161 |
METHOD FOR DETECTING POWDER AND POWDER DETECTION DEVICE |
US14654902 |
2013-08-05 |
US20150346371A1 |
2015-12-03 |
Hiroyasu MAKINO; Minoru HIRATA; Shuji TAKASU; Hiroyuki MIYAZAKI; Matthias STREHLE |
A method for detecting powder is performed in a powder detection device including a pair of electrodes arranged to be opposed to each other with a gap interposed therebetween and an electric circuit electrically connected to the pair of electrodes. The method includes detecting powder filling in a case where the electric circuit together with powder and the electrodes forms a closed circuit when the powder fills the gap. |
162 |
MIXING AND ADJUSTING METHOD FOR FOUNDRY SAND |
US14391036 |
2013-06-04 |
US20150114259A1 |
2015-04-30 |
Yuichi Ogura; Koji Takishita; Hisashi Harada |
Provided is a mixing and adjusting method for foundry sand that uses a sand muller, having weight measuring means for measuring a weight of the foundry sand to be mixed, water content measuring means for measuring a water content of the foundry sand to be mixed, water pouring means for pouring water into the foundry sand, and CB value measuring means for measuring a CB value of the foundry sand during mixing. |
163 |
Core sand filling device and core sand filling method in core making machine |
US14123329 |
2012-05-18 |
US08997835B2 |
2015-04-07 |
Shigeyoshi Kato; Shuichi Tsuzuki; Hisashi Harada |
The core sand filling device includes the core box, a blow head which is placed below the core box so as to move up and down in a relative manner to the core box and divided into a sand blowing chamber and a sand storage chamber that are communicatively connected to each other, a compressed air supply unit which is communicatively connected to the sand storage chamber and supplies compressed air into the sand storage chamber, an aeration air supply unit which is communicatively connected to the sand blowing chamber and supplies into the sand blowing chamber aeration air for suspending and fluidizing core sand inside the sand blowing chamber, and an exhaust valve which is communicatively connected to the sand blowing chamber and exhausts compressed air remaining in the sand blowing chamber. |
164 |
Strength Evaluation Method of Die Casting Product and Die Casting Product |
US14381917 |
2012-07-24 |
US20150044090A1 |
2015-02-12 |
Munetaka Mitsumura; Shigeru Okita; Hiroyuki Uchida |
There are provided a strength evaluation method of a die casting product capable of appropriately evaluating the strength of the die casting product, and a die casting product in which the strength is evaluated by the strength evaluation method. A breakage test is performed by a simple strength tester after casting, and then, a strength reduction ratio is estimated based on an area ratio of cold flakes in a broken surface obtained by broken surface observation. Alternatively, ultrasonic flaw detection is performed for an internal defect in a predetermined range of a high stress portion of the die casting product, calculated by stress analysis in advance, and the die casting product is evaluated to have a predetermined strength when a defect ratio obtained by dividing a total area of the internal defect in the predetermined range by a total defect detection area is less than or equal to a predetermined value. |
165 |
Differential sand compaction sensor |
US13204677 |
2011-08-06 |
US08890549B2 |
2014-11-18 |
Mohamed Abdelrahman; Michael Baswell; Kenneth Currie |
A device with one or more sensors for monitoring the effectiveness of sand compaction on a production line. The sensor's response measures the changes in sand compaction, which is affected by the mechanics of the vibration system, changes in the sand properties, and environmental changes. A sensor comprises multiple chambers where the sand is compacted, with each of these chambers having a different difficulty in resisting sand filling and compaction. The difficulty of filling and compacting the sand in these chambers can be controlled using factors such as geometry of each of the chambers and direction of the fill and compaction of sand. |
166 |
FLASKLESS MOLDING EQUIPMENT FOR MOLDING A MOLD |
US14100200 |
2013-12-09 |
US20140182805A1 |
2014-07-03 |
Shuji TAKASU; Yutaka Hadano |
A flaskless molding equipment for molding a mold that provides support for quickly restoring the stopped equipment to a normal operation. The control circuit monitors the movements of the movable members, the cylinders, and the mechanisms for driving a cylinder, and if the period of the operation of each step of the flaskless molding equipment for molding a mold from the start of the operation to the point where the operation of the flaskless molding equipment for molding a mold reaches the predetermined position exceeds the predetermined period that is set to be abnormal, then the control circuit provides support for restoring the stopped equipment to a normal operation, following the instructions displayed on the screen and following the operator's input by means of an input switch. |
