Melting and casting plant chamber

A melting and casting plant for operation under one of a vacuum, a protective gas atmosphere or a normal atmosphere, and having a chamber for the acceptance of at least one melting and casting device, the chamber having a bipartite chamber wall, comprising the chamber wall having a substantially cuboid shape and composed of a stationary part and of a moveable part that can be swivelled away from the stationary part, the moveable part being hinged to the stationary part at a first swivel axis, the stationary part being a portion of the chamber wall that is substantially less in area than a portion of the chamber wall formed by the moveable part;

• the chamber wall and the first swivel axis fashioned and arranged such that, after the moveable part of the chamber wall has been swivelled away from the stationary part, the device in the chamber can be readily manipulated;
• the moveable part of the chamber wall having five walls and forming a trough-shaped unit that is hinged at the first swivel axis to the stationary part, the stationary part of the chamber wall being a sixth wall and the first swivel axis being a vertically oriented axis;
• and a door located in the moveable part of the chamber wall, the door being capable of being swivelled around a vertically oriented second swivel axis and being one wall of said five walls of said chamber wall.