Shot tube plunger for a die casting system
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsMario P. Bochiechio, Mark F. Bartholomew, Carl R. Verner, John F. Blondin
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Abstract
A method for controlling a temperature of a portion of a die casting system having a shot tube plunger, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, communicating a fluid through a fluid inlet of a fluid passageway of a thermal control scheme of the shot tube plunger. The fluid circulates through the fluid passageway of the thermal control scheme to selectively adjust a temperature of the shot tube plunger. The fluid is discharged through a fluid outlet of the fluid passageway.
Claims19
A method for controlling a temperature of a portion of a die casting system having a shot tube plunger, comprising the steps of:
- a) communicating a fluid through a fluid inlet of a fluid passageway of a thermal control scheme of the shot tube plunger;
- b) circulating the fluid through the fluid passageway of the thermal control scheme to selectively adjust a temperature of the shot tube plunger, the fluid passageway includes multiple coiled portions each having an inlet and an outlet disposed internally to the shot tube plunger, wherein the fluid inlet and a fluid outlet extend in parallel in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the shot tube plunger, and each of the inlets of the multiple coiled portions are connected to the fluid inlet and each of the outlets of the multiple coiled portions are connected to the fluid outlet;
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- c) discharging the fluid through the fluid outlet of the fluid passageway.
A method for controlling a temperature of a shot tube plunger of a die casting system, comprising the step of:
- circulating a fluid through a thermal control scheme having a fluid passageway that includes at least one coiled portion disposed inside of the shot tube plunger to selectively adjust a temperature of the shot tube plunger, wherein the shot tube plunger includes a plunger body and a separate tip portion attached only at a first face of the plunger body.
A method for controlling a temperature of a portion of a die casting system having a shot tube plunger, comprising the steps of:
- (a) communicating a fluid through a fluid inlet of a fluid passageway of a thermal control scheme of the shot tube plunger;
- (b) circulating the fluid through the fluid passageway of the thermal control scheme to selectively adjust a temperature of the shot tube plunger;
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- (c) discharging the fluid through a fluid outlet of the fluid passageway, wherein the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet extend in parallel in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the shot tube plunger and the thermal control scheme includes multiple coiled portions each having an inlet and an outlet, and each of the inlets of the multiple coiled portions are connected to the fluid inlet and each of the outlets of the multiple coiled portions are connected to the fluid outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.