The present invention relates to a casting device.
In general, a casting device extrudes an extrusion pin (ejecting pin) penetrating a mold toward a cavity to release a casted product, when the casted product casted with mold is taken out. (see Patent Document 1, for example)
The extrusion pin described in the Patent Document 1 has a proximal end with a flange portion (43a) held between ejecting plates (41, 43) and has a distal end inserted through a loose-fit hole (23b) of a main mold (21) and a through hole (23) of a movable mold (20) to the cavity (C).
In a vacuum casting mold described in Patent Document 1, when air is sucked to depressurize a cavity (C) to reduce gas or air from being entrained into a melt, the air in a recess portion (22b) enters the cavity (C) through gaps in the loose-fit hole (23b) and the through hole (23). Therefore, there has been a problem that an internal pressure in the cavity (C) is not easily decreased to maintain depressurization in the cavity (C).
In view of this, the present invention has been invented to solve the above problem and an object thereof is to provide a casting device that is capable of maintaining depressurization in a cavity.
To solve the above problem, a casting device according to the present invention is configured to move an extrusion pin, slidably inserted in an insertion hole formed in a mold, into a cavity in the mold to release a casted product, the casting device including a depressurized space creator configured to create a depressurized space on a reverse side of a cavity surface to define the cavity. The depressurized space creator covers an opening of the insertion hole. The “reverse side of a cavity surface” here, for example, in a mold including a fixed mold and a movable mold, refers to a side of the mold where the movable mold is arranged (rear side). In other words, the “reverse side of a cavity surface” refers to an opposite side (back side) of the movable mold to a surface of the cavity surface.
The present invention provides a casting device that is capable of maintaining depressurization in a cavity.
A casting device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to
<Casting Device>
As shown in
The casting device 1 mainly includes the mold 2, a plurality of the extrusion pins 3, a depressurized space creator 4 to create a depressurized space 40 on a rear side of the mold 2, a die-casting machine 6 driving the extrusion pins 3, a depressurizing device 7 to depressurize the depressurized space 40, and a depressurizing device 8 to depressurize the cavity 20. Note that the casting device 1 can be of a horizontal type in which the movable mold 21 is moved horizontally or can be of a vertical type in which the movable mold 21 is moved vertically. Hereinafter, the horizontal type casting device 1 will be described as one of examples.
<Mold>
The mold 2 is a casting mold mainly including the movable mold 21 which is movable, and the fixed mold 22 arranged to face the movable mold 21. The mold 2 can be of a horizontally split type split into multiple surfaces and a shape and a structure thereof are not particularly limited. During casting, a melt of metal such as an aluminum alloy, a magnesium alloy or a zinc alloy is fed into the cavity 20 in the mold 2 from a holding furnace (not shown) arranged in front of the mold 2 or the like. The depressurized space creator 4 to create the depressurized space 40 is arranged on the back side of the cavity surface 2a of the mold 2, particularly on a rear side (back side) of the insertion hole 29 in which the extrusion pin 3 is inserted.
The movable mold 21 includes a mold capable of being moved forward and backward relative to the fixed mold 22 by a forward-and-backward motion mechanism (not shown) provided in a die-casting machine 6. The movable mold 21 includes a movable mold insert 23 arranged on a side, closer to the cavity 20, of a movable main mold 25, the movable main mold 25 arranged to cover the movable mold insert 23 from behind, and a die base 27 fixed on the rear surface of the movable main mold 25. The movable mold 21 includes a core to form a rear half part of the casting product and the cavity surface 2a. The movable mold 21 and the movable mold insert 23 are formed with the insertion hole 29 in which the extrusion pin 3 is inserted so as to be freely movable in a front-rear direction.
The fixed mold 22 includes a front mold fixed on a die plate (not shown). The fixed mold 22 includes a fixed mold insert 24 arranged to face a front side of the movable mold insert 23, a fixed main mold 26 arranged to face a front side of the movable main mold 25, and a casting bush 28 arranged to orient frontward from an outer surface of the fixed mold insert 24. The fixed mold 22 has a fixed-mold cavity to form a front half of the casted product. The movable mold 21 has positioning keys (not shown) for aligning positions arranged on the front surface of the movable mold 21. The fixed mold 22 has recess portions (not shown) arranged on the rear surface of the fixed mold 22 to face the positioning keys. The recess portions respectively engage with the positioning keys to automatically align positions of the movable mold 21 and fixed mold 22.
<Extrusion Pin>
The extrusion pin 3, as shown in
The expanded diameter portion 3a includes a cylindrical sliding part 3c formed in a central portion and a tapered surface 3d formed in front of, and behind, the sliding part 3c. The tapered surface 3d of the extrusion pin 3 pushes against the sealing member 43 to close an extrusion pin insertion hole 4a, thereby maintaining sealing of the depressurized space 40. The flange portion 3b is a thick plate-shaped portion formed at the rear end of the extrusion pin 3.
