{"id":1979,"date":"2023-07-06T17:19:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnwell.com\/?p=1979"},"modified":"2023-07-06T17:22:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:22:23","slug":"nine-common-defects-and-prevention-schemes-of-low-pressure-die-casting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mnwell.com\/es\/nine-common-defects-and-prevention-schemes-of-low-pressure-die-casting\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine common defects and prevention schemes of low pressure die casting"},"content":{"rendered":"
Low-pressure die-casting is one of the commonly used die-casting processes in aluminum alloy die-casting. Compared with high-pressure die-casting<\/a>, it has the characteristics of low cost and can manufacture large parts. In low-pressure die casting<\/a>, if you do not master the low-pressure die-casting technology, there will be some defects. Let’s take a look at the 9 major defects that will occur in low-pressure die-casting and how to prevent them<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pore-type defects formed by gas inside the casting. Its surface is generally smooth, mainly pear-shaped, round or oval. Generally not exposed on the surface of the casting, the large holes often exist in isolation, and the small holes appear in groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dispersed porosity located under the casting skin. Reactive pores produced by the chemical reaction between molten metal and sand molds (molds, wet cores, coatings, chilled iron with dirty surfaces). The shapes are needle-like, tadpole-like, spherical, pear-like, etc. Varying in size and depth. Usually found after machining or heat treatment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A smoother air hole is recessed in the surface of the casting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cavity casting defects formed by the combination of dispersed pores, shrinkage cavities and shrinkage porosity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Generally, it is the precipitated pores with the size of needles distributed on the cross section of the casting. Such pores often appear in aluminum alloy castings, which are very harmful to the performance of castings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Such pores are evenly distributed on the contact surface between the mold wall and the casting. The surface of the pores is smooth, silvery white (cast steel), metallic bright or dark. Reaction: Molds, cores, cold irons, paints, etc. contain substances that react with aluminum water to generate gas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n These pores are distributed in the upper part of the casting, and the pores are large and smooth. Intrusion: The gas in the cavity is not discharged out of the mold in time and invades into the casting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The mold of low-pressure casting is basically sealed, and the molten metal fills the mold faster, and the gas has no time to discharge, and the bag forms pores or pinholes in the casting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Strictly implement the smelting operation rules, avoid metal liquid inhalation, and carefully degas. Prevent exudative pores<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) Minimize the gas generation of coatings, sand cores, metal molds (cores), etc. Choose good-quality coatings with low gas generation, and fully dry the mold and core coatings. Prevent reactive pores<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3) Improve the exhaust conditions of the mold and core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the characteristics of the casting, the filling situation of the casting can be considered comprehensively, and a reasonable exhaust position and different exhaust measures can be selected: exhaust grooves, exhaust sheets, exhaust needles, exhaust plugs, exhaust holes, etc. for exhaust .<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The reason for the formation of shrinkage cavity and shrinkage porosity is: during the solidification process of the molten metal, due to the liquid shrinkage and solidification shrinkage of the alloy, that is, the volume loss caused by the volume shrinkage cannot be compensated, that is, it cannot be fed, and often solidifies at the end of the casting Holes appear in the parts. the Since low-pressure casting and differential pressure casting are all anti-gravity castings, gravity is always hindering feeding, so whether it is for sand casting or metal casting, or for castings that solidify simultaneously or sequentially, the quality of the liquid level pressure control system is good. Bad, is the key link to determine the compactness of castings. Especially for metal mold casting of thin-walled parts, the solidification time is not long. When the mold is filled to the top of the mold, the solid phase fraction in the liquid metal has already occupied a considerable proportion. At this time, the pressure should be increased rapidly in order to overcome the negative effect of gravity and carry out feeding. At this time, the compactness of the casting is an extremely critical moment. At present, some liquid level pressurization control systems still pressurize slowly according to the filling speed at critical moments, and some control systems are even worse. They can still boost normally when the pressure is low, but the higher the pressure, the slower the boosting speed. That is, the so-called downward parabolic filling. For the shrinkage cavity that occurs in the sequential solidification of metal molds, the elimination methods are as follows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Oxidized slag inclusions often appear in low-pressure casting castings. The source of oxidation slag is analyzed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cracks can be divided into hot and cold cracks. During the cooling and solidification process of liquid metal, if the stress caused by various reasons occurs shortly after the solid phase skeleton is formed, the cracks formed are called hot cracks; otherwise, they are called cold cracks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sticky sand can be divided into chemical sticky sand and mechanical sticky sand, but for low-pressure casting or differential pressure casting, it is mainly mechanical sticky sand. The reason for this is that the pressure of the liquid metal increases greatly when it is under pressure, and the pressure forces the liquid metal to overcome the surface tension and penetrate into the sand core or sand mold, resulting in mechanical sand sticking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The causes of casting deformation are the same as those of cold cracks<\/p>\n\n\n\n The treatment of this problem is basically the same as that of cold cracking. In addition, there are some special methods: <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to thermal stress deformation or other mechanical reasons (insufficient pressure of the hydraulic cylinder), the mold is not closed tightly, resulting in gaps, leaving flashes and burrs after filling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Air leakage, water seepage or oil seepage occurs during the air tightness test or use of castings. Some aluminum castings with high density requirements often have quality problems of pressure leakage, mostly due to defects such as pores, shrinkage, looseness, coarse structure or cracks in the castings, and there are a lot of Al2O3 in these parts. The reason is that when the aluminum liquid contacts the air during pouring, an oxide film is formed on its surface immediately, and the mixed flow that occurs due to the unsteady flow of the liquid when filling the mold will often suppress these oxide films and some cast aluminum parts that require high density. The quality problem of leakage, the main cause of leakage is micropores, microshrinkage and cracks, and there are a lot of Al2O3 in