Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

Robert W Grenkowitz

Michael John Braskich

Robert F Novak

Gerry A Grab

Craig Edward Burch

Allen D Ackerman

Martin Andrew Brogley

Michael Raymond Rigley

Randolph C King

James R Lapeus

Mark John Gallo

Stephen A Veresh

Furgan Zafar Shaikh

An apparatus for curing foundry cores is provided, including a first curing agent supply passing through foundry core primarily through first directional plane and a secondary curing agent supply passing through the foundry core primarily through a secondary directional plane

Method and apparatus for curing foundry cores

Method of rapidly producing a contoured part, comprising: designing a computer graphic model of the part, sectioning the graphic model into graphic members which are at least one of blocks or slabs, carving a solid member (14-150 mm in thickness) for each of the graphic members, the solid member being proportion to and enveloping such graphic members, the carving being carried out by accessing two or more sides (opposite sides) of such solid member to at least essentially duplicate the corresponding graphic member, and securing the carved solid members together to replicate the graphic model as a usable unitary part.

Rapidly making a contoured part

A technique and accompanying apparatus to promote increased yield, improved surface finish and microstructure, and faster cycling time for precision-sand casting process. Aluminum products are cast by: (a) forming a precision sand mold, devoid of risers and/or vents, and a gating system consisting of a gravity feeding sprue and one or more runners effective to carry molten metal from the sprue only to the bottom of the mold cavity; (b) planting a flow modifier in the gating system between the sprue and mold effective to convert the flow into laminar quiescent flow; and (c) filling the gating system with molten aluminum metal at a rate faster than 4 pounds/second as permitted by the laminar flow that more rapidly fills the mold and acts as a heat sink to prevent a drop in temperature of the in-coming molten metal and thereby increase yield as well as minimizing cycle time.

Gravity precision sand casting of aluminum and equivalent metals

A modular apparatus for evaluating flow processes. The apparatus has (i) a closure for a chamber, the closure defining at least one aperture and at least one seating basin facing away from the chamber; and (ii) at least two stacking elements cooperatively associated with each aperture for defining at least one fluid passage communicating with the aperture when stacked on one seating basin, the elements when stacked having mating walls meeting at a parting plane or line along the length of the passage, each element sealingly mating with each other, and one of the elements sealingly mating with the basin. The bottom stacking element snugly seats in and on the basin and defines a surface cooperating with the closure to form a cradle for a top stacking element when placed thereon.

Modular apparatus for iteratively evaluating combustion flow process

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Robert W Grenkowitz