IPC 6 English version  B22-B22C02500
SECTION B– PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B 22

CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY

B 22 C

FOUNDRY MOULDING (moulding refractory materials in general B 28 B)

Note

This subclass covers:

the making of moulds for casting metals or of other refractory moulds;

selection or preparation of materials therefor;

the necessary patterns, processes, machines, accessory devices or tools.


1/

00

Compositions of refractory mould or core materials; Grain structures thereof (refractory materials in general C 04 B 35/00); Chemical or physical features in the formation or manufacture of moulds

1/

02

characterised by additives for special purposes, e.g. indicators, breakdown additives

1/

04

. . 

for protection of the casting, e.g. against decarbonisation

1/

06

. . . 

for casting extremely oxidisable metals

1/

08

. . 

for decreasing shrinkage of the mould, e.g. for investment casting

1/

10

. . 

for influencing the hardening tendency of the mould material (influencing the hardening tendency of the binding agent only B 22 C 1/16)

1/

12

. . 

for manufacturing permanent moulds or cores

1/

14

. . 

for separating the pattern from the mould

1/

16

characterised by the use of binding agents; Mixtures of binding agents

1/

18

. . 

of inorganic agents

1/

20

. . 

of organic agents

1/

22

. . . 

of resins or rosins

1/

24

. . . 

of oily or fatty substances; of distillation residues therefrom

1/

26

. . . 

of carbohydrates; of distillation residues therefrom

3/

00

Selection of compositions for coating the surfaces of moulds, cores, or patterns

3/

02

specially adapted for vacuum-sealed moulding [6]

5/

00

Machines or devices specially designed for dressing or handling the mould material so far as specially adapted for that purpose (of general applicability, see the relevant places, e.g. for material with water-setting properties B 28 C)

5/

02

Dressing by centrifuging essentially or additionally

5/

04

by grinding, blending, mixing, kneading, or stirring

5/

06

by sieving or magnetic separating

5/

08

by sprinkling, cooling, or drying

5/

10

by dust separating

5/

12

for filling flasks (in combination with compacting B 22 C 15/20 to B 22 C 15/28)

5/

13

. . 

during vacuum-sealed moulding [6]

5/

14

Equipment for storing or handling the dressed mould material, forming part of a plant for preparing such material

5/

16

. . 

with conveyers or other equipment for feeding the material

5/

18

Plants for preparing mould materials

7/

00

Patterns; Manufacture thereof so far as not provided for in other classes

7/

02

Lost patterns

7/

04

Pattern plates

7/

05

. . 

for vacuum-sealed moulding [6]

7/

06

Core boxes

9/

00

Moulds or cores (uniquely adapted to particular casting processes B 22 D); Moulding processes (processes involving the use of particular moulding machines, see the relevant groups for these machines)

9/

02

Sand moulds or like moulds for shaped castings

9/

03

. . 

formed by vacuum-sealed moulding [6]

9/

04

. . 

Use of lost patterns

9/

06

Permanent moulds for shaped castings (moulds for ingots B 22 D 7/06)

9/

08

Features with respect to supply of molten metal, e.g. ingates, circular gates, skim gates

9/

10

Cores; Manufacture or installation of cores

9/

11

. . 

for vacuum-sealed moulding [6]

9/

12

Treating moulds or cores, e.g. drying, hardening

9/

14

. . 

Equipment or plant specially adapted for drying moulds or cores (B 22 C 13/08 takes precedence)

9/

16

. . . 

Movable drying equipment

9/

18

Finishing

9/

20

Stack moulds, i.e. arrangement of multiple moulds or flasks

9/

22

Moulds for peculiarly-shaped castings

9/

24

. . 

for hollow articles

9/

26

. . . 

for ribbed tubes; for radiators

9/

28

. . 

for wheels, rolls, or rollers

9/

30

. . 

for chains
Moulding machines for making moulds or cores

11/

00

Moulding machines characterised by the relative arrangement of the parts of same

11/

02

Machines in which the moulds are moved during a cycle of successive operations

11/

04

. . 

by a horizontal rotary table or carrier

11/

06

. . 

