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Dedicated casting machine for shaping production lines

Safe, efficient, and fully functional process with personalized casting solutions.

The casting machines in the molding production line series employ safe, efficient, technologically advanced, fully functional, and process-customized casting technologies to meet the specific requirements of various molding processes, including static-pressure molding, vertical-parting molding, horizontal-box-drawing molding, and self-hardening sand molding, thereby providing tailored casting solutions.

Cylindrical Servo-Controlled Pouring Machine

This series of casting machines employs advanced foreign technologies and components—including transmission, control elements, and control system technologies from internationally renowned brands—featuring all-mechanical servo or variable-frequency drive systems, with no hydraulics. They are safe, reliable, operate smoothly, and are easy to maintain.

The basic components of a casting machine include the pouring ladle, servo tilting mechanism, longitudinal movement system, transverse movement mechanism, control and operating system, and in-mold inoculation system, among others.

Continuous casting of gray iron and ductile iron is suitable for various molding processes, including static-pressure molding lines, horizontal box-dropping molding lines, and self-hardening sand molding lines, thereby enhancing production line efficiency and casting quality.

The ladle structure has been optimized for excellent thermal insulation performance.

●The cylindrical ladle is equipped with an overhead lid, which minimizes heat loss and provides excellent thermal insulation.

●Pot-shaped spout for excellent slag-blocking performance.

● Fully mechanical transmission is safe and reliable.

The tilting casting system features AC servo drive, equipped with internationally renowned servo motors and digital servo controllers, allowing for stepless speed adjustment. By operating the master and slave servo handles, stable pouring and retraction of the mold can be achieved.

The vertical movement is driven by a gear-rack mechanism, with the servo controller regulating speed and positioning to enable the casting machine to move along the casting section at fixed or variable pitch intervals, thereby achieving alternating-position casting and tracking casting.

The lateral movement is driven by a ball screw and a variable-frequency motor, used for adjusting and setting the lateral position of the bag mouth.

Advanced control and operating systems

The casting machine is controlled by a PLC and features both manual and semi-automatic operating modes.

The operating console is equipped with control buttons, a servo control handle, and a color human-machine interface, enabling the setting and display of various operating parameters, monitoring of operational status, fault indication, and real-time alarm diagnosis.

The control management system features a simplified Chinese menu.

It employs an international-brand PLC (the IndraMotion MLC Runtime-specific motion controller), servo controllers, servo motors, operator displays and human-machine interfaces, as well as joysticks.

The master control unit PLC is equipped with Ethernet and Profibus bus communication capabilities. It can exchange necessary information and implement interlocking control with the shaping line.

Complete and comprehensive pouring functions

● Storage and recall of nozzle-position settings: Offers two storage methods—interface input and teach-in recording. Stored irrigation positions can be automatically identified and recalled.

● Fine-tuning and correction of the nozzle position: When the nozzle shape changes during pouring, it can be instantly fine-tuned and corrected via a button.

● Constant-pressure stable pouring: During pouring, the height and position of the tundish nozzle remain unchanged, ensuring stable pouring at a constant pressure.

● Footprint Tracking Pouring Function (optional): Utilizes a position sensor (or one synchronized with the molding line’s servo drive mechanism) to achieve tracking functionality without interrupting the pouring process.

● Real-time display of pouring speed

● Single-pitch or multi-pitch transposition

● Iron-water lower-limit alarm and pouring timeout alarm

Reliable security protection

The equipment features reliable protection measures for both personal safety and equipment integrity. It is equipped with a program-controlled lock to prevent accidental operation.

Synchronized with the flow of life

The inoculation device consists of components such as a metering unit, an air-blowing system, and an infrared thermal metal detector. During casting, the inoculant is added synchronously and uniformly along with the molten iron flow. The feeding rate is set via a frequency converter, and the parameters can be stored in the system.

Main specifications and technical parameters

Personalized Pouring Process Plan

Static-pressure molding line pouring

The sand box dimensions and conveyor pitch height of the static-pressure molding automatic line are consistent, making it suitable for casting machines with three degrees of freedom—longitudinal movement, transverse movement, and tilting of the pouring ladle—to perform continuous casting within the cycle time of the molding line, thereby improving production efficiency and casting quality.

Resin sand molding line casting

The resin sand molding line is designed for multi-variety production with different sand mold sizes. By adjusting the position of the浇口 through lifting, lateral movement, and longitudinal movement, three-axis linkage enables tilting and pouring. The large lifting stroke fully accommodates continuous online pouring even when the浇口 position changes.

Horizontal box-type molding line casting

The horizontal mold-drawing line allows for flexible adjustment of the sand mold height according to product requirements, making it suitable for use with small-stroke pouring machines. The sprue height can be set on the interface based on changes in sand mold height. By adjusting the mold’s vertical and horizontal movements, as well as its longitudinal displacement, the position of the gating system can be precisely controlled, enabling tilt-and-pour casting and ensuring continuous pouring within the cycle time of the molding line.

Horizontal Parting Mold Line Fully Automatic Casting Machine

This machine is a programmable automatic pouring machine that utilizes an American AB servo and electrical control system. It is equipped with a weighing system and an imaging device. The pouring process and parameters can be set according to requirements, ensuring high precision in molten iron weight measurement. The machine features a fully automatic and semi-automatic operation mode switching function. The four-axis servo drive—comprising longitudinal movement, transverse movement, lifting, and tilting pouring—offers a wide speed ratio range and stable speed regulation performance. An external control room is provided, and a video system monitors the machine’s operational status.

