(19)
(11) EP 2 347 840 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.11.2011 Bulletin 2011/45

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.07.2011 Bulletin 2011/30

(21) Application number: 11151616.7

(22) Date of filing: 21.01.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B22D 17/30(2006.01)
 B22D 25/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 22.01.2010 JP 2010011751
18.03.2010 JP 2010063237
18.03.2010 JP 2010063241
18.03.2010 JP 2010063246

(71) Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Tokyo 107-8556 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sakai, Tomonori
    Tochigi 321-3395 (JP)
  • Ioroi, Motoaki
    Tochigi 321-3395 (JP)
  • Kuroki, Koichi
    Tochigi 321-3395 (JP)
  • Imanishi, Daisuke
    Tochigi 321-3395 (JP)

(74) Representative: Herzog, Markus 
Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Postfach 86 08 20
81635 München
81635 München (DE)

   


(54) Casting method and casting apparatus


(57) A casting apparatus (10A) has a long cooling jig (18) inclined with respect to a vertical direction. A melt (34) is supplied to and flowed on a bottom surface (36a) of the cooling jig (18), whereby a solid phase is generated in the melt (34) to obtain a semi-solid slurry (48), and the semi-solid slurry (48) is transferred into and solidified in a cavity (24) of a mold (12) to obtain a casting. The casting apparatus (10A) further has a release agent application unit (42), and a release agent (44) is applied by the application unit (42) to the bottom surface (36a) of the cooling jig (18) in a direction toward a supply of the melt (34) at an angle of less than 90° to the bottom surface (36a) before supplying the melt (34) to the cooling jig (18).







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