Method for manufacturing cast iron casting with fining graphite and suspension part
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorDong-Lim Seo
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing an austempered ductile cast iron and a product made from the austempered ductile cast iron manufactured by the method are disclosed. In the method for manufacturing an austempered ductile cast iron, spheroidizing agent and primary inoculant are added to a raw molten metal to create homogeneous spheroidal graphite creation in a deep part of a matrix and the raw molten metal to which the spheroidizing agent and the primary inoculant are added is injected into a mold to which secondary inoculant is locally applied, to micronize spheroidal graphite of a local structure coated with the secondary inoculant into fine graphite that is easy to machine, thereby enhancing workability as compared with a conventional austempered ductile cast iron.
Claims3
A suspension part including a knuckle formed by primarily inoculating molten metal using Fe-Si as a primary inoculant and spheroidizing the molten metal using Fe or Fe-Mg ferro alloy as spheroidizing agent, secondarily inoculating the molten metal using Fe-Si-Bi as secondary inoculant and austempering-heat treating the molten metal in a solidified state to transform the molten metal into austempered ductile cast iron (ADI), and machining a machined portion, which has fining graphite through the secondary inoculation;
- wherein the secondary inoculant comprises Fe-Si-Bi, with a concentration of 0.3 wt % to 0.7 wt % Si and 0.2 wt % to 0.5 wt % Bi with respect to whole components of the molten metal, and the remainder Fe;
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- wherein the ADI product further comprises a non-machining portion that is not subject to machining,
- the machining portion having an average size of spheroidal graphite of 30 μm or less and the number of graphite particles per unit area of 1 mm2 of 310 to 450, and
- the non-machining portion having an average size of spheroidal graphite of 40 to 50 μm and the number of graphite particles per unit area of 1 mm2 of 320 to 350.
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