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5355930 |
Method of expendable pattern casting of hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloys using sand with specific thermal properties
A method of producing a casting utilizing an expendable polymeric foam pattern along with unbonded sand having specific thermal properties. The pattern, formed of a material such as polystyrene,...
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5348069 |
Lost foam pattern for molding and method of making same
A molding lost foam pattern made out of synthetic resin is decomposed and gasified by molten metal. The molding lost foam pattern includes a runner portion foam pattern extending vertically. The...
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5346218 |
Metal wood golf club with permanently attached internal gates
A metal wood golf clubhead is formed from a mold which includes an external gate into which molten metal is poured and internal gates in the mold cavity which facilitate flow of the molten metal...
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5327955 |
Process for combined casting and heat treatment
A foamed pattern of a desired part is first formed. The pattern is then dipped into a ceramic slurry and the slurry dried in order to form a shell containing the foamed pattern. A heated bed of a...
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5318094 |
Production of complex cavities inside castings or semi-solid forms
The production of complex cavities inside castings or semi solid forms is effected by forming a core pattern (10) of a low melting point metal in order to provide a rigid metal core pattern (10)....
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5297610 |
Pressure casting method and apparatus
A pressure molding method and apparatus uses a mold with a casting cavity and a pouring gate through which a molten metal is fed into the casting cavity. After feeding a molten metal into the mold...
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5290373 |
Evaporable foam casting system utilizing an aluminum-silicon alloy containing a high magnesium content
A method of evaporable foam casting of metal articles, such as engine blocks for internal combustion engines. An evaporable foam pattern having a configuration proportionally identical to the...
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5285839 |
Internal combustion engine and method for making same
A lost foam pattern assembly comprising a crankcase section including first and second mounting surfaces, a right cylinder section which is fixed to the first mounting surface and which includes a...
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5273099 |
Composite aluminum member joining process
A composite aluminum member joining process. A chemical film including potassium and fluorine is formed on an aluminum member or a flux including potassium and fluorine is coated on an aluminum...
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5265664 |
Fixture for forming evaporative pattern (EPC) process patterns
A method of casting metal using evaporative pattern casting process patterns in combination with a fixture for creating and maintaining a desired configuration in flexible patterns. A pattern is...
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5234045 |
Method of squeeze-casting a complex metal matrix composite in a shell-mold cushioned by molten metal
A squeeze-casting method is taught for manufacturing metal matrix composites which require little or no finishing operations. This method utilizes a combination of techniques, fundamentals of which...
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5203398 |
Low temperature process for evaporative pattern casting
A method is disclosed for the casting of metals by the use of a consumable or vaporizable pattern. In this method, a foamed pattern of a desired part is first formed. The pattern is then dipped...
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5197527 |
Method of manufacturing lost foam pattern for use in full-mold casting
A pit defining a machining cavity is positioned downstream of a loading conveyor. A workpiece such as a foam block to be machined into a lost foam pattern for use in full-mold casting is fixedly...
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5188071 |
Cylinder block structure
In the Siamese type cylinder block structure, a hollow member having a number of arc guide pieces on both ends is inserted into the upper end between neighboring cylinder bores so as to form a...
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5183095 |
Means for producing high precision castings
The production of high precision molds and castings for dental prosthesis and the like is enhanced with a casting ring and sprue former base constructed of a clear expandable thermoplastic. The...
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5178201 |
Method for producing an implant with an open-celled metal structure
An implant is produced with an open-celled structure at least partly covering its surface. The method uses a positive pattern having a basic pattern with particles bonded to it, the particles...
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5176196 |
Method and apparatus for feeding liquid metal into a mold
A mold containing a gasifiable or vaporizable disposable pattern 3, embedded in sand 4 without a binding agent, is fed through its base by a pressurized chamber 6 containing liquid cast metal. The...
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5176188 |
Investment casting method and pattern material comprising thermally-collapsible expanded microspheres
A method and composition for forming investment casting patterns wherein thermally-collapsible microspheres are incorporated into the pattern composition. The patterns can be made either by...
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5161595 |
Process for the lost foam casting, under low pressure, of aluminium alloy articles
A pattern of an aluminum alloy article made from a foam of an organic substance. The pattern is immersed in a mold of dry sand containing no binder. The mold is filled with molten aluminum alloy...
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5121787 |
Evaporable foam pattern for casting a thermostat housing for a V-type marine engine
The pattern, composed of a polymeric material, is formed of three sections joined together by an adhesive along a pair of parallel parting lines. One parting line lies in a plane extending through...
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5119882 |
Evaporable foam pattern for casting an engine block for a two-cycle engine having a direct charge system
An evaporable foam pattern for casting a metal engine block for a two-cycle engine having a direct charge system. The pattern includes a block pattern section having a head end and a crankcase end...
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5088544 |
Process for the lost-foam casting, under controlled pressure, of metal articles
An improvement to the process for the lost-foam casting of metal articles. According to the process, the casting takes place under a controlled pressure which initially increases at a rate between...
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5088545 |
Evaporable foam pattern for use in casting a metal engine block having a loop charge system
An evaporable foam pattern for casting a metal block for a two-cycle engine. The pattern includes a first pattern section formed of a polymeric material and defining at least one cylinder. The...
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5086825 |
Method for manufacturing foam pattern assemblies
A foam pattern assembly includes a parting line, and a surface which is intersected by the parting line and which includes a first surface portion and a second surface portion offset from the first...
