US 5,343,930 AGranted

Centrifugal casting system having a carrier of elongated materials

AssigneeDaido Tokushuko Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsYutaka Yagi, Keizo Ishijima

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Abstract

A centrifugal casting carrier system comprising a fixed roller conveyor, a pivotal roller conveyor provided at an adjustable angle to the fixed roller conveyor to form a V-shaped path and thrust arms provided at an approximately right angle to the pivotal roller conveyor for thrusting castings out of the V-shaped path when opened. In operation, a casting from one of the casting molds is drawn onto the V-shaped path. When the pivotal roller conveyor is lowered to open the V-shape path, the thrust arms are raised thrusting the casting out of the V-shaped path onto a stocker. By repeating the operation, multiple castings can be continually drawn and carried away to the stocker without delay.

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Dependent claims

A centrifugal casting system comprising a centrifugal casting unit having a single casting mold and a casting carrier provided in a position to draw a casting from the centrifugal casting unit, wherein said casting carrier comprises:

a fixed roller conveyor arranged in the direction in which castings are drawn and laterally tilted at a predetermined oblique angle to the horizontal;
a pivotal roller conveyor provided in the direction in which castings are drawn capable of pivoting between a first and second positions for forming in the first position a V-shape path together with the fixed roller conveyor in the direction in which castings are drawn and opening the V-shape path by pivoting downward about lower ends of the rollers to the second position;
drawing means for drawing castings through the V-shape path;
a lateral conveying lane for conveying castings in the direction lateral to the V-shape path;
and
stock means, provided at the far end of the lateral conveying lane, for stocking castings;
and
pivoting means for pivoting the pivotal roller conveyor between the first and second positions.

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