Flaskless casting line
US5101880A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 25, 1990 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB22D29/00
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A flaskless casting line includes a conveyer apparatus for intermittently transferring a flaskless sand mold row, a casting take-out apparatus having a take-out arm, a sand mold top surface sensor for detecting a sprue of sand molds constituting the flaskless sand mold row, a sprue position detecting apparatus, and a take-out arm driving means. Since the sand mold top surface sensor is disposed over an end of the conveyer apparatus on an upstream side with respect to the casting take-out apparatus, the casting take-out apparatus can be guided to an optimum casting take-out position calculated from a sprue position which is detected by the sprue position detecting apparatus. As a result, it is possible to automate the flaskless casting line as well as the following handling operation.
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