Casting apparatus, casting process and cast component

A casting method for producing a cast component in a mold, the casting method comprising the steps of:

• providing a mold in which a mold cavity is formed,
• providing a casting device comprising:
• a first melt feeder configured to receive a first molten material,
• a second melt feeder configured to receive a second molten material, and
• a feed device configured for one of at least in part simultaneous and at least in part temporally overlapping charging of the mold cavity with the first molten material from the first melt feeder and the second molten material from the second melt feeder by means of gravity,
• wherein the feed device has at least one first outlet that can be introduced into the mold cavity and can be moved relative to the mold cavity in order to charge the mold cavity with at least one of the first molten material and the second molten material,
• providing the first molten material in the first melt feeder and the second molten material in the second melt feeder,
• introducing the at least one first outlet,
• charging the mold cavity with the first molten material and with the second molten material by means of gravity through the at least one first outlet,
• moving the at least one first outlet vertically within the mold cavity during the charging so that the at least one first outlet is guided during the charging such as to maintain a defined vertical positional relationship to a vertically rising surface of the first molten material or the second molten material introduced into the mold cavity.