Die casting machine

A die casting machine having a frame comprising two side platens connected by connecting rods;

• a moving platen, connecting rod apertures in said moving platen, a moving platen drive and two dies, wherein one side platen is connected to one end of the connecting rods, the other side platen is connected to the opposite end of the connecting rods, the moving platen is guided by said connecting rods for movement towards and away from respective side platens, movement is effected by said moving platen drive, one die mounted on the inside face of the moving platen, and the other die mounted on the inside face of one side platen, characterized by said die casting machine having a solid frame comprising two substantially inextensible connecting rods, the moving platen drive and the dies being in a common plane passing through the longitudinal centerline of the die casting machine;
• said die casting machine further including an injection unit, and an injection nozzle in which the injection nozzle is inserted and maintained in at an oblique angle in the lower part of the die on the fixed platen and in which the injection unit is mounted against the outside of the right hand side platen;
• said die casting machine further including a base for the injection unit, a moveable injection unit frame, and an injection unit drive, said injection unit frame adapted to move angularly upwards and forward and downwards and backwards in said injection unit frame, said injection unit drive adapted to move said injection unit frame towards or away from the bottom of said die connected to the fixed platen.