Centrifugal casting apparatus for different materials

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10682690-B2
Application number	US-201816205823-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2018
Priority date	Dec 6, 2017
Publication date	Jun 16, 2020
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020

Abstract

A centrifugal casting apparatus for different materials may include a mold having a shape corresponding to a shape of an outer surface of a casting to be produced, and having a cavity receiving molten metals therein, a molten metal guide inserted into the mold and configured to guide the molten metals so that the molten metals are separately injected into the mold, a guide fixing support fixing the molten metal guide to a predetermined position, and a motor configured to rotate the mold around a rotation axis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A centrifugal casting apparatus for different materials comprising:
a mold having a cavity for receiving molten metals therein, wherein the cavity has a shape corresponding to a shape of an outer surface of a casting to be produced;
a molten metal guide inserted into the mold and configured to guide the molten metals so that the molten metals are separately injected into the mold;
a guide fixing support fixing the molten metal guide to a predetermined position; and
a motor configured to rotate the mold around a rotation axis, wherein the molten metal guide includes an internal molten metal inlet to inject an internal molten metal through the internal molten metal inlet, wherein the molten metal guide comprises: an upper surface extending obliquely in a radial direction from a lower end of the internal molten metal inlet; and a side surface extending downward toward a lower surface of the molten metal guide from the upper surface.

2. The centrifugal casting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mold includes an external molten metal inlet to inject an external molten metal through the external molten metal inlet,
wherein the internal molten metal is different from the external molten metal.

3. The centrifugal casting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the mold includes the external molten metal inlet at a top of the mold, and
wherein the molten metal guide includes the internal molten metal inlet at a top of the molten metal guide.

4. The centrifugal casting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the internal molten metal inlet of the molten metal guide has a width less than a width of the external molten metal inlet of the mold.

5. The centrifugal casting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein an upper end of the internal molten metal inlet of the molten metal guide is higher than an upper end of the external molten metal inlet of the mold.

6. The centrifugal casting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the molten metal guide is a mesh type member.

7. The centrifugal casting apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the mold has a guide hole in a lower surface of the mold such that the molten metal guide partially passes through the guide hole,
wherein the guide fixing support surrounds inner and outer surfaces of the molten metal guide passing through the guide hole.

8. The centrifugal casting apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the guide fixing support fixes the internal molten metal inlet of the molten metal guide using a hydraulic pressure.

9. The centrifugal casting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mold has a guide hole in a lower surface of the mold such that the molten metal guide partially passes through the guide hole,
wherein the guide fixing support surrounds inner and outer surfaces of the molten metal guide passing through the guide hole.

10. The centrifugal casting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the guide fixing support fixes the internal molten metal inlet of the molten metal guide using a hydraulic pressure.

11. The centrifugal casting apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a lower end of the molten metal guide is apart from a lower surface of the mold.

12. The centrifugal casting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the molten metal guide is made of an aluminum material.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Joo Hyo-Moon
• Lee Ji-Yong
• Lee Yoon-Ki
• Kim Young-Chan
• Lee Cheol-Ung
• Lee Jun-Min
• Kang Mun-Gu
• Cho Young-Rae
• Kim Min-Soo
• Sim Jae-Gi

Classifications

• B22D13/107 Primary

  Means for feeding molten metal · CPC title

• B22D13/101 Primary

  Moulds · CPC title

• B22D13/00

  Centrifugal casting; Casting by using centrifugal force · CPC title

• B22D19/16

  for making compound objects cast of two or more different metals, e.g. for making rolls for rolling mills (casting compound ingots B22D7/02) · CPC title