The Causes Of Die-Casting Tooling Bursting

The Causes Of Cracks

1. The temperature of the mold is too high during the die-casting production process (it is best to add a cooling system).
2. The mold release agent is sprayed unreasonably during the die-casting production process.
3. The mold heat treatment is not ideal, mainly due to the hardness (the hardness should not be less than HRC-47).
4. The mold steel material is not good, it is recommended to use 8407 or refined H13

Early cracking is generally due to the high forging temperature of the blank forging (commonly known as overburning). Overburning is an irremediable defect, so the forging temperature during the blank manufacturing process should be strictly controlled. The same is true for the quenching process. The heating time should be strictly controlled to prevent decarburization. After the material is selected, it is heat treatment. After a certain amount of production, pay attention to stress relief. Also, the design should be reasonable, try to avoid stress concentration, and pay attention to the size of the R angle. At about 10,000 mold times, the mold should pay attention to tempering to remove the stress. The residual stress of the internal force concentrated processing is not removed. The thermal stress of the die-casting process is not well removed. In short, the crack is the performance of stress concentration. You can use multiple tempering to remove the stress. Can increase mold life.

The main reasons for the cracking of aluminum alloy die-casting molds after a period of production are as follows:

1. The mold temperature is too high and the stress is too large
2. Mould core material uses 8407, skd61
3. Mold heat treatment hardness is too high
4. Regular maintenance, 5k times1 tempering, 15k times1 tempering 30k times.

To prevent the die-casting mold from cracking and increase the service life of the mold, the following points must be done:

• 1. The heat treatment of the forming part of the die-casting mold (moving, fixed core, core) requires that the hardness is guaranteed to be HRC43~48 (the material can be SKD61 or 8407)
• 2. The mold should be fully preheated before die-casting production, and its functions are as follows:
• 2.1 Make the mold reach a better thermal balance, make the casting solidification rate uniform and facilitate pressure transmission.
• 2.2 Maintain the fluidity of the die-cast alloy when filled, have good formability and improve the surface quality of the casting.
• 2.3 Reduce pre-production defects and improve die-casting productivity.
• 2.4 Reduce the thermal alternating stress of the mold and increase the service life of the mold.

The specific specifications are as follows:

After the new mold is produced for a period of time, the accumulation of thermal stress is the direct cause of the mold core cracking. In order to reduce the thermal stress, the mold core and slider after a certain period of time should be tempered to eliminate thermal stress.The specific production modes that need to eliminate thermal stress are as follows:

The aluminum alloy die-casting mold bears huge alternating working stress, and attention must be paid to the mold material, design, processing, heat treatment and operation in order to obtain a long mold life. The following are 25 tips for making the mold achieve a long life:

1. High-quality mold materials
2. Reasonable design of mold wall thickness and other mold dimensions
3. Try to use inserts
4. Choose the largest possible corner R when possible
5. The distance between the cooling water channel and the profile and corner must be large enough
6. ​​Stress relief and tempering should be done after rough machining
7. Heat treatment is correct, and quenching and cooling must be fast enough
8. Thoroughly polish and remove the EDM metamorphic layer
9. The surface cannot be highly polished
10. The mold surface should be oxidized
11. If selective nitriding, the infiltration layer should not be too deep
12. Preheat the mold to the recommended temperature in the correct way
13. Slow hammer speed should be used to start die-casting 5-10 pieces
14. Reduce the temperature of the molten aluminum as much as possible on the premise of obtaining qualified products
15. Do not use too high injection speed of aluminum liquid
16. Ensure that the mold is properly cooled, and the temperature of the cooling water should be kept at 40~50℃
17. For temporary shutdown, try to close the mold and reduce the amount of cooling water to avoid thermal shock to the mold when restarting
18. The coolant should be turned off when the model surface is at the highest temperature
19. Not too much spray release agent
20. After a certain amount of die-casting, stress relief and tempering
21. The main reason is that the temperature is too high. It is recommended to use a thermometer to control the temperature at any time during the die-casting process (the recommended temperature for aluminum alloy die-casting is <650)
22. Pay attention to the preheating of the mold to prevent thermal fatigue. (Cracking is mainly caused by thermal fatigue)
23. Pay attention to mold processing, it is best to use a machining center to complete, if there is a need for electrical processing, after electrical processing, grinding and polishing procedures should be added.
24. Pay attention to the maintenance of the mold (stress relief and tempering)
25. It is recommended to use ASSAB 8407 for molds with high life requirements, and the hardness of die-casting molds is recommended not to be higher than 50HRC

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