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Title:
APPARATUS FOR FEEDING MOLTEN METAL TO CASTING MACHINE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002001509
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an apparatus for feeding a molten metal which can melt a required quantity of a casting material in accordance with the casting cycle of a casting machine, and successively feed it to a casting machine.

The interior of a melting device 2 is divided into a feeding station 21, a pre-heating station 22, a melting station 23 and a preparatory station 24, each station being disposed in order, spaced 90° apart about the center axis 9. The top of the melting device 2 is covered with a circular support plate 30, wherein four openings 31-34 are formed corresponding to the respective stations. Each melting vessel 4 is received in the openings 31-34. The support plate 30 is lifted and rotated, so that each melting vessel 4 is moved to adjacent stations. After a casting material is molten, the melting vessel 4 is taken out of the melting station 23 by means of a robot 3, then the molten metal in the melting vessel 4 is poured into an injection sleeve 10.


Inventors:
HIRAHARA AKIRA
NANTO HIROSHI
Application Number:
JP2000183233A
Publication Date:
January 08, 2002
Filing Date:
June 19, 2000
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOSHIBA MACHINE CO LTD
International Classes:
B22D35/00; B22D17/28; B22D17/30; (IPC1-7): B22D17/30; B22D17/28; B22D35/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiko Suzue (6 outside)