtures may be used; there is a complete absence of turbulence, fume, or pyrotechnics and sound and dense castings are assured.
  • the nodularzing reagents may be employed in lump form, as crushed aggregate, in powderform, or as extruded or compacted/bonded shapes.
  • the size and shape of the nodularizer particles and the quantity required will, as can readily be understood by one skilled in the art, depend upon a number of parameters including the size and shape of the chamber, rate of flow of molten metal through the chamber, ferrostatic pressure, metal temperature and composition, weight and type of casting, and method of manufacture.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of the face of a mold for a sliding block with the cover of the mold removed
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of that part of the mold shown in FIG. 1 containing the downsprue, intermediate chamber and dam and outlet to the riser taken generally in the direction of the arrow II;
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 2.
  • the mold as illustrated is for the casting of a sliding block.
  • the actual casting mold for the block is shown as l.
  • Molten metal enters thecasting mold by way of a pouring bush, not shown, downsprue 2, intermediate chamber 3, riser 4 and riser neck 5.
  • Nodularizing agent in an amount calculated on the basis of the parameters referred to above is placed in the intermediate chamberwhich is provided with a'dam 6 to regulate flow and to ensure sufficient residence time of the metal in the intermediate chamber.
  • the mold box is represented by reference '7 As molten. iron passes into the casting mold 1 it contacts the nodularizing additive in the intermediate chamber 3 and the graphite in the iron is converted into nodular or spheroidal form.
  • nodularizer reagent in this case the alloy constituted 55 percent silicon, 4 percent magnesium, and the balance of iron was calculated based on 0.35 per cent of the combined weight of the casting, the runner bar, ingate, and the feeder riser the total weight being 85 lbs. i.e. 4.76 ozs. of nodularizing reagent was used, in this instance in the form of )6 inch X /4 inch lumps.
  • the molds were thenpoured in sequence, taking l2 minutes to dispose of all themetal. There was no turbulence during pouring, in fact no evidence of fume or flame was observed.
  • EXAMPLE 2 In another treatment series, a ladle of untreated grey cast iron, of 14 tons per square inch tensile, was used to pour a series of diesel engine crankshafts.
  • the intermediate chamber was constructed separately in the form of a core assembly and was located outside the mold proper.
  • the intennediate chamber was enclosed except for the metal inlet point with apouring bush placed over this, and the exitwas located directly over the downsprue of the mold. This method was proved useful where there is insufficient space within the molding box to provide for a suitable intemiediate chamber'or where large castings are to be poured or where complex castings and gating and risering systems are involved.
  • the casting was poured and the visual observations were exactly as in the preceding Examples. After cooling and examination, the casting was sound in every respect with the graphite converted to the fully nodular form.
  • the casting was a cooling segment, and its properties after processing were:
  • a process for the production of spheroidal graphite cast iron castings in which molten cast iron of such composition that it would be a gray cast iron with the graphite in flake form if cast under normal foundry conditions, for example in a sand mold, is introduced into a mold by way of a mold inlet and travels to a mold cavity by way of a gating system which gating system includes at least one intermediate chamber, a nodularizing agent being present in said at least one intermediate chamber in an amount sufficient to convert the graphite to spheroidal form, said molten cast iron contacting said nodularizing agent in said at least one intermediate chamber as it travels from said mold inlet to said mold cavity.
  • intennediate chamber is fluidly connected to a part of the gating system selected from the group of mold parts in the mold consisting of the pouring bush, sprue, runner bar, spinner, ingate and feeding riser.
  • nodularizing agent is selected from the group of materials consisting of magnesium, lithium, barium, cerium, didynium, lanthanum and yttrium.

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