Means To Shape Metallic Material Patents (Class 164/271)
  • Patent number: 11292054
    Abstract: A lead delivery apparatus for a cast on strap machine is arranged to deliver a predetermined volume of molten lead to a mould. The apparatus includes a first needle valve, a second needle valve, and a housing. The housing has a reservoir including an inlet and an outlet. The reservoir inlet is in fluid communication with a molten lead supply. The reservoir is supplied with molten lead during use such that the molten lead in the reservoir is maintained at a constant height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TBS ENGINEERING LIMITED
    Inventor: Mark Ormerod
  • Patent number: 11292052
    Abstract: A lead delivery apparatus for a cast on strap machine is arranged to deliver a predetermined volume of molten lead to a mould. The apparatus includes a first needle valve, a second needle valve, and a housing. The housing has a reservoir including an inlet and an outlet. The reservoir inlet is in fluid communication with a molten lead supply. The reservoir is supplied with molten lead during use such that the molten lead in the reservoir is maintained at a constant height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TBS ENGINEERING LIMITED
    Inventor: Mark Ormerod
  • Patent number: 11292053
    Abstract: A lead delivery apparatus for a cast on strap machine is arranged to deliver a predetermined volume of molten lead to a mould. The apparatus includes a first needle valve, a second needle valve, and a housing. The housing has a reservoir including an inlet and an outlet. The reservoir inlet is in fluid communication with a molten lead supply. The reservoir is supplied with molten lead during use such that the molten lead in the reservoir is maintained at a constant height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TBS ENGINEERING LIMITED
    Inventor: Mark Ormerod
  • Patent number: 10888908
    Abstract: A magnetically throttled liquefier assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system and configured to heat a metal-based alloy to an extrudable state includes an array of magnets to generate a magnetic field in order to induce a viscosity in the heated metal-based alloy and to control the flow rate of the heated metal-based alloy through the liquefier for extrusion and the building of a three-dimensional object with the metal-based alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Samuel Batchelder, Robert L. Zinniel
  • Patent number: 10486224
    Abstract: Provided herein are a saltcore for casting with aluminum and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, a saltcore and a manufacturing method thereof capable of reducing shrinkage while satisfying strength during die-casting by including at least one cation of K+, Na+ and Mg2+ and at least one anion of Cl? and CO32?, wherein a saltcore for casting with aluminum may include at least one cation of K+, Na+ and Mg2+ and at least one anion of Cl? and CO32?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Ji-Yong Lee, Cheol-Ung Lee
  • Patent number: 10335889
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for printing at least a portion of a three-dimensional (3D) object. The system may comprise a source of at least one feedstock, a support for supporting at least a portion of the 3D object, a feeder for directing at least one feedstock from the source towards the support, and a power supply for supplying electrical current. The system may comprise a controller operatively coupled to the power supply. The controller may receive a computational representation of the 3D object. The controller may direct the at least one feedstock through a feeder towards the support and may direct electrical current through the at least one feedstock and into the support. The controller may subject such feedstock to Joule heating such that at least a portion of such feedstock may deposit adjacent to the support, thereby printing the 3D object in accordance with the computational representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: DIGITAL ALLOYS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Paul Burke, Mateo Pena Doll
  • Patent number: 10086467
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a three-dimensional metallic structure is fabricated in layer-by-layer fashion via deposition of discrete metal particles resulting from the passing of an electric current between a metal wire and an electrically conductive base or a previously deposited layer of particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: DIGITAL ALLOYS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Paul Burke, Mateo Pena Doll
  • Patent number: 9846376
    Abstract: A spray gun, which contains: a coating liquid nozzle configured to discharge a coating liquid from an outlet; and a flow channel forming member configured to surround an outer perimeter surface of the coating liquid nozzle to form an air flow channel, through which atomizing air passes, between the outer perimeter surface of the coating liquid nozzle and the flow channel forming member, wherein the spray gun is configured to atomize the coating liquid with the atomizing air to spray the atomized coating liquid to a coating target, wherein a gap T of the narrowest part of the air flow channel is 0.48 mm or smaller, and wherein a ratio T/L of the gap T to a distance L from the narrowest part to an apical surface at which the outlet of the coating liquid nozzle is open is 0.60 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9099730
