Method for reducing local defects in a casting

    公开(公告)号:US11597008B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US16933006

    申请日:2020-07-20

    申请人: Qingyou Han

    发明人: Qingyou Han

    IPC分类号: B22D27/08 B22D17/20

    摘要: A process of reducing internal defects or enhancing mechanical properties in local regions in a casting utilizes the combined effect of compression, high-intensity ultrasound, heat, and feeding using extra material on improving the local microstructure. A modified version of the process can be used for accelerating the creep age forming process.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A LIQUID ALLOY

    公开(公告)号:US20220017993A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-20

    申请号:US16932068

    申请日:2020-07-17

    申请人: Qingyou Han

    发明人: Qingyou Han

    摘要: A method and apparatus for producing solid alloy components from its liquid state are provided. The molten alloy is rapidly cooled using a chill to temperatures below the thermosolutal transition temperature of the alloy. Finite-amplitude acoustic vibration is applied on the chill to shake off dendrites that form on the chill surface, to stir the slurry containing the fragments of dendrites, and to shake off slurry material that sticks on the surface of the chill as the chill is separating from the slurry. The slurry is then immediately poured into a chamber of a forming machine or a mold cavity shaped into solid components.

    METHODS OF ULTRASOUND ASSISTED WELDING
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    公开(公告)号:US20240335902A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18744560

    申请日:2024-06-14

    申请人: Qingyou Han

    发明人: Qingyou Han

    IPC分类号: B23K20/10 B23K31/02

    CPC分类号: B23K20/106 B23K31/02

    摘要: Methods of ultrasound assisted 3D printing and welding involve the use of an ultrasonic sonotrode placed in on top of the solidified layer in the vicinity of a melt pool. The sonotrode, pressed against the solidified materials at the edge of the melt pool, is synchronized with the heat source such that it travels side-by-side with the melt pool to transmit ultrasonic vibrations to the solidifying melt pool, reducing hot tearing and porosity formation, and to consolidate the solidified materials under the sonotrode. The methods of the present invention are capable of making a large variety of commercially important alloys 3D printable and weldable.

    METHOD FOR REDUCING LOCAL DEFECTS IN A SOLIDIFIED CASTING

    公开(公告)号:US20230158563A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US18099966

    申请日:2023-01-22

    申请人: Qingyou Han

    发明人: Qingyou Han

    IPC分类号: B22D27/08 B22D17/20

    CPC分类号: B22D27/08 B22D17/20

    摘要: A process of reducing internal defects or enhancing mechanical properties in local regions in a solidified casting utilizes the combination effect of compression, high-intensity ultrasound, and heat on improving the local microstructure. The casting is brought to predetermined temperatures where plastic deformation in the local regions of the casting is produced under controlled conditions to close voids, breakup oxide films, and refine solidification structure.

    Ultrasound assisted shot chamber for die casting applications

    公开(公告)号:US12048962B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-30

    申请号:US16992270

    申请日:2020-08-13

    申请人: Qingyou Han

    发明人: Qingyou Han

    摘要: A method and apparatus for producing semi-solid material castings from its liquid state in a shot chamber of a die casting machine where the liquid material is poured into a shot chamber and rapidly cooled from its liquid state to temperatures below its liquidus. High-intensity ultrasonic vibration is coupled to the plunger, shot plate, or sprue-spreader while the cast material is injected by the plunger to fill the die cavity. The combined action of rapid cooling from the shot chamber, vigorous pushing by the plunger, and radiation of ultrasonic vibration on the cast material in the shot chamber directly turns the initial liquid material directly into a semi-solid slurry by breaking up dendrites and making these dendritic fragments globular. The slurry is then injected into the die cavity to form a casting.

    Controlled nozzle cooling (CNC) casting

    公开(公告)号:US11897028B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-13

    申请号:US16992245

    申请日:2020-08-13

    申请人: Qingyou Han

    发明人: Qingyou Han

    摘要: A process for the casting of metals and their alloys includes the steps of providing at least a mold equipped with a plurality of cooling nozzles, making a layer of coolant permeable materials covering the nozzles and maintaining the materials at desired temperatures, delivering a molten metal into the mold, supplying predetermined amount of coolant to each nozzles to contact the casting at desired rate, time, and duration to achieve an acceptable level of progressive solidification from the distal end of the casting towards the riser until the casting has reached desired temperatures.

    METHOD FOR ENHANCING CREEP AGE FORMING PROCESS OF A METALLIC COMPONENT

    公开(公告)号:US20230158564A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US18100556

    申请日:2023-01-23

    申请人: Qingyou Han

    发明人: Qingyou Han

    IPC分类号: B22D27/08 B22D17/20

    CPC分类号: B22D27/08 B22D17/20

    摘要: A method for accelerating the creep age forming of a metallic component is provided. The method includes the steps of applying static loading and ultrasound vibrations to the local regions on a metallic component during the creep age forming process. The transmission of ultrasound in the component enhances the mobility of dislocations and atoms and thus accelerates the creep deformation in the component.