<Depressurized Space Creator>
The depressurized space creator 4 is a member arranged on the rear side (reverse side) of the movable main mold 25 having the insertion hole 29 to define a sealed chamber, including the depressurized space 40 with air depressurized, behind the movable main mold 25. The depressurized space creator 4 includes a depressurized space creating member 41, a sealing member holding plate 42, the sealing member 43, a sealing member O1, and a fastening bolt (not shown).
As shown in
The extrusion pin insertion hole 4a is a hole in which the expanded diameter portion 3a of the extrusion pin 3 is inserted so as to be moved freely in the front-rear direction. The extrusion pin insertion hole 4a is formed from the depressurized space creating member 41 to the sealing member holding plate 42, extending through the sealing member holding plate 42, on the rear side, from the front surface of the depressurized space creating member 41 in the recess portion 4c.
The suction hole 4b is a through hole to which the suction hose 71 joined to the depressurizing device 7 is attached. The suction hole 4b is formed to extend through a wall for the recess portion 4c. The recess portion 4c is formed of a groove which defines a space in a reversed concave shape and is recessed from the front surface of the depressurized space creating member 41. The recess portion 4c covers the openings of the plurality of insertion holes 29. The recess portion 4c is wholly continuous such that air can be sucked through the single suction hole 4b. The pole part (not shown) is a pole-shaped part formed in the recess portion 4c.
The sealing member holding plate 42 is a thick plate member fixed with the fastening bolt (not shown) via the sealing member 43 on the rear side of the depressurized space creating member 41. The sealing member holding plate 42 includes the extrusion pin insertion hole 4a and a sealing member mounting hole 42a formed at a front open end of the extrusion pin insertion hole 4a in the sealing member holding plate 42.
The sealing member 43 is engaged in the sealing member mounting hole 42a of the sealing member holding plate 42 and is made of a rubber to seal the extrusion pin insertion hole 4a. The sealing member 43 is formed of a tubular member having the sealing hole 43a in which the extrusion pin 3 is inserted.
The sealing member O1 is a member arranged between the depressurized space creating member 41 and the movable mold 21 to seal the depressurized space 40, and is formed of an annular packing such as an O ring. The sealing member O1 is arranged on a front surface of the depressurized space creating member 41, near an outer periphery of the pressurized space creating member 41. A sealing member O2 is a member arranged between the movable mold insert 23 and the movable main mold 25 to seal the circumference of the insertion hole 29, and is formed of an annular packing such as an 0 ring.
<Die-Casting Machine>
As shown in
The forward-and-backward motion device (not shown) is a device positioning the movable mold 21 on the rear surface (back surface) of the fixed mold 22 to close the mold and moving the movable mold 21 rearward away from the fixed mold 22.
The extrusion mechanism 61 is a device to extrude and release a casted product in the mold 2. The extrusion mechanism 61 includes a front extrusion plate 62, a rear extrusion plate 63, a fastening bolt B1, and an extrusion mechanism coupling rod 64.
The front extrusion plate 62 is a flat plate member to engage and hold the flange portion 3b of the extrusion pin 3. The rear extrusion plate 63 is a flat plate member to hold the flange portion 3b of the extrusion pin 3 between the front extrusion plate 62 and the rear extrusion plate 63. A plurality of the fastening bolts B1 are fixtures to fix the rear extrusion plate 63 to the front extrusion plate 62. The extrusion mechanism coupling rod 64 is a coupling rod having a front end thereof connected to the rear surface of the rear extrusion plate 63 and having a rear end thereof connected to a driving part (not shown) of the extrusion mechanism 61. The driving part (not shown) includes, for example, a hydraulic cylinder device having a piston (not shown)
<Depressurizing Device>
The depressurizing devices 7, 8 are devices to depressurize the depressurized space 40 or the cavity 20. The depressurizing device 7 includes, for example, an air pump to suck air in the depressurized space 40. The depressurizing device 8 includes, for example, an air pump to suck air in the cavity 20. The depressurizing devices 7, 8 are attached so as to communicate with the depressurized space 40 or the cavity 20 with suction hoses 71, 81.
<Holding Furnace>
The holding furnace (not shown) is a furnace to reserve a melt, such as aluminum to be teemed into the mold 2, in a heated condition.
<Operation>
Next, the operation of the casting device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in order of casting steps, with reference to
First, as shown in
Next, the mold 2 is pre-heated, and then the depressurizing device 8 sucks air in the cavity 20 for depressurization, to render the cavity 20 under a negative pressure. Further, the depressurizing device 7 is driven to render the depressurized space 40 under a negative pressure. Meanwhile, the expanded diameter portion 3a of the extrusion pin 3 closes the extrusion pin insertion hole 4a. This prevents the air in the depressurized space 40 from entering the cavity 20 via a gap between the insertion hole 29 and the extrusion pin 3, resolving a problem that a pressure in the cavity 20 is not easily decreased.