    Abstract: A storage battery includes a generally rectangular container having opposed side walls, end walls, a bottom wall and an open top defining a container interior. The container interior is divided into a plurality of cells supporting positive and negative plates. The plates include aligned positive lugs and aligned negative lugs. A pair of conductive straps are provided. One of the straps interconnects the positive lugs while the other strap interconnects the negative lugs. A tombstone extends from each of the straps. Each tombstone is located at a position spaced inwardly from the container walls. A pair of battery terminals are supported within the container end walls. Each battery terminal is directly connected to one of the tombstones. The battery terminals are positioned between the tombstone and the container wall and include a termination location adjacent the container wall for direct disconnectable termination thereat. A cover is provided for enclosing the open end of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: C&D Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Thuerk, Guy Pfeifer, Mark Inkmann, Matthew Bielawski
  • Publication number: 20150139785
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine bearing support (1) supporting at least one bearing and extending according to a longitudinal principal axis of the turbomachine and comprising: a truncated part (11) having a diameter increasing from upstream to downstream; a flange part (12) which extends from the truncated part (11) as far as the bearing (5, 6) to which it is fixed by an axial flange (121), and having at its downstream end a radial internal flange (17) fixed to an oil inlet cover defining with the bearing (5, 6) an oil inlet container (170); oiled air clearance ducts (71) projecting downstream relative to the flange part (12) and on the oil inlet container (170) and to the other side upstream of the flange part (12) directly radially externally relative to the axial flange (121).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Frederic NOEL, Benoit Argemiro Matthieu DEBRAY, Mario Cesar DE SOUSA, Gregory GHOSAROSSIAN-PRILLIEUX, Nicolas POMMIER
  • Publication number: 20150132139
    Abstract: A foundry core for manufacturing a blade of a turbomachine including a tip section offset, including a core element for forming various internal cavities, the core element including a leading-edge cavity internal core, central cavity internal cores, and a trailing-edge cavity internal core. The internal core for the central cavity adjacent to the internal core for the trailing-edge cavity includes a bulge extending toward the core for the leading-edge cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Huu-Thanh Tran, Michael Hansom, Christian Bariaud, Patrice Eneau
  • Publication number: 20150122448
    Abstract: A process for casting a piston for an internal combustion engine including tilting, the mould portions which define the casting cavity through at least 45 degrees about a horizontal axis after filling and before solidification in such a manner that the axis of rotation of the component moves in the direction of the vertical. A casting mould for casting a piston for an internal combustion engine includes mould portions which define the casting cavity that are tiltable through at least 45 degrees about a horizontal axis after filling and before solidification in such a manner that the axis of rotation of the piston moves in the direction of the vertical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Celestine Obuna, Jacques Guyon, Thomas Hutzler
  • Publication number: 20150107795
    Abstract: A metal casting riser sleeve system includes a cope mold portion and an outer riser sleeve portion positioned in the cope mold portion. The outer riser sleeve portion encloses a central outer riser sleeve portion passageway between an outer riser sleeve portion bottom end and top end. The system also includes an inner riser sleeve portion that forms a central inner riser sleeve portion passageway between an inner riser sleeve portion bottom end and top end. The inner riser sleeve portion is slidably positioned within the outer riser sleeve portion passageway. The inner riser sleeve portion is operable to slide upward such that the inner riser sleeve portion top end is above the outer riser sleeve portion top end and such that a riser sleeve system passageway is formed between the inner riser sleeve portion top end and the outer riser sleeve portion bottom end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Ohannes G. Mangoyan
  • Patent number: 9010403
    Abstract: A non-electroslag remelting type clean metal ingot mold includes an ingot mold body and a insulating riser arranged on the ingot mold body; an insulated heating and heat preservation device is vertically arranged in the ingot mold body and divides the space in the ingot mold body into a plurality of independent cavity units; and the cavity units are distributed in two rows in the ingot mold body. Because the insulated heating and heat preservation device is arranged in the ingot mold body and divides the space in the ingot mold body into a plurality of independent cavity units, most of impurities and segregates in liquid metals are enriched in the part in contact with the isolation and heat insulation mechanism during the directional solidification and crystallization of the liquid metals and the enriched alloy segregates, and the impurities can be easily eliminated by utilizing flame or other processing methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Nanyang Xingzhi Patent Technology Service Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shucheng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20150096711