by a vertical rotary carrier

11/

08

. . 

by non-rotary conveying means, e.g. by travelling platforms

11/

10

with one or more flasks forming part of the machine, from which only the sand moulds made by compacting are removed

11/

12

Moulding machines able to travel

13/

00

Moulding machines for making moulds or cores of particular shapes

13/

02

equipped with templates, e.g. for sweeping operation

13/

04

. . 

with rotary templates, e.g. arranged on a pillar

13/

06

. . 

with non-rotary template and rotary flask

13/

08

for shell moulds or shell cores

13/

10

for pipes or elongated hollow articles

13/

12

for cores

13/

14

. . 

by sweeping, turning, or coating

13/

16

. . 

by pressing through a die

15/

00

Moulding machines characterised by the compacting mechanism; Accessories therefor

15/

02

Compacting by pressing devices only

15/

04

. . 

involving muscle power, e.g. hand-operated levers

15/

06

. . 

involving mechanical gearings, e.g. crank gears (B 22 C 15/04 takes precedence)

15/

08

. . 

involving pneumatic or hydraulic mechanisms

15/

10

Compacting by jarring devices only

15/

12

. . 

involving mechanical gearings

15/

14

. . 

involving pneumatic or hydraulic mechanisms

15/

16

. . . 

the machine having special provision for reducing shock to its frame

15/

18

. . . . 

by means of separate shock-absorbers

15/

20

Compacting by centrifugal forces only, e.g. in sand slingers

15/

22

(transferred to B 22 C 15/23)

15/

23

Compacting by gas pressure or vacuum [6]

15/

24

. . 

involving blowing devices in which the mould material is supplied in the form of loose particles

15/

26

. . 

involving propulsion devices in which the mould material is supplied in the shape of a compacted column or the like

15/

264

. . 

Compacting after charge of the mould material [6]

15/

268

. . . 

involving explosive combustion [6]

15/

272

. . . 

involving the storage of gas under pressure [6]

15/

276

. . . 

by vacuum, e.g. vacuum-sealed moulding processes [6]

15/

28

Compacting by different means acting simultaneously or successively, e.g. preliminary blowing and finally pressing

15/

30

. . 

by both pressing and jarring devices

15/

32

. . . 

involving mechanical gearing only

15/

34

. . . 

involving pneumatic or hydraulic mechanisms only

17/

00

Moulding machines characterised by the mechanism for separating the pattern from the mould or for turning over the flask or the pattern plate

17/

02

Moulding machines with pin lifting arrangement

17/

04

Drop-plate moulding machines

17/

06

Moulding machines using stripping plates; Stripping plates

17/

08

Moulding machines with mechanisms to turn over the pattern plate or the mould around a horizontal axis

17/

10

. . 

Turning-over pattern plate and flask only (B 22 C 17/14 takes precedence)

17/

12

. . 

Turning-over pattern plate, flask, and compacting device as a unit (B 22 C 17/14 takes precedence)

17/

14

. . 

arranged to one side of the mould table, so-called roll-over table moulding machines

19/

00

Components or accessories for moulding machines

19/

01

Devices for applying sealing coating [6]

19/

02

Mould tables

19/

04

Controlling devices specially designed for moulding machines

19/

06

Devices for rapping or loosening the pattern

21/

00

Flasks; Accessories therefor (stripping plates B 22 C 17/06)

21/

01

for vacuum-sealed moulding [6]

21/

02

Sectional flasks, i.e. with divided, articulated, or interchangeable side sections

21/

04

Upset frames; Bottom boards or mould boards (pattern plates B 22 C 7/04)

21/

06

. . 

Bottom boards or mould boards

21/

08

Clamping equipment

21/

10

Guiding equipment

21/

12

Accessories

21/

14

. . 

for reinforcing or securing moulding materials or cores, e.g. gaggers, chaplets, pins, bars

23/

00

Tools; Devices not mentioned before for moulding

23/

02

Devices for coating moulds or cores

25/

00

Foundry moulding plants (for preparing mould materials B 22 C 5/18; in combination with casting plants B 22 D 47/02)


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