Subsequently, a melt in the holding furnace (not shown) is teemed into the mold 2 to fill the cavity 20 with the melt. Meanwhile, the cavity 20 has a negative pressure, and thus the melt is easily teemed into the cavity 20. After the melt is teemed into the mold 2, the mold 2 is heated with heat of the melt conducted thereto.
Next, a temperature of the melt and mold 2 is made to reach a prescribed temperature, and then the movable mold 21 is moved backward with the forward-and-backward motion mechanism (not shown) to separate the movable mold 21 from the fixed mold 22. Consequently, the extrusion pin 3 is moved forward with the extrusion mechanism 61 to release a casted product from the fixed mold 22. This completes casting of the casted product with the casting device 1.
As described above, the present invention, as shown in
As described above, the casting device 1 according to the present invention has the depressurized space creator 4 to create the depressurized space 40 on the reverse side (rear side) of the cavity surface 2a of the mold 2. Further, the depressurized space creator 4 covers the opening of the insertion hole 29, thereby achieving depressurization of a portion, on the back side, of the insertion hole 29, in which the extrusion pin 3 is inserted. Thus, the depressurized space creator 4 prevents the air in the depressurized space 40 from entering the cavity 20 via the insertion hole 29, thereby maintaining depressurization in a cavity. As a result, this reduces gas or air from being entrained into the melt in the cavity 20.
Further, as shown in
Consequently, when the extrusion pin 3 is moved backward, the expanded diameter portion 3a makes the depressurized space 40 sealed, thereby preventing ambient air from entering the depressurized space 40 via the extrusion pin insertion hole 4a in which the extrusion pin 3 is inserted. Also, a negative pressure in the depressurized space 40 is maintained, thereby preventing the air in the depressurized space 40 from entering the cavity 20 via the insertion hole 29. This decreases a pressure difference between the pressure in the depressurized space 40 and that in the cavity 20.
Further, as shown in
The sealing member 43 is formed of the tubular member having the sealing hole 43a, thereby reducing the sealing member 43 in size. When the extrusion pin 3 is moved backward, the expanded diameter portion 3a closes the sealing hole 43a, to maintain sealing of the depressurized space 40.
Further, as shown in
<First Modification>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the technical ideas, so that it should be appreciated that the present invention also covers those modified and changed inventions. Note that the same numerals are used for the configurations already described and descriptions thereof are omitted.
In the embodiment described above, as shown in
In this case, on a back side of the cavity surface 2a of the mold 2, the extrusion pins 3 are inserted and a depressurized space creator 4A to define a depressurized space 40A on a back side of the insertion hole 29 is provided. The depressurized space creator 4A has an extrusion pin insertion hole 4Aa, in which the extrusion pin 3 is inserted, and is arranged with the sealing member 43A in a plate shape having the sealing hole 43Aa, which communicates with the extrusion pin insertion hole 4Aa and in which the extrusion pin 3 is inserted.
When the extrusion pin 3 is moved backward, the expanded diameter portion 3a presses the sealing member 43A to close the sealing hole 43Aa and makes the depressurized space 40A sealed. A depressurized space creating member 41A has a space in a reversed concave shape, when viewed in vertical cross-section. The depressurized space creating member 41A has a sealing member holding plate 42A framed in the space in a reversed concave shape, on a ceiling surface for the space, via the sealing member 43A. The depressurized space creating member 41A is fixed to a sealing member holding plate 42A with a fastening bolt B3 via the sealing member 43A. The sealing member holding plate 42A is fixed to the movable main mold 25 with a fastening bolt B2 via sealing members O1, O3. Note that the fastening bolts B2, B3 are provided at multiple places. The sealing member O3 is provided between the movable main mold 25 and the sealing member holding plate 42A around a place where the fastening bolt B2 is provided. The sealing member O3 is formed of an annular packing such as an O ring. Further, the depressurized space creator 4A is formed with a suction hole 4Ab, to which the suction hose 71 of the depressurizing device 7 (shown in
Consequently, even when the sealing member 43A is a sheet-shaped member having the sealing hole 43Aa, the sealing member 43A maintains sealing of the extrusion pin insertion hole 4Aa, in which the extrusion pin 3 is inserted, to render the depressurized space 40A under a negative pressure.
<Second Modification>
The expanded diameter portion 3a of the extrusion pin 3 can have any shape which abuts against the sealing member 43 to seal the extrusion pin insertion hole 4a, and is not limited to one having the shape shown in
For example, as shown in
<Other Modifications>
In the embodiment described above, as shown in
Further, in the first modification described above, the sealing member 43A formed of the single sheet member has been described as an example, however, the number of sheets can be appropriately changed to two or more depending on an arrangement condition and the like.
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