Sintokogio, Ltd.

Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.

Tadashi Nishida

Toshiyuki Hyodo

Hisashi Harada

Masayuki Kato

Masanori Hoshino

Kouichi Banno

Toshiyuki Hyoudo

Minoru Kondo

Koichi Banno

Kazuhiro Ota

Ryoji Kanayama

Hideto Terada

Shigeo Oda

Kazuharu Matsui

Shigeaki Yamamoto

Masataka Shiraki

Umihiko Suzuki

Eiji Naruse

Tsutomu Adachi

Tetsuji Matsui

Kozo Sugita

Hiroyuki Tamotsu

Kazuya Nishikore

Koichi Kato

Yoshizumi Senda

Kunio Asakura

Shinichi Kondo

A pouring facility includes a mold conveying device configured to convey a mold, a molten-metal discharging container configured to store waste molten metal, and a pouring machine movable on a conveyance path located between the mold conveying device and the molten-metal discharging container, the pouring machine being configured to tilt a ladle in a first direction to pour molten metal into the mold conveyed by the mold conveying device, and tilt the ladle in a second direction opposite to the first direction to discharge waste molten metal into the molten-metal discharging container.

Pouring facility

A casting method includes pouring a molten metal in a ladle into a mold, analyzing at least one of a composition and a physical property of a test piece generated based on the molten metal sampled from inside the ladle, and performing appearance inspection of a casting product taken out from the mold, wherein in the performing appearance inspection, the at least one of the composition and the physical property of the test piece obtained in the analyzing is displayed on a display.

Casting method

Casting facility includes a pouring machine for pouring molten metal in a ladle into a mold molded by a molding machine and conveyed to a pouring site, and the pouring machine includes a plan acquisition unit configured to acquire a planned temperature range of the molten metal for the mold, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of a pouring flow during pouring of the molten metal into the mold, and a temperature determination unit configured to determine whether or not the temperature of the pouring flow is within the planned temperature range, and the pouring machine stops the pouring of the molten metal into the mold when it is determined that the temperature of the pouring flow is not within the planned temperature range.

Casting facility

A casting facility control system includes: a database storing conveyance positions and mold information in association with each other; an update section updating the mold information associated with each conveyance position stored in the database; a measurement section measuring a weight of molten metal in a ladle transported to a pouring machine; a calculation section calculating the number of flasks by which the molten metal poured from the ladle can be held; a decision section recognizing, based on the number of flasks by which the poured molten metal can be held, a plurality of molds into which the molten metal to be next transported to the pouring machine is poured, adding up the planned weight of molten metal corresponding to each of the recognized molds, and determining a predicted weight of molten metal to be next transported to the pouring machine; and an output section outputting the predicted weight.

Casting facility control system

The pouring apparatus includes: a ladle including a nozzle and configured to store molten metal; a tilting mechanism configured to tilt the ladle so that a tapping position from the nozzle of the ladle is maintained at a constant position; and a radiation thermometer including a sensor head configured to output a signal related to a temperature at a measurement position and an amplifier configured to process the signal output by the sensor head, wherein the sensor head is disposed so that the measurement position is at the tapping position, and outputs a signal related to a temperature of molten metal in a molten metal flow at the tapping position.

Pouring apparatus

A casting plant to produce a cast product with a high quality and a method for managing data for molding the mold and data on the conditions of the molten metal in the casting plant are provided. The controller () for the molding unit issues a serial number for the mold to a mold (M). The controller () for the unit for conveying the molds shifts the serial number for the mold in accordance with a movement of the mold. It also gathers data on the mold and links the data for molding the mold with the serial number for the mold. When the molten metal is poured from the ladle into the mold, the controller () for the unit for pouring the molten metal sends to the computer () for controlling the casting plant the serial number for the ladle that is linked with the data on the conditions of the molten metal and that is linked with the serial number for the mold.

Casting plant and method for managing data for molding molds and data on conditions of molten metal in casting plant

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

A pouring apparatus comprises a ladle configured to include a body and a nozzle, and a controller configured to control a tilt angle of the ladle, wherein the body includes a side face portion, an inner surface of the side face portion is formed in a cylindrical shape or in a conical shape, the nozzle includes a nozzle tip for guiding molten metal to the outside and is integrated with the body on a side of the body, in order to guide the molten metal in the body to the nozzle tip and to pour out the molten metal through the nozzle tip, and the controller controls the tilt angle on the basis of a surface area of the molten metal when the ladle is tilted.

