Hot metal supply injection method and hot metal supply injection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021237148-A1
Application number	US-202017075954-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 21, 2020
Priority date	Feb 5, 2020
Publication date	Aug 5, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A hot metal supply injection method includes generating a negative pressure in a cylindrical container by a negative pressure generation device, and causing molten metal to be sucked into the cylindrical container from a retention furnace, while keeping an opening portion of the cylindrical container immersed in the molten metal, arranging the opening portion of the cylindrical container in a gate of a cavity while holding the negative pressure by closing up the opening portion of the cylindrical container after moving an inner plunger tip to a tip side of the cylindrical container, and moving the inner plunger tip to a rear end side of the cylindrical container, then moving an outer plunger tip, together with the inner plunger tip, to the tip side of the cylindrical container, and filling the interior of the cavity with the molten metal through injection via the gate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A hot metal supply injection method for sucking molten metal from a retention furnace and filling an interior of a cavity of a mold with the molten metal through injection, through use of a cylindrical container, an annular outer plunger tip that is slidably arranged in the cylindrical container, an inner plunger tip that is slidably arranged inside the outer plunger tip, and a negative pressure generation device that generates a negative pressure in the cylindrical container, the hot metal supply injection method comprising:
a step of generating a negative pressure in the cylindrical container by the negative pressure generation device, and causing the molten metal to be sucked into the cylindrical container from the retention furnace, while keeping an opening portion of a tip of the cylindrical container immersed in the molten metal; a step of arranging the opening portion of the cylindrical container in a gate of the cavity while holding the negative pressure by closing up the opening portion of the cylindrical container after moving the inner plunger tip to the tip side of the cylindrical container; and a step of moving the inner plunger tip to a rear end side of the cylindrical container, then moving the outer plunger tip, together with the inner plunger tip, to the tip side of the cylindrical container, and filling the interior of the cavity with the molten metal through injection via the gate.

2 . The hot metal supply injection method according to claim 1 , wherein
the step of filling though injection includes moving the inner plunger tip to the rear end side of the cylindrical container such that surfaces of the inner plunger tip and the outer plunger tip are shaped along an inner wall surface of the cylindrical container, then moving the outer plunger tip, together with the inner plunger tip, to the tip side of the cylindrical container, and filling the interior of the cavity with the molten metal through injection via the gate.

3 . A hot metal supply injection device for sucking molten metal from a retention furnace and filling an interior of a cavity of a mold with the molten metal through injection, the hot metal supply injection device comprising:
a cylindrical container that has a tip equipped with an opening portion, and that is able to retain the molten metal inside; an annular outer plunger tip that is slidably arranged in the cylindrical container; an inner plunger tip that is slidably arranged inside the outer plunger tip; a moving device that moves the outer plunger tip and the inner plunger tip in a reciprocating manner independently of each other; and a negative pressure generation device that generates a negative pressure in the cylindrical container, wherein the inner plunger tip holds the negative pressure by moving to the tip side of the cylindrical container and closing up the opening portion of the cylindrical container, after the negative pressure generation device generates the negative pressure in the cylindrical container to cause the molten metal to be sucked into the cylindrical container.

4 . The hot metal supply injection device according to claim 3 , wherein
the outer plunger tip fills the interior of the cavity of the mold with the molten metal through injection by moving, together with the inner plunger tip, to the tip side of the cylindrical container, when the opening portion of the cylindrical container is arranged in a gate of the cavity and the inner plunger tip moves to a rear end side of the cylindrical container.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sotozaki Shuji

Classifications

• B22D17/30 Primary

  Accessories for supplying molten metal, e.g. in rations (supplying molten metal in ration in general B22D39/00) · CPC title

• B22D17/007

  Semi-solid pressure die casting · CPC title

• B22D39/06

  having means for controlling the amount of molten metal by controlling the pressure above the molten metal · CPC title

• B22D18/02

  Pressure casting making use of mechanical pressure devices, e.g. cast-forging (B22D18/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B22D39/026

  using a ladler · CPC title