167 |
Article With Grouped Grain Patterns |
US13559829 |
2012-07-27 |
US20140030545A1 |
2014-01-30 |
Mark White |
An article includes a first portion having a first grain pattern and a second portion having a second grain pattern different from the first grain pattern. The article is a cast article such as a turbine engine blade. |
168 |
Method for making upper and lower molds and an apparatus therefor |
US13647947 |
2012-10-09 |
US08567478B2 |
2013-10-29 |
Minoru Hirata; Yutaka Hadano; Tsutomu Seki |
The purpose of this invention is to provide a method for making upper and lower molds and an apparatus therefor that can prevent the resulting molds from being warped and match-plates from being broken.The method of this invention comprises the step of holding a match-plate 1 between cope and drag flasks 2 and 3, inserting upper and lower squeezing means 4 and 5 into the respective openings of the cope and drag flasks 2 and 3, which openings are opposite to the match-plate 1, so as to define upper and lower molding spaces, supplying molding sand to the upper and lower molding spaces, and then causing the upper and lower squeezing means 4 and 5 to move forward to the match-plate 1 so as to squeeze the molding sand and make upper and lower molds, wherein during the step of causing the upper and lower squeezing means to move forward to the match-plate the difference between the squeezing pressures of the upper and lower molding spaces is kept within a predetermined tolerance. |
169 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRALLY SERIALIZING A CAST PART |
US13407954 |
2012-02-29 |
US20130220567A1 |
2013-08-29 |
Stephen L. Jones; Barry L. Priem; Aram H. Papazian |
A method of serializing a cast part includes providing a mold for a metal casting, with the mold including an inner face partially defining a part cavity; laser engraving a representation of the two-dimensional data matrix into the inner face of the mold; and forming a serialized part by pouring molten metal into the part cavity of the mold, where the molten metal fills the part cavity including the engraved representation of the two-dimensional data matrix. The two-dimensional data matrix being generated by an electronic controller and includes error correcting information and part identifying information. |
170 |
DIFFERENTIAL SAND COMPACTION SENSOR |
US13204677 |
2011-08-06 |
US20120074964A1 |
2012-03-29 |
MOHAMED ABDELRAHMAN; Michael Baswell; Kenneth Currie |
A device for monitoring the effectiveness of sand compaction on a production line comprising one or more sensors. The sensor's response measures the changes in sand compaction, which is affected by the mechanics of the vibration system, changes in the sand properties, and environmental changes. A sensor comprises multiple chambers where the sand is compacted, with each of these chambers having a different difficulty in resisting sand filling and compaction. The difficulty of filling and compacting the sand in these chambers can be controlled using factors such as geometry of each of the chambers and direction of the fill and compaction of sand. |
171 |
REMOTE-SUPERVISORY FLASKLESS MOLDING MACHINE |
US11915193 |
2006-05-23 |
US20090304839A1 |
2009-12-10 |
Minoru Hirata |
A remote-supervisory flaskless molding machine, wherein the fluid pressures of first fluid cylinders (122) and (123) moving a cope (102) and a drag (103) close to and apart from each other, a second fluid cylinder (110) rotating the cope, the drag, and a match plate (105), a third fluid cylinder (129) separating an upper flask from the match plate, and a fourth fluid cylinder (138) extracting the cope and the drag from the upper flask (102) and a lower flask (103) in pairs and the pressure of a compressed air in a filling mechanism (11) filing a foundry sand to the upper and lower flasks by the compressed air are measured by sensors. The measured values by these sensors are transmitted to a monitoring tool (32) by a transmitter (31) through the Internet or an intranet (33) where these values are analyzed and the analyzed results are displayed. |
172 |
Automated quoting of molds and molded parts |
US10970130 |
2004-10-21 |
US07590466B2 |
2009-09-15 |
Lawrence J. Lukis; Yuri A. Dreizin; John M. Gilbert |
