6308 results about "Casting mold" patented technology

This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a variable optic insert into an ophthalmic lens. An energy source is capable of powering the variable optic insert included within the ophthalmic lens. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is cast molded from a silicone hydrogel.

A method and apparatus for ultrasonic assisted deposition of a release agent onto a workpiece is disclosed. The release agent can be any fluorinated or non-fluorinated phosphorous-containing organic acid. The workpiece can be any workpiece desired to be coated with the release agent, such as a surface needing an anti-stick coating required in a plastic casting or injection mold. Metal oxide workpiece surfaces strongly bond to fluorinated phosphorus-containing organic acids. In particular, the present invention can deposit anti-stick coatings onto smooth or porous surfaces, such as anodized aluminum and its alloys, using ultrasonic assisted deposition

A method for investment casting includes the steps of positioning a base plate relative to a die; molding a first material between the die and at least a first surface portion of the base plate; securing one or more patterns to the base plate, the one or more patterns comprising a second material; applying one or more coating layers over at least portions of the one or more patterns and at least a portion of the first material; substantially removing the first material through an interior receptacle of a manifold body and the second material through an exterior receptacle of the manifold body to leave one or more shells formed by the coating layers; removing said base plate; introducing molten metal to the one or more shells through the interior receptacle of the manifold body; permitting the molten metal to solidify; and destructively removing one or more investment casting molds.

A method for producing a cast article comprises using a porous powder article as a sacrificial pattern. The porous powder article is preferably made using a rapid prototyping process. The porous powder article is used as a sacrificial pattern for a mold into which a molten metal is cast. Some embodiments include a step of proving the porous powder article with a ceramic coating. Methods of making molds and patterns using a porous powder article are also disclosed. The powder comprising the porous powder article may be a metal, ceramic or cermet. In some embodiments, the powder alloys with the molten casting metal. In some other embodiments, the powder and the casting metal form a composite. Sacrificial casting mold patterns comprising porous powder articles and casting molds comprising such sacrificial patterns are also disclosed.

A simple, cost-effective stamping or molding in the nanometer range is enabled using a stamping surface or molding face with a surface layer having hollow chambers that have been formed by anodic oxidation.

A mold assembly for footwear components is cast as a collection of mold elements having integral attachment members. Attachment members of separate mold elements may then be joined by, e.g., welding. Handles may also be formed into one or more mold elements as part of the casting process. Outsole negatives are juxtaposed with templates for attachment tabs and / or handles and used to form ceramic casting molds. The ceramic casting molds can then be used to cast individual mold elements.

A system for producing cast components from molten metal. One form of the present invention includes a system for the precision pouring of molten metal within a casting mold.

The invention discloses high-strength, high-toughness and high-plasticity martensitic stainless steel, and belongs to the technical field of metallurgy. The martensitic stainless steel comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 0.15 to 0.4 percent of C, 0 to 0.12 percent of N, 0.2 to 2.5 percent of Si, 0.4 to 3.0 percent of Mn, less than or equal to 0.02 percent of S, less than or equal to 0.02 percent of P, 13.0 to 17.0 percent of Cr, 0 to 5.0 percent of Ni, 0 to 2.0 percent of Mo, 0 to 0.3 percent of V, 0 to 0.2 percent of Nb, 0 to 0.05 percent of Ti, 0 to 0.8 percent of Al and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. A preparation method comprises the following steps of (1) smelting molten steel according to the set components, and solidifying the molten steel to form an ingot blank by using a continuous casting machine or a casting mold; (2) hot-rolling the ingot blank to form a hot-rolled plate blank; (3) heating the hot-rolled plate blank to 950 to 1100 DEG C, preserving heat for 0.5 to 2 hours, cooling the plate blank to 25 to 200 DEG C, heating the plate blank to 350 to 500 DEG C, preserving heat for 10 to 60 minutes, and air-cooling the plate blank to room temperature. According to the martensitic stainless steel prepared by the method, dispersed remaining martensite is introduced into a microscopic structure, so that the strength, toughness and plasticity of the martensitic stainless steel are greatly improved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of casting, and discloses a rapid mold-free casting manufacturing method. The method comprises the steps that the temperature of molding sand is decreased to range from minus 40 DEG C to minus 10 DEG C, a computer controls a working platform to move downwards by a certain distance and lays a layer of frozen bottom sand at the low-temperature environment, then, the working platform moves downwards by one layer thickness, a layer of low-temperature molding sand is laid, the computer controls sprayers to spray water or a water solution according to the cross-section shape of the current layer cast mold, and the sand mold is solidified; and printing is performed layer by layer, and a casting mold is obtained. The invention further provides a 3D printing ice-mold casting sand mold device. The device comprises a low-temperature molding chamber, the liftable working platform, a powder spreading device and a two-dimensional motion system. Array nozzles connected with a liquid supply system are installed on the two-dimensional motion system and spray water or the water solution. A feeding system is used for providing low-temperature molding sand. The casting mold manufactured by adopting the method has the beneficial effects of being environment friendly, high in manufacturing speed, low in cost, low in gas generating amount, free of deformation and the like and has the popularization and usage value.

