Manufacturing method of casting, manufacturing device thereof, and casting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9700935-B2
Application number	US-201314385600-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2013
Priority date	Mar 16, 2012
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

There are provided a manufacturing method of a casting capable of easily manufacturing a casting having a complex form and of increasing the degree of freedom of form of the casting to be manufactured, a manufacturing device thereof and a casting. At the time of forming a casting by drawing out molten metal from a bath surface of a molten metal bath and solidifying the molten metal which has been drawn out, an outer contour unit configured from a plurality of outer contour defining members for defining the outer contour of a casting is arranged in a region between the bath surface of the molten meth bath and a solid region where the molten metal is solidified and the molten metal which has been drawn out from the bath surface is drawn out through a region determined by the outer contour unit, and the form of the casting is changed by moving at least one of the plurality of outer contour defining members according to the drawing out of the molten metal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method of a casting comprising:
drawing out molten metal upwardly from a bath surface of a molten metal bath to form a body of drawn molten metal and solidifying the drawn molten metal to provide a casting,
arranging an outer contour unit configured from a plurality of outer contour defining members for defining an outer contour of the casting in a region between the bath surface of the molten metal bath and a solid region where the drawn molten metal is solidified, wherein in the step of drawing out the molten metal, the molten metal is drawn out from the bath surface through a region determined by the outer contour unit, and
changing the outer contour of the casting by moving at least one of the plurality of outer contour defining members according to the drawing out of the molten metal.

2. The manufacturing method of a casting according to claim 1 , wherein, of the plurality of outer contour defining members, adjacent outer contour defining members are arranged being separated from each other.

3. The manufacturing method of a casting according to claim 1 , wherein the outer contour unit is arranged at a predetermined distance from the bath surface, which predetermined distance corresponds to where the molten metal drawn out from the bath surface is solidified.

4. A manufacturing method of a casting including drawing out molten metal from a bath surface of a molten metal bath and solidifying the drawn molten metal, the manufacturing method comprising:
arranging an outer contour unit configured from a plurality of outer contour defining members for defining an outer contour of the casting in a region between the bath surface of the molten metal bath and a solid region where the molten metal is solidified and
drawing out the molten metal drawn out from the bath surface through a region determined by the outer contour unit, and changing the outer contour of the casting by moving at least one of the plurality of outer contour defining members according to the drawing out of the molten metal,
wherein an inner contour unit configured from a plurality of inner contour defining members for defining an inner contour of the casting is arranged at an inner side of the outer contour unit and in the region between the bath surface of the molten metal bath and the solid region where the molten metal is solidified and the molten metal drawn out from the bath surface is drawn out through a region determined by the outer contour unit and the inner contour unit, and the inner contour of the casting is changed by moving at least one of the plurality of inner contour defining members according to the drawing out of the molten metal.

5. The manufacturing method of a casting according to claim 4 , wherein, of the plurality of inner contour defining members, adjacent inner contour defining members are arranged being separated from each other.

6. The manufacturing method of a casting according to claim 4 , wherein, of the plurality of outer contour defining members, adjacent outer contour defining members are arranged being separated from each other.

7. The manufacturing method of a casting according to claim 6 , wherein, of the plurality of inner contour defining members, adjacent inner contour defining members are arranged being separated from each other.

8. A manufacturing device of a casting comprising:
a molten metal bath for storing molten metal;
cooling means for solidifying the molten metal drawn out upwardly from a bath surface of the molten metal bath;
an outer contour unit that is configured from a plurality of movably mounted outer contour defining members for defining an outer contour of a casting, and
the outer contour unit being arranged at a predetermined distance from the bath surface and in a region between the bath surface of the molten metal bath and a solid region where the molten metal is solidified by the cooling means.

9. The manufacturing device of a casting according to claim 8 ,
wherein, of the plurality of outer contour defining members, adjacent outer contour defining members are arranged being separated from each other.

10. The manufacturing device of a casting according to claim 8 , wherein the predetermined distance corresponds to where the molten metal drawn out from the bath surface is solidified.

11. A manufacturing device of a casting comprising:
a molten metal bath for storing molten metal;
cooling means for solidifying the molten metal drawn out from a bath surface of the molten metal bath;
an outer contour unit that is configured from a plurality of outer contour defining members for defining an outer contour of a casting, and
the outer contour unit being arranged in a region between the bath surface of the molten metal bath and a solid region where the molten metal is solidified by the cooling means,
further comprising:
an inner contour unit that is configured from a plurality of inner contour defining members for defining an inner contour of the casting, the inner contour unit being arranged at an inner side of the outer contour unit and in the region between the bath surface of the molten metal bath and the solid region where the molten metal is solidified by the cooling means,
wherein at least one of the plurality of outer contour defining members and plurality of inner contour defining members is movably mounted.

12. The manufacturing device of a casting according to claim 11 , wherein, of the plurality of inner contour defining members, adjacent inner contour defining members are arranged being separated from each other.

13. The manufacturing device of a casting according to claim 11 , wherein at least the plurality of outer contour defining members or the plurality of inner contour defining members are in line contact with the molten metal that is drawn out through a region determined by the outer contour unit and the inner contour unit.

14. The manufacturing device of a casting according to claim 11 , wherein at least the plurality of outer contour defining members or the plurality of inner contour defining members are in surface contact with the molten metal that is drawn out through a region determined by the outer contour unit and the inner contour unit.

15. The manufacturing device of a casting according to claim 11 ,
wherein, of the plurality of outer contour defining members, adjacent outer contour defining members are arranged being separated from each other.

16. The manufacturing device of a casting according to claim 15 , wherein, of the plurality of inner contour defining members, adjacent inner contour defining members are arranged being separated from each other.

Assignees

• Sasaki Yu
• Furukawa Yuichi
• Amano Norihiro
• Yaokawa Jun
• Iwata Yasushi
• Sugiyama Yoshio
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho Kk

Inventors

• Sasaki Yu
• Furukawa Yuichi
• Amano Norihiro
• Yaokawa Jun
• Iwata Yasushi
• Sugiyama Yoshio

Classifications

• B22D11/124

  for cooling · CPC title

• B22D11/041 Primary

  for vertical casting (B22D11/043, B22D11/049 - B22D11/059 take precedence) · CPC title

• B22D11/145 Primary

  for upward casting · CPC title

• B22D11/006

  of tubes · CPC title