Mold for reducing defects in low pressure casting of aluminum alloy wheel

• US 10,654,099 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2019
• Issued: 05/19/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Citic Dicastal Co. Ltd (CITIC Corp. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Citic Dicastal Co. Ltd (CITIC Corp. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Kaiqing, Xu, Xianyi, Li, Changhai
• Primary Examiner(s): Yoon, Kevin E
• Application Number:
  US16/362,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20190321878A1
• Time in Patent Office: 424 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B22C 9/28 for wheels, rolls, or rollers B22D15/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B22D 18/04 Low pressure casting, i.e. making use of pressures up to a few bars to fill the mould

Abstract

A mold for reducing defects in low pressure casting of an aluminum alloy wheel includes a top mold, a side mold and a bottom mold, wherein the top mold is arranged above the bottom mold to mold a back cavity of a wheel, the bottom mold is arranged below the top mold to mold a front wheel disc of the wheel, the side mold is arranged on the side of the top mold and the bottom mold, and the top mold, the side mold and the bottom mold collectively surround a casting cavity of the aluminum alloy wheel, wherein the upper surface of the bottom mold includes a recessed portion configured to form a spoke and a boss portion configured to form a window and wherein the boss portion configured to form the window includes cooling ducts.

Claims

1. A mold for reducing defects in low pressure casting of an aluminum alloy wheel, the mold comprising a top mold, a side mold and a bottom mold, the top mold being arranged at the top to mold a back cavity of a wheel, the bottom mold being arranged below the top mold to mold a front wheel disc of the wheel, the side mold being arranged on the side of the top mold and the bottom mold, and the top mold, the side mold and the bottom mold collectively surrounding a casting cavity of the aluminum alloy wheel, characterized in that

the upper surface of the bottom mold comprises a recessed portion for forming spokes and a boss portion for forming a window;

the top mold has a depth such that a hub cavity is 1-2 mm higher than a predetermined hub blank;

the portion of the top mold that cooperates with the boss portion of the upper surface of the bottom mold for forming the window comprises an assembly slot, the assembly slot extends 2-3 mm outwards from the boss portion, and a clearance of 0.2-0.5 mm is formed between the top surface of the assembly slot and the boss portion;

the boss portion for forming the window comprises cooling ducts; and

the back of the boss portion of the bottom mold is machined with a profiling slot, the profiling slot is filled with thermal insulation material.

2. The mold for reducing defects in low pressure casting of an aluminum alloy wheel according to claim 1, characterized in that the back surface of the bottom mold is a rotator cavity formed by turning, and the wall thickness of the bottom mold is 20-25 mm.

3. The mold for reducing defects in low pressure casting of an aluminum alloy wheel according to claim 1, characterized in that the cooling ducts are round holes penetrating the bottom mold.

4. The mold for reducing defects in low pressure casting of an aluminum alloy wheel according to claim 3, characterized in that the round holes have the diameter of 3-5 mm and are spaced apart from each other by 3-6 mm.

5. The mold for reducing defects in low pressure casting of an aluminum alloy wheel according to claim 3, characterized in that the round holes have the diameter of 4 mm and are spaced apart from each other by 4 mm.

6. The mold for reducing defects in low pressure casting of an aluminum alloy wheel according to claim 3, characterized in that exhaust pipes are welded to two ends of the round holes.

7. The mold for reducing defects in low pressure casting of an aluminum alloy wheel according to claim 3, characterized in that the boss portion for forming the window does not have round holes at the edge within a range of 5 mm.

8. The mold for reducing defects in low pressure casting of an aluminum alloy wheel according to claim 1, characterized in that the profiling slot is welded and sealed with a thin iron sheet to form a closed thermal insulation cavity.

9. The mold for reducing defects in low pressure casting of an aluminum alloy wheel according to claim 8, characterized in that the cooling ducts are round holes penetrating the bottom mold, exhaust pipes are welded to two ends of the round holes, parts of the exhaust pipes protruding the top surface are smoothed, and bottoms of the exhaust pipes extend out of the thin iron sheet.