Abstract:
Production of light metal castings composed of magnesium or magnesium alloys, includes supplying a liquid metal first to a dosing chamber; pumping gas under pressure into the dosing chamber so as to press the liquid metal into a preliminarily evacuated mold nest; performing a production process within a system which is pressure-tightly closed from outside; performing heating of the liquid metal in a lower part of a melting device which adjoins a feed system; performing overheating of the liquid metal from a melting condition with a temperature of approximately 630null C. to a rigidification condition at a tool side to a lower region of a valve seat; and supplying and withdrawing a protective gas by a differential pressure system.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for producing metal foam and to a metal body produced using this process. The object is achieved by a process for producing metal foam by adding a blowing agent to a metal melt, wherein the metal melt is introduced into the die cavity of a metal die-casting machine and is foamed using a blowing agent which releases gases and is solid at room temperature.