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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1977
Frank M Kulig, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Frank H Nealon, Plantation, FL (US);
The J. M. Ney Company, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Abstract
A centrifugal casting machine of the broken arm type has a rotatable casting arm on which a swing arm, which supports a crucible and a casting ring, is pivotably mounted. The crucible is tiltable so that upon initial rotation of the casting arm the crucible tilts to a pouring position to pour molten metal into the casting ring. A cam follower on the swing arm engages a cam on the base of the machine to hold the swing arm, during a start up period of rotation, in an orientation in which the flow path of molten metal lies in a plane approximately tangential to a circle concentric with the axis of rotation of the casting arm. This orientation and the tilting action eliminates splashing or other metal losses.After the initial period of rotation during which the metal enters the casting ring, the cam releases the swing arm for alignment with the casting arm so that the action of centrifugal force in filling the mold cavity is maximized.