Sintokogio, Ltd.

Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.

Hiroyuki Tamotsu

Tadashi Nishida

Toshiyuki Hyodo

To provide a system for producing steel castings that is simple and suitable to continuously produce many small steel castings. A systemcomprises multiple furnacesthat are aligned and hold molten metal for cast steel, a pouring machinethat has a ladlethat receives the molten metal from the furnaces, wherein the pouring machine travels in parallel to a line of the furnaces and pours the molten metal into a moldby tilting the ladle, a linefor conveying the molds that intermittently conveys molds that are aligned in parallel to a direction in which the pouring machine travels, wherein the line is located on the opposite side of the furnaces across the pouring machine, and a temperature sensorthat measures a temperature of the molten metal so as to generate an alarm if the temperature is low.

System for producing steel castings

The present invention provides a carriage to transport a ladle and to transfer molten metal into equipment for pouring (hereafter, transfer carriage) whereby the investment cost can be reduced by having the equipment made compact, and the temperature of the molten metal can be maintained high, and the cycle time can be reduced, because the time to transport the molten metal can be less. Further, the present invention provides a transportation line for transporting the molten metal. This line requires a smaller space for its installation. The transfer carriage of the present invention comprises a transportation means that runs along the rails for transporting a ladle; a shifting means disposed on the transportation means, which shifting means moves in the direction that is perpendicular to the rails for transporting a ladle; a lifting mechanism attached to a pillar set upright on the shifting means, a tilting means disposed at a lifting member of the lifting mechanism; and a ladle-holding member that is supported by the tilting means at the axis of the tilting means, which member is tilted by the tilting means, and which can hold or release a receiving ladle, wherein the carriage transfers the molten metal in the receiving ladle into the ladle for pouring.

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