Pouring machine and method

A pouring machine that pours molten metal from a container into molds that are transported in a line comprising:

• a traveling bogie that travels along the molds that are transported in a line;
• a mechanism for moving the container back and forth that is placed on the traveling bogie and that moves the container in a direction whereby it comes close to, or moves away from, the molds that are transported in a line;
• a mechanism for tilting the container that is placed on the mechanism for moving the container back and forth and that tilts the container;
• a weight detector that detects a weight of molten metal in the container;
• a surface-of-melt detector that is placed on the traveling bogie and that detects a level of a surface of melt in a pouring cup of a mold that receives molten metal from the container;
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• a controller that controls an angle of tilt of the container by using the level of the surface of melt that is detected by the surface-of-melt detector and a weight of molten metal that is detected by the weight detector;
• wherein the controller stores a flow pattern that is suitable for the mold, the flow pattern including data on an angular velocity to tilt the container at each time interval and data on pouring weights at each time interval, and
• wherein the controller controls the angle of the tilt of the container based on the angular velocity, to tilt the container.