Patent ID: 9718124
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B22C,B22D

Claim:
1. A device for producing a cylinder crankcase using a low-pressure casting method or a gravity casting method, the device comprising: an outer casting mold comprising at least one mold part which, in an assembled state, forms a mold cavity that reproduces, for casting purposes, an outer contour of the cylinder crankcase, a region of the mold cavity forming a cylinder space of the cylinder crankcase; a dosing furnace configured to contain a liquid metal; at least one gate arranged geodetically below the mold cavity and via which the dosing furnace can be fluidically connected to the mold cavity; and sprue bushings configured to project into the region of the mold cavity that forms the cylinder space of the cylinder crankcase, wherein, each of the at least one gate is connected to one of the sprue bushings.