    Abstract: A composite core for forming a passage in an investment casting mold is provided including a core element. A generally hollow structural element is positioned about an exterior of the core element. The structural element is configured to deform when a force is applied to the structural element. A rigid shell element is integrally formed about the structural element. The shell element is configured to break when the structural element deforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Sikorsky Aircraft
    Inventors: Jonathan Bremmer, Shihong G. Song, Jeffrey G. Sauer, James S. Giampapa
  • Patent number: 8977377
    Abstract: In various embodiments, digital manufacturing of jewelry items is provided, including a physical process and software automation for implementing the physical process. Further, models formed during the process, as well as the resultant jewelry items, are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises forming a digital model of the jewelry item, forming a physical model of the jewelry item based on the digital model, and manufacturing the jewelry item in a lost wax process using the physical model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Jostens, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Saarela, Kevin Abernathy, Richard Wells, Lev Neyman, Jon Joriman
  • Publication number: 20150060003
    Abstract: A method of simultaneously manufacturing a plurality of crankshafts includes positioning a core system having a plurality of individual cores within a cavity of a mold having first and second halves forming an exterior shape of the crankshafts. The crankshafts' exterior shape includes a plurality of pin bearing journals and a plurality of main bearing journals. Each of the cores passes through each of the crankshafts. At least one core passes through at least one of the pin bearing journals and at least one other core passes through at least one of the main bearing journals. The method also includes introducing into the cavity molten metal to form the crankshafts. As the metal flows into the cavity and around the plurality of cores, a hollow section extending through at least one of the pin bearing journals and at least one of the main bearing journals of each crankshaft is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Dale Edward Murrish, Keith Hart, Maurice G. Meyer
  • Publication number: 20150053365
    Abstract: A multi-wall ceramic core for casting an airfoil with one or more internal cooling passages is made by preforming at least one fugitive core insert to have a joint-forming surface with a male and/or female joint feature and then forming at least one fugitive core insert in-situ adjacent and integrally connected and fused to the at least one preformed core insert at the joint-forming surface to form an interlocked, fused joint to form a composite core insert that includes features to form internal passage surfaces in the core when the composite core insert is removed. Another aspect involves preforming first and second fugitive core inserts to have respective joint-forming surfaces with respective snap-fittable joint features and assembling the first and second fugitive core inserts to form a composite core insert by snap fitting the snap-fittable joint features together to form an interlocked joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Boyd A. Mueller, Darren K. Rogers, Timothy J. Molamphy
  • Publication number: 20150041097
    Abstract: A water jacket core (10) includes a base part (11) and is provided with an intermediate female thread part (15) in that base within a region surrounded by tangent lines (18, 19) that are parallel to a center line (17) passing through the centers of a plurality of bore pin insertion bores (12) for forming cylinder bores and are in contact with the bore pin insertion bores and by an intermediate position for the adjacent bore pin insertion bores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Shibata, Hideaki Yokoyama, Koichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20150027657
    Abstract: A method and casting core for forming a landing for welding a baffle inserted into an airfoil are disclosed, wherein the baffle landing of the blade or vane is formed in investment casting by the casting core rather than by wax, reducing tolerances and variability in the location of the baffle inserted into the cooling cavity of airfoil when the baffle is welded to the baffle landing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley
  • Publication number: 20150027655
    Abstract: A casting die applied with laser machining and carbon-film coating on a die surface is provided with multiple grooves formed spaced at a predetermined pitch by the laser machining; multiple ridges between the multiple grooves; and multiple carbon portions buried in the multiple grooves by the carbon-film coating, wherein the die surface with the ridge and the carbon portion alternately disposed is configured such that molten metal flows thereon; the grooves are 45 ?m or less in opening width and 60 ?m or more in depth; and the ridge has, on a top surface thereof applied with the laser machining, multiple micro-grooves for reducing a contact area with the molten metal. The casting die is aimed to balance expanding the groove width and increasing a thickness of the carbon film and to achieve suppression of the molten metal entering into the groove and exfoliation of the carbon film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Kenji Yuki, Takefumi Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20150014885
    Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement additive manufacturing techniques that employ different sets of deposition characteristics and/or material formation characteristics during the additive manufacture of an object so as to strategically build up the object. In many embodiments, material used to build up an object is deposited at different deposition rates during the additive manufacture of the object, and the object is thereby strategically built up. In one embodiment, a method of additively manufacturing an object includes: depositing material onto a surface at a first deposition rate so as to define a first region of the object to be additively manufactured; and depositing material onto a surface at a second deposition rate so as to define a second region of the object to be additively manufactured; where the second deposition rate is different from the first deposition rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Douglas C. Hofmann, John Paul C. Borgonia
  • Publication number: 20140367064
    Abstract: A method of simultaneously manufacturing a plurality of crankshafts includes positioning a single core within a cavity of a mold having a first half and a second half together forming an exterior shape of the plurality of crankshafts. The exterior shape of each of the plurality of crankshafts produced thereby includes a plurality of pin bearing journals and a plurality of main bearing journals. The method also includes introducing via a mechanism into the cavity a molten metal to form the plurality of crankshafts. As the molten metal flows into the cavity and around the single core, a hollow section extending through at least one of the plurality of pin bearing journals and at least one of the plurality of main bearing journals of each of the plurality of crankshafts is formed. A system for simultaneously manufacturing a plurality of reduced mass crankshafts using the above method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Dale Edward Murrish, Keith Hart, Maurice G. Meyer
  • Publication number: 20140345825
    Abstract: A casting device includes a mold cavity configured to form a hollow space for a cast part, a casting chamber for a metal melt, a gating system, an annular duct for the metal melt, and at least two annular duct connections configured to connect the casting chamber to the annular duct. The annular duct is configured to be connectable with the mold cavity via the gating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SCHULER PRESSEN GMBH
    Inventors: MARTIN GAEBGES, Juergen Fahrenbach, Tobias Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20140342139
    Abstract: A casting method, cast article and casting system are disclosed. The casting method includes providing a base material in a mold, directing a fluid material into the mold, and solidifying the base material and the fluid material to form a cast article. The base material has a first density and first composition. The fluid material has a second density and a second composition. The first density differs from the second density, the first composition differs from the second composition, or the first density differs from the second density and the first composition differs from the second composition. The cast article includes a first material solidification from the base material, and a second material solidification from the fluid material. The casting system includes a mold for containing a base material and an input configuration, with flow control feature, for directing a fluid material into the mold containing the base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Yan CUI, Dechao LIN, Ganjiang FENG, Srikanth Chandrudu KOTTILINGAM
  • Publication number: 20140290891
    Abstract: A chaplet includes a first portion configured to engage one of a core and a mold, a second portion configured to engage the other of the core and the mold, and an elongated rod extending between the first portion and the second portion. The rod has a plurality of breakaway sites for allowing the length thereof to be selectively reduced in predetermined increments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Russell Wilburn, Carlos Trevino
  • Publication number: 20140262116
    Abstract: A bonded refractory mold is disclosed. The mold includes a mold wall, the mold wall comprising a bonded refractory material and defining a sprue, a gate and a mold cavity, the gate having a gate inlet opening into the sprue and a gate outlet opening into the mold cavity. The mold also includes a gas vent extending through the mold wall. The mold also includes a gas permeable cover covering the gas vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Metal Casting Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Attila P. Farkas
  • Publication number: 20140271129
    Abstract: A method is provided for making a mold for casting advanced turbine airfoils (e.g. gas turbine blade and vane castings) which can include complex internal and external air cooling features to improve efficiency of airfoil cooling during operation in the gas turbine hot gas stream. The method steps involve incorporating at least one fugitive insert in a ceramic material in a manner to form a core and at least a portion of an integral, cooperating mold wall wherein the core defines an internal cooling feature to be imparted to the cast airfoil and the at least portion of the mold wall has an inner surface that defines an external cooling feature to be imparted to the cast airfoil, selectively removing the fugitive insert, and incorporating the core and the at least portion of the integral, cooperating mold wall in a mold for receiving molten metal or alloy cast in the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Howmet Corporation
