Casting device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYohei Nohara, Kenyu Usuzaki
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Abstract
A casting device includes a bore formation core and a water jacket formation core. When a cavity is formed, gas existing in a space between both cores is suctioned through a flow path formed in the bore formation core under operation of a suctioning device. When the bore formation core is viewed from a side, this flow path exists above a virtual axial line that passes a center of the bore formation core and extends along a longitudinal direction of the bore formation core.
Claims9
A casting device including a fixed die and a movable die that approaches or separates from the fixed die and forming a cavity to obtain a cylinder block with the fixed die and the movable die, the casting device comprising:
- a bore formation core configured to form a cylinder bore in the cylinder block;
- a water jacket formation core surrounding the bore formation core from an outer peripheral side and configured to form a water jacket around the cylinder bore;
- an actuator configured to displace the bore formation core and the water jacket formation core integrally in a direction of getting close to or being separated from the cavity;
- a seal member disposed in a space between the bore formation core and the water jacket formation core, and configured to section the space into a close side part that is close to the cavity and a separation side part that is apart from the cavity;
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- a suctioning device configured to suction gas in the close side part through a flow path formed in the bore formation core,
- wherein the bore formation core includes a near part that faces the close side part and is always exposed from molten metal in the cavity, a far part that faces the separation side part, and a bore formation part that protrudes from the near part toward the cavity and is embedded in the molten metal in the cavity;
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- the flow path includes a first opening formed on an outer surface of the near part and a second opening formed on an outer surface of the far part and connected to the suctioning device, and the flow path exists above a virtual axial line that passes a center of the bore formation core and extends along a longitudinal direction of the bore formation core when the bore formation core is viewed from a side.
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