摘要:
A hybrid core assembly (46) for a casting process includes a ceramic core portion (48), a refractory metal core portion (50) and a plate (62) positioned between the ceramic core portion (48) and the refractory metal core portion (50). The ceramic core portion (48) includes a trough (56). A portion of the refractory metal core portion (50) is received in the trough (56).
摘要:
A die casting system (10) includes a die cavity (20), a shot tube (24), a melting system (32) and a vacuum system (34). The shot tube (24) is in fluid communication with the die cavity (20) and can deliver a charge of material thereto. The melting system (32) is positioned adjacent to the die cavity (20), and the vacuum system defines a first chamber (C1) and a second chamber (C2) separated from the first chamber (c1) by an isolation valve (36). The melting system (32) is disposed within the first chamber (C1), and the die cavity (20) is disposed within the second chamber (C2). The die casting system can be part of a die casting cell, which also includes a mechanism which accesses the die cavity through an isolation valve and at least one post-cast station for performing a secondary operation. The invention also extends to a method of manufacturing a component in such a die casting system.
摘要:
A die casting system includes a die (112), a shot tube (124), a shot tube plunger (128) and a melting unit (132). The die (112) includes a plurality of die components that define a die cavity (120). The shot tube (124) is in fluid communication with the die cavity (120). The shot tube plunger (128) is moveable within the shot tube (124) to communicate a charge of material into the die cavity (120). The melting unit (46) is positioned relative to the die (112) and includes a bottom portion (42) having an opening (58) for selectively releasing a charge of material through the bottom portion (42).
摘要:
An induction heated furnace assembly (10) for producing a directionally solidified casting includes a susceptor (22) that tailors strength of the magnetic field within the chamber (12) to provide a desired grain structure in a completed cast part. The susceptor (22) proportionally blocks portions of the magnetic field to provide different levels of magnetic stirring within the molten material at different locations within the furnace assembly (10) so as to create the desired grain structures in the completed cast article. The susceptor (22) may have a varying wall thickness as shown. In another embodiment it may have an open area which varies. In a yet further embodiment, the strength of the magnetic field produced by the induction coil may be varied.
摘要:
A molding process utilizes a seed (28) with a columnar grain structure for defining a desired grain structure in a completed casting. The seed is received within a seed cavity of a mold (20). The molten material adopts the orientation of the columns (30) defined within the seed during solidification to form a completed molded article having a desired columnar grain structure.
摘要:
A coated nickel base superalloy single crystal turbine airfoil, blade (1), which is subject to gas turbine engine operation, can crack during refurbishment by a stress corrosion mechanism when exposed to certain corrosive media. The rapid thermal cycling that occurs during typical gas turbine engine operation results in high, non-uniform stresses across the airfoil, producing large localized residual strains in the article at ambient temperatures. Exposure to a corrosive environment, such as during coating removal or agressive cleaning, can produce chordwise cracks in a large number of the airfoils exposed. Such cracking is avoided by subjecting the articles to a preliminary stress relieving heat treatment which reduces the residual strains to a level below which cracking will not occur, prior to exposure to the corrosive media.