Automated, custom mold manufacture for a part begins by creating and storing a collection of information of standard tool geometries and surface profiles machinable by each of the standard tool geometries. A customer sends a CAD file for the part to be molded to the system. The system assesses the CAD file to determine various pieces of mold manufacturing information. One or more acceptability criteria are applied to the part, such as whether the part can be manufactured in a two-piece, straight-pull mold, and whether the mold can by CNC machined out of aluminum. If not, the system sends a file to the customer graphically indicating which portions of the part need modification to be manufacturability. The system provides the customer with a quotation form, that allows the customer to select several parameters, such as number of cavities, surface finish and material, which an independent of the shape of the part. |
173 |
Automated quoting of molds and molded parts |
US11035648 |
2005-01-14 |
US07496528B2 |
2009-02-24 |
Lawrence J. Lukis; John M. Gilbert; Christopher Walls-Manning |
A customer sends a CAD file for the part to be molded to the system. The system assesses the CAD file to determine various pieces of mold manufacturing information. One or more acceptability criteria are applied to the part, such as whether the part can be manufactured in a two-piece, straight-pull mold, and whether the mold can by CNC machined out of aluminum. If not, the system sends a file to the customer graphically indicating which portions of the part need modification to be manufacturable. The system provides the customer with a quotation form, that allows the customer to select several parameters, such as number of cavities, surface finish and material, which are independent of the shape of the part. The quotation module then provides the customer with the cost to manufacture the mold or a number of parts. Budget-driven quotation is possible, wherein proposed modifications in the molding process are controlled by the budget of the customer. Interactivity is also achieved, with the customer being able to modify the quotation interactively by modifying one or more of the initially selected parameters, including selecting a different budgeted amount. |
174 |
Molding and casting machine |
US11953610 |
2007-12-10 |
US20080135205A1 |
2008-06-12 |
Robert Jezwinski |
Disclosed is a sand casting molding machine for double indexing molds in a mold string. The machine can include a shot chamber having sand, a swingable squeeze head, a lateral squeeze head, a core setter, a mold hold down, a mold retention device and a mold string conveyor. |
175 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring a molding machine |
US11208521 |
2005-08-23 |
US07191818B2 |
2007-03-20 |
Minoru Hirata; Yutaka Hadano; Tsuyoshi Sakai |
A monitor system for monitoring a molding machine that includes a vertically-movable supporting frame, a pattern carrier on which a pattern is placed, a flask placed on a leveling frame, a sand hopper provided with an optional an air-jet chamber, sand-charging nozzles disposed around a plurality of squeeze feet that is disposed at a lower end of the sand hopper, and a filling frame connected to filling-frame cylinders and surrounding the squeeze feet and the sand-charging nozzles from their outside, the filling frame to be placed on the flask when lowered, comprising at least one sensor connected to the molding machine, for detecting an attribute of the molding sand as required and data analyzing monitor means connected to the sensor, for receiving data that correspond to the attribute detected by the sensor and analyzing the attribute and displaying the results of the analysis. |
176 |
Method and system for evaluating local compactness of a granular material |
US10357060 |
2003-02-03 |
US07036558B2 |
2006-05-02 |
Paolo Faraldi; Silvio Antonioni; Edoardo Merlone Borla |
An evaluation method in which a capacitive sensor is placed in a region of a container, into which a granular material is fed so as to contact the sensor, and the variation in the impedance of the sensor caused by feeding in the material is evaluated. The method is particularly useful for evaluating the compactness of sand in a formwork for making metal castings. The evaluation system includes a sensor defined by plates sensitive to the variation in the dielectric; and a conditioning and control circuit for indicating the variation in the capacitance of the plates, or more generally the total impedance of the system, when the granular material is fed into the container. In one embodiment, the plates of the sensor are defined by two combs made of conducting material, having two numbers of interlacing segments, and located on a rigid or flexible support. |
177 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring a molding machine |
US11208521 |
2005-08-23 |
US20060037730A1 |
2006-02-23 |
Minoru Hirata; Yutaka Hadano; Tsuyoshi Sakai |
