Method of centrifugal casting using dry coated sand cores
AssigneeLaempeReich Corporation
InventorsDavid Reich, Harry Reich
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Abstract
A method for centrifugal casting using a sand core having a refractory coating applied in a dry state, without the use of a liquid carrier, said coating sufficient to withstand the adverse forces of the centrifugal casting environment and yield a finished cast surface with a consistent, smooth surface. The coating may be applied by pressing the coating into a mixture of refractory material and impacting media fluidized in a vibratory bed such that the core floats in the mixture, and then rotating the core to coat the surfaces that will be in contact with the molten metal in the casting process.
Claims10
A method of centrifugally casting iron pipe in a cylindrical mold, comprising:
- coating a sand core by pressing the core against a fluidized mixture of an impacting media and a refractory material, without the use of a liquid carrier, said mixture fluidized to a density at which said core floats in said mixture with a desired degree of submersion and rotating the core about its primary axis with the core bearing against said mixture;
- fixing said coated sand core in the cylindrical mold, the shape of an end of said pipe defined by the space between said core and said mold;
- rotating said mold at a predetermined speed, and, while said mold is rotating:
- flowing molten metal into said space;
- allowing said metal to cool until a predetermined state of solidity is reached;
- and
- removing said pipe from said mold.
A method of centrifugally casting iron pipe in a cylindrical mold, comprising:
- coating a sand core by the steps of:
- fluidizing in a tub with a vibratory drive a mixture of an impacting media and a refractory material, without the use of a liquid carrier, sufficiently to impart a circulatory flow to said mixture in said tub;
- submerging the sand core in said mixture, wherein said mixture is fluidized to a density at which said core floats in said mixture with a desired degree of submersion;
- rotating the core about its primary axis with the core bearing against the mixture;
- fixing said coated sand core in the cylindrical mold, the shape of an end of said pipe defined by the space between said core and said mold;
- rotating said mold at a predetermined speed, and, while said mold is rotating:
- flowing molten metal into said space;
- allowing said metal to cool until a predetermined state of solidity is reached;
- and
- removing said pipe from said mold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.