Evaluation of High Pressure Die Casting Mold Temperature Relations Depending on the Location of the Tempering Channels

Abstract

During the casting cycle, the relatively cold material of the mold comes into contact with the significantly higher temperature melt, which causes high temperature fluctuations on the face of the mold and in its volume, which cause cyclic temperature stress. The submitted article is based on conclusions of the article “Evaluation of the temperature distribution of a die casting mold of X38CrMoV5_1 steel”, in which the modification of temperature relations of the mold in the direction from the mold face to its volume was investigated. In current article, the influence of the tempering channel distance on the temperature modification in the volume of high pressure die casting mold is investigated. Three variants of the tempering channels placements with different location respecting the mold cavity were investigated. The temperature was monitored in two selected locations, with distribution of 1mm, 2mm, 5mm, 10mm and 20mm in the direction from the mold cavity surface to the volume of fixed and movable part of the mold. As a comparative parameter, the temperature of the melt in the center of the runner above the measuring point and the temperature of the melt close to the face of the mold were monitored. The measurement was performed using Magmasoft simulation software. It was discovered that up to a distance of 5mm from the face of the mold, a zone with complete heat transit without its accumulation occurs. Above this limit, the mold begins to accumulate heat, and from distance of 20mm from the face of the mold, the heat gradually passes into the entire mass of the mold without significant temperature fluctuations. The propositions derived from the results of the experiments presented at the end of the article will subsequently be experimentally verified in further research works.