Casting apparatus and casting method
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorMoo Hyuck Cheon
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a casting apparatus including a support block, a die provided on one surface of the support block and configured to form a cavity in cooperation with the support block, and an insert member provided to be movable relative to the support block and configured to selectively move between a first position at which the insert member is received in the cavity and a second position at which the insert member is extracted out of the cavity, thereby obtaining an advantageous effect of simplifying a structure and a manufacturing process.
Claims2
A casting method using a casting apparatus, the casting apparatus comprising:
- a support block having a through hole;
- a die provided on a first surface of the support block, the die being configured to form a cavity in cooperation with the support block;
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- an insert member movable relative to the support block and configured to selectively move between a first position at which the insert member is received in the cavity and a second position at which the insert member is extracted out of the cavity;
- a restriction unit configured to selectively restrict the insert member disposed at the first position, wherein the restriction unit comprises a first restriction block provided on a second surface of the support block and configured to move between a first closed position at which the first restriction block closes the through hole and a first opened position at which the first restriction block opens the through hole, and a second restriction block provided on the second surface of the support block and configured to move between a second closed position at which the second restriction block closes the through hole and a second opened position at which the second restriction block opens the through hole;
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- a holder member configured to support the first restriction block and the second restriction block such that the first restriction block and the second restriction block are movable;
- wherein the insert member moves from the first position to the second position along the through hole;
- the casting method comprising:
- disposing the insert member in the cavity provided in the die;
- forming a molded body by injecting molten metal into the cavity;
- separating the die from the molded body;
- moving the first restriction block and the second restriction block from the holder member to open the through hole;
- separating the insert member from the molded body by moving the insert member out of the cavity;
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- transferring the molded body to a predetermined ejected position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.