Online casting suitable for horizontal-parting box/mold-dragging automatic lines.

Large-scale pouring machine for static-pressure molding lines

This machine features a large ladle capacity, fast pouring speed, and a long horizontal travel distance, making it suitable for continuous in-line casting on large-scale static-pressure molding lines.

It employs a three-axis servo drive system featuring longitudinal movement, transverse movement, and tilting pour, ensuring stable and reliable operation. An external control room is provided, equipped with video monitoring devices to keep track of operational conditions, allowing operators to stay away from the pouring area for safer and more environmentally friendly operations.

Fan-shaped servo-controlled pouring machine

This machine is a servo-driven, left-and-right tilting casting machine with a ladle featuring a fan-shaped cross-section. The machine employs all-mechanical transmission, ensuring safety and high efficiency. It is designed for use in vertical-parting molding automated lines, enabling continuous casting within the cycle time and thereby enhancing production efficiency and casting quality.

Main components of the equipment

The fan-shaped casting machine mainly consists of a fan-shaped ladle, a random lid, a casting main unit, a flow-controlling inoculation device, an electrical control system, and an operator’s console. In the fan-shaped cross-section ladle, the molten iron outlet is located near the center of the fan’s arc; the lid is fixed to the ladle and provides excellent thermal insulation. The machine is equipped with a reverse-pouring mechanism for molten iron.

This machine features three degrees of freedom in motion: longitudinal movement, lateral movement, and tilting pouring. It employs all-mechanical transmission, ensuring safety and reliability, and is easy to operate and maintain.

The flow-following feeding device features a feed screw driven by a frequency converter, ensuring accurate metering and convenient adjustment.

It employs international-brand PLCs, touch-screen displays, servo controllers, and variable-frequency drives, allowing users to set and display various operating parameters, monitor running status, view fault indications, and receive real-time diagnostic alarms. The control management system features a simplified Chinese menu.

Main Technical Features of the Equipment

● The tilting casting process employs servo control, with the tilting angle and speed following a typical flow-time curve to achieve the casting effects required by the process and ensuring high repeat positioning accuracy.

● Use the pouring procedure of “slow—fast—slow, with rapid package retrieval” to achieve optimal pouring speed through proper process control.

● When pouring is set to automatic, the pouring machine can automatically complete the pouring cycle.

● The computer and servo motors control the angular velocity of the ladle, while the master and slave handles adjust and regulate the molten iron flow.

● Equipped with manual and automatic functions, it allows users to input and store different casting parameters, enabling the casting of various products.

●The pouring machine can move in both the X and Y directions and is equipped with variable-frequency control.

● An automatic gating control system designed for rapid mold filling, suitable for automated gating in high-speed vertical-parting molding lines.

Bottom-feed high-speed casting machine

This machine controls the opening and closing of the bottom nozzle at the base of the pouring ladle by means of the up-and-down movement of a plunger, making it a bottom-pouring high-speed casting machine. It comprises a bottom-pouring ladle, a random lid, a plunger lifting mechanism, a longitudinal traveling carriage, a transverse traveling trolley, an electrical control system, and an operator’s console. This machine is advanced and highly efficient, with a pouring speed reaching up to 500 castings per hour. It is suitable for continuous online casting on high-speed vertical parting molding lines, thereby enhancing production efficiency and improving casting quality.

Main configurations and features

The machine’s plunger movement is controlled by a digital servo system, while the lateral, longitudinal, and tilting motions for pouring molten iron are hydraulically controlled. A cylinder controls the cleaning rod. The pouring sensor uses a camera to capture the gate and positioning holes, and is equipped with a weighing sensor. The system features interlocking with the main machine’s molding signals, sand mold counting, automatic control of the plunger rotation, automatic control of the cleaning rod, automatic control of inoculants, automatic saving of mold information, precise pouring via a servo system, and the capability for continuous casting.

Automatic video pouring function

The design is centered around the capability of continuously and appropriately pouring molten iron into sand molds, achieved by measuring and controlling the molten iron level in the gating cup. The image of the molten iron level in the gating cup can be captured by an intelligent digital camera and processed to extract precise liquid-level information. This liquid-level data is then transmitted to the PLC and utilized in the control program. By comparing the actual liquid level with the target liquid level required by the control program, the degree to which the stopper rod is opened is determined based on the difference between the actual and desired liquid levels.

Main Technical Parameters

Pouring ladle capacity: 1.5 tons

Maximum pouring rate: 500 units/hour

Bottom-feed insulation casting machine

This machine uses a medium-frequency power supply to induce heating of molten iron, and is designed for use in an automated vertical-parting molding line, providing in-line molten iron thermal preservation and continuous casting.

The medium-frequency holding ladle is manufactured by a professional electric furnace manufacturer. The lifting of the plug rod is controlled by a servo system, while the longitudinal and transverse movements are driven by variable-frequency motors.

By adjusting the furnace’s input power, this machine can precisely control the heating rate of molten iron and the pouring temperature. Its rapid heating capability allows for convenient reuse of low-temperature molten iron.

Main Technical Specifications