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5076345 |
Method for making a casting having an integral hose connection
A cast tubular structure including an integral hose connection element formed thereon is produced by lost foam casting wherein a circular socket seat is formed on a pattern for a body portion of...
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5072782 |
Method of producing pattern for molding castings
A pattern for molding a die having a shaping panel and an attachment panel is produced by drawing a first rib figure extending from the shaping panel of the die based on configuration figure data...
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5072770 |
Investment casting process
A method of making an investment casting by forming a pattern which has the shape of the part which is to be made and forming from the pattern a mold of elastomeric (rubber) material which has a...
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5062470 |
Method and apparatus for treating gaseous material from evaporative pattern casting
The pattern is surrounded by packed unbound molding medium within a container. The gaseous material resulting from the evaporation of the pattern is removed from within the container as the gaseous...
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5062467 |
Vacuum countergravity casting apparatus and method
Vacuum countergravity casting apparatus and process employ a container having a peripheral wall defining an open bottom chamber that receives one or more molds or destructible patterns. A first...
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5058653 |
Process for lost foam casting of metal parts
An improvement in the lost foam casting process in which a foam pattern of a part to be cast is immersed in a dry sand mold and the mold is filled with molten metal in order to burn the pattern....
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5054537 |
Lost foam pattern assembly for V-block engine
Disclosed herein is a lost foam pattern assembly comprising a crankcase section including first and second planar surfaces intersecting at an angle defined therebetween, a port cylinder section...
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5044419 |
Hollow post cylindrical sprue casting method
A method of forming a hollow cylindrical tube from wax such that a taper exists from one end to the other resulting in different wall thicknesses at either end of the tube, mounting said tube in a...
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5042560 |
Method of producing open-celled metal structures
A lost positive pattern comprising an open-pored plastics substrate containing pores with an average width of from one to three millimeters is used, in which, after a negative pattern has been...
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5038847 |
Evaporable foam pattern for use in casting a crankshaft
A pattern for use in casting a rotatable shaft, such as a crankshaft for an internal combustion engine. The pattern includes an evaporable foam pattern section composed of a material such as...
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5035276 |
Evaporable foam pattern assembly for casting a housing for a rotary engine
An evaporable foam pattern assembly for casting a housing for a rotary engine. The pattern assembly includes a central rotor chamber pattern section and a pair of end pattern sections which, in the...
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5035275 |
Method of controlling the pyrolysis rate of a plastic foam
The thermal shrinkage and pyrolysis rate of plastic foam moldings are successfully controlled by coating the expandable plastic beads used in the preparation of the moldings with varying amounts of...
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5018568 |
Lost foam engine block pattern
A lost foam pattern for an engine block includes a cylinder and an axially extending transfer passage defined by spaced side walls and an inner wall which is outwardly convex. The pattern further...
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5014764 |
Lost-foam casting of aluminum under pressure
An organic foam pattern of the article to be cast is immersed in a dry sand mold containing no binder, the mold is filled with molten aluminum or aluminum alloy which replaces the foam and...
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5012857 |
Molding medium, method for making same and evaporative pattern casting process
A molding medium and process for making it, preferably for use in the evaporative pattern casting process, is disclosed. The molding medium comprises, in one embodiment, a base granular molding...
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5009260 |
Vacuum lift foam filled casting system
A lost foam casting system (2) is provided with vacuum lift of molten metal (16) to an evaporative foam pattern assembly (8) surrounded by unbonded particulate media such as sand (6) in a flask...
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5004037 |
Long span sprue tube for investment casting
The tube is at least two inches long and has successive sections of progressively smaller diameters to produce a correspondingly shaped sprue passage communicating with a pattern cavity in a...
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5000244 |
Lost foam casting of dual alloy engine block
In a preferred embodiment, a compound aluminium alloy engine block casting comprises at least a piston-travel region of a cylinder wall section formed of a first alloy, preferably hypereutectic...
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4995443 |
Process for evaporative pattern casting
A method is disclosed for the casting of metals by the use of a consumable or evaporative pattern. In this method, a foamed pattern of a desired part is first formed. The pattern is then dipped...
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4977945 |
Full mold comprised of a plastic foam material
A full mold for casting contains a plastic foam material lost pattern. The plastic foam material is substantially sulfur-free and can advantageously be used to provide iron alloy-based full-mold...
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4971135 |
Lost foam casting apparatus
An apparatus comprising a batch hopper including a bottom wall having therein a plurality of openings, a plurality of walls dividing the batch hopper into a plurality of compartments each...
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4971131 |
Countergravity casting using particulate filled vacuum chambers
Particulate mold material, such as binderless foundry sand, is vacuumed upwardly from a particulate bed into an open bottom container about one or more gas permeable molds or destructible patterns...
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4969505 |
Vacuum bore chill for lost foam casting
A vacuum chill device is provided for reducing porosity in a bore wall of a lost foam metal casting. In a preferred embodiment, the chill device is attached to a vaporizable pattern formed of...
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4966220 |
Evaporable foam casting system utilizing a hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloy
A method of casting utilizing an evaporable foam system with a hypereutectic aluminum silicon alloy. The molten alloy is introduced into a mold in contact with an evaporable foam pattern formed of...
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4964454 |
Evaporable foam pattern for casting an air induction manifold
An evaporable foam pattern for casting a metal air induction manifold for an internal combustion engine. The pattern is formed from an evaporable foam material, such as polystyrene, and in the...
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4958674 |
Full mold casting process and device
A full mold casting process in which a complete, positive model made of a thermally decomposable material is placed in a molding box and filled with sand; the sand is hardened by tamping it in....
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