Manufacture of foundry moulds and cores
AssigneeBaker Perkins Holdings Limited
InventorAlbert Edwards
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for preparing sand-based foundry moulds and cores, particularly of the cold-setting type made from a sand/binder/catalyst mixture. After the introduction of the sand mixture into a mould or core box, sealing means is located over an open end of the box to enclose the mixture within the box, and suction is applied to the box. The sealing means may comprise a flexible diaphragm, which is drawn by the suction against the adjacent upper surface of the mixture to compact the mixture.
Claims6
The method of preparing a sand-based mould comprising the steps of introducing a sand mixture into a mould box having an open upper end;
- sealing said upper end of said box by fitting a flexible diaphragm to said box with one side of said diaphragm overlying and confronting said mixture;
- and compacting said mixture solely by the application of suction to said box to evacuate the latter sufficiently to draw said diaphragm against said mixture while maintaining the opposite side of said diaphragm in communication with atmosphere.
Apparatus for preparing sand-based moulds comprising a mould box adapted to receive and contain a moulding sand mixture and having an open upper end and means defining vent openings in the lower end of said box, a diaphragm head movable into sealing engagement with the upper end of said box, a flexible diaphragm defining the lower side of said diaphragm head and adapted when said head is in sealing engagement with said box to have its lower side lie against the upper surface of a moulding sand mixture contained in said box, vacuum head means sealingly engageable with the lower end of said mould box and operable when so engaged to apply suction to said vent openings to draw said diaphragm against the upper surface of said sand mixture, and means communicating with said diaphragm head at a level above that of said diaphragm for venting said diaphragm head to atmosphere during the application of suction to said vent openings.
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