A monitor system for monitoring a molding machine that includes a vertically-movable supporting frame, a pattern carrier on which a pattern is placed, a flask placed on a leveling frame, a sand hopper provided with an optional an air-jet chamber, sand-charging nozzles disposed around a plurality of squeeze feet that is disposed at a lower end of the sand hopper, and a filling frame connected to filling-frame cylinders and surrounding the squeeze feet and the sand-charging nozzles from their outside, the filling frame to be placed on the flask when lowered, comprising at least one sensor connected to the molding machine, for detecting an attribute of the molding sand as required and data analyzing monitor means connected to the sensor, for receiving data that correspond to the attribute detected by the sensor and analyzing the attribute and displaying the results of the analysis. |
178 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring a molding machine |
US11208520 |
2005-08-23 |
US20050279482A1 |
2005-12-22 |
Minoru Hirata; Yutaka Hadano; Tsuyoshi Sakai; Kenji Mizuno |
A monitor system for monitoring a molding machine that includes a vertically-movable supporting frame, a pattern carrier on which a pattern is placed, a flask placed on a leveling frame, a sand hopper provided with an optional an air-jet chamber, sand-charging nozzles disposed around a plurality of squeeze feet that is disposed at a lower end of the sand hopper, and a filling frame connected to filling-frame cylinders and surrounding the squeeze feet and the sand-charging nozzles from their outside, the filling frame to be placed on the flask when lowered, comprising at least one sensor connected to the molding machine, for detecting an attribute of the molding sand as required and data analyzing monitor means connected to the sensor, for receiving data that correspond to the attribute detected by the sensor and analyzing the attribute and displaying the results of the analysis. |
179 |
Method and system for monitoring a molding machine |
US10485882 |
2002-08-06 |
US06957687B2 |
2005-10-25 |
Minoru Hirata; Yutaka Hadano; Tsuyoshi Sakai; Kenji Mizuno |
A monitor system for monitoring a molding machine that includes a vertically-movable supporting frame, a pattern carrier on which a pattern is placed, a flask placed on a leveling frame, a sand hopper provided with an optional an air-jet chamber, sand-charging nozzles disposed around a plurality of squeeze feet that is disposed at a lower end of the sand hopper, and a filling frame connected to filling-frame cylinders and surrounding the squeeze feet and the sand-charging nozzles from their outside, the filling frame to be placed on the flask when lowered, comprising at least one sensor connected to the molding machine, for detecting an attribute of the molding sand as required and data analyzing monitor means connected to the sensor, for receiving data that correspond to the attribute detected by the sensor and analyzing the attribute and displaying the results of the analysis. |
180 |
Automated quoting of molds and molded parts |
US10970130 |
2004-10-21 |
US20050096780A1 |
2005-05-05 |
Lawrence Lukis; Yuri Dreizin; John Gilbert |
Automated, custom mold manufacture for a part begins by creating and storing a collection of information of standard tool geometries and surface profiles machinable by each of the standard tool geometries. A customer sends a CAD file for the part to be molded to the system. The system assesses the CAD file to determine various pieces of mold manufacturing information. One or more acceptability criteria are applied to the part, such as whether the part can be manufactured in a two-piece, straight-pull mold, and whether the mold can by CNC machined out of aluminum. If not, the system sends a file to the customer graphically indicating which portions of the part need modification to be manufacturable. The system provides the customer with a quotation form, that allows the customer to select several parameters, such as number of cavities, surface finish and material, which an independent of the shape of the part. The quotation module then provides the customer with the cost to manufacture the mold or a number of parts. The quotation is based in part upon mold manufacturing time as automatically assessed from the part drawings and based in part on the independent parameters selected by the customer. The customer's part is geometrically assessed so the system automatically selects appropriate tools and computes tool paths for mold manufacture. In addition to the part cavity, the system preferably assesses the parting line, the shutoff surfaces, the ejection pins and the runners and gates for the mold. The preferred system then generates CNC machining instructions to manufacture the mold, and the mold is manufactured in accordance with these instructions. |