Patent ID: 11904385
Assignee: SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. A die casting machine comprising:
a holding furnace configured to hold molten metal;
a sleeve located outside the holding furnace, the sleeve connected to an inside of a mold, and the sleeve including a molten metal supply port;
a plunger configured to slide through the sleeve and including a plunger rod and a plunger tip fixed to a tip of the plunger rod;
a molten metal supply pipe configured to supply the molten metal into the sleeve the molten metal supply pipe being attachable to and detachable from the molten metal supply port; and
a moving mechanism configured to detach the molten metal supply pipe from the molten metal supply port when the plunger is sliding;
wherein the sleeve includes a gas vent port provided at an upper portion, and
wherein the die casting machine further comprises a second sensor provided above the gas vent port and configured to detect a molten metal surface position of the molten metal in the sleeve.