these parts. The reason is that when the aluminum liquid contacts the air during pouring, an oxide film is formed on its surface immediately, and the turbulence that occurs due to the unsteady flow of the liquid when filling the mold will mix these oxide films together with the adsorbed gas into the interior of the aluminum liquid. The relative density of these inclusions is similar to that of the aluminum liquid, and because the viscosity of the aluminum liquid increases as the temperature drops, the impurities will not have time to float out and remain inside the casting. The two adjacent oxide films provide positions and opportunities for the formation of initial cracks, and the gas precipitated during solidification and insufficient feeding will also form micro-pores and micro-shrinkage porosity in these areas. This will significantly reduce the mechanical properties of the material and become the source of pressure leakage, so the speed of liquid metal entering the cavity and the stability of liquid flow are crucial issues. It has been studied abroad that when a thin plate with a thickness of 5mm is filled at different speeds, the strength and plasticity of the resulting castings are different. Even if the filling speed is the same, the severity of the turbulence caused by the structure of the cavity is different, and the strength and plasticity of the corresponding parts are also different. Therefore, the hydraulic pressure control system has a very serious impact on the quality of complex thin-walled parts with high internal quality requirements.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Low-pressure die-casting is one of the commonly used die-casting processes in aluminum alloy die-casting. Compared with high-pressure die-casting, it has the characteristics of low cost and can manufacture large parts. In low-pressure die casting, if you do not master the low-pressure die-casting technology, there will be some defects. Let’s take a look at the 9 …<\/p>\nStomata<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
1.feature<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
(1) stomata<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
(2) Subcutaneous stomata<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
(3) Air pockets (air pit surface pores)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
(4) air shrinkage cavity<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
(5) pinhole<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n
(6) Surface pinholes<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Scattered pores distributed in groups on the surface of the casting. Its characteristics and causes are the same as those of subcutaneous pores, which are usually exposed on the surface of castings and can be removed after machining 1 to 2 mm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(7) Choke fire (choke hole)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
A large amount of gas generated during the pouring process cannot be discharged smoothly, and boiling occurs in the molten metal, resulting in a large number of pores in the casting, and even incomplete casting defects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n2.Classification of stomata<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
(1) Precipitation pores<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
This kind of pores are evenly distributed in the areas with high temperature near the gate, riser, hot joint, etc. The pores are small and scattered, and often coexist with shrinkage cavities. Precipitation: That is, the aluminum water contains gas, which is not completely removed and precipitates during the solidification process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(2) Reactive pores<\/h5>\n\n\n\n(3) Invasive stomata<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Shrinkage and porosity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Shrinkage defect: When the metal solidifies and shrinks, the defect occurs because the molten metal does not effectively feed the casting. Including shrinkage cavity, shrinkage porosity, shrinkage, sinking and so on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n1.feature<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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2.cause<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Different from general gravity casting, low-pressure casting is filled from bottom to top, and the gate is at the bottom. In order for the casting to get enough shrinkage, it is necessary to form a sequential solidification from top to bottom, that is, the place far away from the runner is solidified first, and the place away from the runner is solidified last, otherwise shrinkage cavity and shrinkage defects will occur. the<\/p>\n\n\n\n3.Preventive measures (simultaneous or sequential solidification)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
When the solidification of the liquid metal is basically over, the control system will increase the pressure of the pressurization and feeding. Obviously it is too late, and this will not have a good effect on the density of the casting. Sometimes the feeding pressure is already very high (up to 0.2MPa) in production, but the casting still has shrinkage porosity defects, resulting in too high pressure leakage rate. When the feeding channel is reasonable, it is mainly because the timing of the pressurization of the control system is not well controlled, rather than the so-called “feeding pressure has little effect on the compactness of the casting”. For large thin-walled parts, no qualified castings were cast after more than two years of trial production. The faults were that the castings had a lot of shrinkage, poor compactness, and serious pressure leakage.
When the old-fashioned liquid level pressurization control system was replaced by the closed-loop feedback “CLP-3” low-pressure casting liquid level pressurization control system, the situation changed drastically. The original process did not change much, and qualified castings were produced. A factory in Shenyang used a manual control system to produce thin-walled shell castings on a differential pressure casting machine, and the reject rate was almost as high as 80% to 90%, and then replaced it with the “CLP” type differential pressure casting designed by Harbin Institute of Technology to pressurize the liquid surface After controlling the system, the scrap rate dropped sharply immediately, and qualified castings with clear edges and corners and plump printing were cast. It can be seen from this that the position of the liquid level pressurization control system in differential pressure and low pressure casting is extremely important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n4.specific preventive measures<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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5.The processing methods of mold temperature, filling speed and pouring temperature are opposite to those of sequential solidification.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
It is more convenient to change the casting process of sand molds, so whether it is simultaneous solidification or sequential solidification, there are many ways to eliminate shrinkage cavities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The specific preventive measures are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Cold insulation and insufficient watering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Cracks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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sticky sand<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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deformation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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flash, burr<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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leak<\/h3>\n\n\n\n