The volumetric changes of castings and dimension changes of mould cavity occurring during liquid cooling and solidification of nodular iron castings were described. The feasibility and prerequisites to realize feeder-...The volumetric changes of castings and dimension changes of mould cavity occurring during liquid cooling and solidification of nodular iron castings were described. The feasibility and prerequisites to realize feeder-less production of nodular iron castings was analyzed and proved with practical examples. It was pointed out that the feeder-less foundry method is by no means a feeding-less method, and it was emphasized that adopting high carbon equivalent, high rigidity mould, simultaneous and synchronous solidification, and intensifying cooling capacity of the mould to increase feeding effect of the gating system are important to successfully realize feeder-less production of nodular iron castings.展开更多
The paper describes recent trends to carry forward the automation in welding process in Japanese industries.The present situation on the introduction of computer integrated manufacturing is surveyed and its concept an...The paper describes recent trends to carry forward the automation in welding process in Japanese industries.The present situation on the introduction of computer integrated manufacturing is surveyed and its concept and relation among the constituent subsystems are shown.Also recent developments of arc welding processes and related tools are reviewed.They are as follows.1) Schematic image of the structure of computer integrated manufacturing system (CIM).2) Short descriptions for the trend of introducing CIM system.An example of multi-robot welding system in shipyard,virtual factory,network monitoring of welding quality,clarification of welder’s skill.3) Development of high efficiency welding processes.Copper-less wire electrode,tandem large fillet welding,tandem pulse GMA welding,digital wire feeder with new!push-pull system,overhead horizontal tandem GMA welding for ship bottom shell,one-sided fillet groove GMA welding for construction machinery,ultra-NGW hot wire GTA process,Al-alloy sheet welding with laser assisted AC pulsed MIG process.展开更多
文摘The volumetric changes of castings and dimension changes of mould cavity occurring during liquid cooling and solidification of nodular iron castings were described. The feasibility and prerequisites to realize feeder-less production of nodular iron castings was analyzed and proved with practical examples. It was pointed out that the feeder-less foundry method is by no means a feeding-less method, and it was emphasized that adopting high carbon equivalent, high rigidity mould, simultaneous and synchronous solidification, and intensifying cooling capacity of the mould to increase feeding effect of the gating system are important to successfully realize feeder-less production of nodular iron castings.
文摘The paper describes recent trends to carry forward the automation in welding process in Japanese industries.The present situation on the introduction of computer integrated manufacturing is surveyed and its concept and relation among the constituent subsystems are shown.Also recent developments of arc welding processes and related tools are reviewed.They are as follows.1) Schematic image of the structure of computer integrated manufacturing system (CIM).2) Short descriptions for the trend of introducing CIM system.An example of multi-robot welding system in shipyard,virtual factory,network monitoring of welding quality,clarification of welder’s skill.3) Development of high efficiency welding processes.Copper-less wire electrode,tandem large fillet welding,tandem pulse GMA welding,digital wire feeder with new!push-pull system,overhead horizontal tandem GMA welding for ship bottom shell,one-sided fillet groove GMA welding for construction machinery,ultra-NGW hot wire GTA process,Al-alloy sheet welding with laser assisted AC pulsed MIG process.
