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AssigneeNippon Steel Corporation
InventorsHiroto Imamura, Michio Endo, Syoichi Sekiguchi, Shigeki Ogura, Isao Arikata, Mitsuji Hirata, Koji Akafuji, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Toru Ono
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The present invention aims to provide a metal mold for glass, which needs not apply any swab in molding of glass, enabling no-swabbing glass forming. The alloy for the mold comprises by weight Cu: 10 to 80%, Al: 4 to 11%, Cr: 3 to 16%, Ni: 2 to 36%, and at least one rare earth element: 0.02 to 2.0% with the balance consisting of Fe and further comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ti: Al%.times.0.5 to 2, V: Al%.times.0.2 to 1, Zr: Al%.times.0.1 to 0.3, and Nb: Al%.times.0.1 to 0.3. The alloy is gradually cooled from the solidification initiation temperature to 50.degree. C. at a cooling rate of 10.degree. C./ min. The surface of the mold is coated with an Al-containing coating or roughened to an average roughness of 0.3 to 5 .mu.m. A solid lubricating film is provided in a fitting portion of the mold, or alternatively a self-lubricating solid is embedded in the fitting portion of the mold.
A glass mold, characterized by having an aluminum oxide film formed on a mold surface by applying a coating containing a highly reductive material composed mainly of Al powder onto the mold surface of a glass mold and heat-treating the resultant coating in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature higher than 700.degree. C., wherein the highly reductive material composed mainly of Al powder comprises a Cu-Al-Cr-Ni-Fe alloy and causes self-oxidation during heat treatment to form a protective oxide film that enough to sufficiently diffuse Al in the alloy, thus inhibiting the formation of Cu oxide in a low temperature region.
A glass mold, characterized by having a film comprising an aluminum oxide and a composite compound, formed on a mold surface by applying a coating comprising a highly reductive material composed mainly of Al powder and a material highly reactive with Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 at a high temperature onto the mold surface of a glass mold and heat-treating the resultant coating in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature higher than 700.degree. C., wherein the high reductive material composed mainly of Al powder comprises a Cu-Al-Cr-Ni-Fe alloy and causes self-oxidation during heat treatment to form a protective oxide film that keeps the surface of the alloy reductive at least until the alloy reaches a temperature high enough to sufficiently diffuse Al in the alloy, thus inhibiting the formation of Cu oxide in a low temperature region, and wherein the material highly reactive with Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 at a high temperature comprises one selected from the group consisting of a silicic acid compound, a hydroxide, and a carbonic acid compound, said selected one being a compound of at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of Ca, Mg, Al, Ti, Cr, Fe, Zr and a composite compound thereof.
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