The present application relates to a low-pressure casting multi-sprue process and device for an aluminum alloy wheel. A multi-sprue casting method is adopted, and a plurality of sprues are arranged at the end of the inner flange of a wheel, so that molten aluminum enters at the inner flange first, then enters from a center sprue after a mold cavity at the rim is full of the molten aluminum. The mold assembly is pressurized and cooled after the mold cavity is full of the molten aluminum. During cooling, starting from the outer flange of the wheel filled with the molten aluminum last, side mold ring water coolers are started.

The present application discloses a low-pressure casting secondary pressure process for an aluminum wheel. The characteristics of smooth low-pressure filling of molten aluminum alloy and rapid solidification of a rim are preserved, the aluminum alloy at a center sprue is frozen by using a center sprue spreader and a forced water coolling to close a mold cavity, and secondary pressure is implemented to the aluminum wheel by means of down-movement of center extrusion rods, so that the material mechanical properties of an aluminum wheel casting and the production efficiency of the casting process are improved.

The present application discloses a low-pressure casting secondary pressure process for an aluminum wheel. The characteristics of smooth low-pressure filling of molten aluminum alloy and rapid solidification of a rim are preserved, the aluminum alloy at a center sprue is frozen by using a center sprue spreader and a forced water coolling to close a mold cavity, and secondary pressure is implemented to the aluminum wheel by means of down-movement of center extrusion rods, so that the material mechanical properties of an aluminum wheel casting and the production efficiency of the casting process are improved.

An end or intermediate casing for a combustion turbine engines includes prefabricated vanes of a first metal. Ends of the prefabricated vanes are then embedded within cast-in place inner and outer, annular-shaped ring castings, formed from a second metal having a lower melting point than the first metal. The respective ends of the prefabricated vanes include first and second shanks, with respective first and second surface features that are oriented transverse to the central axis of the vane are encapsulated in the molten second metal during the inner and outer ring casting. Once the castings harden, the first and second surface features, such as for example circumferential fillets projecting outwardly from the airfoil portion of the vane, inhibit separation of the vanes from the respective inner and outer rings.

Disclosed is an aluminum alloy wheel squeeze casting process and an aluminum alloy wheel squeeze casting device. Molten aluminum is injected into a mold cavity from the bottom by adopting a U-shaped pipe, so that the filling is stable and the quality problem of the pore defect of a squeeze cast rim is solved; the squeeze deformation effect of the rim is strengthened using a mold locking ring; and through a secondary pressurization process for the center of the aluminum wheel, the internal dendritic spacing of the aluminum wheel casting is reduced, the yield strength and the elongation in the material mechanical properties of the casting are improved, and a necessary technical foundation is provided for overall weight reduction of the aluminum wheel.

Disclosed is an aluminum alloy wheel squeeze casting process and an aluminum alloy wheel squeeze casting device. Molten aluminum is injected into a mold cavity from the bottom by adopting a U-shaped pipe, so that the filling is stable and the quality problem of the pore defect of a squeeze cast rim is solved; the squeeze deformation effect of the rim is strengthened using a mold locking ring; and through a secondary pressurization process for the center of the aluminum wheel, the internal dendritic spacing of the aluminum wheel casting is reduced, the yield strength and the elongation in the material mechanical properties of the casting are improved, and a necessary technical foundation is provided for overall weight reduction of the aluminum wheel.

Disclosed is a continuous casting and continuous forging forming process for an aluminum wheel. The process combines the advantage of low-pressure filling stability of molten aluminum alloy, and utilizes the strengthening effect of extrusion deformation forging of a side mold locking ring and a pressure module to improve the mechanical properties of an aluminum wheel material to close to the forging level. A mold cavity is sealed by means of the side mold locking ring and a center mold locking taper, and the extrusion forging pressure acts on the surface of the aluminum alloy in the closed mold cavity, so that the requirement of equipment for mold closing tonnage is lowered, and the cost of the equipment is far lower than that of forging equipment and equivalent to that of casting equipment.

Disclosed is a continuous casting and continuous forging forming process for an aluminum wheel. The process combines the advantage of low-pressure filling stability of molten aluminum alloy, and utilizes the strengthening effect of extrusion deformation forging of a side mold locking ring and a pressure module to improve the mechanical properties of an aluminum wheel material to close to the forging level. A mold cavity is sealed by means of the side mold locking ring and a center mold locking taper, and the extrusion forging pressure acts on the surface of the aluminum alloy in the closed mold cavity, so that the requirement of equipment for mold closing tonnage is lowered, and the cost of the equipment is far lower than that of forging equipment and equivalent to that of casting equipment.

The invention relates to the field of aluminum wheel casting molds, and more particularly relates to a closed-loop control method and system for a mold temperature in a wheel casting process. The control method includes: step 1, acquiring data, that is, acquiring a plurality of mold position temperatures, and cooling pipeline opening and closing signals in a target wheel casting process according to a fixed frequency; step 2, storing, based on acquired mold opening and closing signals of casting equipment, the acquired data in a database in the form of a unique ID according to a single wheel casting process; step 3, calculating new process parameters based on the acquired plurality of position temperatures and time; and step 4, integrating the calculated process parameters, and issuing the process parameters to a PLC of a casting equipment to perform new casting. According to the invention, the temperature control parameters are calculated based on the acquired temperature data and time process to form the temperature control process of the casting process, which solves the technical problem of significant fluctuations in the quality of the low-pressure casting process of aluminum wheels and improves casting stability and yield.

A steering-wheel core eliminating or reducing the need to perform finishing processing after casting and decreasing a manufacturing cost even when the steering-wheel core is cast using a molten metal process. The steering wheel core includes a boss core portion coupled to a steering shaft, a rim core portion and a spoke core portion. The boss core portion forms a nut seat surface that makes contact with a nut when the nut is fastened to a distal end of the steering shaft. A recess is formed in the nut seat surface depressed toward a back surface side of the boss core portion. The recess is preferably provided in an annular form so as to surround the circumference of the nut seat surface.