A method of producing a nickel base alloy includes casting the alloy within a casting mold and subsequently annealing and overaging the ingot at at least 1200° F. (649° C.) for at least 10 hours. The ingot is electroslag remeelted at a melt rate of at least 8 lbs / min (3.63 kg / mm.), and the ESR ingot is then transferred to a heating furnace within 4 hours of complete solidification and is subjected to a novel post-ESR heat treatment. A suitable VAR electrode is provided form the ESR ingot, and the electrode is vacuum arc remelted at a melt rate of 8 to 11 lbs / minute (3.63 to 5.00 kg / minute) to provide a VAR ingot. The method allows premium quality VAR ingots having diameters greater than 30 inches (762 mm) to be prepared from Alloy 718 and other nickel base superalloys subject to significant segregation on casting.

A helmet that is custom-fitted to a wearer's head, and a method of making the helmet, are provided. The method includes the steps of positioning a shape-forming means over the wearer's head, and hardening the shape-forming means to provide a hardened headform that substantially conforms to the shape of the wearer's head. The shape-forming means can be a stretchable beanie cap that is coated or impregnated with a curable polymeric material, a heat-softenable plastic sheet, or a strip or plurality of strips of curable tape that are wrapped about the wearer's head to provide a headwrap. Once the hardened headform has been made, it can be used to cast a hardened plaster fixture for use as the "male" member in a mold for casting an energy absorbing foam liner for a helmet which has an inner surface substantially conforming to the shape of the wearer's head. Alternatively, the hardened headform can itself be used as the "male" member of the liner casting mold.

A method for producing a laminated object repeats a depositing step and an irradiating step alternatively. The irriating step comprises the operations of: covering a deposited layer with a mask having a pattern configuration for penetrating the laser beam; and scanning the lader beam on the desposited layer covered with the mask in such a manner that the laser beam depicts an irradiated continous wave trace being wider than the pattern configuration of the mask, by moving the laser beam in the Y-direction with a Y-rotating mirror, while repeating oscillations of the laser beam in the X-direction with a X-rotating nirror, The laminated object may be a casting mold.

The invention discloses a road vehicle brake disc made of carborundum foamed ceramics / aluminum alloy composite materials and a production method of the road vehicle brake disc. The body of the reinforced-aluminum-alloy brake disc with a carborundum foamed ceramics framework is made of reinforced aluminum alloy materials such as aluminum alloy or nano ceramics particles or carbon nano-tubes. The carborundum foamed ceramics framework is integrally casted on two symmetrical friction surfaces of the brake disc, and heat dissipation grooves or air holes can be casted or do not need to be casted on the friction surfaces. A plurality of heat dissipation ribs are casted in the peripheral direction of non-friction surfaces. Mounting holes are formed in the disc body. The production method includes the steps of production of the carborundum foamed ceramics framework, preprocessing of the framework, design and production of a casting mold of the brake disc, lower-pressure casting of the brake disc, heat treatment of the brake disc, precision processing of the brake disc and storage of a finished product. The brake disc is simple in production technology, light in weight, high and stable in friction factor, high in heat conductivity, long in service life and applicable to existing road vehicles.

