The present invention relates to a device for shooting a foundry core which surrounds a free inner space on its outer boundaries, with the device having a mould cavity representing the foundry core, which circulates around an inner slider extending along a longitudinal axis and is delimited on its outer side by an outer slider circulating around the mould cavity, with the clear width of the mould cavity being determined by the distance of the inner surface of the outer slider, assigned to the mould cavity, to the outer surface of the inner slider. The device according to the invention allows for operationally-safe manufacture of foundry cores that are tubular in their base form, but finely-structured in their walls and also on a large scale. This is achieved by the inner slider segments being displaceable between a removal position, in which they are positioned approximated in relation to one another and to the longitudinal axis of the inner slider and the clear width of the mould cavity present between the inner slider and the outer slider is increased, into a shooting position approximating the outer slider, in which the clear width of the mould cavity corresponds to a target specification for the foundry core to be shot.

The present invention relates to a riser sleeve (1) for using when pouring metals into a casting mould, comprising a riser body (2), comprising a riser cavity (3) for holding liquid metal and a riser opening (4) for joining the riser cavity (3) to a mould cavity of the casting mould during the casting process,
wherein the riser cavity (3) has a greater diameter than the diameter of the riser opening (4) in at least one portion, the riser body (2) is made of an insulating and/or exothermic riser material, the riser body (2) is formed as a single piece, the riser opening (4) defines an axis (5), and the riser cavity (3) is asymmetric to the axis (5).

The present invention relates to a riser sleeve (1) for using when pouring metals into a casting mould, comprising a riser body (2), comprising a riser cavity (3) for holding liquid metal and a riser opening (4) for joining the riser cavity (3) to a mould cavity of the casting mould during the casting process,
wherein the riser cavity (3) has a greater diameter than the diameter of the riser opening (4) in at least one portion, the riser body (2) is made of an insulating and/or exothermic riser material, the riser body (2) is formed as a single piece, the riser opening (4) defines an axis (5), and the riser cavity (3) is asymmetric to the axis (5).

A core molding method for molding a core having a twisted shape by use of a core mold includes a curing step and a mold extracting step. In the curing step, after the core mold is disposed along a vertical direction within a frame whose top is open, a self-hardening sand formed of a kneaded mixture of a sand, a resin and a curing agent is charged into the frame from the top of the frame, and then cured. In the mold extracting step, the core mold is extracted in the vertical direction from the core formed of the cured self-hardening sand while rotating the core mold and the frame relatively to each other around an axis of the core mold.

A core molding method for molding a core having a twisted shape by use of a core mold includes a curing step and a mold extracting step. In the curing step, after the core mold is disposed along a vertical direction within a frame whose top is open, a self-hardening sand formed of a kneaded mixture of a sand, a resin and a curing agent is charged into the frame from the top of the frame, and then cured. In the mold extracting step, the core mold is extracted in the vertical direction from the core formed of the cured self-hardening sand while rotating the core mold and the frame relatively to each other around an axis of the core mold.

The invention relates to a core box for manufacturing casting cores from a moulding material rigidified by supply of heat, including at least two core box parts, which together provide the shape of the casting cores to be manufactured and a heating device for heating the core box parts. The heating device has at least one oil line in thermal contact with at least one of the core box parts and connected to an oil supply feeding the oil line with a tempered oil for heating the core box parts. The invention divides at least one of the core box parts into a contour plate, providing the shape of the casting cores to be manufactured, and a heating plate connected to the contour plate, said heating plate extending flat over the contour plate and in which the oil line is provided.

The invention relates to a core box for manufacturing casting cores from a moulding material rigidified by supply of heat, including at least two core box parts, which together provide the shape of the casting cores to be manufactured and a heating device for heating the core box parts. The heating device has at least one oil line in thermal contact with at least one of the core box parts and connected to an oil supply feeding the oil line with a tempered oil for heating the core box parts. The invention divides at least one of the core box parts into a contour plate, providing the shape of the casting cores to be manufactured, and a heating plate connected to the contour plate, said heating plate extending flat over the contour plate and in which the oil line is provided.

An apparatus and method for producing a core for use in casting a gas turbine component is provided. The apparatus comprises a system having a cavity block with an upper portion, a lower portion, and a recessed cavity in each of the upper portion and the lower portion. Positioned within the cavity block is an adapter insert, and within the adapter insert is positioned a core die insert, where the core die insert is fabricated from a sacrificial material and has a hollow internal profile corresponding to an external surface of a core. A ceramic-based material is supplied to the core die insert where it solidifies. The core die insert is placed into a water-based solution and the core die insert is removed from around the core.

The invention relates to a method for more quickly producing molds (2) or cores (2) for foundry purposes by adapting the specific electrical resistance in the selection of the core box to the mixture (9) of a molding material and of a water-containing binder, which binder, when dissolved, forms an electrolyte and has a sufficient electrical conductivity. It is essential to the invention that an electrically conductive material (7) for holding the mixture (9) is introduced into an electrically non-conductive housing (3), wherein the specific electrical conductivity of the material (7) at operating temperature (7) at least approximately corresponds to the specific electrical conductivity of the mixture (9) at temperatures between 100 C. and 130 C., and that electrical energy and thus heat are supplied to the material (7) via electrodes (10) arranged in/on the housing (3) (resistance heating principle), leading to curing of the mixture (9). Depending on the sand core, up to 30% shorter cycle times can be achieved.

The invention relates to a method for more quickly producing molds (2) or cores (2) for foundry purposes by adapting the specific electrical resistance in the selection of the core box to the mixture (9) of a molding material and of a water-containing binder, which binder, when dissolved, forms an electrolyte and has a sufficient electrical conductivity. It is essential to the invention that an electrically conductive material (7) for holding the mixture (9) is introduced into an electrically non-conductive housing (3), wherein the specific electrical conductivity of the material (7) at operating temperature (7) at least approximately corresponds to the specific electrical conductivity of the mixture (9) at temperatures between 100 C. and 130 C., and that electrical energy and thus heat are supplied to the material (7) via electrodes (10) arranged in/on the housing (3) (resistance heating principle), leading to curing of the mixture (9). Depending on the sand core, up to 30% shorter cycle times can be achieved.