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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1997
Takeyoshi Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Nobuhiro Saito, Saitama, JP;
Kazuo Kikawa, Saitama, JP;
Takeshi Sugawara, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In carrying out of a thixocasting process, a material in a semi-molten state is produced by heating an aluminum alloy material which has a thermal characteristic that a first angled endothermic section generated by the melting of a eutectic crystal and a second angled endothermic section generated by the melting of a component having a melting point higher than an eutectic point exist in a differential calorimetric curve. A start point of a primary pressing stage is established at a point when the temperature T of the material is in a range of T.sub.1 <T.ltoreq.T.sub.4 in the relationship between the temperature T.sub.1 of a rise-start point in the first angled endothermic section and the temperature T.sub.4 of a peak of the second angled endothermic section. At the primary pressing stage, the charging of the material into the cavity in a casting mold is completed. A start point of a secondary pressing stage is established at a point when the temperature T of the material is in a range of T.sub.1 <T.ltoreq.T.sub.3 in the relationship between the temperature T.sub.1 of the rise-start point in the first angled endothermic section and the temperature T.sub.4 of a drop-end point in the first angled endothermic section. At the secondary pressing stage, the material is solidified.