Patent ID: 8783331
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
1. A system for casting under pressure, using a permanent casting mold composed of at least first and second casting mold parts, wherein at least the first casting mold part is pivoted, after the permanent casting mold has been opened, into a position in which the inside surface of the first casting mold part is treated in work-facilitating and time-saving manner, the system further comprising at least one casting apparatus, a rail system, and at least one carriage disposed on the rail system, for fully automated pickup or removal, and fully automated discharge or transfer of a furnace, wherein the carriage moves back and forth between the at least one casting apparatus and a readiness position situated at a distance from the at least one casting apparatus, in such a manner that the carriage picks up the furnace at the readiness position and transfers the furnace to the at least one casting apparatus, or that the carriage removes the furnace from the at least one casting apparatus and discharges the furnace at a free location of the readiness position.