Integrated flow meter for aluminum castings

A computer-implemented method when executed on data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations including:

• operating a pump of a molten metal laundering system to draw molten metal from a reservoir, a heated raceway receiving the molten metal from the pump and carrying a flow of the molten metal, a conduit extending from the heated raceway and exposed exterior the heated raceway, the conduit carrying the flow of the molten metal to an outlet at an end of the conduit, the outlet directing the flow of the molten metal from the conduit into a casting mold;
• receiving first sensor data from a temperature sensor, the first sensor data representative of a temperature of the molten metal in the conduit;
• receiving second sensor data from a flow meter, the flow meter disposed along the conduit, the conduit extending through the flow meter, the second sensor data representative of a flow rate of the flow of the molten metal in the conduit;
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• responsive to processing the first sensor data and the second sensor data, adjusting operation of the pump to adjust the flow of the molten metal into the casting mold based at least on the flow rate of the flow of the molten metal in the conduit and the temperature of the molten metal in the conduit.

A system comprising:

• memory hardware storing instructions that, when executed on data processing hardware in communication with the memory hardware, cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• operating a pump of a molten metal laundering system to draw molten metal from a reservoir, a heated raceway receiving the molten metal from the pump and carrying a flow of the molten metal, a conduit extending from the heated raceway and exposed exterior the heated raceway, the conduit carrying the flow of the molten metal to an outlet at an end of the conduit, the outlet directing the flow of the molten metal from the conduit into a casting mold;
• receiving first sensor data from a temperature sensor, the first sensor data representative of a temperature of the molten metal in the conduit;
• receiving second sensor data from a flow meter, the flow meter disposed along the conduit, the conduit extending through the flow meter, the second sensor data representative of a flow rate of the flow of the molten metal in the conduit;
• and
• responsive to processing the first sensor data and the second sensor data, adjusting operation of the pump to adjust the flow of the molten metal into the casting mold based at least on the flow rate of the flow of the molten metal in the conduit and the temperature of the molten metal in the conduit.