System and method for transporting molen metal

A method for transporting molten metal from a furnace to a pouring machine, comprising the steps of:

• transporting a ladle for reaction that receives molten metal from the furnace and that transfers the molten metal to a ladle for pouring to a position for feeding an alloyed metal, where the alloyed metal is put in the ladle for reaction;
• putting the alloyed metal in the ladle for reaction;
• transporting the ladle for reaction in which the alloyed metal has been put in to a position for receiving the molten metal from the furnace;
• causing the ladle for reaction to receive molten metal from the furnace, which ladle for reaction has been transported to the position for receiving the molten metal;
• transporting the ladle for reaction that has received the molten metal to a position for transferring the molten metal where the molten metal is transferred to the ladle for pouring;
• and
• transferring the molten metal from the ladle for reaction, which has been transported to the position for transferring the molten metal, to the ladle for pouring;
• wherein a first difference in the weights is calculated by using a weight of the molten metal that has been transferred from the ladle for reaction to the ladle for pouring by weighing the ladle for reaction and using a weight of the molten metal that has been transferred to the ladle for pouring by weighing the ladle for pouring, and
• wherein the method further comprises the step of generating an error signal if the first difference in the weights exceeds a first threshold,

A system for transporting molten metal from a furnace to a pouring machine comprising:

• a ladle for reaction that receives molten metal from the furnace so as to transfer the molten metal to a ladle for pouring;
• a device for feeding an alloyed metal that feeds an alloyed metal to the ladle for reaction;
• the ladle for pouring that receives the molten metal from the ladle for reaction and that pours the molten metal into a mold;
• a bogie for receiving molten metal that has a mechanism for transferring, which bogie moves the ladle for reaction among a position for feeding the alloyed metal where the device for feeding an alloyed metal puts the alloyed metal in the ladle for reaction, a position for receiving the molten metal where the ladle for reaction receives the molten metal from the furnace, and a position for transferring the molten metal where the ladle for reaction transfers the molten metal to the ladle for pouring;
• and
• a pouring machine that pours the molten metal in the ladle for pouring into the mold;
• wherein the pouring machine has a controller for controlling the pouring machine,
• wherein the bogie for receiving molten metal that has a mechanism for transferring has a controller for controlling the bogie for receiving molten metal that has a mechanism for transferring, and
• wherein the controller for controlling the pouring machine and the controller for controlling the bogie for receiving molten metal are linked for data communication.