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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kentaro Motegi, Aichi, JP;
Yukio Ito, Aichi, JP;
Yoshitaka Okamoto, Aichi, JP;
Kuniyoshi Komura, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Inax Corporation, Tokoname, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B28B / ; B28B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 39 ; 264 401 ; 264 67 ;
Abstract
A green body molded in a pressurized slip casting machine is loaded onto a pallet and sent to a conveyor. An image of the green body is picked up from above by a CCD camera, and whether the green body is a rectangular tank or a triangular tank is distinguished. When the green body is a rectangular tank holes are made in it by a first holemaking device, and when the green body is a triangular tank holes are made in it by a second holemaking device. After that, water removal, shape correction, deburring and the like are carried out automatically.