Abstract An automatic molding plant and operational method having a plurality of traverse carts or bogies to convey box molds. The molds are transferred from a sidetrack at a loading station and are ready for casting, then to a casting station or train and from there to an unloading station by way of a cooling track comprising at least two conveying paths positioned in different horizontal planes. Liftable and/or lowerable end sections are provided at the ends of the conveying paths, and the sidetrack is connected with one conveying path through the loading and unloading stations. Transferable weighing members are placed in the box molds in front of the casting station and are conveyed from the unloading station to the loading station on the traverse carts. After part of the cooling track has been traversed, the mold packs are separated from the box molds, and the box molds are returned to the molding machine while the mold pack traverses the remaining of the cooling track in an undamaged manner.
Inventors
👤 F Becke
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-07 15:01
CPC Classifications
B; B22; B22D; B22D33/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
Automatic molding plant operation method, comprising: discharging a mold pack located in a U-shaped trough on a traverse carriage at an unloading station unilaterally toward a vibrating conveyor; transferring a weighting member disposed on a filled box mold on the other side of the traverse carriage upon the U-shaped trough; passing the filled box mold into the zone of a mold pack ejector; ejecting the mold pack from the filled box mold by means of the mold pack ejector; pushing the ejected mold pack into the weighted U-shaped trough; conveying the now-empty box on a sidetrack to a molding machine for producing the molds; moving the box molds to a loading station; conveying the ejected mold pack and weighting member on the Ushaped trough to the loading station; pushing the ejected mold pack into the U-shaped trough; and transposing the weighting member at the loading station from the U-shaped trough to the box mold ready for casting; conveying the weighted box mold through a pouring station to the transferring area; and conveying the ejected mold pack in the U-shaped trough to said unloading station.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
184 words
Automatic molding plant operation method, comprising: discharging a mold pack located in a U-shaped trough on a traverse carriage at an unloading station unilaterally toward a vibrating conveyor; transferring a weighting member disposed on a filled box mold on the other side of the traverse carriage upon the U-shaped trough; passing the filled box mold into the zone of a mold pack ejector; ejecting the mold pack from the filled box mold by means of the mold pack ejector; pushing the ejected mold pack into the weighted U-shaped trough; conveying the now-empty box on a sidetrack to a molding machine for producing the molds; moving the box molds to a loading station; conveying the ejected mold pack and weighting member on the Ushaped trough to the loading station; pushing the ejected mold pack into the U-shaped trough; and transposing the weighting member at the loading station from the U-shaped trough to the box mold ready for casting; conveying the weighted box mold through a pouring station to the transferring area; and conveying the ejected mold pack in the U-shaped trough to said unloading station.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
92 words
Automatic molding plant operation method according to claim 1, further including conveying the traverse carriage carrying the box molds, the weighting members and mold packs along a casting train up to a first end section of a first conveying path in a first conveying plane; conveying the traverse carriage along the second conveying path until arrival at a second end station; and transposing the traverse carriage into a second conveying path in a second conveying plane; and again transposing the traverse carriage into the first conveying plane of the first conveying path.