Automated spin-casting system

US5701945A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• CMI-Equipment & Engineering, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kenneth D. McKibben · Defiance, US
• Alan P. Gould · Omer, US
• Thomas E. Wuepper · Au Train, US
• Daniel D. Minor · Cadillac, US
• Mark Salgat · Pinconning, US
• David Marthaler · Au Gres, US
• Jackie M. Speaks · Cadillac, US
• Robert L. Macheske · Tawas City, US
• David Good · Chelsea, US
• Richard A. Gillette · West Branch, US
• Philip L. Bond · Crawfordsville, US
• Donald C. Coyle · Crawfordsville, US
• Darrell Rentfrow · Crawfordsville, US
• Thomas Stiens · Crawfordsville, US
• Larry M. Stevens · Greensburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 7, 1995
• Grant date: Dec 30, 1997
• Expiry date: Sep 7, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B22D47/02
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a system and method for the automated spin-casting production of molded articles. The system includes a casting turntable and a processing turntable which are rotatively mounted, immediately adjacent to one another. The casting turntable has several spin modules mounted thereon for rotatively supporting mold assemblies. Casting preparation and pouring mechanisms are mounted around the periphery of the casting turntable. The turntable indexes the mold assemblies and positions the assemblies for preparation, pouring and solidification of the cast products. The processing turntable receives the mold assemblies and solidified castings from the casting turntable. Multiple processing stations are mounted around the periphery of the processing table for the removal of the castings from the mold assemblies and preparation of the mold assemblies for additional casting operations. The mold assemblies are returned to the casting table from the processing table for additional casting processes.