    Inventors: Boyd A. Mueller, Michael A. Pepper, Daren K. Rogers, Gail R. Cole
  • Publication number: 20140262107
    Abstract: A refractory mold is disclosed. The refractory mold includes a fugitive pattern assembly comprising a hollow sprue that comprises a sprue wall disposed about a longitudinal axis; a pattern disposed outwardly of the sprue wall; and an outwardly extending gate attached to and extending between the sprue wall and the pattern, the hollow sprue, pattern and gate each formed from a fugitive material; and a refractory mold formed on and having a mold cavity defined by an outer surface of the fugitive pattern assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: HITCHINER MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
    Inventors: Michael R. Hanrahan, Skip L. Patteuw
  • Publication number: 20140238633
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cast component with a casting device includes providing a casting device. The casting device comprises a filling chamber, a mold cavity comprising a hollow space, runners comprising at least one of a different length and a different cross-section, and a plunger arranged in the filling chamber. The metal melt is provided in a fluid state in the filling chamber. The metal melt is advanced via the runners from the filling chamber to the mold cavity by advancing the plunger in the filling chamber. Electromagnetic fields are provided. A flow velocity of melt currents in the respective runners is increased or decreased via the electromagnetic fields so that a melt front in each of the runners reaches the mold cavity when the filling chamber has been completely filled by the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SCHULER PRESSEN GMBH
    Inventor: TOBIAS SCHWARZ
  • Publication number: 20140217051
    Abstract: A process for producing a coupler knuckle and an improved coupler knuckle design are provided. The process produces a coupler knuckle by constructing a mold having the shape of the coupler knuckle. The mold is coated with a material that is resistant to melting at the molten melt temperatures of the molten metal used to form the knuckle. With the mold coated, the cavities in the mold interior are filled by placing an inert material therein. The molten metal used for forming the knuckle contacts the mold and consumes it, while the coating serves to provide a shape for the knuckle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Pennsy Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary Ryan Brook, Manuel Tavares
  • Publication number: 20140190654
    Abstract: A core assembly for a turbine engine blade includes a generally radially extending trunk interconnected to multiple generally axially extending tabs. The tabs are interconnected by a generally radially extending ligament. Multiple generally axially extending protrusions are interconnected to the ligament opposite the trunk. A mold is configured to define an exterior surface of an airfoil. The core is arranged within the mold and is configured such that the tabs and the ligament break through at the exterior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Edward Albert, Atul Kohli, Eric L. Couch
  • Publication number: 20140183782
    Abstract: A mold assembly for forming a cast component includes a primary mold structure having a predetermined geometry portion for shaping a primary region of the cast component. Also included is at least one additional mold structure integrated with the primary mold structure, the at least one additional mold structure comprising a geometry for defining at least one feature in the cast component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Sandra Beverly Kolvick
  • Publication number: 20140150983
    Abstract: A component casting apparatus includes a mold to receive a molten solid for casting a component. The mold includes a first sacrificial layer to define a housing of the component and a second sacrificial layer to form at least one core passage of the component in response to contact from the molten solid. The component casting apparatus further includes a trusset disposed against an outer surface of the second sacrificial layer and formed from metal to support the second sacrificial layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventor: Robert E. Lafurge, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140116637
    Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a predetermined volume of lead to a mould includes a housing defining a lead reservoir having a lead outlet defined in its base and in communication with the reservoir. A runway is provided beneath the base, spaced from the base and generally parallel thereto. A block is provided slidably mounted between the base and the runway and defining a through cavity having the predetermined volume for receiving lead from the outlet in a first position and for releasing the lead in a second position. A mechanism is provided for reciprocating the block between the first and second positions. A cast on strap machine is also disclosed. A lead delivery apparatus comprising a delivery chute is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: TBS ENGINEERING LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher S. Barge, Mark Ormerod
