Centrifugal casting
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsRui YANG, Yuyou CUI, Paul A WITHEY, Nicholas GREEN, Feiyang LIU
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Abstract
A centrifugal casting apparatus comprising an upper portion into which molten material is poured, the upper portion having a central rotational axis about which the apparatus is rotated; at least one block runner is connected to the upper portion at the proximal end of the block runner and to at least one mould at the distal end of the block runner, the block runner being mounted substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation; and wherein the moulds are oriented substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the centrifugal casting apparatus.
Claims15
A method of casting a component comprising:
- attaching a mould to a centrifugal casting apparatus, such that the mould is oriented substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the centrifugal casting apparatus,
- and applying a molten feedstock through a block runner mounted substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation to control and contain the turbulence within the molten feedstock.
A centrifugal casting apparatus comprising an upper portion into which molten material is poured, the upper portion having a central rotational axis about which the apparatus is rotated;
- at least one block runner is connected to the upper portion at the proximal end of the block runner and to at least one mould at the distal end of the block runner, the block runner being mounted substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation;
- and wherein the moulds are oriented substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the centrifugal casting apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.