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AssigneeKSM Castings Group GmbH
InventorsUwe Lange, Holger Oppelt, Andreas Strube
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A device for casting components preferably made of light metal, according to the tilt-casting principle, has a casting mold that can be tilted about its longitudinal axis, a casting channel that is disposed on the casting mold, in the longitudinal direction of the casting mold, the longitudinal side of which, facing the casting mold, has at least two outlets to the mold cavity, or at least one outlet, in each instance, to at least two mold cavities that are disposed next to one another and do not stand in a flow connection with one another. The casting channel has a subdivision device that is configured in such a manner that when the casting mold, together with the casting channel, is tilted, predetermined volumes of the casting melt flow through the outlets.
Apparatus for casting of components according to a tilt-casting principle, having a casting mold that is tilted about its longitudinal axis, a casting channel that is disposed on the casting mold, in the longitudinal direction of the casting mold, a longitudinal side of the casting channel, facing the casting mold, has at least two outlets to a mold cavity of the casting mold, or at least one outlet, in each instance, to at least two mold cavities of the casting mold that are disposed next to one another and do not stand in a flow connection with one another, wherein the casting channel has a subdivision device that is configured in such a manner that when the casting mold, together with the casting channel, is tilted, predetermined volumes of a casting melt flow through the outlets, and wherein the casting channel does not co-form the mold cavity or the at least two mold cavities.
Method for casting of a material, via bringing the material into a flowable state, via heating the material and introducing the material into at least one casting mold that can be tilted only about a longitudinal axis, according to a tilt-casting principle, wherein the casting mold is first rotated into a starting position, on a side so that a casting channel assigned to each casting mold, disposed on the at least one casting mold, and provided with at least two outlets comes to lie horizontally next to the casting mold, then the flowable material is introduced into the casting channel from above, subsequently, the at least one casting mold, together with the casting channel, is tilted back to the vertical or beyond the vertical so that the flowable material flows, at predetermined volumes, through the outlets assigned to individual volumes, into at least one mold cavity of the casting mold, each mold cavity having at least one outlet and not standing in a flow connection with one another, the casting channel not co-forming the at least one mold cavity.
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