Patent ID: 6363995
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
A device for manufacturing an engine block comprising:a casting mold comprising mold parts and cylinder liners; the mold parts having a seat, comprised of two seat surfaces, for each one of the cylinder liners, wherein the cylinder liners have opposed ends seated in the two seat surfaces of the seats; the cylinder liners configured to become connected to a cast material cast in the casting mold and configured to be removed together with the cast material from the mold parts after casting; wherein the two seat surfaces of each one of the seats is conical and inclined at an incline angle &agr;1 and &agr;2, respectively, relative to a cross-sectional plane of the cylinder liner seated in the seat such that the opposed ends of the cylinder liner remain seated at the two seat surfaces upon heat expansion of the cylinder liner during preparation of the casting mold for casting and during casting.