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US 6,059,011 AGranted
Low pressure die-casting plant with improved production capacity
AssigneeIMR S.p.A.
InventorFabio Giolo
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Abstract
A low-pressure die-casting plant with improved production capacity, which comprises a first furnace and a second furnace with mutually independent operating pressures and metal levels. A station for unloading the cast parts and for performing graphitization of the dies is arranged between the furnaces. The furnaces can be selectively connected to respective dies which are associated with handling units which can be mutually detachably coupled for a synchronous translatory motion between a casting position and an unloading position and/or vice versa.
Claims20
A low-pressure die-casting modular plant, comprising:
- casting dies;
- a first furnace operatable at various operating pressures and metal levels;
- a second furnace, operatable independently from the first furnace at various operating pressures and metal levels which are selectable to be different from the operating pressures and metal levels of the first furnace, said second furnace being located next to, and spaced from the first furnace;
- an intermediate unloading station located between said first and second furnaces for unloading cast parts casted at any of said first and second furnaces and for performing graphitization of the dies;
- a least one removal unit for removing the cast parts from the casting dies for visual inspection thereof at said unloading station;
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- at least two handling units for handling casting dies, said handling units being movable in translation between each of said first and second furnaces and said unloading station and being operatable both separately, and, upon coupling to each other, in synchronism.
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A low-pressure die-casting modular plant, comprising:
- casting dies;
- a first furnace operatable at various operating pressures and metal levels;
- a second furnace, operatable independently from the first furnace at various operating pressures and metal levels, selectable so as to be different from the operating pressures and metal levels of the first furnace;
- an intermediate unloading station for unloading cast parts casted at any of said first and second furnaces and for performing graphitization of the dies;
- at least two handling units for handling casting dies, said handling units being coupleable to each other and operatable both separately in uncoupled configuration, and, upon coupling to each other, jointly in synchronism;
- an inspection station at which quality of the unloaded cast parts is evaluated by a plant operator;
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- a transport station for transporting the cast parts following quality evaluation;
- wherein said intermediary unloading station is arranged between said first and second furnace which are located in line and spaced from each other, with said inspection station and said transport station being arranged in front, and, at the rear of said unloading station, respectively, and
- wherein said handling units are movable in translation between each of said first and second furnaces and said unloading station.
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A low-pressure die-casting modular plant, comprising:
- casting dies;
- a first furnace operatable at various operating pressures and metal levels;
- a second furnace, operatable independently from the first furnace at various operating pressures and metal levels which are selectable to be different from the operating pressures and metal levels of the first furnace, said second furnace being located next to, and spaced from the first furnace;
- an intermediate unloading station located between said first and second furnaces for unloading cast parts casted at any of said first and second furnaces and for performing graphitization of the dies;
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- at least two handling units for handling casting dies movable in translation between each of said first and second furnaces and said unloading station, said handling units being operatable both separately, and in synchronism, by being coupled to each other for joint operation;
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- an inspection station, located in front of said unloading station, for assessing quality of the unloaded cast parts through evaluation thereof carried out by a plant operator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.