A mold is used to form a solder joint to join the distal end of the guidewire to a wire coil. The mold has a cavity that can have different configurations so that the solder joint can be any of bullet shaped, micro-J shaped, cone shaped, truncated cone shaped, or have a textured surface.

A mold is used to form a solder joint to join the distal end of the guidewire to a wire coil. The mold has a cavity that can have different configurations so that the solder joint can be any of bullet shaped, micro-J shaped, cone shaped, truncated cone shaped, or have a textured surface.

A composite casting system for manufacturing a heterogeneous material casting product may include a fixed mold; a movable mold for opening or closing one side of the fixed mold; a slide core pin provided inside the fixed mold or the movable mold, and capable of being protruded to a cavity side, which is formed by a combination of the fixed mold and the movable mold, from the inside of the fixed mold or the movable mold; a high-pressure casting device for injecting high-pressure casting molten metal into the cavity; and a gravity casting device for injecting gravity casting molten metal through a gravity casting hole formed on the fixed mold or the movable mold.

A composite casting system for manufacturing a heterogeneous material casting product may include a fixed mold; a movable mold for opening or closing one side of the fixed mold; a slide core pin provided inside the fixed mold or the movable mold, and capable of being protruded to a cavity side, which is formed by a combination of the fixed mold and the movable mold, from the inside of the fixed mold or the movable mold; a high-pressure casting device for injecting high-pressure casting molten metal into the cavity; and a gravity casting device for injecting gravity casting molten metal through a gravity casting hole formed on the fixed mold or the movable mold.

The invention relates to a method and a device for casting a melt 4 of a metallic material by means of a furnace 2 of a low pressure casting device, which furnace 2 has a receiving space 3 and a riser tube protruding into said receiving space 3. By pressurizing the receiving space 3 with compressed air, the melt 4 in the riser tube 12 of the furnace 2 is pressed into a mold cavity 10 of a mold 7, wherein simultaneously, a magnetic field acting against the conveying direction 23 of the melt 4 is applied to the melt 4 of the metallic material by means of a magnetic element 16 arranged in the region of the riser tube 12.

The invention relates to a method and a device for casting a melt 4 of a metallic material by means of a furnace 2 of a low pressure casting device, which furnace 2 has a receiving space 3 and a riser tube protruding into said receiving space 3. By pressurizing the receiving space 3 with compressed air, the melt 4 in the riser tube 12 of the furnace 2 is pressed into a mold cavity 10 of a mold 7, wherein simultaneously, a magnetic field acting against the conveying direction 23 of the melt 4 is applied to the melt 4 of the metallic material by means of a magnetic element 16 arranged in the region of the riser tube 12.

A hot metal supply injection method includes generating a negative pressure in a cylindrical container by a negative pressure generation device, and causing molten metal to be sucked into the cylindrical container from a retention furnace, while keeping an opening portion of the cylindrical container immersed in the molten metal, arranging the opening portion of the cylindrical container in a gate of a cavity while holding the negative pressure by closing up the opening portion of the cylindrical container after moving an inner plunger tip to a tip side of the cylindrical container, and moving the inner plunger tip to a rear end side of the cylindrical container, then moving an outer plunger tip, together with the inner plunger tip, to the tip side of the cylindrical container, and filling the interior of the cavity with the molten metal through injection via the gate.

A casting apparatus for producing a casting by pouring a metal melt into a gas-permeable casting mold by gravity, comprising: a gas-permeable casting mold comprising a cavity including a sprue composed of a tubular portion and a cup portion having a larger diameter than that of the tubular portion to receive the metal melt, a runner constituting a flow path of the metal melt supplied through the sprue, and a product-forming cavity to be filled with the metal melt sent through the runner; a means for pouring the metal melt into the sprue by gravity; a gas-blowing unit comprising a gas-ejecting member to be connected to the sprue; and a mechanism for moving the gas-ejecting member; the gas-ejecting-member-moving mechanism placing the gas-ejecting member at a position just above the tubular portion and not interfering with gravity pouring of the metal melt, and moving it downward for connection to the tubular portion; the gas-blowing unit having blowing a gas to fill the product-forming cavity with the metal melt.

A casting apparatus for producing a casting by pouring a metal melt into a gas-permeable casting mold by gravity, comprising: a gas-permeable casting mold comprising a cavity including a sprue composed of a tubular portion and a cup portion having a larger diameter than that of the tubular portion to receive the metal melt, a runner constituting a flow path of the metal melt supplied through the sprue, and a product-forming cavity to be filled with the metal melt sent through the runner; a means for pouring the metal melt into the sprue by gravity; a gas-blowing unit comprising a gas-ejecting member to be connected to the sprue; and a mechanism for moving the gas-ejecting member; the gas-ejecting-member-moving mechanism placing the gas-ejecting member at a position just above the tubular portion and not interfering with gravity pouring of the metal melt, and moving it downward for connection to the tubular portion; the gas-blowing unit having blowing a gas to fill the product-forming cavity with the metal melt.

A composition of the wear-resistant material of the present invention includes high-temperature resistant skeleton metal materials, ceramic fiber materials and ceramic particle materials with the mass ratio of (10-60):(1-30):(10-70). The high-temperature resistant skeleton metal materials are foam metal or high-temperature resistant metal fibers. The wear-resistant material is good in wear-resistance, high in tenacity, suitable for occasions with high requirements for wear-resistance and tenacity and capable of being locally attached to the surface of the light metal alloy matrix to improve the wear-resistance and tenacity of the light metal alloy matrix under high temperature conditions. The locally-reinforced light metal matrix composites of the present invention are the light metal alloy matrix locally-reinforced through the wear-resistant material. A manufacturing method of the locally-reinforced light metal matrix composites of the present invention is to metallurgically bond the wear-resistant layer with the light metal alloy matrix is through the squeeze casting technique.