US3814127A - Automatic device for discrete compensation of the metallostatic pressure in machines for casting with gas pressure - Google Patents

Automatic device for discrete compensation of the metallostatic pressure in machines for casting with gas pressure Download PDF

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US3814127A
US3814127A US00247716A US24771672A US3814127A US 3814127 A US3814127 A US 3814127A US 00247716 A US00247716 A US 00247716A US 24771672 A US24771672 A US 24771672A US 3814127 A US3814127 A US 3814127A
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C Hristov
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15C—FLUID-CIRCUIT ELEMENTS PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR COMPUTING OR CONTROL PURPOSES
    • F15C1/00—Circuit elements having no moving parts
    • F15C1/003—Circuit elements having no moving parts for process regulation, (e.g. chemical processes, in boilers or the like); for machine tool control (e.g. sewing machines, automatic washing machines); for liquid level control; for controlling various mechanisms; for alarm circuits; for AC-DC transducers for control purposes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D18/00—Pressure casting; Vacuum casting
    • B22D18/08—Controlling, supervising, e.g. for safety reasons
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • An automatic system for discretely adjusting the metallostatic pressure of a metal-casting machine operating under a pressure differential receives an input to its ring counter from the casting unit representing the number of casting cycles.
  • the output of the ring counter is applied to the shift register which, in response to the count, operates an output circuit to provide a control signal adjusting the differential pressure in accordance with a number of castings produced.
  • the present invention relates to a system for the establishment of discrete pressure differentials in apparatus for the casting of metals under gas pressure so as to vary in increments the differential pressure effecting the casting with the decreasing level of metal in the crucible.
  • metal in the casting of molten metals under differential pressure, metal can be forced'from a crucible at a high pressure through a tube into a mold in a chamber at relatively low pressure so that the molten metal is displaced at least in part under the pressure differential.
  • the metallostatic pressure depends upon the head of molten metal which must be overcome to displace the metal through the tube.
  • the differential pressure applied to the system must be varied so as to maintain casting uniformity.
  • the system of the present invention provides for automatic switchover from one operating (pressurecontrolling) nozzle to another in succession inaccordance with a manometer reading and in response to variation in the level of molten metal in the crucible (determined by counting the number of castings made).
  • the system has been found to permit full utilization of the metal in the crucible, casting at a constant pressure as seen in the mold and regulation over a wide range of the initial value of the differential pressure.
  • the system thus can be used in avariety of machines for casting metals under pressure, independently of the size of the crucible or the type of metal cast.
  • Another advantage is that the number of nozzle sets (differential-pressure increments) is not limited so that a large variety of differential pressures may be employed and the rate at which the differential pressure increments are changed can be varied.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the basic elements of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing the various logic elements employed in the block diagram of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the manometer and the nozzle arrangements used therewith.
  • the system according to the present invention consists basically of a presettable ring counter (A) receiving an input 15 upon the completion of each casting operation, the input therefore representing the incremental decrease in the level of the metal in the crucible represented by each single casting'.
  • the output of this ring counter is applied to a shift register B generating an enabling signal when the count reaches' a predetermined level to signal a differential pressure change to the output circuit C.
  • the signal is supplied as will be apparent from FIG. 2, to logic elements insuring stepped differential pressures as established by selective nozzles of a fluidics or baffle nozzle control system for the differential pressure which is applied to the casting machine in the manner described,
  • the manometer has a dial face over which is shiftable the temperature-indicating pointer 16 which carries a partition or movable vane or baffle 59 adapted to passbetween juxtaposed sets of nozzles which are effective to generate a signal as described at page 419 of SERVO- MECHANISM PRACTICE, McGraw Hill Book Co., Znd Edition, 1960.
  • the signal from the shift register is combined with the fluid pressure signal from the nozzle s to generate an output which is obtained at 57 and represents the set differential pressure.
  • Outputs 56 and 58 represent, respectively, the preset maximum pressure and the preset minimum pressure corresponding to nozzle sets 43 and 44 respectively.
  • the ring counter A (FIG. 2)'basically comprises a pulse former or shaper l which converts the input signal 15 into an electrical pulse of well-definedwaveform which is applied to one input of an AND gate 5 feeding a digital pulse counter or summer 7.
  • the AND gate 5 passes the signal 15 when it receives a clock signal from a trigger or clock-pulse generator 11 which may be of the multivibrator type.
  • the pulse counter 7 gives an output signal only when the number of input pulses from the AND gate exceeds the digit preset at the counter7.
  • the output signal is applied to an inverter 8 which supplies both inputs of an OR gate 9 to deliver asignal to the trigger circuit 11.
  • the output signal representing a count beyond the number preset in counter 7, is applied through the pulse shaper 12 to an AND gate 16 at the input to the shift register B.
  • the pulse is applied to an inverter 14 and a pulse shaper 13 which feeds one input of the OR gate 10. This operates the trigger 11 to enable the AND gate 5 for the next count.
  • the signal from pulse shaper 12 is applied to a two-input OR gate 6 to reset the counter 7 and renders it effective for the next counting cycle.
  • the AND gate 16 of the shift register B When the AND gate 16 is enabled by v r 3 an input from the last OR gate 26 as will be described in greater detail hereinafter, it delivers a signal to the single input trigger l7 (flip-flop) which, in accordance with shift register principles, delivers a signal after an initial change of state which is applied through the pulse shaper to the next trigger or flip-flop 18. The latter likewise delivers its signal following a change of state to the trigger or flip-flop 19.
  • Each of the triggers 17 19 may be reset either by the pushbutton 2 or by the pressure signal H via the OR gate 3.
  • a common feed for all of the nozzles is provided at H and an indicator 48 54 is provided with each nozzle to permit visual indication of the effective set of nozzles or pressure.
  • a switch 55 applies a signal through, the AND gate 27 to the nozzle 28 to override, if desired, the automatic compensation system.
  • the pneumatic nozzles 33 37, 43 and 44 can be adjustable in a slot of the dial of the manometer.
  • a ring counter receiving a sequence of input pulses representing successive castings by said apparatus and corresponding reduction in the level of molten metal in said crucible producing anoutput pulse upon the detection of an input pulse following a predetermined number of input pulses of said sequence;
  • I 1 e a pulse shaping device receiving said output pulse and an AND gate responsive to the shaped output pulse for producing a stepping pulse;
  • a shift register comprising a plurality of sequentially connected bistable triggers having output states corresponding to the number of trigger pulses produced by said AND gate, said triggers each having two outputs;
  • switch means connected to a second input of said further AND gate for terminating automatic setting of the differential pressure.

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