Apparatus for pouring casting material
AssigneeBBC Brown, Boveri & Company, Limited
InventorHorst Gillhaus
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Abstract
Casting material is delivered to molds arranged along a casting line by a pouring ladle mounting mechanism which includes a vertical column rotating about a vertical axis and a cantilever mounted at one end on the vertical column for rotation about a horizontal axis, and have a free end, opposite to the mounted end, upon which the ladle is mounted by a fork engaging outriggers on the ladle. Tilting of the ladle is effected by rotation of the cantilever and movement of the ladle through a horizontal plane is effected by rotation of the vertical column. The mechanism is transported along the casting line by a wheeled car moving on rails and a hydrodynamic sliding bearing mechanism arranged at the bottom of the vertical column acts as a weighing device to effect dosed pouring from the ladle.
Claims8
Casting apparatus for delivering casting material to mold means arranged upon a casting line comprising transport means for moving said apparatus along a path extending generally parallel to said casting line, ladle means adapted to have said casting material stored therein for delivery to said mold means, a vertical column mounted for rotation about a vertical axis, a cantilever mounted at one end thereof on said vertical column for rotation about horizontal axis and having a free end at the opposite end thereof, fork means on said free end of said cantilever, and outrigger means on said ladle adapted to engage said fork means for mounting said ladle upon said fork means, said vertical column being arranged to extend vertically upwardly from said transport means, said apparatus further including pressure sensitive weighing means arranged to extend to between the lower part of said column and said transport means.
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