Molten metal pouring device and molten metal pouring method

A system and a method for automatically transporting molten metal are provided to produce a cast product with stable qualities. The system () for transporting molten metal from a furnace (F) to a pouring machine () comprises a ladle () for reaction, a device () for feeding an alloyed metal, a ladle () for pouring, a bogie () for receiving molten metal, and a bogie () for transporting the ladle for pouring, and a pouring machine (). The bogie for receiving molten metal has a controller for it. The bogie for receiving molten metal has a controller for it. At least two of the controllers among the controller for the pouring machine, the controller for the device for feeding an alloyed metal, the controller for the bogie for receiving molten metal, and the controller for the bogie for transporting the ladle for pouring, are linked for the data communication.

System and method for transporting molten metal

A pouring machine is provided to constantly maintain the level of the surface of melt without a leak, or the like, to maintain a necessary and sufficient pouring rate. The pouring machine () that pours molten metal from a container into molds in a line comprises a bogie () that travels along the molds; a mechanism () for moving the container back and forth that moves the container perpendicularly to the direction that the bogie travels; a mechanism () for tilting the container that tilts the container; a weight detector () that detects the weight of molten metal in the container; a surface-of-melt detector () that detects the level at a pouring cup () of a mold (); and a controller () that controls the angle of the tilt of the container by using the detected level and the detected weight.

Pouring machine and method

A ladle transport car includes a car truck body provided with a wheel, a mounting table arranged on the car truck body, a ladle movement mechanism arranged on the mounting table, on which a ladle is mounted and moved in a horizontal direction, and a ladle turning mechanism arranged between the car truck body and the mounting table and turning the ladle by turning the mounting table in a horizontal plane.

Ladle transport car and molten metal transport line

A carriage for receiving molten metal with a mechanism for moving a ladle up and down and a method for transporting molten metal to safely move a ladle for receiving a molten metal up and down and transport it. The carriage () for receiving molten metal to transport the ladle that receives molten metal from a furnace (C) comprises a carriage () for travelling on a route (L), guiding columns () that are placed on the carriage (), a frame () that horizontally extends from the guiding columns and moves up and down above the carriage (), a mechanism () for moving the ladle, which mechanism is placed on the frame () and horizontally moves the ladle, and the driver () for moving the frame up and down.

Carriage for receiving molten metal with a mechanism for moving a ladle up and down, and a method for transporting molten metal

The present invention provides pouring equipment of a tilting-type that can appropriately pour molten metal at a high speed corresponding to the speed of molding. It also provides a method of pouring the molten metal. The pouring equipment has a holding furnace supplying the molten metal by being tilted, a pouring ladle pouring the molten metal supplied from the holding furnace into molds that are intermittently transported, a device for measuring weight of the molten metal in the pouring ladle, and equipment for control that controls the tiltings of the holding furnace and the pouring ladle. The equipment for control has a device for storing results from measurements and devices for calculating the first and second flow rate. The equipment controls the tilting of the ladle so that the ladle pours the molten metal into the mold according to the flow pattern of the product.

Pouring equipment and method of pouring using the pouring equipment

Provided herein is an automatic pouring method and equipment for the same that enable to inhibit the generation of residual molten metal in a ladle and thus the molten metal to be discharged therefrom can be eliminated. The method includes the steps of determining a set weight of the molten metal to be received in the ladle and number of pieces of the molds that could be poured with the ladle based on data on assigned numbers of respective molds to be poured, types of products to be cast, and set weights of the molten metal to be poured, receiving a weight of the molten metal that is greater than the set weight of the molten metal in the ladle, deriving a difference in weight between the actual weight of the molten metal that is received in the ladle and the set weight of the molten metal in the ladle, deriving a target weight of the molten metal to be poured by adding a part of the derived difference in weight to the set weight of the molten metal to be poured into the mold to be poured, and pouring the molten metal into the mold to be poured to target the target weight of the molten metal to be poured. The pouring of the molten metal is repeated by number of times that equals to the number of pieces of the molds that could be poured with the ladle such that the ladle would be emptied when the last mold in the number of pieces of the molds that could be poured with the ladle is poured.

Automatic pouring method and facility therefor

A supplying molten metal to an automatic pouring machine and equipment therefor. The equipment can not only supply the molten metal into the automatic pouring machine corresponding to the molding speed of the high-speed molding machine, but it can also appropriately supply the molten metal to the automatic pouring machine, so that the quality of that molten metal in the pouring ladle matches that of the molten metal that is poured in the molds. After supplying a required quantity of alloy materials in a treating ladle, supplying the molten metal from the melting furnace into the treating ladle; transporting the pouring ladle to the treating ladle; pouring the molten metal from the treating ladle into the pouring ladle; and fixing the pouring ladle that received the molten metal to the automatic pouring machine.

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Nagoya, Japan

Tadashi Nishida