An insert for a casting mold used to produce a sound dampening rotor of a caliper disc brake is provided. The insert includes a ring having an inner diameter, an outer diameter and at least one tab. The insert also includes an inner core made from a refractory material, the inner core being adjacent to the ring. The tab of the ring is operable to position the ring relative to the inner core. Furthermore, the ring and the inner core together can be placed within the casting mold and afford for the desirable and accurate placement of the sound dampening ring within a cast sound dampening composite rotor of a caliper disc brake.

The invention discloses an environmental-friendly magnesium alloy mold releasing agent which comprises organic silicon, a synthetic macromolecular compound, grease, an antirust corrosion inhibitor, a preservative, a surface active agent and water. The environmental-friendly magnesium alloy mold releasing agent has excellent flowing property, thus the generation of poor flowing property can be greatly reduced. The product has excellent adsorbing performance, thus the lubricating mold releasing performance of the product can be obviously improved; the product has excellent heat insulating performance, thus the molding quality of a workpiece can be obviously improved; meanwhile, the environmental-friendly magnesium alloy compression-casting mold releasing agent has environmental protection and high performance.

Simplified heat-treatment in making aluminum alloys castings of the type improved by aging, especially for automotive engine cylinder heads and motor blocks. The castings, after solidification and extraction from their molds, each have an end product (workpiece) portion and a riser portion (the latter being ultimately cut off as waste). The workpiece portion of the casting is selectively quenched from solution temperatures down to about 120° C. by spraying water or other appropriate liquid preferably as a gas driven mist onto the surfaces of the workpiece while maintaining the riser portion of the casting essentially unsprayed at relatively significantly higher temperatures. After the quench, the residual reservoir of heat thus retained by said riser portion, by internal heat conduction, reheats the workpiece portion and maintains such workpiece portion for an effective time period within the temperature range for artificial aging, thus obviating any need for the aging furnace used by the prior art. Preferably, the quench is immediately after the casting mold extraction (without the standard natural cooling, reheating, and solution heat-treatment, all prior to quenching), thus obviating also the need for a solution heat-treatment furnace, required by the conventional prior art.

The invention includes an improved quartz glass body, especially an improved quartz glass crucible for melting non-metals, non-ferrous metals, or silicon, and a method and casting mold for making it The quartz glass body is made by a method in which a quartz glass-water mixture is supplied to a casting mold comprising an outer part and an inner part, dried in the mold, and put under an overpressure during the drying. Later a resulting green glass body is removed from the mold. At least a portion of the shaping surfaces of the inner part of the mold are surfaces of a water-impermeable substance. The method provides a cast body with a reduced tendency to crack and with a smaller open porosity.

This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a variable optic insert into an ophthalmic lens. A liquid crystal layer may be used to provide a variable optic function and in some examples, an alignment layer for the liquid crystal layer may be patterned in a cycloidally dependent manner. The patterning may allow for a polarization dependent lens in some examples. An energy source is capable of powering the variable optic insert included within the ophthalmic lens. In some examples, an ophthalmic lens is cast-molded from a silicone hydrogel. The various ophthalmic lens entities may include electroactive liquid crystal layers to electrically control optical characteristics.

The invention discloses a method for manufacturing metal molds used for casting manganese steel crushing walls or rolling motor walls of cone crushers. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps of: (1) manufacturing cast molds according to different sizes, specifications and models of the manganese steel crushing walls or the rolling motor walls of the cone crushers; (2) respectively designing and manufacturing near inner metal molds and near outer metal molds which have corresponding thicknesses and overall structures according to the shapes of the cast molds; and (3) distributing trumpet-shaped vent holes on the near inner metal molds and the near outer metal molds. Castings produced by using the method do not produce fragmentation; the metal molds can accelerate the cooling speed of the castings so that the surfaces of the castings have fine grain structures; and the mold cavities have the characteristics of high size precision, bright and clean surface and no distortion.