  • Patent number: 8708030
    Abstract: A mold includes a first groove part and a second groove part. The first groove part extends with a constant length or a constant width from a center part to an outer circumferential part of the mold. The second groove part extends from a terminal end of the first groove part on an outer circumferential part side of the first groove part and merging with any portion of the first groove part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., KOGI Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Mikio Kajiwara, Ryohei Deguchi, Toshio Ohkado, Shuichi Shikai, Susumu Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20140110077
    Abstract: A casting method includes coupling a mold to a crucible, the mold having one or more part-defining cavities and one or more feed passageways. A first rotating of the crucible and mold pours molten metal from the crucible through the one or more feed passageways into the one or more part-defining cavities. A second rotating of the crucible and mold returns molten metal from the one or more feed passageways, while leaving the part-defining cavities filled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mark A. White
  • Publication number: 20140102656
    Abstract: A casting core assembly includes a metallic core and a ceramic core. A protuberant portion of a metallic core is received in a compartment of the ceramic core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy A Propheter-Hinckley, Eric A Hansen
  • Publication number: 20140099209
    Abstract: A method is provided for casting a gas turbine component having at least a first section and a second section. As per the method, a liquid metal is cast into a casting mold and solidification of the metal is induced by means of controlled cooling. The cooling of the liquid metal in the first section is controlled in such a way that the metal solidifies in a directionally solidified crystal structure or a single-crystal structure. In the second section the cooling is carried out in such a way that it solidifies in a multidirectional crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Fathi Ahmad, Wayne J. McDonald, Uwe Paul
  • Publication number: 20140090383
    Abstract: A casting, mold and method for producing a casting are disclosed. The casting may have an area of small thermal mass and an area of large thermal mass. The method may comprise providing a casting having a work product and an appendage engaged to, and suspended over, the work product between the area of small thermal mass and the area of large thermal mass, and controllably cooling the work product using the appendage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventor: Bradley T. Duelm
  • Publication number: 20140083223
    Abstract: A rack bar includes a shaft portion and a rack toothed portion provided on the shaft portion. The rack toothed portion includes a plurality of rack teeth provided side by side in an axial direction of the shaft portion to mesh with a pinion gear. Each of the rack teeth includes a tooth tip portion, a contact face arranged obliquely relative to the axial direction and configured to contact the pinion gear, and a rounded corner portion between the tooth tip portion and the contact face. A first radius defining a central area of the rounded corner portion with respect to a tooth width direction is larger than a second radius defining another area of the rounded corner portion other than the central area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: NETUREN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto NOMURA, Takashi YAMAWAKI, Ryosuke SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20140083643
    Abstract: Provided herein are various embodiments of systems for casting thin metal plates and sheets. Typical embodiments include layers of mold cavities that are oriented vertically for casting the metal plates. In some embodiments, the mold cavities include a beveled edge such that the plates that are cast have a beveled edge. In some embodiments, the mold cavities are filled with a molten metal through an open horizontal edge of the cavity. In some embodiments, the mold cavities are filled through one or more vertical feed orifices. Further disclosed are methods for forming a thin cast metal plate or sheet where the thickness of the cast part is in a range from 0.005 inches to 0.2 inches, and the surface area of the cast part is in a range from 16 square inches to 144 square inches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: BABCOCK & WILCOX TECHNICAL SERVICES Y-12, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon P. Pehrson, Alan F. Moore
  • Publication number: 20140083641
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide apparatus and methods for melting and introducing alloy feedstock for molding by using a hollow branch having a constraint mechanism therein. In one embodiment, a hollow branch can extend upward from a cold chamber that is substantially horizontally configured. The hollow branch including a constraint mechanism can be capable of containing an alloy feedstock for melting into the molten alloy in the hollow branch and introducing the molten alloy to the cold chamber for molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Theodore A. Waniuk, Joseph Stevick, Sean O'Keeffe, Dermot J. Stratton, Joseph C. Poole, Matthew S. Scott, Christopher D. Prest
  • Publication number: 20140083642
