Casting facility

Casting equipment comprising:

• a casting apparatus that forms a casting by using an upper mold and a lower mold, which can be opened, closed, and tilted, into which molten metal is poured by using gravity;
• a holding furnace that stores the molten metal to be used in the casting apparatus;
• and
• a pouring apparatus that transfers the molten metal to the casting apparatus from the holding furnace and pours the molten metal into the casting apparatus,
• the casting apparatus including:
• an upper frame to which an upper mold is attached;
• a lower frame to which a lower mold is attached;
• a mold closing mechanism that is provided in the upper frame to move the upper mold up and down, or that is provided in the lower frame to move the lower mold up and down;
• a pair of main link members each of which has upper and lower ends that are rotatably coupled to the upper and lower frames, respectively, to be oppositely arranged, and has a central portion that is provided with a rotating shaft;
• a pair of auxiliary link members arranged parallel to the respective main link members, and each of which has upper and lower ends that are rotatably coupled to the upper and lower frames, respectively, to be oppositely arranged, and has a central portion that is provided with a rotating shaft;
• and
• a drive means that is provided to be coupled to the rotating shaft of one of the pair of main link members, and that tilts the upper mold and the lower mold or horizontally moves the molds away from each other,
• wherein the upper frame, the lower frame, the main link member, and the auxiliary link member constitute a parallel link mechanism.