A precision-casting mold material for ornament consists of hydrogenated microcrystalline wax, paraffin, petroleum resin, high-molecular polymer, mineral wax and animal and vegetable wax. It has better bending strength, surface hardness, thermal stability, fluidity, reutilization and less linear shrinkage rate. It can be used for gold and silver ornaments.

The present invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a variable optic insert into an ophthalmic lens. The variable optic insert may have surfaces within that have differing radii of curvature. A liquid crystal layer may be used to provide a variable optic function and in some embodiments, an alignment layer for the liquid crystal layer may be patterned in a hybrid manner. The patterning may allow for the lowering of the minimum electrical potential required to cause a shift in orientation of liquid crystal molecules within the ophthalmic device. An energy source is capable of powering the variable optic insert included within the ophthalmic lens. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is cast-molded from a silicone hydrogel. The various ophthalmic lens entities may include electroactive liquid crystal layers to electrically control optical characteristics.

The invention discloses a precision casting method for high temperature alloy complex thin-walled castings. The method comprises the following steps of: utilizing a medium frequency induction heating power supply to melt the alloy, utilizing a medium baffle to separate an upper tank and a lower tank, and utilizing an electric hoist to elevate the upper tank when a casting mold and a liquid rising tube are installed; after the installation is completed, utilizing a gas circuit control pipeline, a vacuum system and a gas tank to realize vacuum and pressure regulation in a pressure regulating furnace. By adopting the method disclosed by the invention, stable and efficient mold filling is realized, the castings is solidified sequentially, utilization efficiency of the material can be effectively improved, and the space for near-end net shape casting can be supplied; the complex, thin-walled and integral metal castings which are difficult to cast through other molding methods can be produced, so as to solve the filling problem in the pouring process of the complex thin-walled castings, and in particular, the filling capacity for the thin-walled castings with the wall thickness of less than 3mm is greatly improved. Accurate castings with high dimensional accuracy can be obtained through high temperature alloy pressure regulating investment precision casting, and the accuracy of the casting can reach between CT4 and CT6.

The invention relates to a prefabricated reinforced concrete hollow template internally provided with cross holes and a molding and forming device of the prefabricated reinforced concrete hollow template. The hollow template is internally provided with longitudinal through holes with round cross sections along the length direction and latitudinal through holes with square cross sections along the width direction, wherein the longitudinal through holes are arrayed parallel one another, the latitudinal through holes are also arrayed parallel one another, and the diameter of each longitudinal through hole is less than the length of the side of each latitudinal through hole. Two large surfaces of the hollow template are flat surfaces formed by molding. A casting mold of the molding and forming device is of a vertical type and provided with one or more mold cavities; each mold cavity is surrounded by a front face plate, a rear face plate, a left side plate and a right side plate; a core tube frame or upper side plate capable of fixing a vertical core tube is arranged on the upper part or above each mold cavity; and the left side plate, the right side plate and the upper side plate are provided with a plurality of horizontal holes and vertical holes respectively. Each surface of the hollow template processed by using the molding and forming device is flat without being polished and subjected to similar treatment. The hollow template is high in strength and good in quality, can be directly used for the construction of a load-bearing wall with few procedures in a short time and can ensure that the load-bearing wall is not easy to shrink and crack.

This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing an ophthalmic lens of variable optical power. The variable optic insert may have surfaces within that have differing radii of curvature. The variable optic insert may also comprise polarizing elements. In some embodiments, the variable optic insert may affect polarization components of light differently and enable a bifocal type ophthalmic device. An energy source is capable of powering the variable optic insert included within the ophthalmic lens. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is cast-molded from a silicone hydrogel. The various ophthalmic lens entities may include electroactive liquid crystal layers to electrically control refractive characteristics.

This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing an ophthalmic lens with diffractive / refractive variable optic structures. An energy source is capable of powering the variable optic included within the ophthalmic lens as it may be predetermined. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is cast molded from a silicone hydrogel.