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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2024
Applicant:
Stas Inc., Chicoutimi, CA;
Inventors:
Joel Murray, Berwick, CA;
Nicolas Bauret, St-Honoré de Chicoutimi, CA;
Caroline Boily, Laterrière, CA;
Jean-Michel Tremblay-Goupille, Jonquiere, CA;
Assignee:
Stas Inc., Chicoutimi, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 33/00 (2005.12); B22D 47/00 (2005.12); B65G 1/04 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0492 (2012.12); B22D 33/00 (2012.12); B22D 47/00 (2012.12);
Abstract
An automated guided vehicle (AGV) including a frame, ground-contacting elements connected to the frame for supporting the AGV and a heat shield is used in an automated sow casting facility. AGVs are adapted to get hold of, to move and to release moulds used for producing sows. A method of operating the casting facility involving AGVs to move moulds between stations is also described.