Device and method for removing at least one cooling element from an at least partially demoulded cast part, method for introducing at least one cooling element into a mould core of a cast part mould

A cooling element for a cast part mould for manufacturing a cast part formed from a light metal alloy, wherein the cooling element is introduced into a mould core of the cast part mould before filling the cast part mould with a light metal alloy melt, is in contact with the light metal alloy melt during filling, and acts to cool the light metal alloy melt filled within the cast part mould, the cooling element comprising:

• a body having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface opposite the second surface, the first surface being in contact with the light metal melt when the cast part mould is filled;
• and
• a removal protrusion protruding from the second surface and configured to be gripped by a gripping mechanism of a removal apparatus when removing the cooling element from an at least partially demoulded cast part,
• wherein the removal protrusion has a T-shaped cross-section with a shaft extending radially from the second surface and T-bars attached to and extending perpendicularly from an outermost end of the shaft.