Countermeasures for damage during die casting production

In die casting production, the most common form of mold damage is cracking and cracking. Stress is the main cause of mold damage. Thermal, mechanical, chemical, and operational shocks are sources of stress, including mechanical and thermal stresses, which are generated by:

Causes and preventive measures for damage to die-casting production molds:

First, the cause of damage to the die-casting production mold:

In die casting production, the most common form of mold damage is cracking and cracking. Stress is the main cause of mold damage. Thermal, mechanical, chemical, and operational shocks are sources of stress, including mechanical and thermal stresses, which are generated by:

(1) in the mold manufacturing process

1. The quality of rough forging.

Some molds produce cracks only when they are produced in a few hundred pieces, and cracks develop rapidly. It is possible that only the outer dimensions are ensured during forging, and the loose defects such as dendrites, inclusions, shrinkage cavities, and bubbles in the steel are stretched and elongated along the processing to form a streamline, which is the last of the streamlines. The quenching deformation, cracking, brittle cracking during use, and failure tendency have a great influence.

2. The cutting stress generated during the final processing such as turning, milling and planing. This stress can be eliminated by intermediate annealing.

3. Grinding stress occurs during hardening of steel, friction heat is generated during grinding, softening layer and decarburization layer are produced, thermal fatigue strength is reduced, and thermal cracking and early cracking are easily caused. After the fine grinding of h13 steel, it can be heated to 510-570 ° C, and the thickness is maintained every 25 mm for one hour for stress relief annealing.

4. EDM produces stress. The surface of the mold produces a white bright layer rich in electrode elements and dielectric elements, which is hard and brittle. This layer itself has cracks and stress. EDM should use a high frequency to minimize the white bright layer, must be polished and removed, and tempered, and tempered at the tempering temperature.

(2) During the mold processing

Improper heat treatment will lead to cracking of the mold and premature scrapping. In particular, only quenching and tempering, no quenching, and surface nitriding will occur, and surface cracking and cracking will occur after several thousand die casting.

The stress generated when the steel is quenched is the result of the superposition of the thermal stress during the cooling process and the structural stress during the phase change. The quenching stress is the cause of the deformation and cracking, and the solid must be tempered to eliminate the stress.

(3) in the process of die casting production

Mold temperature

The mold should be preheated to a certain temperature before production. Otherwise, when the high temperature molten metal is filled, chilling occurs, which causes the temperature gradient of the inner and outer layers of the mold to increase, forming thermal stress, causing the surface of the mold to crack or even crack.

During the production process, the mold temperature is continuously increased. When the mold temperature is overheated, the mold is easily generated, and the moving parts are broken, resulting in damage to the mold surface.

The cooling temperature control system should be set to keep the working temperature of the mold within a certain range.