Method for preparing negative pressure film-covering frozen sand mold

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12128474-B2
Application number	US-202218037783-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2022
Priority date	May 17, 2022
Publication date	Oct 29, 2024
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024

Abstract

A method for preparing a negative pressure film-covering frozen sand mold includes: directly obtaining a mold cavity of a sand mold through numerically controlled machining of a frozen sand blank; covering a surface, brushed with a thermal insulation coating, of the mold cavity of the sand mold with a softened thin film, and covering an outer surface of the sand mold with a back film to seal a sand box; fixing the frozen sand mold in an air extraction sand box with a vacuum chamber, and extracting air through a vacuum pump, so that the thin film tightly adheres to the sand mold through vacuum suction force; and closing the box to obtain an integral sand mold, and pouring a casting at room temperature or low temperature under negative pressure. The method is environment-friendly, and the prepared frozen sand mold has high strength and is convenient for sand cleaning.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for preparing a negative pressure film-covering frozen sand mold, comprising:
step 1: numerically cutting a frozen sand blank mixed with water directly in a low-temperature machining environment through a numerical model-free freeze casting technology based on a cutting shaping principle to obtain upper and lower boxes of a sand mold, wherein in step 1, the frozen sand mold is provided with an air extraction hole, wherein the air extraction hole is directly drilled out on a side wall of the sand mold by numerically controlled machining;
step 2: fixing the prepared frozen sand mold in an air extraction sand box that matches the sand mold in size, and brushing a surface of a mold cavity of the sand mold of the upper and lower boxes with a layer of thermal insulation coating;
step 3: heating a thin film at 70° C. until softened to cover the surface of the mold cavity of the sand mold brushed with the thermal insulation coating;
step 4: covering an outer surface of the sand mold with a back film to seal the sand box; and
step 5: starting a vacuum pump to provide vacuum suction force, so that the thin film tightly adheres to the sand mold; covering the upper and lower boxes of the sand mold with a film under negative pressure, and then closing the upper and lower boxes to obtain an integral sand mold, wherein the thin film comprises polyester amine fibers, wherein a junction of a parting surface and the thin film is bound with an adhesive tape.

2. The method for preparing the negative pressure film-covering frozen sand mold according to claim 1 , wherein a sand box for the sand mold is the air extraction sand box with a vacuum chamber, and the vacuum pump cooperates with the air extraction hole and a filtering extraction pipe to extract air.

3. The method for preparing the negative pressure film-covering frozen sand mold according to claim 1 , wherein the vacuum suction force is controlled at 0.03-0.04 MPa.

4. The method for preparing the negative pressure film-covering frozen sand mold according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal insulation coating is a barrier thermal insulation coating.

5. The method for preparing the negative pressure film-covering frozen sand mold according to claim 1 , wherein the upper and lower boxes are closed to form the integral sand mold with a casting head, the mold cavity, and the air extraction hole; and direct pouring is performed at room temperature or low temperature while the sand mold is maintained in a negative pressure state.

6. The method for preparing the negative pressure film-covering frozen sand mold according to claim 1 , wherein the thin film has a thickness of 0.1 mm.

7. The method for preparing the negative pressure film-covering frozen sand mold according to claim 1 , wherein the thin film is heated by a heater for softening at 70° C., cooled, and then spread on the mold cavity of the sand mold.

Assignees

• Univ Nanjing Aeronautics & Astronautics

Inventors

• Yang Haoqin
• Shan Zhongde
• Liu Qinjiang
• Shi Jianpei
• Yan Dandan
• Dong Shijie

Classifications

• B22C9/03

  formed by vacuum-sealed moulding · CPC title

• B22C9/02

  Sand moulds or like moulds for shaped castings · CPC title

• B22C9/12

  Treating moulds or cores, e.g. drying, hardening · CPC title

• B22C9/126 Primary

  Hardening by freezing · CPC title

• B22D18/06 Primary

  Vacuum casting, i.e. making use of vacuum to fill the mould · CPC title