Die casting system and cell

US9878368B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Mario P. Bochiechio · Vernon, US
• John Joseph Marcin · Marlborough, US
• Carl R. Verner · Windsor, US
• John F. Blondin · South Windsor, US
• Mark F. Bartholomew · Enfield, US
• Raymond P. Ristau · South Windsor, US
• Kevin W. Chittenden · Oxford, US
• Gary M. Tamiso · Town of East Hartford, US
• Robert C. Renaud · Southbridge, US
• Dennis M. Kraemer · Coventry, US
• Robert E. LeBrun · Southington, US
• Paul R. Zamjohn · Saco, US
• Charles A. Roohr · Granby, US
• Kerry Kozaczuk · Town of West Hartford, US
• Roy A. Garrison · Chaplin, US
• Steven J. Bullied · Pomfret Center, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B22D47/00
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a component in a die casting cell that includes a die casting system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, isolating a first chamber from a second chamber of the die casting system, melting a charge of material in the first chamber, sealing the second chamber relative to the first chamber, and simultaneously injecting the charge of material within the second chamber to cast the component and melting a second charge of material within the first chamber.