Apparatus for filling a melt into a casting chamber, and method for filling melt into a casting chamber

A method for filling a melt into a casting chamber for die casting by an apparatus, wherein the apparatus has a tundish with an inner volume Tillable with the melt, the tundish being arrangable in the casting chamber in a reversible manner over an inner surface of the casting chamber and having a pouring opening for filling the melt into the casting chamber and a closure body for opening and closing the pouring opening,

• wherein the method comprises the acts of:
• a) filling the melt into an inner volume of the tundish of the apparatus;
• b) arranging the tundish over the inner surface of the casting chamber;
• c) opening the pouring opening of the tundish, for the purpose of filling the melt into the casting chamber, by way of establishing a portion of the closure body of the tundish in contact with the inner surface of the casting chamber;
• d) filling the melt into the casting chamber;
• e) closing the pouring opening by way of the closure body;
• and
• f) moving the tundish away from the inner surface.