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for pressure casting a battery part wherein an extendible piston includes sidewalls for shutting off the supply of molten lead and an impact surface that extends in a side-to-side condition to form an end surface of a battery part cavity so that when the extendible piston is brought into an intensifying condition the extendible piston shuts off further supply of molten metal while a heat source maintains the lead in a molten state as the impact surface of the piston forms a side-to-side mold cavity surface to complete the mold cavity surface thereby eliminating unevenness in the surface of the finished battery part by generating a force with the extendible piston which is sufficient to form a battery part so that upon removal from the mold the batter part is substantially free of tears and cracks as well as surface irregularities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: WATER GREMLIN COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert W. Ratte
  • Publication number: 20140079542
    Abstract: A casting mold assembly comprises an airfoil defining section and a casting core. The airfoil defining section includes an outer mold wall and a direct-shelled inner mold wall. The direct-shelled inner mold wall is disposed within a forward chordwise portion of the airfoil defining section. The direct-shelled inner mold wall includes an aft end having an external radius measuring more than about 0.075 in. (1.9 mm). The casting core is secured within an aft chordwise portion of the airfoil defining section, and includes an aft end with an external radius measuring less than about 0.075 in. (1.9 mm). A cast component and a method for making the casting mold assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven J. Bullied, Carl R. Verner, Steven D. Porter, James B. Park
  • Publication number: 20140072447
    Abstract: A core assembly for forming a cast component includes a refractory metal core and a ceramic core element. The refractory metal core includes first and second ends and sides extending from the first end to the second end. The ceramic core element includes a slot positioned between first and second lands, each land having an inner surface facing the slot and an adjacent outer surface. The first end of the refractory metal core is secured within the slot with an adhesive, and the refractory metal core extends from the ceramic core element in both a longitudinal and a transverse direction. The slot, lands, and refractory metal core form a core assembly providing access paths to the sides of the refractory metal core. Surplus adhesive is removed from the refractory metal core via the access paths. Investment casting provides the component with an internal passage and an internal cooling circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley
  • Publication number: 20140048225
    Abstract: Casting plates constructed for facing the casting orifice of a metallurgical vessel are provided with a metallic casing. The casting plates and metallic casing are provided with a protrusion configured to interact with a detector. The casing has a main surface with an opening, and two substantially longitudinal bearing surfaces. The protrusion extends from the casing in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal bearing surfaces. The protrusion is formed by a ramp having an inclined portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: VESUVIUS GROUP S.A.
    Inventors: Vincent Boisdequin, Mariano Collura
  • Publication number: 20140041824
    Abstract: An apparatus for transferring metal solidified in blind cavities is described incorporating a first flexible tape having blind cavities, a second flexible tape having adhesive regions, rollers for guiding respective tapes and means for moving respective tapes. Also a conveyor belt having blind or through cavities, rollers and a vibration transducer or pressurized gas is described to release solidified metal in the cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: PETER A. GRUBER, PAUL A. LAURO, JAE-WOONG NAH
  • Publication number: 20140034263
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for molding a freight car yoke with a one piece core is disclosed herein. An exemplary one piece core may be used with a core mold upper half and a core mold lower half mated at a common split line to define a mold cavity which replicates the molded exterior features of a freight car yoke. The one piece core may replicate all of the molded internal features of a freight car yoke. An apparatus may use a pair of one piece cores to produce a pair of freight car yokes. An exemplary method can utilize the apparatus to produce a pair of freight car yokes through a single pour, using a pair of one piece cores. In an exemplary embodiment the one piece cores are constructed from a cold box with phenolic urethane treated molding sand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Columbus Steel Castings Company
    Inventors: Steven R. Pinkstock, Craig A. Holman, Ronald A. Poe
  • Publication number: 20140033913
    Abstract: The mold set is constructed with a cope, a drag, cheeks, and a core. In a case where the mold set is closed before molten metal is fed, a first clearance between a first mold (cope) that is located above a casting shape forming part of the core and the casting shape forming part is smaller than a second clearance between an upper surface of a core print of the core and a second mold (cheek) that is opposed to the upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norimitsu Aoki