Method and apparatus for creating at least one metal component by injecting flowable metal casting material into at least one cavity of a multi-part casting mold. Arranged successively downstream, apparatus includes a conveyor device for the flowable metal material, a distributor unit and the mold. The distributor unit includes an inlet: channel connected to the conveyor device, and multiple outlet channels each having an outlet nozzle, such that casting material fed under pressure via the distributor inlet channel is injectable via the outlet nozzles into the at least one cavity of the mold to simultaneously fill the at least one cavity with casting material via the outlet nozzles. To produce the component with high process reliability in high quality, at least one of the outlet channels is connected to the mold in a sliding manner to enable relative movement between the outlet nozzle of the outlet channel and the mold.

Proposed are an apparatus for molding a material, and a method for molding a material by using the apparatus. The apparatus includes first and second fixed platens (110 and 120) provided as a pair and spaced a predetermined distance from each other by tie bars (150), a movable platen (140) movable along the tie bars (150) between the first and second fixed platens (110 and 120), a mold (200) which is provided with a movable mold (220) and a fixed mold (240) and which forms a molding space (260) that is capable of being open or closed as the movable mold (220) moves in a direction toward or away from the fixed mold (240), and a pressing block (300) selectively positioned between the first fixed platen (110) and the movable mold (220) such that the pressing block is capable of applying a pressure to the movable mold (220).

A plunger lubricant for die casting includes a component (a), a component (b), a component (c), and water. The component (a) is one or two or more compounds selected from among mineral oils, synthetic hydrocarbons, and fatty acid esters. The component (b) is one or two or more compounds selected from among alkali metal salts of higher fatty acids or alkali metal salts of aliphatic hydroxy acids. The component (c) is an alkali metal salt of an oxoacid or polyoxoacid that is able to be dehydrated and condensed.

A punch pin assembly includes a punch rod, a punch pin and a punch pin connection rod connected therebetween. A heat-conducting medium conveying loop is arranged in the punch rod and the punch pin connection rod. The heat-conducting medium conveying loop communicates with the outside of the punch rod separately through a first medium port and a second medium port which are formed in the punch rod.

A plunger lubricant for die casting includes a component (a), a component (b), a component (c), and water. The component (a) is one or two or more compounds selected from among mineral oils, synthetic hydrocarbons, and fatty acid esters. The component (b) is one or two or more compounds selected from among alkali metal salts of higher fatty acids or alkali metal salts of aliphatic hydroxy acids. The component (c) is an alkali metal salt of an oxoacid or polyoxoacid that is able to be dehydrated and condensed.

An injection molding material for magnesium thixomolding includes: a powder containing Mg as a main component; and a chip containing Mg as a main component, in which a proportion of the powder in the injection molding material for magnesium thixomolding is 5 mass % or more and 45 mass % or less, and a tap density of the powder is 0.15 g/cm.sup.3 or more.

A method for manufacturing a powder-modified magnesium alloy chip for thixomolding includes a drying step of heating a mixture containing an Mg chip containing Mg as a main component, a C powder containing C as a main component, a binder, and an organic solvent to dry the organic solvent contained in the mixture, and a stirring step of stirring the mixture heated in the drying step.

A method for manufacturing a thixomolding material for thixomolding includes a drying step of heating a mixture containing a first powder that contains Mg as a main component, a second powder, a binder, and an organic solvent to dry the organic solvent contained in the mixture, and a stirring step of stirring the mixture heated in the drying step.

A device to produce a part by molding a bulk metallic glass (BMG) includes a mold, a melting device to melt the BMG and a sectorized piston. The mold includes two rigid sections delimiting a molding cavity. The melting device includes a cold sectorized crucible or melting crucible, an inductor and a current generator to generate a high-frequency current to power the inductor. The melting crucible is arranged vertically having hollow sectors formed from an electrically conductive and non-magnetic material electrically insulated from one another. The inductor is in the form of a coil and surround the melting crucible to heat the content thereof. The sectorized piston has hollow sectors formed from the electrically conductive and non-magnetic material electrically insulated from one another, closing the melting crucible at one of the ends thereof.

A method for casting metals under pressure by a cold-chamber method includes placing a bolt of the metal to be cast in one of at least two casting chambers and selecting a casting chamber from the at least two casting chambers and feeding and introducing the selected casting chamber into a diecasting machine, the selected casting chamber having one outlet opening. The selecting and feeding of the casting chambers is carried out alternately from the at least two casting chambers. The method further includes heating the bolt by means of induction. Melting of the bolt in the selected casting chamber is carried out after the feeding and introducing of the selected casting chamber into the diecasting machine but before an opening of the outlet opening of the selected casting chamber in order to fill the cavities is completed.