February 6,2022.
The essence of high pressure die casting (die casting for short) is a method that makes liquid or semi-liquid metal fill the cavity of die casting mold (die casting mold) at a high speed under high pressure, and forms and solidifies under pressure to obtain the casting. First, high pressure casting process 1.1 High pressure casting plane layout At present, the general die-casting island will consider the following configuration; Die-casting machine with vacuum, heat preservation furnace is equipped with quantitative casting system, do and product with the type of spraying system, shorten the spraying time, the robot to take parts, slag bag, code cutting and other work, the last cutting to the gate system; The die-casting island can also be upgraded for automated cleaning under high volume conditions. 1.2 APPLICATION of CAE simulation software CAE analysis is more and more widely used in die casting industry, represented by PROCAST, MAGMA, flow-3D, etc. According to the calculation results of filling flow and velocity distribution, the simulation can accurately predict the defects such as enrolling, inclusion and bad filling, which greatly improves the yield and saves a very objective cost. It is a very useful tool to quickly and scientifically design the whole casting system (gate, sprue and overflow tank, etc.) for die casting. Optimize casting process parameters, reduce the number of mold testing, reduce casting cost, improve product quality. CAE software was used for general analysis of filling, solidification, porosity distribution and velocity distribution reports (as shown in Figure 2). 1.3 Application of vacuum die casting With the continuous supply of product quality requirements, the use of vacuum to solve the problem of filling and air tightness of castings has been well developed, and vacuum valve is generally used, the most commonly used vacuum valve has the following two structures. Figure 3 is the schematic diagram of the vacuum valve. Like ordinary die casting process, after aluminum water enters the chamber, vacuumization begins to start. Then, when the die casting machine starts at high speed, the kinetic energy of aluminum water is relied on to touch the spring plate of the vacuum valve. When using a mechanical vacuum valve, it is generally closed when preheating the mold. When the preheating is complete, the vacuum valve can be used only when the high speed and pressurization is started. Mechanical vacuum valve has the advantages of simple use, but the processing accuracy of vacuum valve is high, and the cost of vacuum valve is relatively high. Figure 4 is the schematic diagram of the hydraulic vacuum valve. The principle of the mechanical vacuum valve is the same. When the punch starts, the vacuum starts, but the principle of closing the vacuum valve is different. When the hydraulic vacuum valve is generally started at high speed, the type is sent to the hydraulic system o...
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