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(11) EP 0 798 395 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/49

(43) Date of publication A2:
01.10.1997 Bulletin 1997/40

(21) Application number: 97302103.3

(22) Date of filing: 26.03.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6C22C 38/34, B22D 17/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 28.03.1996 JP 73883/96
28.03.1996 JP 73884/96

(71) Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kibata, Masanori
    1-1 Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo (JP)
  • Iwai, Masahiko
    1-1 Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo (JP)
  • Yada, Masato
    1-1 Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: BATCHELLOR, KIRK & CO. 
2 Pear Tree Court Farringdon Road
London EC1R 0DS
London EC1R 0DS (GB)

   


(54) Heat insulating alloy steel and die casting machine parts


(57) A heat insulating alloy steel contains 0.1 to 5.0 wt.% of C, 3.0 to 7.0 wt.% of Si, 5.0 to 18 wt.% of Ni, 0.5 to 8.0 wt.% of Cr, optionally at least one of less than 2.0 wt.% or less of Mn, 2.0 wt.% or less of Al and 2.0 wt.% of Mo, and the balance essentially of Fe. This heat insulating steel has a matrix metal structure with 30 % or more area ratio of a martensite phase. Further, a die casting machine part such as an injection sleeve or a pouring port bushing, having a surface making contact with an Al based molten metal, is made of a Fe base alloy containing 0.1 to 1.5 wt.% of C, 5.0 to 40 wt.% of Ni and 0.5 to 10 wt.% of at least one carbide forming element from: Cr, Mo, W, V, Nb, Ta, Ti and Zr. Such machine part comprises a surface layer portion including the surface making contact with the Al basedmolten metal, formed therein with a high density carbide layer as a dissolution resistance barrier.







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